Loud & proud! Retro sheets and towels with major flower power (1970)
Manufacturers of towels, bedspreads and sheets have come up with bright, colorful offerings to whet any women’s decorating appetite.
Build a dream-come-true play house in your backyard (1962)
Any little girl who gets this playhouse will see the magical land of make-believe come true right in her own backyard. It's a real house, with a Dutch front door and hearts and flowers dormers and a white picket fence.
Why not wallpaper your ceiling? (1970s)
Why stop with the walls when decorating your home, when you can add color and flair up high by wallpapering your ceilings? Here are some retro decor tips from the seventies!
9 mid-century kitchen remodels & floorplans (1954)
If you were planning to get a new kitchen for your home in the 1950s, here are nine of the most popular mid-century kitchen remodels and floorplans you might have checked out!
Spring’s a-ringin’ with convenient new phones in colorful tones! (1962)
Brightening up your home for spring? Mixing paints? Choosing new draperies? Now's the time to add handy phones in color to complement your own decorating ideas!
Wild! Color invades the kitchen on decorator appliances (1960s)
Color invades the kitchen! It’s an exciting new trend in appliances -- an idea that’s been growing by leaps and bounds ever since the first tame departure from clinical white to pale pastels and subdued browns.
Cute, colorful bathroom decor & accessories (1993)
You can spend 5 more years hating your old bathroom...
Or in less than an hour & less than $100, you can have a new one
Introducing a new co... Read more...
Glorious vintage designer kitchen remodels (1978)
A kitchen remodel portfolio: Help yourself to the inspired ideas - some big, some little, all of them adaptable - in these kitchen makeovers by talented designers! Retro styles from 1978.
4 crafty & creative Christmas decorations (1963)
Beautiful Christmas decor & gifts you can make
Shown clockwise from top left:
Frothy lace cone tree is created by cutting and gluing paper l... Read more...
Creative Christmas gifts for the home (1964)
Give something out of this world
On the launching pad and ready to go in Santa's space capsule are a collection of A-OK gifts for the home.
Sin... Read more...
Sparking sequined crafts (1972)
Elegant jeweled fruit craft
Make these ornaments in minutes for dazzling centerpieces or decorations. It's so easy! You simply use straight pins to a... Read more...
Gingerbread house gallery: Christmas cookies & candy (1987)
Gingerbread gallery
For the merriest of holidays, here is our brand-new collection of gingerbread houses. Make our fairy-tale cottage and... Read more...
How to make a boy’s Alaskan bedroom hideaway (1961)
Boy's Alaskan bedroom hideaway
Built-in utility... plus a new world of adventure
The young men of your house will appreciate this beautiful and ... Read more...
Stage a crafty Christmas claybake! (1964)
Christmas claybake
In that magical and ever-quickening flurry of days and weeks before Christmas, when lists are drawn up, gifts cached away, parties... Read more...
Decorating your front door for Christmas (1960)
Holiday front door decor
Is there a warmer way of saying "Merry Christmas" and "Please come in!" than a front door that's bedecked with greens and ... Read more...
Make a welcoming Christmas wreath for your front door (1962)
The welcoming wreath
It invites all callers to come inside and share the Christmas spirit with you
The traditional symbol of welcome and hospita... Read more...
Make a cookie house for Christmas (1967)
The cookie house can be your merriest holiday decoration ever.
Start with a kit you order, then embellish with homemade or packaged cookies and yummy... Read more...
How to craft clever Christmas ornaments from paper (1960)
So pretty, such fun to do!
One of the nicest Christmas customs we know is having both young and old make ornaments for the tree!
These are paper ... Read more...
Merry & bright Christmas centerpieces (1962)
Christmas centerpieces
At Christmas time, you want to set a bountiful, beautiful table, with your very best china, a cherished old lace or damask clo... Read more...
Colorful Christmas lights from GE (1966 & 1968)
Your holiday decorations can have a new look
15 Merry Bright Light Set -- Constant see-thru brilliance!
20 Tinsel-Lights -- Halos of sparkle!
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Make your own Christmas trimmings & decor! (1962)
Make your own gay trimmings, advises clever El Paso decorator
by Bessie Simpson
Remember the days when Christmas trimmings were not to be found ... Read more...
How to make a kitchen center island (1961)
Kitchen center island
A step-saving kitchen island with roll-away cart
This kitchen island food preparation and serving center is designed to sa... Read more...
Mini gardens: The Folarium greenhouse & indoor sunshine machines (1974)
Ideal for displaying plants in any room, the Aladdin Folarium gives plants a healthy indoor environment.
How to make a fold-away dining corner in your kitchen (1961)
Fold-away dining corner
A family-centered dining nook tucks away into warm wood paneling
Here is an idea that will provide additional living spa... Read more...
Groovy walls! 25 vintage wallpaper samples from 1963
Careful selection of wallpaper important
By William Pahlmann, Fellow, American Institute of Interior Designers
A beautiful design on a fine wall... Read more...
How to make a roll-away children’s activity center (1961)
Children's activity center
Hours of family-planned fun with this compact "home saver"
A separate little world for the youngsters of your house .... Read more...
An unforgettable lemon-and-lime colored kitchen (1977)
Over, under and all around, a sunny mood pervades this lemon-and-lime kitchen in suburban Cincinnati. But this kitchen has more than good looks.
Design & decor for a small but practical dream house (1960)
Our practical dream house: Practical in the sense of low maintenance. Dreamy in the way it realizes the family's hopes.
What a house costs to build o... Read more...
Photo gallery: The canopy bed revival of the 1970s
The four-poster bed with a canopy, known as a tester bed, is back in a big way. At the 1972 furniture market in Chicago, the canopy bed look was bigger than life.
Design-A-Wall modular shelves for the mid-century modern home (1962)
Design-A-Wall units: Modular shelves, bookcases, cabinets and room dividers.
What a wonderful world of beauty and utility is yours with new Design-... Read more...
Which way does the wind blow? A look back at antique weathervanes
Vintage weathervanes were made in almost every conceivable design and pattern. Horses, cows, deer, eagles, ships. roosters and even pigs were hammered in metal and used to register the direction of the wind.
Transform your kitchen with a wall-mounted refrigerator! (1956)
This new, revolutionary refrigerator-freezer that hangs from the wall is a completely new and advanced concept of modern living. Truly, it is the most convenient and magnificent refrigerator-freezer ever produced!
Wallpaper wizardry: The fresh home trend for 1966
Be a wallpaper "whizzard"
Fresh pattern on the wall -- even more than fresh paint -- works bigger decorating wonders than almost anything else you ca... Read more...
How to make a buffet server for your dining room & kitchen (1961)
Make a 'Finger-tip' buffet server
Display, serve, store, "roll away" with this serving center of fine wood
This built-in buffet will save you st... Read more...
A classic collection of vintage stencil designs (1910)
Here's a collection of stencils patterns from 1910, inspired by Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Persian and other classical designs.
A slice of vintage Holly Hobbie heaven from the ’70s & ’80s
Holly Hobbie is the old-fashioned girl dressed in calico with lace-up boots and an enormous sunbonnet who now appears on toys, gift wrap, decoupage kits, wall plaques, figurines, collector plates and more.
