Comments on: Retro style wood cabinets for a 1950s or 60s kitchen renovation

By: chrisc

chrisc — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:56:05 +0000

I’m looking for the hinge pins that are found in old metal kitchen cabinets. They sort of look like the inside of a ball point pen,(dowel with a spring) that insert into a door and have spring loaded heads that pop into the flange that is attached to the cabinet. I had a set of cabinets refinished and the painter lost a few hinges making the cabinets sort of useless. (but good for poltergeist, since they fall off randomly.)

I see a lot of these cabinets on the net and often they are just going to get tossed during a remodel if they are in poor shape. I doubt if the hinge pins can be in too bad of shape no matter what the condition the cabinets are.

A picture of what I am referring to can be viewed here:
http://www.thebenefitnetwork.com/hingepin.jpg

If the picture is still there, I still need the hinges.

If the picture is gone, and you need hinges I may have picked up some spares.

By: 50sPam

50sPam — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 23:36:52 +0000

That’s great to hear, Laurie. I was doing research on other wood styles last night and have a few more that I am planning to post. The bottom line: “Modern” melds very well with more traditional styling – especially if you put love into the project!

By: ranchredo

ranchredo — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 22:26:04 +0000

It’s funny because when we redid our kitchen we couldn’t afford fancy cabinets, so our choices were very limited. We went with hickory cabinets, but everything else in the kitchen is very mod. It’s truly amazing how good it looks. I was really worried at first, because when you’re in the middle of a project it’s difficult to imagine the finished product, but it worked out great and really has a 50’s flare.

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By: 50sPam

50sPam — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:28:57 +0000

Hi kbk. The photo is from an advertising pamphlet I have, no date, sorry. Ditto the previous photos I had up. I have lots more advertising ephemera, a stack a foot high actually, and will be posting much more over time.

By: kbk29

kbk29 — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:36:48 +0000

Could you give me a hint on that publication and what month that was out? I would be curious to check it out. Thanks!