May 2016

This is a different and fun post for me and I’m just squeezing in on the last possible day for May’s deadline.

Big Chill (retro & professional kitchen appliances) approached me and asked if I would be interested in doing a post on how I would decorate my dream kitchen using one of their amazing retro designed appliances. They mentioned that the colour for May is Turquoise, and since I don’t have a great kitchen in my teeny tiny apartment this was a fun little project to tackle.

My appliance to start off with is their stove, as seen below. HOW CUTE!!

And now here is how ‘The Vintage Inn blog’ would style my kitchen around this item. I went with a Turquoise, Tangerine, Chrome and Off-White theme.

Big Chill Retro Appliances Vintage Inn Blog Collage

What do you think? Totally cute right? And soooo me. The stove is just fantastic and I know that my not so vintage loving husband would approve of having one major piece in the kitchen being this colour. However…he is not aware that I would probably throw in the fridge as well (seen below). Surprise! 🙂

Here is a breakdown of the items I used (note: many of these items were available at time of this post):

Big Chill Retro Stove
Green Acorn Kitchen on Etsy. Vintage Pyrex Design Window Curtain
Rejuvenation Deco Drawer Pull
Wayfair-Iconics Pink Flamingo Steel Marquee Light
American Chairs-Rectangular Retro Diner Table
Wilsonart-High Pressure Laminate Boomerang Pattern
Wayfair Loloi Rugs Brighton Tangerine Area Rug
AllModern-Spindle Multicolor Wall Clock
Hamilton Beach Retro Toaster-No longer being made (I currently own this toaster)
Deco Dot 12 piece dinnerware set-Kate Spade
Lumens-Semi Pendant by Gubi

Have you been on the Big Chill website? You should totally head over there and see all the retro appliances they have and then begin transforming YOUR kitchen into your retro/vintage dream.

Question time: How would you transform your kitchen using a Big Chill item?

Disclosure: Some of the links on my blog from Etsy , eBay, are Affiliate Links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.

Liz 🙂

I had a totally different blog post planned for this week and then this appeared on Google….

Frankie Manning the founding father of Lindy Hop would have celebrated his 102nd birthday today (he lived to be 94) and after years of emailing Google they finally made all Lindy Hoppers over the world happy…Frankie Gets/Got to be Google Doodlefied (not even sure that is a word lol). Isn’t it awesome??!!

Now you may think..”who cares, it’s just a Google Doodle”. Well one of Frankie’s Missions was to spread the love of Lindy Hop around the world and he worked very hard in the later years of his life to do this. Today marks the day that Frankie’s dream became a reality in the digital world, Frankie’s dream just went viral 🙂

Another reason this is such a milestone is because of events like the one I’m part of this weekend. Toronto Lindy Hop is running a big swing weekend with a big band and lots of fun activities called ‘Toronto Celebrates World Lindy Hop Day‘ and none of this would be possible if it were not for this man and the other Savoy/Whitey Lindy Hoppers that just went out on that Savoy Ballroom floor and danced the danced they loved…the Lindy Hop.

Check them out in action in the video below (featuring Frankie Manning).