Go Retro!

Nooks.

There are some little views from around inside my house that make me especially happy.

 

Everything in the photo above was less than $1.

Above: Chair from the Furniture Lounge. Picture frames from Target, on clearance for about $1-3 each. Prints from a children's book about Alaska for less than $1 at a yard sale. Racoon pillow from someone's garage sale for 25 cents.

 

Above: Wall art mural by my mother, from robynsgate.blogspot.com. White-frames prints from a vintage children's book of nursery rhymes for 25 cents. Frames from Target on clearance for $1-3 each. The art in the center frame is a drawing by my mother in the 1970s.

Above: Fabulous vintage baby clothes for 25 cents each!

 

Kitchen Inspirations

I will certainly need to repaint the kitchen of the new house. I'm thinking of greys, creams, browns, greens.

The kitchen of the soon-to-be-new-house is very orange. Some walls are light orange, the cabinets are a darker orange, the other wall is yellowy orange, and the other wall is a sponged yellowy orange and darker orange. The pergo floors have nice dark inlays in them. The appliances are all black and the trim is natural wood, the back door is white. And there is exposed chimney in the corner.

Pictures of kitchens that inspire:

Do You Have Sunday Trouble?

Magazine Scan: How To Make Anna More Efficient?

I'm not sure if they could have written this to be more offensive.

This is in a magazine from 1941. Get a load of the photos of the "Missus" lounging on the couch while "Anna" scrubs the floor in strappy high heel shoes in the upper right photo. I just can't stop shaking my head at the dehumanizing/ownership talk  .... ok, here are some high ... lowlights:

"You can't just hire your own particular Anna, sink into the downy cushions and turn on the radio, and expect your dreams of a shining clean and beautifully managed house to come true."

"I hope mine helps you and that your Anna flourishes as well as mine!

"Sunday means, mainly, a good family dinner. After serving it, and dusting downstairs, Anna is off on her merry way."