1950's Home Decor Redesign

1950's Home Decor Redesign
By Barbara Wangelid, Fri Dec 9th

The styles of the 1950's are coming back and there are manyproducts now available to "capture the past" in your homedecorating.

To get you started, here is a partial list of reproducedproducts inspired from the 1950's.

1. Fabric by the yard including barkcloth for curtains, pillowsand furniture upholstery.

2. 50's style kitchen table and chair sets complete with chromelegs, formica table tops and vinyl covered seats in many colors.

3. Small retro style kitchen appliances including, toasters andsoda shop drink mixers.

4. Classic pedal cars inspired from the 1940's and 50's.

5. Stoves and refrigerators reproduced with today's technology,but with the original appearance in many original colors. Theseare not cheap... be prepared to pay top dollar for the largekitchen appliances.

6. Replica diner jukeboxes, turntables, pay phones and radios.

7. Reproduced metal 6-pack picnic coolers, double bubble clocksand Coke machines.

8. Tin diner, car hop and motor oil signs.

9. Reproduction enamelware canister sets, soap dishes

and breadboxes.

10. Metal laundry soap bins and glass laundry sprinklers for abit of laundry room nostalgia.

Your local second hand stores are a good source if you are inthe market for original furniture that can be revitalized withsome reproduced 50's fabric.

About the author:Barbara Wangelid along with her husband Tobbe are the owners ofhttp://www.JackandFriends.com where you can purchase vintage andretro reproduction signs, enamelware, antique labels, 1950'sretro, Crosley Radio replicas and classic pedal cars.