Now retro, then, all the rage

June 9, 2015
  Growing up, did your kitchen look like this? Mine didn't. but I love it, all of it: the color scheme, the appliances and the retro 1950s vibe. I once did a...
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5 stylin’ yet affordable summer hats

June 8, 2015
I love hats. I love them as fashion statements, but they're also a must to protect our skin from the heat of the summer sun.  Form and function? The two don't always go...
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Nothing stays the same

May 20, 2015
Nothing stays the same, and sometimes, that makes us sad.  In that vein, we said goodbye this week to a series that was almost universally loved for its pitch-perfect...
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Throwback to the 1960s

March 26, 2015
Buick has reinvented itself now, but back in the day, there was no better throwback than a 1960s Buick. Note the gear shift on the steering column. The narrow, uncovered...
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Got renovation advice?

January 7, 2015
This is a reader-participation post in a big way, so if you have something to offer on this subject, anything at all, know that it will be welcomed. We're renovating...
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I love the 1940s

November 9, 2014
It's fun to play the game "What other era would you have liked to live in, do you think?" M. and I play it from time to time and his answer is always the 1950s, when he...
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Pretty things

July 17, 2014
Sometimes, we just need to look at pretty things... eye candy....inspiration--just pure pleasure. I fell in love with this adorable bird cage that combines traditionally...
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Silicon Valley: the way we were

July 16, 2014
Way back before Google and Facebook and even before Apple, eight brainy engineers defected from a semiconductor company to start their own transistor business. Led by...
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“Thank you, Mood!”

February 18, 2014
If you're a fan of Project Runway, you know those words. Mood Fabrics co-stars as the place where competing designers find the fabrics and notions that make their...
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Best pre-Skype conversation, ever.

February 17, 2014
Best pre-Skype conversation ever: Her: "I look like shi t. I have coconut oil in my hair." Me: "I haven't brushed mine yet and I'm still in my flannel PJs with dogs on...
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