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PAG Founder’s Curry House Featured in The Oregonian

In Architecture, Hardware, History, Kitchen, Oregon, Real Estate, Remodeling, Restoration, Vintage Appliances, Vintage Hardware, Vintage Houses, Vintage Kitchen

We are so pleased with this recent write-up from The Oregonian and Oregon Live all about the beautiful Curry House – owned, lovingly restored, and lived in by Preservation Artisans …

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The Dishwasher In a Vintage Kitchen, Who Knew?!

In Hardware, History, Kitchen, Old School, Vintage Hardware, Vintage Houses, Vintage Kitchen

The dishwasher, we take it pretty much for granted. When looking at a home, the dishwasher is a convenience that we have come to expect. We use it to store …

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Vintage Stoves: More Than Skin Deep

In Design, History, Kitchen, Old School, Vintage Appliances, Vintage Houses, Vintage Kitchen

Most people will agree that a period house looks best with a period kitchen, and that a period kitchen looks best with period stoves. With that in mind, homeowners who …

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Vintage Formica

In Kitchen, Old School, Remodeling, Vintage Houses

The dazzling patterns and colors of old-fashioned Formica grabs attention. And in a world run amok with granite countertops, this has never been truer. Formica (laminate) used in the Frank …

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Keeping It “To Period”

In Kitchen, Old School, Vintage Houses

To the untrained eye, a scramble of period styles in an historic building may not be problematic. The general approach of just installing what is easiest, or what the current …

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Kitchen Countertops Through the Lens of Time

In History, Kitchen, Old School, Remodeling, Vintage KitchenLeave a Comment

So you have an old house and you want the kitchen to look more period appropriate. All you see in your neighbors’ houses, the advertisements, and the builders’ supply places …

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Functional Art: The Beauty of Vintage Appliances

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There has always been a blending of decorative arts with functionality in the design of domestic kitchen tools, everything from painted scenes in the glazes of ancient clay vessels to …

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Vintage Kitchen Wallpapers

In Art Deco, Design, History, Kitchen, Old School, WallpaperLeave a Comment

Wall decorations go back to the days when people lived in caves. There, on the stone walls, are the images of hands and animals. Mystical beings look out at us …

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