It's a Better Homes and Gardens Kinda Day!

 Hey, I'm glad you stopped by today. I've got to show you this. I was sooooo happy when I found this 1958 copy of BHG Sunday while Antique Mall walking. Hey it's much easier than trying to navigate thru the shopping malls and cheaper if something catches your eye ;) It's the November issue so it has a lot of table and interior decor..yeah...our favorite subjects.

Let's see what was some of the popular trends of the day..............



Maple furniture and hardwood floors. 50's Early American in red, white, and blue. What surprized me when I saw this picture is that I have seen this set at two different Malls recently.  Wish I had the room for them. That window treatment is neat........................



A country quilt motif that looks almost modernist. This room would look great today. Timeless classic

Here's another living room idea.......................

An Eclectic mix. Very traditional, but I love that wall treatment over the sofa.

They have taken pewter peices and mounted them on the wall as object d'art. How cool is that?

Hmmmm....my aluminum would look gooood displayed like that.

What collection could you use if you created a wall like this?

Okay let's take a look at a few kitchens. 

Wow, wouldn't you love to have a kitchen like this?

Take a closer look....the dividing wall has, not a fireplace, but a rotisserie/grill. Look how they mix country wood coffered ceilings and a purely country pine table with oak ladderbacks! And, look at the red tile flooring.....Modern with a homey feel. I don't know about your house, but if we had a room like this....the big screen tv would be on the opposite wall tuned in for the big game or Nascar race and we would have party central! Or, have an indoor drive-in motif movie night ......or, an indoor picnic night..........

Here's another kitchen Idea

Ooooh, clean and crisp black and white with red accents. Look at the appliances. I would swear the dishwasher is exactly like mine today...and a grill top and oven on the back wall could be mistaken for a Viking brand of today....LOL. Holy cow they have taken a 50's modern look and given it cottagey accents! Look close...... gingham fabrics, weathervanes, biscuit tin, and look at those sink doors....shabby chic metalwork grates! The center light and exhaust fan, over the cooktop island, looks like a garden light and those baskets filled with fruit are the perfect touch. Some of these ideas would fit into any size kitchen! But, I sure wish mine was bigger 8)

Take a look at this one too! 

You'll never guess what they are advertizing...... it's the wall and countertops.....they are Melamine covered wood...yeah...like the dishes. It's the precursor to our Corian. It's another dividing wall between kitchen and dining room. It's  a cooktop area, but to the left of the wall...that is a small built-in dishwasher. What a great idea if you don't have enough under he counter space or you don't want to give up storage cabinet space. The  hanging light over it and  a matching light on the opposite side look country and the dining room ceiling light over the table is copper to match the huge copper skillet on the dividing wall over the stove. I don't know...it's modern, but the wood and accents make it a little country.

I just love perusing the pages of vintage magazines. I hope you enjoyed looking at a few pages too. I have some others that I found a while back that are more crafty and how-to's I'm gonna have to pull those out for some posts soon...if you'd like to see them?

Well I better be going now.. I think I'll go clean my kitchen..

I'll type ya later!

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