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Speedway Ron (our new steel cabinet hunter) spotted these Pierre Cardin cabinets (which are not steel) on ebay. What do you think, 1980s? I’m getting the heebeejeebee’s now, those were scary design years for now…although I like these cabinets, tres chic!
“…Eliminates the final telltale sign of laminate – the brown line.” I am a big believer in the idea that the most significant design shifts tend to come from technological breakthroughs. The advance of laminate kitchen countertops — replacing linoleum and wood in most kitchens in the 1950s — came as a result of the [...]
As follow up to my post yesterday – with a round up of all the laminates for bathroom counters that are on my radar today – I also recently found this great little history of laminate in the 1950s, from Wilsonart. 2011 update, Wilsonart has taken story down, but here are a few highlights: Laminate [...]
Update: Almost all of these designs are now discontinued. See my up-to-date stories on all retro laminates here: Kitchen/Countertops Category. UPDATE (Oct 2011): Click over to –> this story to get an update on all three sources for boomerang laminate. The countertops I removed from the two vanities in my 1951 bathrooms were [...]
When folks move into new/old 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s or 1970s homes, it seems like one of the biggest and most common needs is to update materials in the kitchen that are on their last legs. In general, if you have a laminate countertop that is in good shape, I’d say: Keep it. Or [...]
I just got off the phone with George from New York Metals – purveyors of the stainless steel edging to true to 40s 50s and 60s kitchen countertops. The recent question on the table has been: How to bend my preferred “Snap-On Molding” (in photo above) for rounded edges – be they quarter-round cubbies or [...]
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Pierre Cardin was a big deal when I was in college … mid to late 1970s. We all HAD to have his cologne. But remember it was the beginning of the disco era … polyester double-knit leisure suits, nylon shirts with “wing” collars and unbuttoned to the navel, platform shoes, pucca shell necklaces, mood rings, “shag” haircuts … that should tell you something about taste at the time.
Pierre Cardin kitchen cabinets?!! How odd!!! They have a cool deco look, though…
This is part of a bedroom set….one dresser and two cabinets, usually used as nightstands. Definitely not kitchen cabinets.