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  1. Viola

    Ideas for kitchen?

    I see Retro Renovation already got a well-deserved mention. I do want to link a particular kitchen though: Because of the floor I really like black/white checkerboard floors too but the basketweave here really looked good to me. If I am reading correctly, the only colour you're devoted to...
  2. Viola

    your powder room....

    I long for when I have room in my bedroom for a vanity table... it would be completely magical to liberate my makeup from the under-sink storage of our bathroom and my husband would love to get his bathroom back too. Also I think vanity tables are beautiful, especially with nice-looking...
  3. Viola

    Calling all vegetarians !!!

    I was a vegetarian for a couple months and then got sidetracked. I am not vegetarian at the moment but eat a lot of meatless dinners. That said, I am thinking about going back to it with an official starting date (as opposed to just happening to eat decreasing amounts of meat) this year for my...
  4. Viola

    Do you see a time when you stop wearing vintage?

    I could abandon decades. But not vintage-inspired altogether, I don't think. I like "done"-ness too much. I like a dark lip and pale complexion. I like vintage hairstyles. I could go for a different vintage look than I do now though. I am not likely to wear everything I wear now forever...
  5. Viola

    The casualization of the world

    Antique furniture has styles like anything else in design. Trying to sell a Hepplewhite right now would be an exercise in pain. It's very Swedish/Belgian right now. Gustavian stuff and old Mora clocks are going for twice what they did a decade ago... but other antiques have swung low, sweet...
  7. Viola

    For Wearing 'Golden Era' Vintage, Are Men Socially Castigated More than Women?

    I got told recently that women who don't wear sweatpants to the grocery store or put lipstick on regularly for "no real reason, just out to the shops..." are insecure, shallow, and sad. I said "you think women should be able to be comfortable, right?" and she said yes. I said "well I never...
  8. Viola

    Sexy lingerie

    I actually like pantyhose. Well, I like tights. And cable stockings, when I can find them. They are warm, and comfy. Opaque tights (not the footless kind) are really easy to wear and make a skirt easy. I don't have much use for nude pantyhose, but I do wear black, on occasion. Am I the only one?
  9. Viola

    Vintage 1950's Christmas Festivities

    Window candles are a good idea. We're right off a busy road so we keep the drapes drawn at night and it will look more cheerful with some candles. Is there symbolism for the number/colour of candles? The easiest ones to find are the single candlesticks. The little village houses are, oddly...
  10. Viola

    Excessive posting? ... Interesting.....

    Mmm, steak.
  11. Viola

    The general decline in standards today

    It's odd, perhaps, but Gracie Allen's most equivalent entertainer today is, I think, not a comedienne at all but I see shades of her in Dolly Parton. I just get that sort of wry semi-innocence from Dolly. Dolly strikes me as a throwback to vaudeville in some ways - and yes, she definitely has...
  13. Viola

    Vintage 1950's Christmas Festivities

    I could kiss you, those are perfect.
  14. Viola

    The general decline in standards today

    I have a real soft spot for George Burns and Gracie Allen.
  15. Viola

    Show us your Guns!

    Pics, please, flyfishark. Of the guns and of the purse. :o
  16. Viola

    Dita Von Teese

    I don't like that photo of her either. I'm pretty sure I could photoshop a better one with her head and another body... which is what looks like what happened here.
  17. Viola

    Vintage 1950's Christmas Festivities

    Last Christmas was my first ever, and our first as a married couple, so we don't have many traditions yet. Or, for that matter, an extensive ornament collection. If you were suggesting really classic decorations/colour-schemes/knick-knacks, what would they be? We need a new tree, but bought a...
  19. Viola

    favorite cars of the golden era

    I have probably posted in this thread before, but I love '40s-'50s Buicks. They're my favourite. They're like the American dream in a tin to me. A little bit flashy, mostly stolid and driving to the store for groceries in a hat and tie.
  20. Viola

    The general decline in standards today

    Yeah, its an aggravation. My folks are East Coast USA and I am fourteen hours ahead... so its' 2:30 PM here, and its....12:30 AM there. We have to schedule phone calls pretty carefully, but in our case at least its a consistent who-is-where.
  21. Viola

    The general decline in standards today

    I would respectfully posit that has little to do with your gender. I was a woman. Many of my friends who've served are. And fairly femme ones, generally. I apologize if it sounded like I was saying either every woman could, or every woman should. I don't believe that. Hell, they've told me...
  22. Viola

    The general decline in standards today

    I don't have any problem with a strict performance standard that happens to leave most women out. Run this fast, lift this much, or you're out? That's totally cool by me. But there are women who CAN do that. I don't have any problem with setting the standards as high as desired. For what...
  23. Viola

    How Much Jewelry Do You Wear?

    Just to make me mad, they only sell the green amethyst set in silver. Beautiful ring, reasonable price, but I am allergic to silver! (Like a werewolf, my brother helpfully points out). ring and matching necklace. If I wear silver for more than a couple hours my skin just freaks out. And...

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