What do you think this young homemaker from the 1950s is thinking about?
“I wonder if that gold refrigerator I bought will look dated in a few years?”
“Should I hang that horse and jockey wallpaper in my kitchen?”
“If only I had a portable stereo in here!”
Write your own caption for her in the comments and tell [...]
This grand old home known as “Cobble Court” sits on 9 rolling acres. It has 9 bedrooms and 8 baths, and it’s on the market for $8.7 million. It was built in 1933 to look like a French Norman country estate and definitely looks European. Surprisingly, though, it’s not really French–it’s right here in Ohio, just a few miles away from my [...]
A Beautiful Abode has a great interview with Aja, “the Super Shopper” today that I really enjoyed. I checked out the photos Aja has on Flickr of her 1956 brick ranch, and they included this amazing, you-can’t-believe-it-until-you-see-it, kitchen makeover.
Just take a good, hard look at these “before” photos. Do you see much potential there? I’m [...]
Dark Roasted Blend asks: “Now, do you appreciate your iPod more? In the 50s you had to carry the CART with you, wherever you went.”
You know I love me some retro, so I got a little crazy with excitement when I found this photo via bb-blog. The homemaker looks more excited and proud about her [...]
They’re ”Woofers.” Get it? I’m not sure whether to be amused or disturbed at the idea of having decapitated dogs sitting around around the house.
The Woofer speakers are sold by Sander Mulder:
This is functional kitsch; the wrong becomes the new right. By adding a function to an otherwise grotesque object, it acquires new aesthetic values, becoming an [...]
Here are some fun links for you to check out if you need to get your “house fix” today:
Over at Retro Renovation there’s a post about the classic Cary Grant movie “Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House” (one of my favorites!) and photos of kitchen styles from that era (late ’40s). You have to stop [...]
In the 1950s, they envisioned a future that was plastic and waterproof. The teeny-tiny caption says, “Because everything in her home is waterproof, the housewife of 2000 can do her daily cleaning with a hose.”
I don’t know about you, but I’m thinking it wouldn’t be a bad idea to have a drain in the middle of my living [...]
By JULIA @ HOOKEDONHOUSES.NET
“Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.”
I’m working on an article about Coco Chanel for Kiki magazine’s summer issue and have to share photos of her chic apartment with [...]
I love the Oscars. All day I tried to think of a way to justify writing about them on a website dedicated to houses. Then it occurred to me–write about my favorite house from a movie in the past year! That’ll work.
As you know, I have a habit of watching certain movies over and over [...]
When I saw this today, it stumped me at first. What was it? It reminded me of the Skyline Blinds I showed you a few days ago–but with a view of Manhattan instead of Paris.
Take a guess in the comments.
Update: Well, I think I’ve tortured you all enough. I loved reading all of your creative guesses, though! Amy [...]
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