Show us your vintage home!

[CherryRed]

Thanks Mr!

And Mary yes I did paint them. What a pain in the BUTT!

Great job Pink! I love that buttery yellow. I am with you on painting cabinets. Mine were a MAJOR pain too. I'm still too cluttered to show pics.
Again, great job!!!

 

[Pink Dahlia]

It looks much brighter in person. The pics make them look a bit light.

And thanks!

 

[Miss Neecerie]

I grew up in a yellow and white kitchen.....so fresh and clean looking.

Mom would repaint every few years...so first it was white with yellow trim...then yellow with white trim...etc.....

So when you get bored...you can always paint the inset part of the cabinet doors in white

 

[goldwyn girl]

Looks great Pink!!

 

[The Shirt]

Loving the kitchen Pink. I'm thinking of moving and as I look at houses in my range they inevitably need some work in the kitchens. I'm getting great ideas in this thread!

 

[dhermann1]

Are those blue and white tiles in the back splash original, or did you put them in? Anyhow, they're a great touch.

 

[Pink Dahlia]

Thanks all!

No the previous owners tiled the kitchen. It was one of the reasons I fell in love with the house.

 

[dhermann1]

Desk, et al

I just received the finishing touch for my new old desk, so here's a pic. All from Ebay, of course. The desk is probably just about 1950, the clock is early 40's and the desk lamp, which came today is also probably early 40's. The desk has been tidied up like crazy, but will return to chaos as soon as nobody is looking.

 

[cookie]

I just received the finishing touch for my new old desk, so here's a pic. All from Ebay, of course. The desk is probably just about 1950, the clock is early 40's and the desk lamp, which came today is also probably early 40's. The desk has been tidied up like crazy, but will return to chaos as soon as nobody is looking.

A tidy desk is the sign of person that's not real busyIMHO....

 

[goldwyn girl]

That's a lovely desk, we're looking for something similar.

 

[Big Man]

Restoration project (the continuing saga) ...

I was able to make some more progress stripping off the old paint from my fireplace mantel this weekend. I've just about got all the old paint off that I can with a scraper. I guess the next step will be to do some sanding. Here's a picture of what the project looks like at this point.

One very interesting thing I found quite by accident. While stripping off paint close to the part of the mantel closest to the fire box, I discovered some blue paint. I scraped down and have determined that this blue was the "original" color of the room. The photo looks (on my computer) more green than blue, but in reality is is a very unusual shade of dark blue (with a "green undertone"). Now, all I have to do is find a way to match that color with a new paint and I'll be on my way to bring this room back to the way it looked around 1917 when my grandparents moved into the house.

 

[Minerva]

Is there any way you can chip off a sample of the paint? The hardware store should be able to custom-mix a match for you if you can show them what colour you want.

 

[CherryRed]

Here is a peek at what I have done to my kitchen so far. I still have some things to do so I will just post one before and after. But, I think it looks a lot better already.
From this:

To this:

 

[dhermann1]

That's exactly the same direction I'm going with mine. There's something about that black and white, or off white, with bright red trim that just says 40's and 50's. Unfortunately I'm starting to wonder if it's the kitchen equivalent of all the girls who love the 50's look becoming clones of Betty Page. Still, I really like it. Looks like you're a more competent kitchen remodeler than I am. I'm painting everything, but I can't afford to put in things like new tiles and floors yet.

 

[MaryDeluxe]

Wow Cherry that looks great! I love love love how you ran the floor on a diagonal! Your white cabinets and the floor make your kitchen look so much bigger! :eusa_clap

 

[Forgotten Man]

Sofa King Cool!

Here's a gem of a sofa I found just a week ago at one of my favorite antique shops... it's from the late 1920s and is all ORIGINAL! Yes, can you believe that fabric is original? Well it is!

Now a close up of the fabric...

It's no later then the early 1930s I'm going to say... has the original tag under the cushions and the fabric pattern was patented in 1927.

Believe it or not, it's a comfortable sofa... and I even like the color! Found it on sell for $156. bucks! Can't miss with that price!

Just need a more period end table, coffee table and maybe some better window dressing then those old "rental" styled blinds and it'll be DONE!

 

[CherryRed]

Thank you dhermann an Mary!

That floor was a bigger pain than I anticipated. I was not going to settle for not setting it on the angle but I sure paid for it. It is far from perfect but I'm satisfied for now. I just used peel and stick tiles so it only cost me about $240 for 4 boxes. My kitchen is a fairly good size 10X15, if I hadn't goofed up so much I would have had a lot left over. As I messed up a bunch I was scrimping for pieces at the end. :rage:

 

[dhermann1]

Believe it or not, it's a comfortable sofa...

Any sofa that old would be bound to be comfortable. First, they were all built MUCH more solidly back then, and second, only the most solid would survive that long. I partially redid a sofa of that vintage years ago, and got to see the insides. Modern sofas are total crap compared to sofas of that era. That is one category where "they don't build 'em like they used to" applies in spades.

 

[BeBopBaby]

I love seeing everyone's kitchen remodels. We're pricing out a kitchen remodel right now and I want to do white, shaker-style cabinets, jadite green walls, gray and white checkerboard tiled floor, white tin ceiling and hanging schoolhouse style pendant lights. I'm just waiting for the money tree to finish blooming, then I'll be set. lol

 

[The Shirt]

I know that it's not the same but there are products out there that mimic tin ceilings but at a way better price. There are plastic types and there are wallpapers too. This is coming from a girl who just can't always afford to be a purest. Just a thought.