40s kitchen

For the last few weeks, we have been without a working printer/ scanner but finally bought a new one this week. I decided to try it out by scanning more images from Mrs. Crabtree’s 1940’s and 1950’s home decorating scrapbook. If you want to read my post about how I ended up with the scrapbook and what’s in it, click here. It takes a while to scan and crop each picture, so I am just working on the images in... Read More Read More

1940s vintage advertising images for linoleum flooring. Lots of great ideas for the vintage home.

A Spanish Revival bungalow restored with an eye toward its history, and a splendid Arts & Crafts collection to fill it.

If you have a 1940s house, it most likely falls into one of two categories: Pre-War or Post-War. The 1940s pre-War kitchen borrowed from the ’30s with its cheerful prints and focus on white, sanitary spaces. The post-War kitchen benefited from the huge influx of returning soldiers who got married and set up housekeeping . […]

20 photos of Lauryn and Dennis' 1939 kitchen makeover -- details about materials and methods they used to create the modest vintage kitchen of their dreams.

From The Netherlands loves vintage and/or shabby chic,Rufus Sewell and the Royal Family of French music Jacques Dutronc,Françoise Hardy and Thomas Dutronc

Whether painted, marble, or linoleum, the checkerboard pattern is a kitchen classic.

Lately I have been thinking back of some fond memories that I have as a child. One year my parents thought it would be fun if we had a different kind of family vacation. Instead of doing something …

After all the protests, the only major change is the background wall. Phew!