On my retro radar: 60s lighting, Youngstown cabinet pulls, and retro hardware
Mid Mod Pam on Sep 08 2008 | Filed under: ebay
Mid Mod Pam on Sep 08 2008 | Filed under: ebay
Mid Mod Pam on Jun 28 2008 | Filed under: Reader homes, steel kitchen cabinets
On Thursday we looked at Catherine’s 1948 Ohio kitchen and bathroom. She wants decorating ideas that will bring these firmly into the modern era and to complement her growing collection of Drexel and Heywood Wakefield furniture — along with her young family’s needs. With this post, I will start with the kitchen.
This house was built [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Jun 26 2008 | Filed under: Reader homes, pink bathrooms
Sweetheart Catherine wrote me a while ago, asking for ideas for her 1948 Ohio ranch. She tells me she is already a daily reader — hurray! — and she’s also the Catherine who scanned and sent us some great Drexel brochures. So she is a Giver not just a Taker!
Catherine is fortunate to have a [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Apr 04 2008 | Filed under: pink kitchens
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 [...]
Mid Mod Pam on Mar 19 2008 | Filed under: ebay
This are so cool! A toy Youngstown kitchen dishwasher, full 10″ tall — it works — and comes with little dishes, all in the original box and with the original paperwork. Apparently, this was a giveaway when you bought a real “Jet Tower” dishwasher. I have tons of early 50s marketing literature, and I [...]
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 Jan 08 2008 | Filed under: steel kitchen cabinets
Scathing Jane in Atlanta is looking for some more St. Charles metal cabinets to build out her set. She’ll send her sons to get them as far as Chicago or anywhere along the east cost, she has a bigĀ kitchen to fill. Please take a look at her post on the Postwar Steel Forum, and [...]