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4 cheery new barkcloth patterns in 8 color ways — coming in November
Exciting news — come this November they’ll be a few more options of retro inspired barkcloth on the market. Designer Jessica Jones is releasing her ‘Time Warp’ collection –a selection of 4 different...
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Elizabeth’s red and white kitchen and Cath Kidston cowboy wallpaper
Reader Elizabeth and her husband have been hard at work fixing up their 1920s era farmhouse in Texas — most recently completing their retro red and white kitchen remodel. To find the finishing touch,...
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Black and white tile bathrooms — done 5 different ways
Black and white tile bathrooms are a popular choice with many readers, for good reasons: They are suitable for prewar and early postwar houses… It’s easy to vary the look just by changing wall colors…...
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Modfire — midcentury modern style fire pits hand made in the USA
As temperatures start to drop, it seems like there’s nothing better than cozying up around a warm fire — a ritual made even more fun when gathering around a stylish fire pit. The folks at Modfire make...
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Our 5th source for midcentury front doors — made in the USA
Where to buy a midcentury modern exterior door? Today, we share another newly discovered source for three styles of midcentury entry doors from Rogue Valley Door – made right here in the USA. We now...
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Our 6th source for midcentury modern entry doors – fiberglass, from Home Depot
Even Home Depot is getting into the market for midcentury modern front doors, with three midcentury modern entry door styles available on their website, for in-store delivery. The line of fiberglass...
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Retro wall stencils — patterns and tips from 7 reader projects
Over the past year or two, at least seven of our readers have created their own midcentury modern retro ‘painted wallpaper’ using homemade stencils, templates and stamps. This snazzy solution may be a...
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1973 tiki time capsule house — let’s P.A.R.T.Y!
Aloha! Today, a 1973 tiki time capsule house in Houston just begging for new owners who want to transform it into a Suburban Savage Paradise. The house has all the right bones — flagstone flooring,...
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Chic + whimsical 1950s design tweed wallpaper from Cole & Son — 6 color ways
Cole & Son’s line of tweed wallpaper comes from a 1950s document print — it’s an authentic vintage design — and we love it. It seems to read like a cartoonish grasscloth or linen — not a bad thing...
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Let’s help the Carnegie Museum of Art find this 1960 Westinghouse center...
Yup, Pam is talking to the Carnegie Museum of Art about whether they will accept her donation of her NOS Griswold Symbol cookware for an upcoming exhibition about its designer, Peter Muller-Munk....
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Ceramic bathroom soap dishes and accessories — 41 items, 120 colors — wow!
We’ve linked to this place before, but here is a standalone story to be sure you don’t miss it: Another big source for recessed ceramic bathroom accessories — available in 41 styles, five different...
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Butterfly roof ranch Putz house #7 — download the free pattern to make your own
We get emails all year long from readers who have made mini Putz houses from our free patterns — or even come up with their own. So up, it’s year three for this Retro Renovation tradition — with three...
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Kahiki tiki Putz house #8 — download our free DIY pattern
Our trip to The Hukilau — which immediately transformed both Pam and me into tikiphiles — left little doubt that one of the three new Putz house designs for 2014 would be a tiki hut. The famous Kahiki,...
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DIY Christmas village house #9 — Palm Springs rick rack roof — download our...
Our third Putz house pattern for this year — ninth in our series — is what I like to call the Palm Springs rick rack roof ranch (try saying that three times fast!). This model is challenging — that...
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8 great retro holiday craft tutorials — Merry Kitschmas fun
In the past few years, we’ve built up a collection of quite a few Kitschmas Krafty tutorials — eight so far — ranging from cheap, cheerful and quick to our more time consuming, yet very rewarding...
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Black Friday thru Cyber Monday shirt sale
Get one of our “I Saved a Pink Bathroom” or “Weekend Warrior” tee shirts – while the gettin’ is good. Today through Monday, we are running a progressive sale — 10% off on Black Friday, jumping to 20%...
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Mike and Lindsey’s Edward Durell Stone House of Good Taste — the final reveal
It’s been a long journey through terrazzo floor restoration, cement floor polishing, custom cabinetry and more — and now it is time for the big reveal — the eighth and final installment of Mike and...
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Ikea reissues 26 furniture and accessory designs from the 1950s – 1970s
We show you photos of the complete collection Cheap, cheerful and mid-century authentic, get to it: Ikea recently reissued 26 pieces of furniture and accessory designs from Ikea catalogs from the...
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Affordable Sputnik chandeliers — made in the USA from Brooklyn Bulb Co.
Sputnik lights are one of those classic midcentury decor items that seems to have made its way into the mainstream — which is good news because it means they keep getting easier to come by. We recently...
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Mike makes a U-Bild Santa and reindeer lawn display from scratch — vintage...
Reader Mike is wowing his neighborhood — he had a carpenter build and install this U-Bild Santa and reindeer lawn display on his front lawn. Mike used vintage plans he found on ebay, but guess what: We...
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