How to make a space-saving guest wall for visitors (1961)
Here's an idea designed to make one room serve two purposes . . . a cozy, practical family room, plus well-planned facilities for extra guests or family additions.
A dozen fashionable Victorian fireplaces from 1880
Antique fireplace mantels from 1880
Used in connection with the Peerless Grate consists of five pieces of tile, which rest upon the outer or stationary frame of the grate. They are so constructed as to admit o... Read more...
How to make a fold-up home workshop (1961)
Make a fold-up home workshop
Plan, work, store, protect with this "fold away" workshop
For Dad only . . . a complete, self-contained home workshop with tools, lumber, shop equipment and supplies locked in... Read more...
How to make a ‘Lazy Susan’ wardrobe closet for your bedroom (1961)
Make a 'Lazy Susan' wardrobe
Four-season wardrobe selection at the touch of a finger
Separate your wardrobe by season . . . by formal and informal ensembles. . . group your accessories according to wear .... Read more...
Art tile stoves for the up-to-date Victorian home (1890)
A leader among art stove makers
In the matter of ornamentation, our "Art Tile stove" is the leader among "Art stoves." Its mantle of embossed tiles, covering the entire stove and forming a solid shell around... Read more...
How to make these lion and elephant quilted comforters (1972)
Wild bedtime! Lion and elephant quilted comforters
Our comical quilts can turn a youngster's bedtime from hassle to heyday!
Materials needed
Lion and elephant comforters are 39x54 inches, and made of 45-in... Read more...
Victorian graphic design: Stylized paint labels (1870s & 1880s)
These bits of well-preserved vintage graphic artistry come from the simply-named Paints Oils Varnishes catalog from F. W. Devoe Co. of New York, which was published in 1885. (The catalog also contained several ... Read more...
62 beautiful vintage home designs & floor plans from the 1920s
'The homes illustrated are of the most modern design and have a permanent appeal.' See color views of 62 completed homes, floorplans, and the number of rooms and home size.
Make your own jewelry with bead weaving (1972)
Make your own jewelry - vintage style!
Create your own distinctive beaded jewelry by weaving it on a basic box loom. You can make an assortment of bracelets, necklaces, belts, headbands-even bags and small tap... Read more...
Retro yellow kitchens from yesteryear
Pink is dead: Style trend in housewares features yellow (1956)
Better repaint your pink pots and change; your turquoise towels, ma'am: The stylish new housewares are all yellow.
A unanimous trend toward... Read more...
Retro rooms: 12 themed vintage basement remodels (1948)
Check out these 12 retro basement remodels, including a ranch room with a Western atmosphere, created with cowhide furniture, a totem pole, and a colorful pattern for the floor copied from a Navajo blanket.
Household in the pink: Pink home accessories & decor (1955)
Household in the pink
Having run the gamut in clothes, pink has moved in on home furnishings, and is seeping into every room of the house.
Some of the uses seem harsh for such a delicate color, but pink rem... Read more...
Bathroom colors become brighter and more varied (1957 & 1958)
More color in the bathroom
From the Sheboygan Press - April 29, 1957
Pink and yellow bathroom fixture sales increased sharply last year, reports the Plumbing Fixture Manufacturers' Association. White bath... Read more...
Walls with a fashion future! Vintage wallpaper samples from 1940
These 72 wonderful wallpaper samples come straight from the forties, when wallpaper was all the rage.
Vintage home exteriors: 18 colorfully-painted Victorian houses (1886)
Bold, rich coloring for houses of the era
The day when nearly every building was painted white, and window blinds green, has passed away. It was followed by the use of tints, and this, in turn, has now giv... Read more...
Shades of the past: Victorian house paint color sample cards
The harmony of color (1893)
From Sherwin-Williams Paint
We often hear the remark "There goes a well-dressed lady," but we do not always think of the important fact that it is not necessarily expensive fab... Read more...
Colonial-style barn signs for good luck (1959)
The “hex marks” painted on the old barns of the so-called “Pennsylvania Dutch” farmers, even on some of the modern new barns, now are merely traditionally ornamental.
Peter Max clocks: Wild, wonderful ways to tell time!
The absolutely wild, wonderful way to tell time! (1968)
New from General Electric: Peter Max Clocks
Daisy Butterfly, Opticon, Wow Now, Daisy Reflection, Flower Girl, Circa 1890
Peter Max wall... Read more...
Space age: Amazing retro futuristic homes of the ’60s
What did the future look like from the '60s? In this ad series for Motorola, commercial artist Charles Schridde depicted modernist homes of the future - and perfectly captured the era's sleek style and space-age optimism.
Get down with these groovy vinyl floors from the ’70s
In the seventies, modern versions of linoleum made with vinyl were the must-have floors in kitchens and family rooms -- and even bathrooms. The most popular choices in the no-wax flooring department were the fa... Read more...
The new look in home furnishings: Paisley & black lacquer (1963)
The new look in home furnishings -- Black lacquer furniture and paisley fabrics
By Vivian Brown
A new look in home furnishings may well be black furniture and paisley fabrics, says fabric expert Zelena Br... Read more...
The bright, new look of needlepoint (1958)
Collector's Craft Book: Needlepoint Pillows
Needlepoint, favorite hobby of queens, Colonial housewives and every new generation of Americans, adapts beautifully to contemporary colors and modern design.
H... Read more...
Michael Landon at home (1975)
Meet the Michael Landons
by Muriel Davidson
Michael Landon's "Big House in Beverly Hills" is a far cry from the "Little House on the Prairie" featured in his hit TV series. But, says the former "Bonanza" ... Read more...
Come into the kitchen with Dinah Shore (1967)
Come into the kitchen with Dinah
"My kitchen is home to me," says Dinah Shore -- singer, TV hostess, cook. And her newly remodeled kitchen is a warm, comfortable place, where she can happily whip up anythin... Read more...
Vintage Bloomies! Antique Bloomingdale’s ads
Bloomingdale's originally opened in 1861 when the Bloomingdale brothers began by selling hoop-skirts on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Then in 1872, the two opened their first store at 938 Third Avenue in New Yor... Read more...
Doughboy’s giant 22-foot swimming pool (1955)
Doughboy's giant 22-foot swimming pool
Low cost fun for the whole family... Big enough to swim in...built to last for years!
A real full-size swimming pool you can enjoy all summer long ... for season-after... Read more...
