Over the years several readers have asked about how to wallpaper a wall with vintage wallpaper. So here I go, explaining how Denise and I..
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How we made a vintage wallpaper crazy quilt for My Big Fat Retro Office Remodel
The 18 patterns of vintage wallpaper — cut into 277 squares — are no question the highlight of My Big Fat Retro Office Remodel. In..
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18 patterns of vintage wallpaper – 277 squares – for my Big Fat Retro Office Remodel
How to make the office remodel “epic”? How about: 18 different patterns of vintage wallpaper covering the four walls. Ta da! After two months of..
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Bathroom remodeling — a checklist of 84 costs to consider
I've done a few in my day and thought it would be fun (haha) to compile a list of every element of a bathroom remodel for which you need to plan, budget and spend.
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1953 knotty pine den — with 1953 wallpaper on the ceiling
Yes: A 1953 knotty pine den with an original wallpapered ceiling. This is so inspiring, it takes my breath away. When they first moved in, Brian..
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Affordable wood paneling, made in the U.S.A. for 50 years
There seems to be a lot of very unfortunate, unnecessary and ill-informed wood paneling hatred out there. I want to rant. I seriously want to..
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Retro wallpaper from original 1960s and 1970s designs – new from Little Greene
As much as America is into midcentury modern and retro interiors, I think that the U.K. is, even more so. Remember all those British cookers..
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Inez Croom 1960s wallpaper — 47 designs still in production today
I am now into my fifth year of blogging daily here at Retro Renovation, and I have to admit: I am astonished that — most..
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Satanic vintage wallpaper — from Inez Croom in 1973 deck house
Yikes. Satanic 1970s wallpaper. This is among the strangest things I’ve ever seen. I’m not sure I could keep this in my house, it’s so creepy...
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Two starburst stencil projects for your bathroom — including a free pattern
Trixi and Jon aimed to renovate their 1970s home on a shoestring — it’s the times, you know — and heck, doesn’t it make for..
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Preventing grasscloth, wallpaper and hardwood floor “tan lines”?
Several years ago, I had grasscloth installed in my living room and adjacent dining room. As you can sort of see here, we have colonial-style..
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Vintage wallpaper switchplates & lampshades
You have no idea how hard it was choosing an image for this story — because pretty much every one of the hundreds of vintage..
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What color should Heidi paint her hallway? She’s keeping some flocked wallpaper – yay!
Heidi is a longtime reader with a longtime renovation under way (don’t we all!) She wants our help in choosing a paint color for her hallway — to coordinate with..
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4 wallpaper mural designs from Thibaut — vintage 1960s
Elena recently submitted a comment that made me remember I wanted to post about these: Wallpaper murals — 9′ wide for walls up to 10′ tall..
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Sanderson 1950s wallpaper and fabrics – new line – BREAKING NEWS
Sanderson has just today announced a brand-new line of vintage reproduction wallpapers from the 1950s. I’m uploading photos now — but want to be first..
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Anaglypta, with painted detail
You will never talk me out of the transformative power of wallpaper. Above: G.G installed anaglypta above the wainscoting in his 1908 southern cottage bungalow,..
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Marimekko Unikko by Maija Isola, 1964
One after another I keep learning about amazing women textile designers in postwar America and Europe. Today: Maija Isola, who designed textiles for Marimekko. She..
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Vintage Vera wallpaper, sheets & more at Anthropologie
I’m a little late to the Vintage Vera Neumann party going on over at Anthropologie. I’ve written about the re-introduced Vintage Vera holiday table linens..
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This ‘n that from here & there
Mason jars made into a pendant chandelier — how pretty. These are in my Pottery Barn catalog, just arrived, $129 for the set of five...
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Bradbury & Bradbury holds its annual open house — and Tami gets the VIP treatment
<– TappanTrailerTami emailed me recently that she would be heading to Bradbury & Bradbury Art Wallpapers’ once-a-year open house on May 1. So, I asked..
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Sanderson Vintage wallpaper: Slide show
Several readers have expressed love for Sanderson’s revival of the 1930s “Swallow” wallpaper. Sanderson sent me all the room shots, full-sized, so I’ve uploaded them..
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