Comments on: Mamie Pink Kitchens: Day four, with some new all-time favorites to discover http://retrorenovation.com/2008/04/03/mamie-pink-kitchens-day-four-with-some-new-all-time-favorites-to-discover/ A place for your postwar 40s 50s and 60s style kitchens, bathrooms and mid century modern home aesthetic. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:47:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: karmi_woolfe http://retrorenovation.com/2008/04/03/mamie-pink-kitchens-day-four-with-some-new-all-time-favorites-to-discover/#comment-16239 karmi_woolfe Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:23:15 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/2008/04/03/mamie-pink-kitchens-day-four-with-some-new-all-time-favorites-to-discover/#comment-16239 Pam ~ and others ~ I have a question. In many of these old ads, I see the walls and/or ceiling painted the same color as the cabinets. Since I am painting my own cabinets, I wondered if I should use the same glossy paint on my walls. ??? The guys at SW thought that was funny, but what do they know?! I also want to know if anyone truly had a pink ceiling in the 50's. I always picture a white ceiling with round swirly textures, but I never see them in ads. Please help...as I am trotting along in my kitchen project and may even have a ceiling or walls soon! FYI -- my kitchen "lives" somewhere between 1948 and 1954. Thanks! Pam ~ and others ~ I have a question. In many of these old ads, I see the walls and/or ceiling painted the same color as the cabinets. Since I am painting my own cabinets, I wondered if I should use the same glossy paint on my walls. ??? The guys at SW thought that was funny, but what do they know?! I also want to know if anyone truly had a pink ceiling in the 50’s. I always picture a white ceiling with round swirly textures, but I never see them in ads. Please help…as I am trotting along in my kitchen project and may even have a ceiling or walls soon! FYI — my kitchen “lives” somewhere between 1948 and 1954. Thanks!

]]> By: Retro Renovation » Sumac Sue in Lexington KY spots pink appliances at the ReStore - snap ‘em up quick! http://retrorenovation.com/2008/04/03/mamie-pink-kitchens-day-four-with-some-new-all-time-favorites-to-discover/#comment-5849 Retro Renovation » Sumac Sue in Lexington KY spots pink appliances at the ReStore - snap ‘em up quick! Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:06:34 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/2008/04/03/mamie-pink-kitchens-day-four-with-some-new-all-time-favorites-to-discover/#comment-5849 [...] Judi! And remember, all, there’s a set of pink cabinets for sale in Louisville, too. - retro-spotting courtesy my Mom, [...] [...] Judi! And remember, all, there’s a set of pink cabinets for sale in Louisville, too. - retro-spotting courtesy my Mom, [...]

]]> By: Amy http://retrorenovation.com/2008/04/03/mamie-pink-kitchens-day-four-with-some-new-all-time-favorites-to-discover/#comment-5725 Amy Fri, 04 Apr 2008 05:58:20 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/2008/04/03/mamie-pink-kitchens-day-four-with-some-new-all-time-favorites-to-discover/#comment-5725 oh! I am SO drooling over all of those kitchens :-) oh! I am SO drooling over all of those kitchens :-)

]]> By: maddy123 http://retrorenovation.com/2008/04/03/mamie-pink-kitchens-day-four-with-some-new-all-time-favorites-to-discover/#comment-5699 maddy123 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:52:50 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/2008/04/03/mamie-pink-kitchens-day-four-with-some-new-all-time-favorites-to-discover/#comment-5699 The cabinets in the final picture remind me of my 1980s era cabinets in a house I used to live in. Very similar. The cabinets in the final picture remind me of my 1980s era cabinets in a house I used to live in. Very similar.

