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Get your Mad Men on & party like it's 1959! A place to appreciate all things mid-century and atomic.

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Here are quick links to the projects and how-to topics I've covered in the Uncle Atom blog:


Our Kitchen Then, Now and...

Stripping the Kitchen Cabinets

More Kitchen Cabinet Progress

Finally Done With the Kitchen Cabinet Re-Do





Vintage Bread Box Project



Shedding some light on vintage lamps - part 1


Lamp reassembled - part 2




Vintage cooler restoration




Mid century mod street address shadow box project





Vintage Douglas Fir Santa plywood pattern







Steering wheel restoration







Trailer Trash to Treasure, Our 1962 Shasta Camper

Camper Dinette Area Done

Adding Vintage Water Slide Decals to the Shasta


Leaky sink swap








Bullet Planter repair








Recover a chair with vintage fabric









Plycraft Chair and Ottoman Get a Bargain Makeover




Five Dollar Wrought Iron Lawn Furniture Re-Do

Restoring metal lawn chairs 
Part 1  Part 2    Part 3

Converting a vintage starburst wall clock to run on batteries
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