Comments on: Retro style wood cabinets for a 1950s or 60s kitchen renovation http://retrorenovation.com/2007/11/03/retro-style-wood-cabinets-for-a-1950s-or-60s-kitchen-renovation/ Home improvement and remodeling for midcentury homes Thu, 24 May 2012 00:41:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Lynn http://retrorenovation.com/2007/11/03/retro-style-wood-cabinets-for-a-1950s-or-60s-kitchen-renovation/comment-page-1/#comment-124347 Lynn Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:44:45 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/2007/11/03/retro-style-wood-cabinets-for-a-1950s-or-60s-kitchen-renovation/#comment-124347 OMG! That is the exact door style I had picked out on my own. I was going to use red birch in a light stain, but that's when I was going to totally tear out my kitchen. My new "love what I have" plan is keep the layout, including wall oven and electric cook top, and just paint it all and get new hardware. I researched your countertop stories, and I think I have the white onyx pattern from Formica..still in excellent condition. The backspalsh tiles are also white and look brand new. I'm leaning towards a light or medium gray with stainless pulls. This is a 1960 ranch, but the current kitchen is maybe mid 70's or 80's. OMG! That is the exact door style I had picked out on my own. I was going to use red birch in a light stain, but that’s when I was going to totally tear out my kitchen. My new “love what I have” plan is keep the layout, including wall oven and electric cook top, and just paint it all and get new hardware. I researched your countertop stories, and I think I have the white onyx pattern from Formica..still in excellent condition. The backspalsh tiles are also white and look brand new. I’m leaning towards a light or medium gray with stainless pulls.
This is a 1960 ranch, but the current kitchen is maybe mid 70′s or 80′s.

]]> By: Nicole Vonder Bruegge http://retrorenovation.com/2007/11/03/retro-style-wood-cabinets-for-a-1950s-or-60s-kitchen-renovation/comment-page-1/#comment-62193 Nicole Vonder Bruegge Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:27:48 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/2007/11/03/retro-style-wood-cabinets-for-a-1950s-or-60s-kitchen-renovation/#comment-62193 This is a fantastic site! I have been dying to redo my kitchen and bath since we moved in, and now I have the tools! This is a fantastic site! I have been dying to redo my kitchen and bath since we moved in, and now I have the tools!

]]> By: chrisc http://retrorenovation.com/2007/11/03/retro-style-wood-cabinets-for-a-1950s-or-60s-kitchen-renovation/comment-page-1/#comment-543 chrisc Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:56:05 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/2007/11/03/retro-style-wood-cabinets-for-a-1950s-or-60s-kitchen-renovation/#comment-543 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. 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.

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