More on our ubiquitous Cosco step ladder. You didn't have a properly outfitted kitchen unless one of these were in it. My mom had one. My grandma had one. What more authority do I need than that?
This ad came from Better Homes and Gardens.
About Who?
- Space Commander
- Somewhere in Orbit, United States
- You've found the ramblings of a Retro lifestyler living in a Post-millenial world. Now moved back to his childhood home and restoring it to the optimistic era it was born in.
Can an overworked single father and an irrepressable 9-year old live by old fashioned values vrs. today's, survive the struggles of renovation, and together make a home in a humble '58 ranch?
Find out - Read the blog.
The Ranch in 1958
the 1960's
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The Playroom
Mad Men Yourself You can choose your shape, your hair, your outfit; it's like being in a casting session with Peggy and Ken -- only better
Java's Bachelor Pad Where it's always after 5:00
Webb Wilder The last of the full grown men
Lost America Sights to see
Lotta Livin' Vintage everything!
Roadside Peek More sights to see
SwampFireLounge Tiki and Kustom Kulture
Thrillville Love b-movies?
Java's Bachelor Pad Where it's always after 5:00
Webb Wilder The last of the full grown men
Lost America Sights to see
Lotta Livin' Vintage everything!
Roadside Peek More sights to see
SwampFireLounge Tiki and Kustom Kulture
Thrillville Love b-movies?
My Family in the Fifties
Sis, Dad, Mom, Brother and Pepper the dog. *pre-Space Commander & the '58 Ranch
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