40s kitchen - a sweet, patriotic 1946 kitchen to welcome dad home
Mid Mod Pam on Mar 21 2008 at 12:14 pm | Filed under: kitchen, steel kitchen cabinets
This kitchen is so so wonderful. It’s from 1946. Check out how it’s red, white and blue - but not in a screaming way. In fact, I adore this shade of blue, and the cabinets ‘read’ a creamy white that’s so inviting. Also notice, the steel cabinets paired with the wood-paneled built-in and back wall. Like, the new mixed with the old. Just like it was, in 1946. If you have built-in’s like this, consider painting the inside to accent your collectibles. Dreamy.
Hi,
The subtext of this illustration, which EVERYONE at the time would have understood, is that Dad survived World War II. He is Home, and Healthy. The Family is Reunited, and Free. Traditions have been protected, the Future is bright.
Powerful stuff.
Ronn Ives/FUTURES Antiques
I’m in love with that sink. Do they still make any like that?
Adorable! (The kitchen AND the illustration…)
Thanks, Ronn, for your additional words to describe the illustration. I don’t know if I would have gotten the deeper message, sorry to admit, so I am glad you added it.
Sumac Sue,
I’m no doubt older than you, but most of my thoughts about these issues come from my training in Art & Design, and my love of History, with an especially deep interest in the World War II years. I wish my Father were still alive so I could thank him. ALL of us are free because of THAT generation. That era was not one of vague ideologies and gray zones to be debated into stalemates and boredom. What THEY did had to be done, and I’m grateful every day. Sixty+ years later and we continue to live this life because of THEM.
Ronn.
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I’m so excited that our kitchen sink looks exactly like that advertisement!! I guess it’s just odd to see something from a 1946 ad in our very own house. Unfortunately though, our kitchen is NOT that big and we do not have room for it…. we’re doing a kitchen remodel. We’re looking to donate it to our historic warehouse, however does anyone know what’s a fair market value??? Thank you so much in advance!!!