Show us your vintage home!

[Land-O-LakesGal]

Originally Posted by bettydarling

Hi all, I've been busy doing some decorating over the past few weeks, my folks have a 1930s home with lots of quirky little features, one of which is this Alico range/stove I did a little paint job on it, heres the before and after on it! Originally it was matt black unlike the enamel 30s one on the link above, then it was painted with gloss green which aged considerably and took all the light out of the already dark kitchen, so I think/hope this is a more fitting update which accommodates some lovely vintage china and glass.






Theres some more images of some other vintage-inspired DIY projects on my blog

Looks great love that blue looks kind of periwinkle in the picture.

[Land-O-LakesGal]

Here is a good link for 50's decor and a good laugh.

http://www.swankpad.org/rooms/roomsmain.htm

[Mav]

Originally Posted by bettydarling

Hi all, I've been busy doing some decorating over the past few weeks, my folks have a 1930s home with lots of quirky little features, one of which is this Alico range/stove I did a little paint job on it, heres the before and after on it! Originally it was matt black unlike the enamel 30s one on the link above, then it was painted with gloss green which aged considerably and took all the light out of the already dark kitchen, so I think/hope this is a more fitting update which accommodates some lovely vintage china and glass.






Theres some more images of some other vintage-inspired DIY projects on my blog

Great stove and surround treatment. That'd work well in cottage- type style over here. Functional?

[bettydarling]

Originally Posted by Land-O-LakesGal

Looks great love that blue looks kind of periwinkle in the picture.

Thank you! I just need to re-do the tiles now and it will be all done. love the blue myself, I used acrylic wood & metal paint, but mixed some acrylic art paints in to the existing cream to get the right blue.

Thanks Marv - The actual stove itself is kaput unfortunately,they can be restored, but its not something one would use everyday, though I'd say it would make a mean soda bread! We do use the black wood-burning stove which is great, it can be used as back boiler to heat your water if you have a back boiler in the fireplace already. It heats the room in a few minutes in Winter.

[MissHannah]

It's amazing to see all the enormous (to my british, city dwelling eyes) homes you have on the other side of the pond. I'm very envious. I love my rented little flat but I hope that one day I might be lucky enough to own a property and renovate it to match myself!

[Foofoogal]

Nice bettydarling. Blues are very popular currently.

that green stencil looked very Pennsylvania Dutch.

[bettydarling]

Originally Posted by Foofoogal

Nice bettydarling. Blues are very popular currently.

that green stencil looked very Pennsylvania Dutch.

Thank you Foofoogal, your right, the design came from a pattern on a ceramic tile - I much prefer the blue though!

[dhermann1]

Originally Posted by MissHannah

It's amazing to see all the enormous (to my british, city dwelling eyes) homes you have on the other side of the pond. I'm very envious. I love my rented little flat but I hope that one day I might be lucky enough to own a property and renovate it to match myself!

With 60 million people squeezed into 84,600 square miles, that makes for a population density of 717 people per square mile. The US has 310 million in an area of 3.789 million square miles, and a density of about 76 per square mile. No wonder Britain is referred to as a "tight little island".
Hmmm . . . so for Australia it's: area: 2.9 million sq. mi. (close to the USA), population: 22.4 million, density: 7.3 people per square mile.
Ascending factors of ten from Australia to the US to the UK.
All OFF TOPIC, but interesting.

[dhermann1]

London: area 679 sq. mi., population 7.5 million. New York: area 305 sq. mi, population 8.4 million.

[AmateisGal]

Originally Posted by dhermann1

London: area 679 sq. mi., population 7.5 million. New York: area 305 sq. mi, population 8.4 million.

Maybe , but very, very interesting!