Best Retro Kitchen Finds on Etsy - Atomic Age Decor

Home may be where the heart is but you'll always find them 

... in the kitchen at parties. The 1950s - when America was driven

to make life faster, easier and brighter.

Here's a collection of 10 essential Must-Have Items for an authentically

Atomic Age Kitchen.

Kitchen Basics for the Retro Lover

 Washing Up is a Must

Protect yourself

Drain Issues - No worries.

Keeping things tidy

The Classic Chrome Dinette Set

The Power of Pyrex

We can thank Bessie Littleton for her tenacity in pursuing

a more durable option for cooking and baking. 1915 - Introducing

Pyrex. By 1919 more than 4 1/2 million pieces of Pyrex

Bakeware had been sold in America.

Introducing Tupperware: Waste Not, Want Not

The Age of Plastics - Invented by Earl Tupper who convinced his

employer Dupont to sell him polyethylene slag. Enter

Brownie Weiss who worked for a company called 

Party Plan. She saw the potential to sell the product

in homes. And voila - The Tupperware party was born.

Television meets Salt and Pepper Shaker

Between 1949 and 1969 the number of households in America

with a television set rose from 1 million to 44 million.

Now, that's serious stuff.

Kitchen Magic 

Pyrex Bottle

But the Milk Bottle needed to say Goodbye.

Try to Keep Cool Under Pressure

Atomic Age Advertising - Appliance Department

Mid Century America making life faster and easier at every turn.

Introducing Advertising's Cold War

I recently had to go and purchase a new stove and fridge. 

Not the most exciting way to spend your day. It occurred to me that

this is probably why Advertisers spun the illustrations and rhetoric

for household appliance ads with such flare.

One thing's for sure. They don't advertise like they used to. 

Check out these appliance ads in my collection.

ACME Vintage Limited

Opening Her Eyes

Sell. Sell. Sell.

Homemaker Horror

All's Well that Ends Well