steel kitchens — Retro Renovation

A junior high in Lawrence, Kansas, wants color tips for their vintage Geneva kitchen cabinets

Posted by: Pam Kueber • August 21, 2008

This is a fun one! Heck yeah there is more →

Where to get replacement parts like rollers and hinges for metal kitchen cabinets?

Posted by: Pam Kueber • July 25, 2008

Hey Pam,

I am building a new house and I am doing a 50′s theme kitchen. I have a 60″ Beauty Queen sink base cabinet that needs to be restored. I am trying to find some replacement plastic rollers for the drawers and some new hinge springs as well as the rubber bump stops for the doors. Thanks, John

Hey John, thanks for the question. Sorry, but am not a hardware person – and man, do I get a lot of questions just like this one. Fortunately, among Retro Renovation Readers we have many bright lights, so Readers: Any idea where John can look for itsy bitsy replacement parts?

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A new steel cabinet brand discovered this weekend!

Posted by: Pam Kueber • January 22, 2008

I feel like a giddy archeologist every time a new brand of metal kitchen cabinets surfaces.

I did some cleanup and additions to the Forum this long holiday weekend. Updated count: 45 distinct brands of steel kitchen cabinets from the 1930s through the 1980s! Admiral brand is the latest, with a lone cabinet just listed in the San Francisco area.

Lots of action on the forum in the past 24 hours. Be sure to check every day in the View Today’s Posts section if this topic interests you — going to this spot daily makes it easiest to see the very latest posts with one easy click.

And be sure to let our St. Charles hunters know if you have the odds and ends they are looking for. What goes around comes around.

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Harvest gold metal kitchen cabinets on the Forum

Posted by: Pam Kueber • January 2, 2008

Whoa. What a blast from the past. These vintage Sears — harvest gold — steel kitchen cabinets now are on the Forum.

Also: If you’ve tried to log on to the Forum recently, but were told you couldn’t — my fault. I fixed the issue, and you should now be able to log right in. Sorry to force passwords – you wouldn’t believe how much spam would get in if we didn’t have this.

This is a big set available in St. Louis; also posted last night are big sets in Detroit and Albuquerque, and corrected from last week – a set in Washington state (not Maine).

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Will Santa bring you a new, retro kitchen this year?

Posted by: Pam Kueber • December 24, 2007

During World War II, Americans were encouraged to buy war bonds to fund the war effort. At the same time, amid the deprivation of war time restrictions, the country was dreaming of better times to come. And at that front of that list: A shiny new kitchen!

Happy holidays, everyone. I dropped out of the blogosphere for a day and a half, as my family flew down to Florida for a sunny break. I expect to keep posting daily, but no ebay until after the holidays. Please continue to send your emails and comments!

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