Thom Vernon remembers the days when defrosting the freezer every two weeks was just something you had to do. Despite his affection for all things retro, the 50-year-old entrepreneur behind the Boulder ...

As architecture and furnishings have gotten the throwback treatment, so have appliances. Built for modern practicality but with shapely, curved lines, classic glossy colors, and chrome trim, these ...

The Big Chill retro refrigerator looks 1950s vintage, but works like a modern fridge. It's like the iPod of refrigerators -- a great-looking tool you'll want to use again and again. (And one that ...