Retro Kitchen
May 29, 2009 at 12:59 pm | In Home Is Where My Heart Is, Retro Chic, mid-century mod | 1 CommentI 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…)
What’s Not to Love?
April 24, 2009 at 2:38 pm | In Retro Chic, Scootalicious | Leave a CommentApril is coming to a close, and all month I’ve been looking at this adorable picture here at work. Roman Holiday is an adorable movie (definitely some weird parts though). Only 5 weeks till the big two-week trek across Italy!
Here’s the scene that this is from, right in front of beautiful Capitoline Hill in the heart of Rome! I remember standing in that exact spot just a 3 months ago, after spending hours walking down the Via del Corso with Teresa Ann, eating pizza and gelato, taking the side roads to the Pantheon and Trajan’s Column, spending money on things I don’t need, taking videos of street performers, and just chatting about girly things with Mom. Then there is was! Sigh. 5 weeks….
Sunrise Diner dishes
March 23, 2009 at 11:09 pm | In Retro Chic, The Dish | 1 CommentAh!! Check out these AMAZING dishes I found at the Blue Building/Southern Consignment over in Alabaster. Could these be more up my alley? 4 dinners and 4 bowls for just $10 bucks. Not bad. Thanks so much to Janie at Student Life for telling me about my new favorite store!
The Blue Building
210 1st St N
Alabaster, AL 35007
(205) 620-5777
P.S. Started a new category for this one called “The Dish.” How have I not had a category designated to one my favorite things on the planet?
My future kitchen…
January 28, 2009 at 5:48 am | In Retro Chic, mid-century mod | 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!
More Retro Christmas fun!
December 19, 2008 at 4:59 am | In Home Is Where My Heart Is, Retro Chic, that's what Christmas means to me my love | Leave a CommentCountry Home magazine has a story in this month’s issue about these little collectibles call Putz houses. They are made of cardboard, so they are extremely fragile, and were originally sold in five-and-dime stores in the middle of the century for a few cents each, and are just so charming I couldn’t resist them! Apparently I’m lucky to find one with the tree still in tact–since they’re so delicate, many of the little intricacies don’t last. Score! I mean, they’re miniature, retro, and Christmas themed. What more do I require? I found these at the Trussville Antique Mall for about $8 each. Yay!
She shops…she scores!!
December 9, 2008 at 12:39 am | In Home Is Where My Heart Is, Retro Chic, mid-century mod, that's what Christmas means to me my love | 2 CommentsToday 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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