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Vintage Poggenpohl kitchen cabinets from 1978 — classics!
Poggenpohl kitchen cabinets from 1978 — so beautiful — hooray for 1970s kitchens when they look like this one! I don’t know much about the brand, but suspect that they were top-of-the-line — like many...
View ArticleCome inside a “Hurricane in a Box”— GoPro Hero 5 captures all the action...
The best of modern technology meets the best of vintage technology in this video: AutomaticWasher.org’s @joeypete of Concord, N.H., put his GoPro Hero 5 camera inside his vintage Kitchenaid KDM-21...
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Wilsonart Betty and Endora laminates, no longer stock but now VDL, now at...
Wilsonart Betty and Endora, no longer stock but now printed on demand via Wilsonart’s Virtual Design Library, are now live on Home Depot. As with our Retro Renovation® by Wilsonart laminates, there are...
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Nevamar Venus laminate — delightful atomic laminate pattern
Oh so pretty: The Nevamar Venus laminate pattern — in four colors, including turquoise, lemon yellow, beige, and white. The atomic pattern in this vintage is delightful, and the colors are...
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Nevamar Carnival laminate — in the fashion of vintage boomerangs
Nevamer “Carnival” design laminate in the “Oyster” colorway — fabulous! The simple triangular shape — line drawn in dofferent colorways over a lighter field — is in the style of the famous Formica...
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Glittery sparkle laminate — available again !
BREAKING NEWS!!! Sparkle laminate aka glitter laminate is available once more — surely one of the biggest news stories of the 21st Century here in Retro Renovation Nation. Yes, one of our dreams has...
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My new favorite laminate for a 1940s kitchen countertop
In the 1940s, you could have any color of kitchen countertop as long as it was black. I exaggerate, but only a little. A couple of years ago I wrote a small e-book, which I never published, all about...
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Retro laminates from Arborite — Mod atomic “Stella” designs in yellow and blue
I’ve been researching and writing about laminates lately and stumbled upon these two designs — yellow-and-blue and blue-and-yellow pastel “Stella” designs with a mod-atomic sensibility. They are from...
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56 vintage St. Charles kitchen cabinets — Chiffon Yellow, i heart you
56 — count ’em 56 — vintage St. Charles kitchen cabinets, spotted for sale where all the best stuff is. Are you a super fan? You know where that is. Oh so pretty vintage St. Charles kitchen cabinets:...
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Where to find oversize sink drains and strainers for a farmhouse sink
Several readers have asked: Where can they find oversized kitchen sink drains and baskets for their vintage kitchen sinks? Seems like today’s standard for the opening to the kitchen drain is 3.5...
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New Old Stock hardware store — full of kitchen and bathroom faucets,...
New Old Stock bathroom faucets >> See the ENTIRE STASH right here with just one click << Sink drains (maybe 5.5s?) >> For vintage NOS Crane stock click here << Super rare I...
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New Old Stock vintage Amerock cabinet pulls — coming out of the old hardware...
New Old Stock Amerock cabinet pulls — the ones above and other styles too — are now being pulled out of the old time hardware store in Iowa. Same store as has all the New Old Stock kitchen faucets,...
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Two retro modern laminates now available for countertop use
When you are hunting for laminate for a countertop, be sure to check that it is specified for “horizontal” use. Some laminates are made just for “vertical” use — intended for commercial customers who...
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Faucet cover plate for vintage Crane kitchen drainboard sinks
There are days…. there are weeks…. that I am just…. happy…. that there are companies like Bathroom Machineries, also lovingly known here as deabath.com, that care enough about wonderful old stuff that...
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From “tastefully bland” to history-worthy: Steven and John transform their...
The kitchen in Steven and John’s Palm Spring house — designed by midcentury architect Herbert W. Burns — had been pretty nicely updated, albeit, admittedly “tastefully bland.” Once in the house, there...
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60″ double drainboard cast iron kitchen sink — made new again!
Howdy hudee, a big double drainboard cast iron kitchen sink is back on the market — for sale again from Ready to Re. Note, this one lacks the famous hudee ring — the edge is “rolled” so that it sits...
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Vintage laminate with illustrated leaves — and glitter on top
Oh my wonder, oh my word, I was going through old photos in my camera and stumbled upon these: Vintage laminate from a Pittsfield estate sale. This laminate: swirly illustrated leaves in gray, on an...
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42″ farmhouse drainboard kitchen sink — single bowl, single drainboard, cast...
Here’s a second cast iron kitchen drainboard sink — made new — in Ready to Re’s new Parrish collection. This one is 42″ wide, with one sink, one drainboard. Like the new 60″ double-bowl,...
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Westinghouse Appliance Center — New Old Stock
We don’t see these too often: A Westinghouse Appliance Center — the kind that’s recessed into the wall — New Old Stock. For sale on ebay here >> New Old Stock Westinghouse Appliance Center...
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150+ vintage drainboard kitchen sinks — original finish — in stock at all...
Are you looking for a vintage kitchen drainboard sink, want to choose from a huge selection, and get one fast? Ken and his wife are here to help: Based in Gardner, Mass. (near me!), they scour New...
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