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Kate uses our new “Retro Renovation Delightful Jade” boomerang laminate for...
I built a new vanity for my guest bathroom about about three months ago, but we held the story, because lookie: I was able to use one of our seven new Retro Renovation® by Wilsonart® boomerang...
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Vintage Charm™ Inspired by Pyrex® collection
Thanks to a tip from reader Nancy, we discovered that the company that makes Pyrex — which recently celebrated their 100th anniversary with a special collection — has released yet another vintage...
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Retro Renovation on the scene at KBIS 2016!
Our Las Vegas Laminate KBIS 2016 Adventure last week was a whirlwind of meeting many interesting people (including readers!), seeing tons of new home-building products — and yes, some of them were...
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Boomerang laminate samples of our new collection —“Retro Renovation® by...
Howdy, hudee — Wilsonart has started rolling out samples of the new boomerang laminates we designed in collaboration with Wilsonart are now available as samples. As of this moment, two colors are...
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Le Creuset’s midcentury-inspired Oasis collection — including the new...
Color, color, color! Are we just imagining things, or are we seeing a return of pretty colors in home decor available from mainstream market manufacturers? Well — here’s hoping! The latest evidence: Le...
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58 years in the same 1958 kitchen: Judy’s mom Doreen’s kitchen, Calgary
I love old houses because they come ready-filled with a history of love. Today: Judy’s lovely story about the 1958 kitchen that her mother Doreen still uses today, after moving in when it was brand...
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AGA colorful ranges and a retro kitchen at KBIS
When we walked the show floor at KBIS 2016, Pam and I noticed right away that there were a lot of booths that were almost entirely white, grey and beige. So when we spotted the colorful AGA stoves...
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Update: 4 designs – 29 colors of boomerang laminate now on the market
Now that our Retro Renovation® by Wilsonart® collection of seven color ways of boomerang laminates is officially available, we thought it a good time to update our core one-stop-shopping resource story...
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Northstar vintage style kitchen appliances from Elmira Stove Works
Yet another bright and colorful spot at KBIS 2016 was the Northstar Appliances display from Elmira Stove Works. In fact, even though the booth was tucked away against a back wall of the convention...
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Retro Renovation® by Wilsonart boomerang laminate — now available online at...
Breaking News: Wilsonart just let me know that our new Retro Renovation® by Wilsonart boomerang laminates — all seven colorways — are available via Home Depot including online. Prices appear to be the...
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SMEG appliances at KBIS
Is there anyone out there who can honestly say that they don’t drool just a little bit when they see one of these adorable, colorful SMEG refrigerators? I admit, my mouth was watering while standing...
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Meet the “Betty” of Wilsonart’s Betty laminate
We met many awesome Wilsonart people at KBIS — seriously, how fun is it to talk boomerang laminates — but this was a particularly happy connection: Sally Chavez, a senior designer, introduced herself,...
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Small farmhouse sink — 42″ cast iron — new from Strom Plumbing
Options for cast iron drainboard farmhouse sinks just got bigger — errr, smaller — with this new design — the 42″ Whitney — from Strom Plumbing. We spied this cutie while walking the floor at KBIS...
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Found in boxes never opened, 1948 Youngstown Kitchens cabinets go home to...
“…Ironically, it would be loaded on to a rail car and shipped back by rail to Ohio. Probably the same way it was shipped from Ohio to California 70 years ago.” — Ben Casado When we broke the story last...
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Checking out the Nelson’s sink on display at KBIS
Before we headed to KBIS 2016 in Las Vegas, we heard from Kent Nelson, owner of Nelsons Bathtub Inc. that one of his company’s vintage style acrylic sinks would be on display at the show. Nelson’s is a...
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Eames in a Box: A 1959 Spartan Carousel trailer with a fantastic circular...
Prepare your eyeballs for this gem — a rare 1959 ‘Spartan Carousel’ trailer that, as its name suggests, includes a fabulous circular kitchen. This beauty was spotted for sale in Arizona and posted on...
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Unit block wood flooring — 9″ oak tongue-in-groove floor tiles — and where to...
Here’s something I didn’t know existed and turns out to be a great product to consider for our midcentury homes: “Unit block” oak flooring. 9″ tongue-in-groove solid pieces (rather than in the finger...
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Jonathan Adler for Formica laminates — two patterns, four colorways new for 2016
Another new product introduction at KBIS 2016: Two new Jonathan Adler for Formica patterns, in a total of four colorways. Pam and I made sure to check out the Formica display, where it was fun to see...
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NOS warehouse full of Youngstown Diana countertops, vintage steel kitchen...
Weekly update: Stephanie and her family have continued unpacking, cleaning up, and counting and measuring all the New Old Stock cabinet parts found in the family’s warehouse full of New Old stock...
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From Ace & Acme to Yorktown & Youngstown: 79 brands of metal kitchen cabinets...
The product that started it all — the blog, that is: Vintage steel kitchen cabinets. I wanted to renovate my kitchen. I wanted vintage steel kitchen cabinets. I went on a five-year quest to find them....
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