Retro Renovation

This is a fun one!

Teacher Kerri is the shepherd of three kitchens’ worth of vintage Geneva’s and of course - her students.

Dig this incredible extended kitchen - and read on for her question - and my response.
Hi, Pam!
Recently I “inherited” a Family and Consumer Science (HomeEc) classroom with Geneva kitchen cabinets. The school — which [...]

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Be sure to see today’s NYT, which spotlights one of our favorite brands of vintage steel kitchen cabinets, Geneva. More press sure to accelerate interest in these gems!

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Wow, Alice. You have a beautiful kitchen, bathrooms – and house to wrap all around them. What a classic! Readers, note that Alice is in Richmond, VA. Alice, you asked about suggestions for your kitchen, so here are a few thoughts:

How about putting a picture window with two sidelight windows (double hung) in your kitchen [...]

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Sleeping Bee Alice writes:
Hello, I am a novice retrorenovator…and am loving your website.
My husband and I are leaving our modern, brand-spanking new customized kitchen for a charming 1950’s yellow Geneva kitchen in a home that we have fallen in love with. I’m having trouble thinking through the “enhancement” of the kitchen…the cabinets are in [...]

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Our penultimate day of pink kitchens. I love that word, penultimate!
41. TGIF, it’s party time and these 1961 Hotpoint kitchen-goers are ready!

42. This 1955 Geneva kitchen is more sedate but setting the pace nonetheless.

43. Pink and yellow, what a spring-y combination. And, this seems like quite the 1957 groove pad! Note the [...]

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This week it’s pink postwar kitchens of every style - from the 40s through to the 60s. Be sure to check in every day, today through Saturday for a festival of Mamie pink!
To start - let’s head right to 1957, the absolute pinnacle year for pink pink pink!
#1: 1957 GE pink kitchen and look at [...]

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