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1960 countertop-height Hotpoint oven with hideaway fold-down electric range

Many thanks to reader Jason, who continues to hunt down and share all manner of awesome vintage stoves. Are you watching all the postings on..

1956 time capsule ranch house — original owner mid century modern Glenbrook Houston home

This latest time capsule house — from friend-of-the-blog real estate agent Robert Searcy — is a mid century modest jewel box of a house at..

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..

Built in bathroom scale that folds down — among the three most collectible vintage Hall-Mack & Nutone bathroom accessories

Every week I seem to be getting a new message from a reader — someone who has just made an offer on, or bought a..

Brini Maxwell shows us her vintage Sunbeam Automatic Control Panel

Go Brini, well thank you very much, pritty lady, for the RR shout-out in your video about your vintage Sunbeam appliance center. Yes, formally..

NOS Sunbeam kitchen appliance Automatic Control Panel + 4 other designs I’ve spotted

Just spotted for sale today on ebay: This Sunbeam Automatic Control Panel — New Old Stock. I see these in-wall appliance centers very rarely on ebay —..

18 rare vintage Hall-Mack bathroom accessories

This week’s vintage Hall-Mack miniseries concludes with 18 special accessories found in my 1962 catalog. Above: The Tow’lescope (I have two MIB) and the even..

Westinghouse Appliance Center

Remember the Sunbeam appliance center (pictured at the bottom) that I bought myself for my birthday? Well, I recently saw this ad for another one,..

Recessed ceramic soap dishes & more in 33 colors from HCP Industries

THANKS GO OUT TO JOAN (I *think*) for finding this new resource (other resource here) for recessed porcelain ceramic bathroom soap dishes, shelves, towel bars..

A 1964 blue bathroom with built-in Hall-Mack, NuTone, Textolite & more

THE 1964 SPLIT-LEVEL TIME CAPSULE first shown yesterday also had two great bathrooms. The full bath upstairs is a beautiful robin’s egg blue, all 4×4″..

1964 split level time capsule – great midcentury mailbox and kitchen

THE ESTATE SALE ON FRIDAY was a jackpot — the 1964, single-owner split level house was in gorgeous condition. What I really liked about it..

12 recessed porcelain ceramic soap dishes, TP holders, towel bars

Update: Here is my new favorite go-to place for these kinds of recessed dishes –> Recessed soap dishes in white and lots of colors from..

50s housewives would have approved of this Nutone Deluxe Ironing Center

I am in love with this NuTone Deluxe Ironing Center – with a plug, a light and a swiveling ironing board built right in. Just..

House hunting: The perfect mid century house in Portland, Oregon

A wonderful vintage Moen faucet. Linen laminate to die for. A Westinghouse appliance center. But maybe still not “flamboyant” enough for Tim, a longtime reader..

A recessed GE kitchen or bath fixture – clock, plugs, light

Another recessed fixture aimed to torture Speedway Ron. Or, bankrupt him! Image: vintage GE. Categorieswoddities: wonderful odditiesTagsclockgerecessed

A 1961 recessed Ling-Temco dishwasher meant to torture Speedway Ron

Speedway Ron has now developed an intense need to acquire every small appliance ever made that was recessed directly into the wall. To go with..

Retro lighting: Square recessed can lights – reproductions

Update: Very old story; all the links now broken. If you are looking for this lighting, you’ll need to google the companies mentioned. The recessed..

Retro bathroom and kitchen: Luscious features from Cindy’s 60s Holyoke house

Hi Pam, Since discovering RetroRenovation.com it has become a “must go to site” each morning! Thanks for all the information and enthusiasm you provide. I..

Retro bathroom: Space for your TP and smokes, too, in this Hall-Mack fixture

We see vintage, mint-in-box Hall-Mack bathroom hardware on ebay every once and a while, and these are great to snap up if you are anticipating..

Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me…

Okay, I really only bring this up because there seem to be SO MANY COINCIDENCES among readers of this blog. Like, Femme1 is also the..

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