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Kate’s bright and cheery new dining room rug
Pam has been in the mood to share some of her new house goodies — like her Geneva Kitchens banner and her ‘new’ NOS Live Better Electrically Medallion Home doorbell, and she invited me to play Show ‘n...
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Decorating ideas for a brown, brown and more brown kitchen
Reader Paige needs our help — she and her husband Dustin recently bought a 1960 ranch house, and they are struggling to decide what paint color would help liven up the brown, brown and more brown found...
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Cincinnati radio legend Ruth Lyons’ lovely Early American home with a caboose...
A tip from reader Nancy led us to discover this warm and charming time capsule — former home of popular Cincinnati area talk-show host Ruth Lyons — listed for sale by Nicholas Motz of Motz Real Estate....
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Oliveri stainless steel drainboard sinks
If you are in the market for a new stainless steel drainboard kitchen sink for your retro kitchen remodel, we discovered a few new options during our trip to KBIS earlier this year. Australian sink...
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Groovy Getaway in Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Photo courtesy of Robert Batey of Robert Batey Photography Todd and Jackie — the dynamic duo behind Furnish Me Vintage — have done it again. First they created the Shaggin’ Chalet in Gatlinburg,...
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Custom midcentury modern home portrait by Christian Musselman
If you enjoyed the vibrant illustrations of Starlight Village’s midcentury home models in our recent story, get ready to drool some more. I recently had the opportunity to work with illustrator...
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Vintage blue bathroom colors from seven manufacturers from 1927 to 1962
Our miniseries on vintage bathroom colors continues! Blue bathrooms may not be quite as prolific as their cousin pink — but there were still loads of beautiful blue vintage bathrooms installed in homes...
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Pat and Bill’s St. Charles kitchen remodel
When reader Pat and her husband Bill initially moved into their 1951 ranch home, they weren’t fans of the original St. Charles steel kitchen cabinets, which were in rough shape after years of use. Pat...
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A house flip story that we love: Ginger restores a St. Louis time capsule to...
All photos © Reed R. Radcliffe / TripleRPhotography LLC Here’s a house flip story that, for once, we love: “I don’t typically rehab anymore,” said Ginger Fawcett, a St. Louis-area realtor and on of...
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40 favorite laminates for a midcentury bathroom
When it comes to choosing laminate countertop for vintage or new midcentury-style bathrooms, we tend to like multi-directional, or at least bi-directional, abstract patterns over linear or solid...
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Uploader is ON: What’s new (that’s old) in your home?
Pam’s house is pretty full these days with vintage dollhouse stuff, Christmas ornaments, and a “vintage lighting store in the attic,” so she’s been trying really hard not to hoard collect as much. Oh...
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Porcelain enamel kitchen sinks in 3 styles, 8 colors — including aqua!
Do you want a new kitchen sink — in a retro color? New resource discovered! Houzer has three different styles of porcelain-enameled steel undermount kitchen sinks available in eight colors — including...
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Our 15+ favorite new sinks for a midcentury or prewar bathroom
Planning on remodeling, repairing or building your own vintage or midcentury style bathroom? Then you’ll likely need at least one sink for your space. While we love the rainbow of colors and many...
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A colorful midcentury kitchen remodel featuring B&W Tile in a backsplash...
Subtitle this one: Fun with basic 4″ tiles! Josh Blanc, part of the team runs Clay Squared to Infinity in Minneapolis, contacted us to share the results of a recent kitchen project. Using colorful...
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Chris uses Wilsonart Endora laminate in her retro pink bathroom — looks great!
Fresh off our story — 40 favorite laminates for a midcentury bathroom — we heard from reader Chris, who has recently completed a retro refresh of her bathroom using one of the laminates on our list:...
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We’re dreaming of a retro-modern aqua kitchen
Now that we have a source for a porcelain enamel kitchen sink in aqua — and since Big Chill this year began offering turquoise as a standard color — we realized we had all the elements to create a...
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A 1974 double A-frame time capsule house: Twice the fun!
Is it true what they say: “Double the A-Frame, Double the fun?” In the case of this 1974 A-Frame home for sale in Charlestown, Indiana — full of colorful, eclectic design, we declare it must be true....
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Kate’s new Vornado “Vintage” VFans — now available in 4 sizes, 4 colors
Ever since our story about Vornado’s VFANs based on Richard Ten Eyck’s 1945 design, I’ve been pining for one. So when heat and humidity returned to Wisconsin for the summer, I casually mentioned my...
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What’s new at Kate’s retro ranch — Cork flooring!
My husband Jim and I have lived in our 1962 ranch house for six years now. The previous owners had readied the house for sale by painting every wall greige and installing new light beige carpeting in...
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We’re dreaming of a retro-modern aqua kitchen
Now that we have a source for a porcelain enamel kitchen sink in aqua — and since Big Chill this year began offering turquoise as a standard color — we realized we had all the elements to create a...
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