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    Marvel steel kitchen cabinets — also sold as Westline steel kitchen cabinets

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    Posted by: Pam Kueber • July 30, 2019

    marvel steel kitchen cabinetsContinuing work on the Encyclopedia, I just published a page on Marvel Steel Kitchens — which were sold as Westline Steel Kitchens by Western Auto stores. See the page here.

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    1. Leslie says

      July 30, 2019 at 2:38 pm

      As I look through all these gorgeous metal cabinets, I think about the utterly drab and boring kitchens that are being built now and could absolutely weep.

      My house was built in the 50’s, and when I bought it 10 years ago it came with boring dark wood cabinets with ivory-colored round knobs. I can’t afford to put in a new kitchen, but I’m thinking of cheating and painting the cabinets some nice cheerful retro color just so I can have some fun.

      Maybe I should paint them to match a 20’s-green-and-cream Hoosier cabinet that I’m working on restoring. But then the yellow is so pretty – and the turquoise – and the red – even the white….

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    2. Dan says

      July 31, 2019 at 1:46 pm

      Those Util-a-Door (don’t you love that name?) cabinets are updated Hoosiers, perfect for a compact kitchen.

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    3. Janet says

      August 2, 2019 at 8:43 am

      Pam, I love it that you are featuring the metal cabinet companies. I just want to add that when my father sold GE cabinets in the 50’s, he did a lot with stainless steel counter tops. These were not through GE though; he would get them from a company in Springfield MA. I really love those countertops! Since Hotpoint was the “bargain” choice for appliances, they were not offered in color, but some of the more expensive appliances from them, especially built-ins, did come in stainless. Thanks for the updates on the companies who made these wonderful metal cabinets.

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      • carolyn says

        August 2, 2019 at 6:20 pm

        Good Bones just installed a mirror shiny stainless countertop this season. Good thing I was sitting down and not drinking anything.

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    4. Sandi says

      August 4, 2019 at 8:56 pm

      A woman who was 50 years old in 1950 would have been about 4 inches shorter than a 50 year old woman today. Yet, our kitchen cabinets are at the same standard height of 36 inches. Am I the only one who finds it strange that the height of kitchen cabinets hasn’t changed in over a hundred years?

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      • Pam Kueber says

        August 5, 2019 at 12:04 am

        I agree.

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