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Decorating Ideas of All Kinds

What's your retro style? My fun "Retroscopes" may help you focus on all the finishing touches in your mid century or vintage home. Want to find vintage wallpaper -- from $2 to $200 a roll? Check out our secret source for quality, discontinued, retro appropriate upholstery fabric. And discover this story about 20 historic - including mid century -- paint color collections, including my favorite go-to paint palette.

Decorating Resources

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A few mid century decorating favorites :)

fiberglass lamp shade

Fiberglass lamp shades from Modilumi — pendants, ceiling fixtures & lamps too

retro barkcloth

Barkcloth fabric — 155 designs from 6 companies available today + vintage, of course!

poodle wallpaper

7 places to buy vintage wallpaper — from 80 cents to $200 per roll

1959 mid century modern living room

Dave makes mid century modern wall panels for his living room for $250

Decorating Resources Topics

accessories(75 posts)

accessories

furniture(100 posts)

furniture

knotty pine(27 posts)

knotty pine

Lighting(100 posts)

Lighting

Other Stuff(20 posts)

Other Stuff

Paint(76 posts)

Paint

Storage & Shelving(21 posts)

Storage & Shelving

Upholstery Fabrics(13 posts)

Upholstery Fabrics

Wallpaper(94 posts)

Wallpaper

Window Treatments(67 posts)

Window Treatments

ALL Decorating Resources POSTS

Schumacher Petit Feu wallpaper

5 authentic 1970s wallpaper designs from Schumacher — still available today

Josef Frank exotic butterfly wallpaper from Schumacher

Josef Frank wallpaper — 12 historic Scandinavian Modern designs still available today

mid century modern wallpaper

1950s wallpaper — 52 new designs from Bradbury & Bradbury

be safe graphic

Make a Resolution: Be Safe / Renovate Safe !

avocado color in kitchens

When was Avocado introduced as a color on kitchen appliances?

wallpaper that looks like pink bathroom tile

Is this pink bathroom tile or … a stylish (wallpaper) pretender?

vintage cowboy wallpaper

Vintage cowboy wallpaper reproductions from Bradbury & Bradbury

alek eglington flexsteel thunderbird sofa

Flexsteel Thunderbird sofa — famous 1965 design refreshed for a new generation

robert abbey treble light at practical props

Snappy atomic mid century lighting — Robert Abbey Treble ceiling lights in two sizes, three finishes

fiberglass bullet pendant lights from hip haven

The Retro Bullet Lighting Collection — with molded fiberglass shades — from Hip Haven

pink mid century modern pendant light kiki hudson valley lighting

Hudson Valley Lighting mid century style Kiki pendant light — two sizes — pretty in pink, mint, cream and navy too!

vintage waverly glosheen fabric and wallpaper

Vintage Waverly Glosheen matching fabric and wallpaper — yup, that’s the way they did it, back in the day!

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