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    1980s design and decorating trends — let’s make a list...
    1978 St. Charles kitchen with groovy grooved wood doors – 9 photos...
    Fashion in the 60s — Plaid combined with flowers, in the kitchen, too!...
    vintage-ventahood Gorgeous vintage Ventahood in stunning Seattle midcentury modern house...
    Satanic vintage wallpaper — from Inez Croom in 1973 deck house...
    avocado kitchen Jon & Trixi create a 1970s avocado kitchen with Rust-Oleum Cabinet Transfor...
    albert ledner ashtray house “Ashtray house” designed by Albert Ledner...
    Pretty darn excellent Marimekko bed and bath sale at Crate & Barrel...
    Satin Glide steel bathroom vanities, 1963...
    Wood-Mode kitchens from 1961 — Slide show of 15 photos...
    avocado kitchen sink with metal rim Avocado kitchen sink and appliances? Heck to the yeah, say Jon & Trixi!...
    vitnage wrought iron post light Vintage NOS exterior lights for your ranch, cape, colonial or mediterranean home...
    vintage drexel whimsy bedroom dresser 1970s Drexel Whimsy campaign style bedroom dressers – $1,200 BIN...
    Design a 1970s family room using vintage, new and reproduction items...
    1963 vintage kitchen 1963 time capsule house: “Keep It or Change It?” quiz...
    My vintage Burke tulip table and chairs: Out with the new, in with the old...
    1970s vintage lighting and more in this 1974 time capsule home...
    picasso hand with flowers Sexy paint colors for Veronica’s 1976 black and white kitchen...
    1960s quartz countertop What is this 1960s countertop made of? Targinol? Luster Rock?...
    brutalist lighting from 1969 20 pages of 1969 modern lighting from Moe...
    marimekko unikko wallpaper by maija isola 1964 Marimekko Unikko by Maija Isola, 1964...
    a 1970 attic design with blue sofa and orange pendant lighting 19 interior designs from 1970...
    1969 bedroom painted blue Hippie decor & more 1960s interior design ideas — 15 pages of rooms f...
    1960s decorating style — 16 pages of painting ideas from 1969 Sherwin-Will...
    1969 paint color chart from Benjamin Moore 60 colors from Benjamin Moore’s 1969 paint palette...
    1960s-eichler-style-home-color-scheme 10 color schemes from 1968...
    1968-attic-design-with-apricot-color-paint 16 mod interior designs from 1968...
    9 bedrooms, living rooms and kids’ spaces from 1967...
    16 rooms showcasing popular colors from 1966...
    17 groovy home interiors from 1965...
    Russel Wright’s Manitoga & Dragon Rock: Historic midcentury homes to visi...
    13 pages of Youngstown metal kitchen cabinets...
    1970s ballroom in Michelle’s Minnesota time capsule house...
    Ceratile Stardust pattern tiles in Amy’s 1962 bathroom: Oh my!...
    A time capsule bathroom featuring Ceratile Mardi Gras design...
    60s Ceratile samples...
    2,300 s.f. of vintage Consoweld laminate unearthed and for sale...
    131 kitchen and bathroom illustrations now in the 60s gallery...
    Steve McQueen (and his houses) in 1963...
    Mid-century modern decorating with orange...
    Mid-century children’s bedrooms from Ethan Allen, 1974...
    1967 bedspread pattern from McCall’s...
    That 70s house — 3 interiors...
    Vintage 1960 electric bathroom heaters...
    Retro bathroom accessories from Hall-Mack — the Metropolitan budget line...
    Six mid-century bathrooms, vintage 1962...
    Hall-Mack Coronado bath accessories – the most popular line?...
    1962 Hall-Mack Aristocrome line...
    1964 time capsule gray bathroom...
    Palm Springs time capsule: Birth of the 70s...
    A 1964 blue bathroom with built-in Hall-Mack, NuTone, Textolite & more...
    Six great 1961 interiors – floors, furniture, art, outrageous interiors an...
    Lots more great 1960 interiors on season 2 of Mad Men...
    1964 Romany Spartan tile – classic stuff for retro 60s bathrooms and kitch...
    A Colonial-meets-Modern 1960s kitchen to make you very, very happy...
    Found: 1963 aqua Geneva steel kitchen cabinets – from a cooking school run...
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      Get informed and be aware about the environmental & safety hazards in old homes, materials and products. #1 RULE: Consult with your own properly licensed professionals. More info: See our Be Safe/Renovate page... EPA asbestos website ... EPA lead website ... U.S.F.A. – fire safety, etc.
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