Mid Mod Pam on Sep 20 2008 | Filed under: ebay, kitchen, steel kitchen cabinets
Wow, these are very early steel kitchen cabinets - the ebay listing says that they are from a New Jersey estate, installed in the 40s, and I believe it. Capitol is the name of a N.J. company that was started pretty early…other names from the period are Dieterich and Elgin — you can see photos [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Mar 29 2008 | Filed under: Reader homes, steel kitchen cabinets
We found the provenance of Dana’s kitchen cabinets yesterday — 1953 Crosley’s just like the ad! Yummy! Now, she’d like some ideas for appliance, flooring. Readers, feel free to join in this new ‘intervention’ , and to get us started, and in the spirit of the vintage Crosley advertisement — here goes:
A black and [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Mar 29 2008 | Filed under: ebay
These are a great find for anyone working on their kitchen, and who needs corner cubbies. For me to re-make mine in glass cost, like, $650 plus labor.
Mid Mod Pam on Mar 27 2008 | Filed under: steel kitchen cabinets
OMG gorgeous - look at all these pink Beauty Queen metal kitchen cabinets! In Missouri, now on the Postwar Steel Forum - top nav bar. Also see the great Hoffman’s - new brand! - from Toronto.
Mid Mod Pam on Mar 24 2008 | Filed under: ebay
Erica writes:
Pam, I found these and my dial up is too slow to look on the site to see if they are already on the Forum. The price is high but it’s an amazing set! Not sure what make they are either.
Thanks, Erica! Hmmm, these indeed looked familiar, and I can see they [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Mar 12 2008 | Filed under: ebay
Photographer Sarah Superstar has an eagle eye (of course!) and spotted today’s ebay pick — a very pretty, light pink set of metal kitchen cabinets. Bonus 1: From a real Levittown subdivision, Levittown, PA! Bonus 2: Groovy countertops. Bonus 3: A built-in blender set-up. And bonus 4: A new brand for our Forum - United [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Mar 09 2008 | Filed under: Inspiration, steel kitchen cabinets
Youngstown Kitchens were the #1 brand of steel kitchen cabinets across America in the postwar period. As a result, we see lots of these “fitted kitchen” sets come available for sales - with lots of choices of cabinets pieces.
While I am still in the early stages of gathering the history of these cabinets, I do [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Feb 29 2008 | Filed under: kitchen, steel kitchen cabinets
This is the “trend-setting new ‘PIONEER’ by American Kitchen” - 1956. I find it so fascinating. It was right about this time that steel kitchen cabinets started to lose their battle against wood. But it was a slow death. And along the way they decided they’d rather switch than fight. That is, these cabinets have [...]
