Comments on: A short history of steel kitchen cabinets http://retrorenovation.com/2010/01/31/a-short-history-of-metal-kitchen-cabinets/ Products and ideas to remodel your mid century home in authentic vintage style Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:16:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: lex0019 http://retrorenovation.com/2010/01/31/a-short-history-of-metal-kitchen-cabinets/comment-page-1/#comment-96049 lex0019 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:55:44 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=21320#comment-96049 Hi Rose, sounds amazing! Any pictures you could share with us? Hi Rose, sounds amazing! Any pictures you could share with us?

]]> By: Pamela Brookins http://retrorenovation.com/2010/01/31/a-short-history-of-metal-kitchen-cabinets/comment-page-1/#comment-94115 Pamela Brookins Sat, 17 Sep 2011 12:52:32 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=21320#comment-94115 I love these cabinets! My Mother-in-Law had these in her kitchen when I first started dating my husband. They were perfect condition and looked brand new, even inside. I was so sad when she replaced them with wood. Wish I'd had a place to store them at the time. Alas they were relegated to their garage. I love these cabinets! My Mother-in-Law had these in her kitchen when I first started dating my husband. They were perfect condition and looked brand new, even inside. I was so sad when she replaced them with wood. Wish I’d had a place to store them at the time. Alas they were relegated to their garage.

]]> By: Joe Felice http://retrorenovation.com/2010/01/31/a-short-history-of-metal-kitchen-cabinets/comment-page-1/#comment-70622 Joe Felice Mon, 28 Mar 2011 03:20:04 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=21320#comment-70622 Steel was the key -- the all-American material. We manufactured it & everybody else wanted it. After WWII, we had to do something will all those steel mills. Then we invented plastics & how to work with them. Plastic became a cheap imitation for both wood & steel. This included laminates. Then, we discovered how to extrude plastic, and, by the '60s, there was no stopping us. Nowadays, we buy our steel from other countries (mostly Japan), & our plastic and wallboard from China. Ain't that a kick? No wonder we have no jobs. Steel was the key — the all-American material. We manufactured it & everybody else wanted it. After WWII, we had to do something will all those steel mills. Then we invented plastics & how to work with them. Plastic became a cheap imitation for both wood & steel. This included laminates. Then, we discovered how to extrude plastic, and, by the ’60s, there was no stopping us.

Nowadays, we buy our steel from other countries (mostly Japan), & our plastic and wallboard from China. Ain’t that a kick? No wonder we have no jobs.

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