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We discover a new one-stop source for 44 different styles of window awnings
What’s the best way to cut your air conditioning bill? How about: Keep your house from heating up in the first place. A good old fashioned way to help: Install window awnings. We’ve talked before about...
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$50 Thibaut wallpaper murals — 11 designs — get ‘em while you can
Yowza: Thibaut wall murals on sale for just $50 at Steve’s Blinds & Wallpaper. There are 11 different designs — most in several different color ways — many of them go back decades (these murals...
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This house flipper goes retro — with immediate success
We’re now — often painfully — accustomed to house flippers whose first step is to strip charming original features to create a ‘blank slate’ that they believe will appeal to today’s potential buyers....
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Mike and Lindsey restore and refinish their terrazzo flooring — with gorgeous...
“I am sure we are biased, but it is the best looking terrazzo we have ever seen” — Mike From the day they closed on their ‘House of Good Taste‘, Mike and Lindsey dreamed of restoring the home’s...
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Woddity watch: Hall-Mack “Conceal-a-Roll”— once owned by Manhattan Project...
Yes, this handy at-hand invention allows for the stealthy storage of a spare roll behind its chrome exterior, so you (or your guests) will never have to fear being … stuck — so long as they know the...
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It’s Pam’s Pity Party, and you’re invited: Caption contest!
Time for an impromptu caption contest. It was an exciting weekend at Pam’s house… A broken arm and wrist — in like five places, the word “shattered” was used. Ok, possibly too exciting of a weekend...
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Tulsa time capsule with incredible Asian-meets-Frank Lloyd Wright decor
Lately the time capsule houses have been flying in at warp speed. Today’s feature — this luscious 1960 ranch home — updated in the 1970s — in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that’s loaded with eye popping original...
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Precautionary Pam’s tale of tiki decorating woe
Thanks to everyone for sending well wishes and funny captions Pam’s way — it is really helping her stay positive. Now, as promised — the tale of tiki-decorating woe. Instead of just spelling out the...
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Vintage Leviton Tiki theme bamboo and thatch outlet covers
I’ve been in a tiki-hoarding mood lately, so when I happened to find a huge stash of vintage Leviton bamboo, tiki themed switch plate and outlet covers (affiliate link) on ebay, I had to snap some up...
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Pam-o-gram update
Kate here with a Pam-o-gram update. Above: that’s post-op Pam trying to give a peace sign. Her surgery yesterday morning to get plates put in her arm and wrist went smoothly. After surgery, the doctor...
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Earthy and colorful 1970s style wall and floor tile — pretty affordable, at...
We’ve written about Merola Tile’s great ceramic and porcelain tile offerings for vintage and midcentury bathrooms in the past. Today, more exciting news — Merola Tile has branched out into styles,...
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Where to buy Weldtex combed, striated plywood — for ceilings, walls, siding...
Exciting news — readers Marty and Flip tipped us off to a source for Weldtex — a type of plywood with a striated effect milled into its top ply that was a popular, affordable decorative treatment for...
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Gabe and Amanda rescue and restore a beautiful vintage screen door
We’ve all done it – admired something in a neighbor’s home and secretly wished they would sell it to us. Gutsy Gabe and Amanda, owners of a 1954 North Carolina time capsule house , had their eye on a...
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Green Lady by Vladimir Tretchikoff — the most popular art print of the 20th...
Well, here’s another vintage icon that we never knew about, but once we did, we must have it: We are now on the lookout at estate sales and thrift shops for our own print of Vladimir Tretchikoff’s...
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Le Creuset reissues 1958 Raymond Loewy designed Coquelle dutch oven
We’re already groupies of famed industrial designer Raymond Loewy, so how wonderful that Le Creuset is offering a limited edition reissue of the Coquelle — the cast iron dutch oven that he designed for...
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Rare woddity: 1958 Gerrity Princess faucet dishwasher
Ebay is like the Amazon Rainforest of rare vintage goodies waiting to be rediscovered — there are so many ‘species’ out there still to find. This week, Pam the Adventurer stumbled on what she believes...
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Sani Onyx — A sort of vintage glass tile actually made from fused rock — 34...
We get inquiries all the time from readers wanting to know more about their large size, pre-war glass wall tiles, so Pam sent me on a hunt through the vintage catalogs of Archive.org to see if I could...
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Jacqueline and Glen return a 1970s harvest gold stove to its original glory
Jacqueline and hubby Glen have tracked down some impressive vintage goodies on Craigslist in the past — but their latest find really struck gold — Harvest Gold, that is. When the couple needed to...
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Mid-century modern coloring books for adults — new from Jenn Ski
This story and a giveaway tomorrow sponsored by Rockport Publishers Artist and illustrator Jenn Ski is a longtime friend of the blog, and now this creative dynamo has a new project in the market: three...
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Win Jenn Ski’s mid-century modern coloring books designed for grown-ups
This giveaway sponsored by Rockport Publishers Yesterday we reviewed three midcentury modern color books for adults, designed by artist and illustrator Jenn Ski and published by Rockport Publishers. To...
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