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Were stainless steel appliances use in vintage midcentury kitchens? Yes —...
Are stainless steel appliances appropriate for midcentury houses, if you want to do a relatively authentic remodel? This question comes up fairly often on the blog, and the answer is: Yes. My research...
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1956 Hotpoint stainless steel range — very rare, I think
Were stainless steel freestanding kitchen ranges made back in the 1950s or 1960s? I didn’t think so, until I heard from a few readers via my recent story, Were stainless steel appliances use in vintage...
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Rubber tips for double pipe kitchen table legs — where to buy replacements
A reader wrote to ask: I have an old Formica table with double pipe legs, they had double rubber tips on the legs that were totally unusable, where can I find replacements? Answer: How about...
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Where to find vintage Textolite to restore a 1964 GE Americana refrigerator
John Jowers is the owner of Antique Appliances — one of the longest-standing companies known for restoring vintage ranges and refrigerators. Golly, I’ve known about his company for more than 20 years....
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Original 1970s Wilsonart’s Daisy laminate tabletops at Speck’s in...
Over on Instagram, I saw that my friend modbetty_retroroadmap posted the photos above, saying “Broasted Chicken and fabulous 1973 decor- win-win! Speck’s in Collegeville is my go-to spot when...
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Go E-Z replacement drawer slides — launched in 1959 and still made today
We always love to discover companies that have been in business for decades, and here is another one: Houck Industries, maker of Go-E-Z undermount drawer slides. Thanks to reader Gerry for the...
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Water fountain — aka bubbler — attachment for your kitchen or bathroom sink
Turn your kitchen or bathroom sink — into a bubbler! That is: A water fountain. I think this >> bubbler attachment — available from deabath.com << — is so cute — and I guess because it...
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Retro Renovating for resale when you already have a quality — but wrong-dated...
Readers Kate and Tom recently asked how to approach a Retro Renovation of their 1960s kitchen — which was updated by previous owners in 1990s style — with an eye toward being thrifty especially given...
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Where to find replacements for laminate kitchen cabinet doors, 1980s-style
This kitchen cabinet style — a flat-panel door covered in laminate, with full-width oak pulls at the top — golly, there were a lot of these. If you need a replacement — or maybe, you’re ready to lead...
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Wilsonart Betty and Endora retro laminate designs to be discontinued as stock...
Wilsonart is discontinuing their “Betty” and “Endora” laminate designs as “stock” laminates by the end of this year, with plans to move them to their Virtual Design Library (VDL). However, Wilsonart...
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Youngstown kitchen cabinets share star billing with an O’Keefe and Merritt...
Meara’s “before” kitchen was actually just fine, with that can’t-take-your-eyes-off-it O’Keefe and Merritt range and neutral cabinets, countertops and flooring. That said, it wasn’t the stunner she...
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16 patterns of new Homer Laughlin vintage- and retro-pattern china — and how...
Do you want cheery vintage pattern china dinnerware without the hassle of collecting and without the worry about lead in the glaze or putting into the dishwasher? Homer Laughlin China to the rescue!...
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Tropical laminate from Wilsonart —“Lush Jungle”
Everywhere I turn these days, I see tropical decor and colors. Sure, it’s summer, but I think the trend is more deeply rooted: It’s very 2017, and hooray for us, very retro, too. Wilsonart also spotted...
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Drainboard kitchen sinks in stainless steel — three designs from an all-new...
Drainboard kitchen sinks: Oh, how we love them in our vintage and retro-design kitchens! Those drainboards are so darn functional — and this style of sink, in either stainless steel or porcelain...
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Ted wants our help: “I just purchased a house because it spoke to me, only I...
Ted and Marzie just closed on their “new” 1948 ranch house. But… do we really call it a ranch house, when the facade also has some delicious Streamline Moderne married to it? And… how should they...
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Whirlpool Sunset Bronze: This new kitchen appliance color will go on sale...
Whirlpool Sunset Bronze kitchen appliances: Yes, the company has introduced this color and it will be available for purchase this fall. We first wrote this possible introduction a year and a half ago,...
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Burnt blue Youngstown steel kitchen cabinets — what a lovely color
What a lovely color — burnt blue, I’ll call it — in these vintage Youngstown steel kitchen cabinets for sale on craigslist in metro St. Louis. I don’t think we’ve ever seen this color in the wild. It’s...
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Drew collects 60 Geneva kitchen cabinets — four sets, in all — to get all the...
Do you want to build a ‘new’ kitchen using vintage steel kitchen cabinets? Well, buckle up: Because if you’re going to fit someone else’s cabinets into your space, you may have to collect quite a few...
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Our 85th brand of vintage steel kitchen cabinets — Humphryes Manufacturing...
10 years blogging on the topic and howdy hudee: Our 85th brand of metal kitchen cabinets has popped up: The Humphryes Manufacturing Company of Mansfield, Ohio. I was poking around and spotted the...
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A bunch of New Old Stock Electro Sink Centers for sale !
It’s a great day when you learn about a bunch of New Old Stock 1963 Electro Sink Centers for sale, and you can spread the news far and wide. Spreading the news far and wide: Reader Joan tipped me that...
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