1950s Home Decor Redesign
The styles of the 1950's are coming back and there are many products now available to "capture the past" in your home decorating.
To get you started, here is a partial list of reproduced products inspired from the 1950's. 1. Fabric by the yard including barkcloth for curtains, pillows and furniture upholstery. 2. 50's style kitchen table and chair sets complete with chrome legs, formica table tops and vinyl covered seats in many colors. 3. Small retro style kitchen appliances including, toasters and soda shop drink mixers. 4. Classic pedal cars inspired from the 1940's and 50's. 5. Stoves and refrigerators reproduced with today's technology, but with the original appearance in many original colors. These are not cheap... be prepared to pay top dollar for the large kitchen appliances. 6. Replica diner jukeboxes, turntables, pay phones and radios. 7. Reproduced metal 6-pack picnic coolers, double bubble clocks and Coke machines. 8. Tin diner, car hop and motor oil signs. 9. Reproduction enamelware canister sets, soap dishes and bread boxes. 10. Metal laundry soap bins and glass laundry sprinklers for a bit of laundry room nostalgia. Your local second hand stores are a good source if you are in the market for original furniture that can be revitalized with some reproduced 50's fabric. Barbara Wangelid along with her husband Tobbe are the owners of JackandFriends.com where you can purchase vintage and retro reproduction signs, enamelware, antique labels, 1950's retro kitchen, and classic pedal cars.
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Window Hardware As Home Decor
Shutters have gained favor as a versatile, affordable home d?cor element. They can be wood or vinyl, depending on the mood you?re trying to create. The window hardware used to affix the shutter is an important consideration, as it completes the entire look of the shutter. You can make your shutters look as ornate or as simple as you?d like, just as a result of your choice of hardware.
Home Is Where the Gym Is - Tips For Setting Up Your Home Gym
Tips For Setting Up Your Home GymCall them fitness centers, health clubs or whatever terminology you choose, they have come a long way in the past decade. Some are glamorous and high tech; some are comfortable and low-key.
Home Security Cameras Keep Homes Safe
You've had that niggling feeling for some time now. Your two-year-old son cries everytime you turn him over to his nanny. Apprehensive, you ask the woman you hired three weeks ago to explain your son's strange behavior. She gives you an explanation that sounds quite plausible. You buy it, of course. Why shouldn't you? You're desperate for someone to leave your son to. Furthermore, each time you are home, everything seems normal. The nanny seems devoted to your baby.
DIY Log Lean-To Kits Available at Cedar Knoll Log Homes
Cedar Knoll Log Homes, a leading designer and manufacturer of high quality Adirondack log homes, log cabins, log garages and log siding, announces it has created a new do-it-yourself (DIY) log lean-to kit.
Alta Log Homes Receives LEED for Homes Certificate: Alta Log Homes First Log Home in the U.S. to Receive Coveted
Certificate from U.
Alta Log Homes, a leading builder of "green" log homes for over 35 years has gone one shade greener with its elegant Greenbriar model, which has received the first U.S. Green Building Council's LEED(R) Certification for Homes, under its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Homes pilot program. Log homes have been the standard in "building green" for centuries.
A Modular Home Kit: The Barn Raising Comes Home
Even though the Amish people of Pennsylvania can still raise a very solid barn in a single day, for most people the tough of building anything more complicated than a model airplane is a non-starter. But as unbelievable as it sounds, there are modular home kits on the market which will provide almost everything required for the DIYer to build an actual, and not-too-shabby at that, house!
Log Home Dealers Wanted: Cedar Knoll Log Homes Expanding Dealer Network
Cedar Knoll Log Homes (www.cedarknollloghomes.com), a leading Adirondack log home designer and manufacturer, announces the appointments of two new key members to its management team: Adam Bouchard, Director of Domestic Distributor Sales and Melanie Bouchard, Director of International Distributor Sales. Both joined the company in August 2007 and are responsible for developing and growing Cedar Knoll Log Homes' dealer networks.
Home Security Door Lock: Making Your Home Safe
The recent death of Sean Taylor, an American football player for the Washington Redskins of the NFL, by a gunshot wound received during a burglary on November 26,2007 was worldwide news. Prior to his murder, Taylor's house was broken into on November 18. With this type on crime on the rise, it is prudent for all homeowners to review their house's security and consider upgrading or improving their home security door lock (http://www.theultimatelock.com/).
Log Homes - Whats Different About Log Homes?
Newcomers to the world of log homes will notice that log homes look different than conventional "stick-built" homes. But are log homes really different, other than in appearance? If so, how?Let's take a look at some of the ways in which log homes differ from conventional homes.
Home Theater AV Magazine Online 'Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity' Launches New Site
Home theater audio and visual magazine online re-design brings the high end audio and home theater enthusiast, the best online technical reference and resource guides.
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