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By: Retro Renovation » 50s kitchen — another ‘appliance center’ design

Thu, 15 May 2008 08:02:11 +0000

[...] the Sunbeam appliance center (pictured at the bottom) that I bought myself for my [...]

By: Femme1

Femme1 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:33:05 +0000

An egg poacher! Thanks, Leslie, I would have never guessed.

When I was a kid, we had a Toast-o-lator, one of those toasters that the toast “walked” through on a sort of conveyor belt. You could watch the toast through a little round glass window. I had it until my 20s, when I left it behind in one move or another. I’m still hankering after one but they are very expensive now.

By: Kitschy Kimberly

Kitschy Kimberly — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:57:21 +0000

Happy Birthday! I love the Sunbeam appliance center the most too.

By: leslie

leslie — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:10:15 +0000

Happy birthday! Wonderful….You found sound yummy presents! I hope you had a dreamy time. The sunbeam electronic center is gorgeous, what fun. Such a smart idea. Funny enough when I saw the illustration I gasped. My mother must have been a sunbeam type of gal as I clearly remember the exact same egg poacher which indeed does look like a pressure cooker (I used to like to play with the water meter on the top), the toaster (which I still had until several years ago) and even the exact percolator. Lovely. Thanks for such a great memory and a great blog, so helpful, inspiring and fun. Happy of happiest!

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:56:08 +0000

They should bring back the Sunbeam appliance center. It would be great for keeping your appliances from drawing power even when they’re off. You could easily put this on display in you living room with all your television related peripherals plugged in. What a green idea.

By: Sumac Sue

Sumac Sue — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:12:39 +0000

Yes, Wayne is a peach. He doesn’t groan when I get decorating inspirations from 50sPam’s great site. Like Esti, it’s the first place I visit each day.

I am happy to see my very first Barbie pictured above too. How I loved playing with her, Ken, and Midge. I saved them and let my daughter play with them, which in some ways was a mistake, because they got so ratty. But, in the long run it was OK, because they were so much cooler than the modern versions.

By: Femme1

Femme1 — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:06:13 +0000

Happy B-day!! I’m so glad you treated yourself, Pam, especially to that Sunbeam appliance center. That is truly the bomb. You’ve GOT to have it installed in your kitchen, no matter the cost. And you deserve it for all the interesting stuff you bring to us blog readers every day.

What is IN that thing anyway? A giant circuit breaker to keep you from blowing the fuses when you’ve got your electric coffee pot, toaster, AND your electric pressure cooker (who knew they made such a thing!) and your electric frying pan all plugged in at the same time? What a woman! She’s making breakfast and pressure cooking dinner at six in the morning.

By: Esti

Esti — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:14:39 +0000

Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday!

And thank you for being there to help me appreciate my kitchen.

My family thinks it’s hysterical that this is the first website I visit each day!

By: 50sPam

50sPam — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:48:02 +0000

Hey Sumac Sue - Happy Birthday to Wayne, a peach of a husband from all you’ve told me! And, thanks for the info on Lowe’s. I actually thought the big boxes might have something. We don’t have a Lowe’s…and I haven’t been in HD for a while to check. Also, I think a good lumber store might have catalogs and sources and such. This is something that I will keep working on…

By: Sumac Sue

Sumac Sue — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:35:16 +0000

Hi Pam. Today is my husband’s birthday! He was born in 1954, so today he is 54 — his extra special birthday. I am making him some sourdough bread as a treat, along with his favorite birthday cake of course –yellow cake with chocolate icing. If I only had that Sunbeam appliance center to make my baking go easier!

Hope you have a really great birthday!