Ideas to decorate Alan’s vintage green tile kitchen – Vitralite ooh la la!
“We have been told that the kitchen is a cross between ‘Betty Crocker’ and a morgue,” reader Alan says, adding a “haha” in his email to us. But..
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A Lilly Pulitzer palette for Diane’s vintage pink tile bathroom
Wow, Diane is a decorating dynamo! We featured her Retro Design Dilemma just last week and already, she has transformed her vintage pink tile bathroom..
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Retro Design Dilemma: Paint colors or wallpaper for Diane’s kitschy pink bathroom?
About a year ago, Diane bought a lovely 1960 ‘granny ranch’ in Florida. She’s been having fun decorating the original pink bathroom with vintage goodies from..
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Retro Design Dilemma: Adding color to Terri’s 1960s bathroom
Reader Terri needs our help beautifying her 1960s bathroom, which received some 1980s updates that she will some day replace. Ultimately, Terri would like to..
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Paint colors for the large block fireplace in Kathy’s mid-century modern house
Reader Kathy has an impressive mid-century modern house with oodles of amazing original features including a biomorphic wall screen, mahogany wall panels and clerestory windows...
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Decorating ideas to add light to a dark kitchen — Renee’s Retro Design Dilemma
Reader Renee loves her 1956 home because of its many mid-century design details such as the walls of windows and exposed brick. What Renee is..
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Paint colors for Allison’s 1967 Seattle embankment ranch house
Reader Allison is excited to jazz up the front of the 1967 house she moved into last summer. She’s not afraid to give the house..
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Retro Design Dilemma — Paint colors for Laurie’s 1966 brick ranch house
Reader Laurie has been hard at work fixing up her 1966 ranch house. She’s been working to get the interior painted and clean up the..
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Retro Design Dilemma: Frank wants help decorating his brown and beige tile bathroom
Reader Frank is ecstatic to be living in his mostly original 1955 ranch home. It has been only a few short months since he moved..
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Reader Design Dilemma: Freshening up a beige- and maroon-colored bathroom
This week’s Retro Design Dilemma comes to us from reader Pat — who has just become the caretaker for the 1953 ranch home where she..
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Ideas to tone down the sea of pink in Gus’ pink bathroom
Gus recently discovered Retro Renovation while searching for advice about the vintage pink bathroom in his newly purchased 1956 home. While he is a fan..
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Harmonizing midcentury modern paint colors — Ashley wants our help
Reader Ashley loves bright colors and retro style. Though her house was built in the 1930s and originally a country style, she wants her great..
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Retro design ideas for Cathy’s yellow and maple St. Charles cabinets
Reader Cathy is working on remodeling her tiny 1949 kitchen using a set of vintage pale yellow and maple St. Charles steel kitchen cabinets that..
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Retro decorating ideas for Angela’s 1956 kitchen
Angela’s 1956 kitchen is a charmer — and today she wants our help with paint, flooring and retro decorating ideas to make it the happiest..
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Decorating a bathroom with tile on all six walls — yes, ceiling, too!
Mara asks for readers’ ideas — share yours! When Mara signed on the dotted line to buy her new house, she wasn’t quite sure about..
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How to decorate the fireplace in a mid century ranch house?
In today’s Retro Design Dilemma, Peter asks for our ideas and advice on how to decorate the beautiful fireplace in his 1957 ranch house. He..
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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..
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Nita’s retro ranch “mini martini” house exterior design dilemma
In this week’s Retro Design Dilemma, reader Nita tells us that she must add exterior insulation to her 1952 flat-roof ranch house in Alaska —..
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Retro Design Dilemma: Window treatments for Lori’s mid century modern living room
In this week’s Retro Design Dilemma, reader Lori has asked for ideas about window treatments for the living room in her 1949 mid century modern..
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Colors for Jeanne’s knotty pine bedroom — let’s share our decorating ideas
In this week’s Retro Design Dilemma, reader Jeanne is asking for ideas to decorate her beautiful vintage knotty pine bedroom. She wants tips on colors..
