RetroBabs Vintage

1.  That tin from the 1950's came from my father-in-laws garage!  It was filled with nuts and bolts.  I had to have it- Isn't it fabulous? 2.  Hill-Rom desk, Lurelle Guild chair, and 1960's Royal manual typewriter. 3.  My beloved Temporama dishes and Dryden pottery.  Did I mention I collect all things ATOMIC ? 4.  Vintage Pyrex coffee carafe' 5.  Bar cart featuring my father's martini shaker and my collection of aluminum serving set. 6.  Yellow Blendo popcorn bowl with six side dishes. I use these on movie night and fill them up with kettle corn. YUMMY Wanted to start the year off right by giving you a little "share fest" of my personal collection.   1.  That groovy little metal tin is from the 1950's and I fell in love with it instantly.  I couldn't let it sit in a garage and rust. Nuts and bolts nonsense! 2. Hill-Rom desk is special because it has an aluminum body.  Hill-Rom makes h...

I would like to give a big shout out and thank you to Ira Mency for helping me design this new blog. I think it looks wonderful. What do you think?  Please comment and let me know. As I said in the beginning blogs when I started this thing I wanted to talk about mid-century modern furniture. I have these two Kensington Aluminum chairs and I would appreciate any comment or info anyone has about them.  The info i have found out so far is that they were from the 1950's and they were from Alcoa when aluminum was a "new metal". I found an old magazine ad about them. They two chairs that I have were purchased at a school  but they look pretty fancy for a students chair. So anyone out there that has info about these chairs let me know. They are for sale but I haven't decided on the price yet because they are so rare and unusual. Lurelle Guild, is that the designer, or design line????????