Comments on: Recreate Don & Betty Draper’s 50s Mad Men kitchen http://retrorenovation.com/2008/08/18/recreate-don-betty-drapers-50s-mad-men-kitchen/ A place for your postwar 40s 50s and 60s style kitchens, bathrooms and mid century modern home aesthetic. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:50:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Randall Sluder http://retrorenovation.com/2008/08/18/recreate-don-betty-drapers-50s-mad-men-kitchen/comment-page-1/#comment-26068 Randall Sluder Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:29:48 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=3536#comment-26068 We have a 1953 vintage kitchen with a similar rounded peninsula counter and the same edge moulding. It's not stainless steel, it's aluminum, also from the New York Metal Co -- http://www.newyorkmetal.com/c-19-face-nosings-aluminum.aspx The moulding is held onto the counter with screws. Those are the heads you see in the photo. Unlike the stainless product, this stuff can be easily fitted around curved counters. A good source of this “face nosing” is Outwater Plastics Industries Inc -- http://www.outwatercatalogs.com/2008_master/lg_display.cfm?page_number=55 If you can use lengths under 12 ft, they can cut it and ship it inexpensively by UPS. - Randall We have a 1953 vintage kitchen with a similar rounded peninsula counter and the same edge moulding. It’s not stainless steel, it’s aluminum, also from the New York Metal Co –

http://www.newyorkmetal.com/c-19-face-nosings-aluminum.aspx

The moulding is held onto the counter with screws. Those are the heads you see in the photo. Unlike the stainless product, this stuff can be easily fitted around curved counters. A good source of this “face nosing” is Outwater Plastics Industries Inc –

http://www.outwatercatalogs.com/2008_master/lg_display.cfm?page_number=55

If you can use lengths under 12 ft, they can cut it and ship it inexpensively by UPS.

- Randall

]]> By: 50sPam http://retrorenovation.com/2008/08/18/recreate-don-betty-drapers-50s-mad-men-kitchen/comment-page-1/#comment-12600 50sPam Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:18:43 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=3536#comment-12600 Hi Magnarama, the edging in the MM kitchen does not appear to me to have the heft of the New York Metal edging that I recommend and which, to me, seems to have been most common for the period. I could be wrong about this - I am squinting at the photos, admittedly. I addition - I can't say as I've ever seen an example of the little "tacks" shown on the MM edge. That does not mean they weren't used - and it does seem to impose a Western look. All that said - (1) I apologize for being dogmatic again, especially as this kitchen is beautifully done, and (2) I continue to recommend NY Metal as my #1 choice - I've seen it live...have it in my kitchen...and it's exactly like the stuff I see in most all 50s kitchens. Hi Magnarama, the edging in the MM kitchen does not appear to me to have the heft of the New York Metal edging that I recommend and which, to me, seems to have been most common for the period. I could be wrong about this - I am squinting at the photos, admittedly. I addition - I can’t say as I’ve ever seen an example of the little “tacks” shown on the MM edge. That does not mean they weren’t used - and it does seem to impose a Western look. All that said - (1) I apologize for being dogmatic again, especially as this kitchen is beautifully done, and (2) I continue to recommend NY Metal as my #1 choice - I’ve seen it live…have it in my kitchen…and it’s exactly like the stuff I see in most all 50s kitchens.

]]> By: magnarama http://retrorenovation.com/2008/08/18/recreate-don-betty-drapers-50s-mad-men-kitchen/comment-page-1/#comment-12582 magnarama Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:50:01 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=3536#comment-12582 Could you explain further about the steel edging for the countertop? I'm failing to see what's inauthentic about the one in the MM photo... Could you explain further about the steel edging for the countertop? I’m failing to see what’s inauthentic about the one in the MM photo…

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