The Retro Blog

Flickr user ignutzz posted a step by step slideshow demonstrating how she updated some vintage food canisters. It’s a simple and inspiring DIY project to give your kitchen a retro touch. They’re gorgeous and encourage shopping in the bulk items bin; therefore I heart. Her mixer’s eye candy too.

I’m a complete Wordpress neophyte, so apologies for the down time. I’m still not especially sure why the site suddenly started having a database error, but let’s just hope it doesn’t happen again. I had to start all over again, so I reposted all the previous entries. Thanks for hanging in there.

The Baby Bugatii is a replica of a 1927 pedal car that looks so nice I think I’d like to use it to run errands. It would go well with an Amelia Earhart aviator cap, a nice set of goggles, and a long black scarf. Yes, in my mind I’m accessorizing a pedal car that [...]

Plan 59 is perhaps the best source for vintage ads. Their vast collection of gorgeous scans can’t be beat. I’m especially fond of their demonic tots and deeply disturbing cuisine section, full of creepy kids who are pushed to the limits of excitement over baked ham and cans of pork and beans.

Escape from dullsville with The Retro Blog, your new source for all things vintage and kitsch. We’ll revel in false nostalgia together as we look at old movies, ads, fads, and anything else that suits my penchant for the past, so bookmark and check back often.It’s the most.