]]> By: leslie http://retrorenovation.com/2008/04/03/mamie-pink-kitchens-day-four-with-some-new-all-time-favorites-to-discover/#comment-5695 leslie Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:10:26 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/2008/04/03/mamie-pink-kitchens-day-four-with-some-new-all-time-favorites-to-discover/#comment-5695 Wow, pic #39's cabinets are exactly the color that my kitchen originally was. Gee thanks! I discovered the color hidden under layers and layers of paint while renovating. Additionally, the little wavy detail over the window looks mighty similar. Funny enough I also have that precise copper pendant lamp, 2 to be exact. One in the kitchen, one in the foyer. I am thinking although the house was built in 1950, it is much more about the 1940's. Also, who would have thought that stainless steel appliances (which I have possibly been the weakest fan of) were actually retro and not high tech industrial? Seems they are all over the 50's & making perfect sense with the metallic counter edging, cabinet pulls and multiple uses of colors, tints and tones. Hmmm, might rethink this kitchen thing entirely. Also love the stove tops and built in ovens, so clean. PS, just discovered liebherr appliances (fridges) & while they are hardly giving them away, they seem like viable alternatives between super duper fabulous sub-zero's (gorgeous in every way as Pam has already said) and the monsters that don't fit into smaller retro kitchens. A friend in Europe sent the link and they are available in the states. Anyone have any liebherr experience? thanks so much Pam, you have opened up a new world! Wow, pic #39’s cabinets are exactly the color that my kitchen originally was. Gee thanks! I discovered the color hidden under layers and layers of paint while renovating. Additionally, the little wavy detail over the window looks mighty similar. Funny enough I also have that precise copper pendant lamp, 2 to be exact. One in the kitchen, one in the foyer. I am thinking although the house was built in 1950, it is much more about the 1940’s.

Also, who would have thought that stainless steel appliances (which I have possibly been the weakest fan of) were actually retro and not high tech industrial? Seems they are all over the 50’s & making perfect sense with the metallic counter edging, cabinet pulls and multiple uses of colors, tints and tones. Hmmm, might rethink this kitchen thing entirely. Also love the stove tops and built in ovens, so clean.

PS, just discovered liebherr appliances (fridges) & while they are hardly giving them away, they seem like viable alternatives between super duper fabulous sub-zero’s (gorgeous in every way as Pam has already said) and the monsters that don’t fit into smaller retro kitchens. A friend in Europe sent the link and they are available in the states. Anyone have any liebherr experience?

thanks so much Pam, you have opened up a new world!

]]> By: foutchie http://retrorenovation.com/2008/04/03/mamie-pink-kitchens-day-four-with-some-new-all-time-favorites-to-discover/#comment-5681 foutchie Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:26:21 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/2008/04/03/mamie-pink-kitchens-day-four-with-some-new-all-time-favorites-to-discover/#comment-5681 Love the pink w/color, but what's with the orange thrown in so often as "accent"? I don't like that at all~! Love the pink porcelain 1954 drainboard/sink, but hate it with the yellow countertop! The first kitchen is great, but would be better if they would have stuck with either brown or black as the accent - pink/brown/black just is jarring IMHO.......wonder if anyone actually followed these combination color choices? Really do love the pale green/pink combos - my fav! Love the pink w/color, but what’s with the orange thrown in so often as “accent”? I don’t like that at all~! Love the pink porcelain 1954 drainboard/sink, but hate it with the yellow countertop! The first kitchen is great, but would be better if they would have stuck with either brown or black as the accent - pink/brown/black just is jarring IMHO…….wonder if anyone actually followed these combination color choices? Really do love the pale green/pink combos - my fav!

]]> By: Femme1 http://retrorenovation.com/2008/04/03/mamie-pink-kitchens-day-four-with-some-new-all-time-favorites-to-discover/#comment-5680 Femme1 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:14:26 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/2008/04/03/mamie-pink-kitchens-day-four-with-some-new-all-time-favorites-to-discover/#comment-5680 I wonder if that backsplash in #36, the pink-tone birch kitchen, is made of copper tiles? I've seen these in some 50s ranches, as well as stainless steel tiles. The copper dining area lamp is also copper, and perhaps the hardware on the cabinets, too. Gotta love that copper! I wonder if that backsplash in #36, the pink-tone birch kitchen, is made of copper tiles? I’ve seen these in some 50s ranches, as well as stainless steel tiles. The copper dining area lamp is also copper, and perhaps the hardware on the cabinets, too.

Gotta love that copper!

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