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1950's Atomic Ranch House
supercooldollhouse.blogspot.com
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Renovations, frustrations, joys of reviving a 1950's atomic ranch style home. All are welcome to share!
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Vintage Cold War Atomic Bomb Civil Defense First Aid Kit

While the rest of you are discussing jello molds and fashion, I am preparing for civil defense! Good people of the mid-century, the threat of an atomic bomb is real! You must prepare! Looks like I wi...

16 may 12

Vintage Metal Western Horse Toy

Dipping my toe back in the eBay shopping market. I swear they changed the format again, as I was shopping today. Used to be a little secondary search window at the top, right, now thats gone. At any ...

11 may 12

Vintage Luggage Suitcases

Hello! Thought Id post a couple photos of some of my vintage suitcases. Dont you love these? I collected them at thrift stores over the years, and bought authentic vintage travel stickers to put on t...

05 may 12

Pink Room #2

Continued from my last post...In my attempt to keep up with blogging, even a little, I snapped some poor photos of the details in my pink room. Please forgive the poor quality! Also, I know my dear r...

16 apr 12

The Pink Room

Hello! its been a while, but I thought it time to show a few photos. The pink room, as I call it, and the master bedroom are really the only two rooms I have essentially done on my ongoing project. W...

25 mar 12

Merry Christmas!!!

Another quick post to let you all know how much I have missed you. I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas!!

25 dec 11

Holy Smokes!

Has it been that long since I posted?Have not had a free minute to browse eBay much less update my blog, much less read all of yours.I will snap a few pics of my Pink room and post soon, I did not in...

19 nov 11

Pink 1950s Boomerang Eames Mid Century Fish

What are the odds Id find a perfect match to the Pink 1950s Boomerang Eames Mid Century trivet I bought only a week or two before?This is large, a cutting board... The condition is much better than t...

21 oct 11

Vintage Space Globe Lamp

Its a little "crude" in style, but I could not resist getting this space lamp!Most of the really good vintage space stuff sells for heaps of money too, so this was a bargain. The last quarter...

10 oct 11

Quick Update

My other computer started doing funny things last Saturday, so I bought a new one, in hopes of transferring everything from the old to the new before it crashed, if thats what it was doing.Took a few...

28 sep 11

Mid Century Orbs

Snagged this to hang in the Space room. (Orange on the inside, 7" diameter). Its space-age, right? Looks like it to me. Seller said he had a twin, but it has a hairline crack. I took a chance and...

21 sep 11

Mid-Century RCA Victor Vibra Radio

I saw one of these exact radios last week. Something about it caught my attention. The grill cover design, I think. Sort of vaguely reminds me of the old Disneyland ride "Adventure Thru Inner Spa...

17 sep 11

I Bought A Pink Mid Century Boomerang Trivet!! Whoo hoo!

My Dear Blog friends, I have had NOTHING to talk about lately! I was so desperate to write about SOMETHING I bid on and won this trivet! Yes its been that bad!!But check it out, THIS was the auction ...

14 sep 11

Holy Smokes! Over $900 For a Doll From the 70s? 1972 Blythe Doll

This Kenner doll Blythe sold for $923. Wow! I vaguely remember this doll from back then, but why the heck are they so expensive?Here is another one, currently at $610.Gee, I had similar doll, in fact...

09 sep 11

UPDATE on eBay Auction

This is the email I got from the seller: "Had you bothered to contact me you would have been told that there is nothing wrong with your order. I had ebay remove *NEW* listings I had started due t...

03 sep 11

What The Heck? Auction Cancelled AFTER I Won and Paid?

Bought and paid for this Arabian Breyer horse on August 30th from eBay seller green_horse_gems, and I get notice via eBay yesterday afternoon, that the seller canceled the auction? They had several B...

02 sep 11

Vintage Model Horses - Breyer and Peter Stone

I guess if you were a kid and you liked horses, you have heard of Breyer model horses. Theyve been around a while, since 1950, and they still make them today. I just added this 1981 issue of The Blac...

29 aug 11

Another Steiff

So cute. Im sure its one of the newer "vintage" Steiffs but I got it for a song, and shes adorable! Floppy cat. What kinds of stuffed toys did you have as a kid? Ive been redoing the pink roo...

24 aug 11

Who Will Keep Our Memories?

I am still reliving my second childhood and having such fun! I am still soooo in love with this Steiff tiger! As I mentioned, they are cheap, cheap on eBay, the "newer" vintage ones like this...

14 aug 11

Giveaway At Vintage Christines!

Go check out this amazing giveaway at our friend Vintage Christines! She will be giving away other goodies too, so go, follow her blog, you will adore her if you dont know her already, and enter to w...

12 aug 11

More Childhood Memories

I know this is a Steiff tiger, but I believe Steiff made these up until fairly recently, and this guy looks to be in such good condition, he may be "newer" than I am, but I had one of these a...

05 aug 11

Looks Like We Are Going To Have To Put Her Down

Awww what a shame!Now whoda thunk something made of metal could be so fragile?This poor old gal will have to be put down. No big loss, I think I paid $10 total, but posting these to show the seller t...

28 jul 11

In My Desperation To Recreate My Childhood...

I had to get this little quilt square because of all things, it has my Moms name embroidered in the middle square. Chances of that are? Slim. Had to get. Yeah, I know, it must sound strange to some o...

28 jul 11

1950s Googie Atomic Westclock Alarm Clock

We all see vintage, 1950s mid-century alarm clocks, but the "Googie" style of this one, and the color (for the master bedroom, which needs more blue/turquoise) caught my eye, and... I snagged...

23 jul 11

What Will Be Popular 50 Years From Now?

I discovered my other eBay ID has been "put on hold" until I can verify that one as well. Missed out on a sweet auction deal because of it, and I am not looking forward to dealing with eBay r...

15 jul 11

Ballerinas and Poodles

Both the lampshades for the ballerina lamps, and the white poodle family arrived today, and I am thrilled!!Shades are perfect, perfect for the lamps!Soooo cute!! I just love my latest additions!I was...

12 jul 11

My eBay Buying ID Was Suspended LOL!! WARNING - A Rant

Got an email about a long forgotten eBay ID of mine. Something about increasing seller limits. I never used that ID except to post on their chat boards a few times.When I checked that ID by "sear...

11 jul 11

The Holiday Haul

The July 4th weekend, or any summer holiday weekend, seems to be a good time to snag a few deals on places like eBay.I didnt get as much this July 4th, Ive already got most of what I need.But this tu...

06 jul 11

You Have A Right To Define YOUR 50s Style

I received an anonymous comment on an old post I made, about considering putting black and white checkerboard design flooring in my kitchen. I thought it was a wonderful opportunity to discuss person...

04 jul 11

Cool and Easy Eames Mid Century Artwork To Make

Wow, has it been 10 days since I last blogged here?I get real OCD about my work sometimes. And sometimes I get OCD when things are also busy for me, such has been the case lately.Pffft, but who cares...

28 jun 11

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