Readers and Their Kitchens Archives

Category: Readers and Their Kitchens

So many great stories about readers and what they have done with their kitchens! Definitely shows there's more than one way "to retro"!

Very importantly: Always remember to Be Safe / Renovate Safe!

Dita Von Teese’s kitchen on a budget — Candace wants our ideas

Is it possible to create a flirty kitchen worth of Dita Von Teese — in a rental apartment? In this week’s Retro Design Dilemma, reader..

Kitchen design and decorating ideas for a vintage black and white kitchen — Melissa asks our help

In this week’s Retro Design Dilemma, reader Melissa wants our help with ideas to lightly update her 1954 kitchen. She and her husband have just..

26 great photos of Ted and Stella’s dreamy retro ranch house — with an appliance museum in the basement

“In my heart I want to be a minimalist with my decor — but there are just too many fun things that are a joy..

Retro Renovation’s “The Hard Way Award” winner — 2012: Bizarro Twin Pam and her tale of 6 kitchens

2012 was, I think, the year of “epic”. We saw Cullen’s epic Brooklyn apartment. Which inspired my crazy office remodel. The time capsule houses were..

Cathy and Dave’s charming vintage bungalow kitchen remodel

Readers Cathy and Dave have been slowly renovating their 1914 Arts and Crafts Bungalow in Buffalo, New York, over the last several years, trying to..

Nancy’s metal kitchen cabinets get a fresh coat of paint — and lots of new red accents

Reader Nancy has shared much of her home with us in the past — most recently the interior and exterior of her newly constructed retro..

Lora’s vintage style kitchen makeover — inspired by a single Franciscan Starburst dinner plate

After we ran our story about the new colorful Wilsonart Laminates, reader Lora flagged Pam down on Facebook to let her know she had recently installed..

11 red kitchen designs

Here on the East Coast the days are getting shorter and the skies, darker. Unless I want to sleep all day, I need to push..

Baby boomers create their retirement dream house — a colorful retro remodel — 25 photos

We really wanted color and vowed the one question we would not ask ourselves was: “What will this do to the resale value?” When we..

Nancy’s back to the future pool house — built in 2012, rockin’ 1955 — 16 photos

Hop into the DeLorean and buckle up, because here’s one of our most retro-fabulous design dream houses yet: Nancy’s pool house — all new, from..

David creates a sunny red and white vintage kitchen for his 1930 Dutch colonial house

Reader David’s 1930 Dutch colonial house — including his super cute vintage kitchen — have been a constant labor of love since he signed on..

Bizarro twin Pam and a tale of 6 kitchens

Reader Pam -- who claims to be blogger Pam's bizarro-twin -- has just completed her fourth kitchen renovation using vintage steel kitchen cabinets.

Christa’s mosaic art kitchen backsplash — ‘pique assiette’ tout retro

…when tiles or counter tops would be discontinued I would save the samples… I didn’t know for what, I just tossed them in a big..

A minimalist modern kitchen design using vintage St. Charles cabinets

Remember Pam’s post about the 1964 custom green St. Charles kitchen for sale in Chicago? They are not for sale anymore — owner Mark and..

Painting ideas — Kitchen paint colors to showcase a vintage pink and gray dinette

Reader Laurie waited more than two years to close on the house of her dreams — which was stuck in what seemed like endless foreclosure...

Fold-down electric burners and other treats in Bonnie’s 1958 kitchen

Bonnie is the proud owner of a 1958 “dream-home time capsule” and sent us some photos of some of its awesome original details to ogle..

Should Karen replace her original ceramic tile kitchen countertops?

Here’s a good one — and a good followup to yesterday’s story discussing “when is it *okay* to let go of something original?” and introducing..

Greg and Tammy’s red farm kitchen remodel — full of retro charm

“…Like so many others, we are on a tight budget. Buying our items patiently and doing all the work ourselves, we spent less than $2500..

Stunning midcentury modern house — 28 photos of Gabe & Amanda’s 1954 time capsule house

“Luckily we didn’t have the money to do all the renovations we wanted right away, because we ended up falling in love with many of the original aspects that we had..

Recessed storage… two office remodels… refinished wood floors… high gloss VCT… and Pam and the Pug

Time to check up on readers and their projects. Over at Adventures in Retro Renovating, Lilynumph and her husband threw out the wall-to-wall carpet and refinished..