Pick me up off the floor!!!! In the latest episode of our current favorite binge-watching saga, ebay seller nomoredrama4me — Stephanie — sent me this photo yesterday. She calls it Cabinet Mountain, I call it Youngstown Mountain. Yes: Within the warehouse full of New Old stock Hardware store stuff (affiliate link) awaited a mountain o’ steel.
How many cabinets? The original pile measured 40 feet wide… 35 feet deep… 8 feet high.
A few weeks ago, when I first got wind of these, I got on the phone with Stephanie to get more info on this stash. I suggested to her that to sell them, she would need to get them well organized, measured, and checked for any damage. Probably even: Take them out of their boxes so’s potential buyers could see. Like Ben did here, with all the 1948 NOS Youngstowns he found, and which ended up in a museum. But I also told her: Don’t throw out the boxes. The boxes are awesome.
All this week, Stephanie has been working on organizing everything, with the help of her family — that’s daughter Lilly scaling the mountain in the photo. At last count, there were 63 cabinets + countertops (uncounted, I have no photos, can’t wait to see!) plus sinks (ditto, eagerly awaiting.)
A number of the cabinet boxes are marked Monterey. But the doors aren’s wood. They are nubbly textured steel doors painted. Painted Sandalwood. There are blue cabinets, too. And, Stephanie said that yesterday, they uncovered some Whirlpool steel kitchens cabinets. We don’t even have Whirlpools on our list! New discovery!
Stay tuned. More photos to come. This is just a sneak peek. Youngstown Mountain!
See what’s come out of the NOS warehouse so far…
To see all the other items coming out of the warehouse daily, go to the following (all affiliate links):
- Head to ebay
— when you get there, look for the Search box that says SEARCH WITHIN STORE, then type in New Old Stock to narrow search.
Kersten says
NO WAY!
Mamma WANTS!
Jeneta says
????
Carolyn says
We have to go through the weekend – at the least!!! – before we get the rest of the story?! Talk about a cliffhanger!
So, if you divide up 63 cabinets, about how many kitchens is that? Let’s just say a galley kitchen and go from there.
pam kueber says
As you may recall, I cliff-hanged the other one, too: https://retrorenovation.com/2015/09/02/youngstown-kitchen-cabinets-original-boxes/
Me like tantalizing the readers!
Vern says
Wow i am in the middle of renovating my home right now and would love a set …… Great find !!!
Jay says
Wow! OK so now this is starting to border on the surreal! Is this another one of those subterranian lairs like that of World of Tile where things will keeping coming and coming? The photo is funny, looks like boxes of tissues on a shelf from Land of the Giants.
pam kueber says
Seriously. Like, every time I start to get bored with the blog (I’ve been at it eight years, daily!) something like this pops up to SLAP me in the face and say Keep Going, This Is Fun!
Robin, NV says
Excuse me while pick my jaw up off the floor.
Mary Elizabeth says
Still looking for mine! 🙂
Melinda says
So exciting for whoever can use these! So disappointing for me. Probably around 10 or more years until I’ll have my forever house to put things like a Youngstown kitchen in. Crossing my fingers another warehouse like this turns up around then. 😉
Lee Breeze says
Ho-lee cow!
Mary Elizabeth says
Wonderful find! Someone is going to have a beautiful new kitchen.
About wood vs. metal door. I have mentioned before on this site that the first house I owned had white St. Charles steel cabinets with metal doors on the bottom and wood doors on the top (about the color of the ones in the Monterey photo above). So perhaps the sandalwood color cabinets with steel doors are meant to coordinate with other cabinets that have wood doors. That would seem to be implied in the advertisement. In my experience, doors and facings on the bottom cabinets get a lot more exposure to splashed water, food spills, etc. than the doors on the top. So a homeowner might choose to do metal doors on the bottom for that reason.
Janie4 says
Me! Dear god that’s beautiful!