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Retro Kitchen

May 29, 2009 at 12:59 pm | Posted in Home Is Where My Heart Is, mid-century mod, Retro Chic | 1 Comment

I just can’t enough!! I love retro kitchens the way Alabamians love SEC football! This is from an old issue of Home Companion magazine that I found at a flea mall last week. I could kiss it. Painted floors, vintage furniture, open shelving, collections…what is not l-o-v-e?

(Sorry for the horrible scan…you’d think working for a magazine would enable me to somehow, someway, make a decent scan…)

My future kitchen…

January 28, 2009 at 5:48 am | Posted in mid-century mod, Retro Chic | 2 Comments

…will be a blast from the past. Since I don’t produce product columns for a magazine anymore, I created one for myself…and for you!

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She shops…she scores!!

December 9, 2008 at 12:39 am | Posted in Home Is Where My Heart Is, mid-century mod, Retro Chic, that's what Christmas means to me my love | 2 Comments

Today was a fantastic day. If you know anything about me, you know I have a heart for all things kitschy, retro, and/or vintage. Today I was out propping at an antique store, and I scored an authentic 1960s aluminum Christmas tree, complete with original box + instructions. TWENTY BUCKS! I can’t wait to fill it with retro baubles, and one day it will be the baby’s tree! How cute will it be in Baby Nichols’ nursery with all pink or all blue ornaments? Oh mid-century mod, I love you.

P.S. Just did a test-run of this year’s Christmas cookie: Martha’s spiced cardamom cookies from the cover of her December issue. Can’t wait to share them with you!

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