These days I am quite in love with cozy vintage dinettes — like this 1953 Daystrom model. Daystrom, along with Arvin, seem to have been the two really big names in dinettes back in the day – and both seem to have disappeared from the screen altogether today.
This lovely green dinette – amidst the aqua-pistachio kitchen with its wood and white and wallpaper – has the feel of the coziest place in the world, don’t you think?
Carolyn says
I have this table, but no chairs. My Aunt Fran told me this summer that she custom picked her colors after she got married so its aqua on top and black edging instead of chrome. This is my prize possession! Does anyone know where I can send pictures for an unofficial appraisal?
Heidi Swank says
While not for real people, this Watko dinette on ebay is wonderful. Wish I had had stuff like this for my dolls when I was a kid.
Item number: 130315074135
Gotta love the pink chairs with the black speckles!
Elvis (aka) Jane says
Russell, we replaced the cracked, yellow plastic-covered sidelights at our front door with reeded glass and were able to get it from a local glass shop (Portland). Besides looking much nicer and letting in lots more light, our kitties like it because they can (sorta) see who’s at the door! I’d use in in our interior if I could just figure out a place to put it….
Russell says
Elvis/Jane, I too love the cross reeded glass, I have a similar partition in my 56 ranch. You can see it under “readers homes”. However this one really stands out because of the light background colors. I’ll have to remember that when I get to redoing the kitchen. I found one supplier that still makes the glass http://www.tglass.com. Sounds like there are probably others. I really dig those splayed legs on the table.
Holyoke Cindy says
I can imagine sitting there with my morning coffee. I still use my set of Revereware pots and pans which might be what they show in the background….Mom’s homemade soup simmering?
vintage_gal Colleen says
I love this – such a pretty set, and I’m dead set on getting a room divider/cabinet like the one in the photo. Even if I have to make it myself!
If anyone is looking for a formica set and lives near East Hartford, Connecticut, here’s a pretty sweet set on Ebay –
http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-RETRO-CHROME-VINYL-FORMICA-TABLE-CHAIRS-50s60s_W0QQitemZ300299155272QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item300299155272&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50
Only $100. Needs a lttle work, they say. Not a bad price at all.
Amy says
This has got to be my favourite kitchen ever, the colours, the dining table and chairs, everything. Love it!
super kawaii mama says
I’m with Jita. I’ve looked all over for a partition like that. So lovely. And the way the sheer curtains match the wallpaper exactly is just heavenly.
Elvis (aka) Jane says
Yes, Jita, I love that translucent reeded glass.
But the dinette is pretty cute, too. I particularly like the hairpin legs.
Pam Kueber says
Elvis/Jane – here at the home show I see there are many styles of glass still available – included the reeded/fluted. Very nice!
Jita says
Dreamy!
What’s even more dreamy is the pencil legged partition!
*swoon*