Mid-Century Photo Friday: It's Cocktail time!

'30's House post – My friends are doing "Trading Spaces"

So, for the next few days I’m going to digress from my love of 1950’s vintage homes because my two friends in the neighborhood who own 1930’s homes are both taping this week for an episode of “Trading Spaces”! What’s particularly amusing about this, is that neither house (or owner) is particularly “design challenged”….I think both of them have done a nice job of decorating….however, they thought it would be fun! I’m DYING to see

Mid-Century Photo Friday (ahem, Thursday): Happy Valentines Day!

Here’s Wishing You a Happy Valentine’s Day! Thanks to Tack-O-Rama we have access to these fantastic images! Also, found this adorable set on Etsy – someone should really buy them fast for a cute cute Valentine!

Happy Easter

Happy Easter from Vera Ellen (courtesy of Dress Up and Play), Vera-Ellen began dancing at the age of 10, and a few years later became one of the youngest Rockettes. She appeared in several Broadway musicals until she was spotted by film producer Samuel Goldwyn in 1945. She was only 24 years old when Goldwyn cast her opposite Danny Kaye in Wonder Man (1945). She danced with Fred Astaire in Three Little Words (1950) and

Help save our pink bathroom

Well it seems life has dealt us a card and we’re going to remodel our PINK bathroom in the next month. We know the tile has been falling off the shower wall for a while, but finally our plumber has determined that the plumbing for the whole shower has to go. So, it’s a rip out and remodel -s eriously we can’t save the tile in the bath. We could save the tile in