Tag Archive '60s kitchen'

1960s inspiration kitchens

Speedway Ron is on the lookout for ideas for really terrific 60s kitchen designs, so we will be on the lookout, too. My goodness, these are chock full of ideas!!!

These designs today showcase some of what was going on about 15 years into the postwar era.
Click thru for 5 kitchens in all, along with a [...]

Another delicious vintage system by Sunbeam to organize your appliances

Longtime readers will recall my fixation with 50s and 60s electric plug-in devices to organize all the wonderful wife-saving appliances on the top of your kitchen countertop. Remember these previous posts?:

Happy birthday to me - my Sunbeam birthday present!
And this Westinghouse model.

This time around — a whole cabinet! Yummy! Anyone have one of these, [...]

60s kitchen: Restrained use of shape and color creates a timeless, modern look

A timeless 1964 kitchen to celebrate the weekend. Reasons to like this one:

Beautifully put together - an airy white background graphically punched up with wood cabinet doors, cone-shaped light fixture, seat cushions and even napkins. Meanwhile, you see right through the wire chairs, continuing the airy and open feel.
The large-scale wallpaper on the door to [...]

Retro looking appliances - at closer to retro prices, too

In working with one reader to solve some kitchen issues, I came across this company — Summit, out of New York metro - that makes several appliances that have a real retro feel, at prices that are not so horrific as most “specialty” items like this.
For example, their 36″ range has that second storage drawer [...]

Vintage 1966 kitchen — St. Charles mixes wood and metal, and harvest gold and avocado arrive!

click to enlarge photos especially the first one!

How about this fabulous 1966 St. Charles metal and wood kitchen?

Cool how it combines wood with metal. And French Provincial wood, no less.
This was part of the transition to kitchens that looked like furniture - like the rest of the house, which was now encroaching as ‘open concept’ [...]

1961 stove/fridge/cabinet/sink - today’s craigslist find - courtesy Florida Leslie

Florida Leslie sends this very excellent 1961 stove/fridge/cabinet/sink combo. I’ve seen these before, but never in this great shape. Someday if I make an apartment in my basement, I will install one of these. Hey - from the day when someone thought people might actually like COMPACT kitchens. Haha, that’s a good one!
San Diego, $1500. [...]

60s kitchen - a colorful example

Okay, I admit that I really may be losing my mind, but I love this kitchen! There are so many elements that come together so nicely:

The white French Provincial cabinets.
Of course, the fabulous wallpaper enveloping the room in color.
The window shade - a version of which you can still order today.
The vintage embossed linoleum/sheet vinyl [...]

What fun - my kitchen was featured on Apartment Therapy

This past weekend my kitchen was featured on ApartmentTherapy.com’s Guess the Decade. This feature shows a photo, then gives readers the whole weekend to ponder - then vote - to guess what decade the room/photo came from. The vast majority of readers were on the mark, detecting the modern clues. Take a look - and [...]