Comments on: Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me…

By: Mrs. Pitcher

Mrs. Pitcher — Sat, 23 May 2009 09:53:23 +0000

I know this is a little late, but I LOVE the idea of an appliance center! I know in my kitchen I could use one! Since my house was built in 1951, the outlets are few and far between, and there has been more than one occasion when I’ve been turning around in circles with hand mixer plug in hand looking for an available outlet. I wonder if an appliance maker could be persuaded to make them to modern standard?

By: Holyoke Cindy

Holyoke Cindy — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:57:05 +0000

Hey Pam!!! Happy B-Day! Isn’t it amazing that all over the world your readers have made decorating and renovation decisions influenced by reading your blogs and viewing all the great photos you collect? It’s Happy Birthday to All! Enjoy those gifts!

By: Retro Renovation » Another delicious vintage system by Sunbeam to organize your appliances

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:02:08 +0000

[...] Happy birthday to me – my Sunbeam birthday present! [...]

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.