Red and Yellow 1950s Plastic Household Kitsch on Pinterest.com

Plastic Housewares Adored  

                                       

If you were a 1950s housewife you had plenty of kitschy plastic housewares in your kitchen. Red and yellow were colors from the late 1940s through the early 1950s. Shortly after, pink and turquoise   took over in the Mid Century kitchen. Mail order catalogs and the neighborhood Dimestore were places to find lots of kitchenwares such as napkin holders, salt and pepper shakers. If you really want to see lots of plastic housewares, visit my 1950s  Plastic Kitchen Board on Pinterest.com   https://www.pinterest.com/kitschnstuff/1950s-plastic-kitchen/

C. Dianne Zweig is the author of Hot Kitchen & Home Collectibles of the 30s, 40s, 50s and Hot Cottage Collectibles for Vintage Style Homes. She is also the Editor of I Antique Online an actively growing internet based resource community for people who buy, sell or collect antiques, collectibles and art. You can find Dianne’s fabulous retro and vintage kitchen, home and cottage collectibles at The Collinsville Antiques Company of New Hartford, CT, a 22,000 feet antique emporium with an in-house retro café. To read more articles by C. Dianne Zweig click on this link: C. Dianne Zweig’s Blog Kitsch ‘n Stuff Email me at dianne@cdiannezweig.com Visit my website, CDianneZweig.com Dianne is a member of: The American Society of Journalists and Authors The Society of Professional Journalists

Celebrating The Holidays With 1950's Cracker Appetizers

Retro Cracker Party Appetizers: When Cream Cheese Was Welcomed

Crackers....I'm thinking about the holidays in the 1950s when my dad would decorate crackers and serve as appetizers. I can picture him taking a pastry sleeve filled with cream cheese and applying the creamy spread ever so carefully to the crackers. Next he would cut pieces of lox and dress up a few rows of the cream cheese crackers. He might add cut up olives on top of the lox or leave a few plain ones for me (I'm not an olive lover).

After the cream cheese crackers, we would have the tuna fish crackers topped with a little tomato garnish. Another favorite was egg salad with a dash of Paprika.

Today, my party kitchen is loaded with Hummus and Avocado dips. My grown kids would never touch dairy and have an aversion to anything with Mayo.
Oh, how I long for some 1950s nibbles.

Vintage image from the collection at http://gogd.tjs-labs.com/gallery-view?year=1954


C. Dianne Zweig is the author of Hot Kitchen & Home Collectibles of the 30s, 40s, 50s and Hot Cottage Collectibles for Vintage Style Homes. She is also the Editor of I Antique Online an actively growing internet based resource community for people who buy, sell or collect antiques, collectibles and art. You can find Dianne’s fabulous retro and vintage kitchen, home and cottage collectibles at The Collinsville Antiques Company of New Hartford, CT, a 22,000 feet antique emporium with an in-house retro café. To read more articles by C. Dianne Zweig click on this link: C. Dianne Zweig’s Blog Kitsch ‘n Stuff Email me at dianne@cdiannezweig.com Visit my website, CDianneZweig.com Dianne is a member of: The American Society of Journalists and Authors The Society of Professional Journalists

Atomic Era Kitchen and Home Accessories Look Great With Black Painted Walls

Brown is out, black is in according to trendy designers everywhere.

Photo of dining room is courtesy of Benjamin Moore Paints. The wall is painted in black satin.

According to Nara Schoenberg of Tribune Newspapers "black walls are popping up in upscale shelter magazines, hipster design blogs and just about everywhere in between".

Black Painted Walls

"Black" which had always been considered a "Goth" color is now a "hot" color" Schoenberg reports in a recent article entitled "Paint It Black" . http://www.courant.com/features/home-garden/hc-tc-black-walls-1012-1018.artoct16,0,5491148.story
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Getting that Metro Retro Look

Since I write about retro and vintage kitchen and home collectibles, I thought I would introduce to you some great metro retro kitchenwares and decorative home items that would look fabulous with a a black themed living and dining room.
I began my search my visiting some of my favorite "Mid-Century" and "Mod" inspired dealers of collectibles. Additionally I pulled out some examples of textiles and patterns that would look terrific l with black walls.

Mixing a Variety of Materials and Textures

When shopping for decorative objects for your home that work well with black walls and black furnishings vary the materials and textures. Focus in on metal, Chromes, Crystal, wrought iron, wire.

Adding Color

You can add some punch to your black inspired rooms by finding fabrics and wall decor which are colorful. Be on the look out for 1950s barkcloth textiles which will go great with your black themed decor. Vintage textiles can be used for accent pillows, wall hangings, drapes, tablecloths etc. Also consider buying some newly made textiles reproduced to resemble the original designs of the 1950s Atomic Era.

Geometrics and Abstracts For patterns, think Atomic Era designs such as abstracts and geometrics.




Dealers who Specialize in Mid-Century and Mod
http://www.modhaus.com/
http://www.dowahdiddy.com/
http://www.jennski.com/

Forums About Fifties Collectibles
Visit the http://iantiqueonline.ning.com/group/backtothefunkyfifitesretrocollectorsgroup

C. Dianne Zweig is the author of Hot Kitchen & Home Collectibles of the 30s, 40s, 50s and Hot Cottage Collectibles for Vintage Style Homes. She is also the Editor of Iantiqueonline.com an actively growing internet based resource community for people who buy, sell or collect antiques, collectibles and art. You can find Dianne’s fabulous retro and vintage kitchen, home and cottage collectibles at The Collinsville Antiques Company of New Hartford, CT, a 22,000 feet antique emporium with an in-house retro café.

To read more articles by C. Dianne Zweig click on this link:
C. Dianne Zweig’s Blog Kitsch ‘n Stuff

Email me at dianne@cdiannezweig.com

Visit my website, CDianneZweig.com

Dianne is a member of:
The American Society of Journalists and Authors
The Authors Guild, Inc.