Stainless steel sink, counter, drainboard combo’s are classic 40s 50s 60s retro kitchen choices
50sPam on Dec 01 2007 at 2:12 pm | Filed under: countertops, sinks
This ad from 1953 spotlights the Elkay Lustertone sink/countertop/drainboard combo. You can still get these today - and they are an awesome choice if you can make it work with your cabinetry and layout.
Stainless steel is a great surface to work on and to be sure, when you’re moving dishes into and out of the sink, it’s great to have a waterproof surfaces to the right and left.
<—- This Elkay Lustertone sinktop is almost identical (albeit a single-bowl) to the one above. It would look great butted up next to stainless-steel trimmed laminate. And don’t forget to put a slab of butcher block nearby.
<—- This second choice has a double bowl and can be set directly into laminate (no countertop edge) or onto another countertop material like granite (argh).
And this one —-> combines double bowl with edging although I’d need to find out if that super bright surface is for real - I don’t like it.
Overall: It seems like the best choice may be #1, if you can live with the single bowl.
I have numerous posts on countertops - they are all worth reading to put together your own plan, if I say so myself!
<—- BTW, notice in the 1953 design how the grey steel kitchen cabinet is married with the colonial pine. Very typical of the era.
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They do have sinks similar to this at Ikea. We pondered one when we redid our kitchen.
Ah! I’ll look it up! There is no Ikea close to where I live so it is not a resource I can access easily.
[...] And, don’t forget - that another very viable alternative, are the Elkay Lustertone stainless steel sinks made in the 50s and still available today. While they may not be as “sweet” as the white porcelain, they are probably in reality - more functional, as stainless steel does not chip and easy to keep clean. I’ve done a number of posts on these in the past, click here for the most recent. [...]