Vintage Frigidaire Oven

Right before we moved into our new home, I saw this amazing aqua Frigidaire oven on Craigslist and had to check it out. When I got there, I realized I was buying it from a soon-to-be neighbor (small world...!) and it was original to her 1950s home. A few months later, when we made our first attempt to hook it up, we were greeted by a blood-curdling sound like a garbage disposal grinding a piece of metal and one of the burners literally needing to be put out with a fire extinguisher. 😧  The wires were really old and shorted out, which had caused the fire. So my husband and father-in-law rewired the entire stovetop. Completely gutted! Then we removed a hanging cabinet from the other side of the kitchen and that wood was used to create a frame for the oven. The finishing touch was to add a bit of metal trim around the counter to give it that vintage look. Finally, the moment of truth came...drum roll...and it worked great!

In fact, we ceremoniously broke it in that very night with some pizza rolls.















Before...



...and after!

Retro Recipe Cards

I'm so proud of these recipe cards I designed! The illustrations were inspired by a 1950s children's cookbook that I have. Everything was hand drawn, then scanned in and assembled in the computer. These turned out so fun and perfectly retro. 

I sell them on my Etsy shop, if you know someone who would love these, even if that someone is you ;) Just click here!

Retro Bathroom Makeover

For the longest time, I've been trying to figure out what to do with our bathroom. The first thing that inspired me was a bathroom I saw on Madmen with gray walls and a black sink cabinet. (Ok yes, it was the Glen scene. But the bathroom was still pretty awesome.) Unfortunately the color was way too dark and didn't have the same class without the amazing wallpaper from the show. So after leaving our bathroom in limbo for several months, I finally went back to square one.

Here are some designs that really inspired me:









This is how our bathroom looked when we bought the house. It seemed like parts of it had been renovated pretty recently. The medicine cabinet, sink cabinet and light fixture are definitely not my style.



Soooo this is the plan! (Yay for Photoshop!) It's simple, but I think it's a lot more cohesive (and vintage) than what we had. The most expensive part is definitely going to be tiling the floor and tub area. But since the room is so small (and what I picked is so basic), it shouldn't be too bad. Home Depot has the square tiles for $0.85/sqft and the octagonal floor tiles are about $2.50/sqft. I'll be sure to post our forays into tiling when it comes to it. I can't wait to see all this come together!

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas...

Earlier this year, we had zero Christmas decorations since this is our first Christmas in our own home. But thanks to my Granny and a tinsel tree from ebay, we are at least now off to a good start! ;)