Time capsule St. Charles wood kitchen for sale in metro Chicago - great appliances, Railite cool countertop

Ooooh. Look at this - a St. Charles kitchen with wood fronts! As longtime readers know, part of the history of steel kitchen cabinets was their fight vs. wood cabinets. Toward the end … as steel started to lose out… you started to see the mash up of wood and steel. In particular - wood doors, with their painting and repair flexibiity, onto the strong steel bases.

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In this kitchen, note the cool Railite countertops - Jennifer, I would be forever indebted if you could send us a clearer photo, we are all diagnosed vintage voyeurs — and the Revco refrigerator-freezer looks quite terrific as well. All for sale now, retro renovators.

Pam,

I’ve attached a PDF of the cabinet documentation, which was done in 1956. Basically the kitchen has:

- a built in Tappan EoLV-10 oven (stainless steel) - it’s the first thing that caught my eye! That’s cool - very retro… someone would like that… I said…
- a built in Tappan ERF cooktop (SS)
- a Revco fridge/freezer - like a soft brown color

Countertops - Railite - white with like a gold pattern on it

Stainless steel sink - fan above stovetop.

Cabinets - see the attached for the actual count of units. The fronts are wood, the inside is like a harvest gold color. The lady had covered each shelf with contact paper, so it came off and the insides are in really good condition. The outsides of most of the cabinets look really good. There are a few cabinet fronts with some wear.

I suppose I could try ebay or craigs list, but then I came across your site. You have great taste. I’m not retro, but am artsy and appreciate good style - you’ve got it!!

This 92 year lady kept everything. It’s like walking back into time…. Her daughter who sold it to us said that her mother got this state of the art kitchen in the 50’s… It’s held up well.

Jennifer Whiteford
Rockford, IL - about 90 miles northwest of Chicago

Thank you so much!

If any readers are interested, contact Jennifer directly at cjjwhiteford@mac.com. Good luck and thanks for working with us to find this kitchen a happy retro home, Jennifer.