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  • Steel kitchens

    Steel Kitchen Cabinets – History, Design and FAQ

    NOS Youngstown Kitchen

    Found in boxes never opened, 1948 Youngstown Kitchens cabinets go home

    Roger and Lynsey collect 2 sets to create their new St. Charles kitchen

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    steel kitchen cabinets

    We've identified about 80 brands of vintage steel kitchen cabinets!
    All our stories are archived here, in reverse chronological order.
    NOTE: The buy/sell Forum is now closed; it was being sparsely used after all these years, likely because craiglist has become so commonly used. My reco: Search on craigslist using an aggregator like SearchTempest in order to expand your geographic reach.
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    morton metal kitchen cabinets Morton steel kitchen cabinets — since 1942...
    berloy kitchen cabinets Berloy Steel Kitchen Cabinets — since at least 1939...
    dieterich steel kitchen cabinets Dieterich Steel Cabinet Corp. kitchen cabinets — since at least 1933...
    raymond loewy kitchen design Raymond Loewy, designer of American Kitchens brand steel kitchen cabinets...
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    Belknap Steel Kitchen Cabinets...
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    Steel kitchen cabinets — 4 places to buy them made new today...
    berger steel kitchen cabinets Berger Steel Cabinets for Kitchens — a catalog from 1949...
    Regency steel kitchen cabinets — 12-page catalog from the 1950s...
    American-Standard steel kitchen cabinets — 16-page catalog from 1953...
    A new twist on vintage steel kitchen cabinets: Toro Kitchen Cabinets...
    Geneva Steel Kitchen Cabinets — at the big Trade Show, 1954...
    56 vintage St. Charles kitchen cabinets — Chiffon Yellow, i heart you...
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    The White House Line of steel kitchen cabinets — our 86th brand — an...
    Our 85th brand of vintage steel kitchen cabinets — Humphryes Manufacturing...
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    Burnt blue Youngstown steel kitchen cabinets — what a lovely color...
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    My rare Lyon Kitchen cabinets saleman’s sample kit — with real metal...
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    Vintage English Rose kitchen aluminium banquette seats...
    English Rose-vintage-style kitchen cabinets from John Lewis of Hungerford...
    Ondrea and James’ English Rose kitchen: Two sets refurbished into one joyf...
    Shirley All-Steel Kitchens of Indianapolis, Indiana...
    Vintage GE kitchen cabinets installed with a modern twist — I love it!...
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    Murray steel kitchen cabinets — of Scranton, Pa....
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    RCA Whirlpool steel kitchen cabinets — very rare, methinks...
    vintage metal kitchen cabinets The Retro Renovation® Encyclopedia of Vintage Steel Kitchen Cabinets...
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    Vintage St. Charles kitchen cabinets — with Thermador ovens and lots more...
    Boxed up for 67 years and now set free: Brand new 1948 Youngstown Kitchen cabine...
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    Sam has a great experience with powder coating her vintage steel kitchen cabinet...
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    The Mullinaires sing the praises of Youngstown kitchen cabinets, 1953...
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    1970s kitchen design — one harvest gold kitchen decorated in 6 distinct &#...
    St. Charles kitchens toy truck — made by The Ertl Company...
    Amy saves a 1957 Harrison pink steel kitchen — now on display in her vinta...
    Simply adorable — vintage miniature steel kitchen cabinets made by GE...
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    Another rare steel kitchen cabinet sighting — Palley...
    Beautycraft kitchen cabinets made by Miller Metal Products...
    22 kitchens in 22 days: All the best stuff’s in St. Louis...
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    Replacement kitchen drawer rollers for steel kitchen cabinets...
    Rare vintage Youngstown Kitchens metal hutch...
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    Vintage St. Charles kitchen cabinets in Raspberry...
    retro-modern-white-kitchen Melita uses steel laboratory cabinets to create her retro dream kitchen...
    Whitehead steel kitchen cabinets — 20-page catalog from 1937...
    The GE Wonder Kitchen: Introduced in 1955...
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    1958 Sears kitchen cabinets and more — 32 page catalog...
    Purple and walnut 1970 St. Charles metal kitchen...
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    A vintage 1956 English Rose kitchen – including REVO oven...
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    1978 St. Charles kitchen with groovy grooved wood doors – 9 photos...
    Viking discontinues St. Charles steel kitchen cabinet sales...
    Brian & Keri’s Happily Ever After $7,000 kitchen remodel...
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    1953 Crane kitchen cabinets — 26 photos — complete catalog...
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    Retro Renovation in the Wall Street Journal...
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    Youngstown Servi-Center: Super rare metal kitchen cabinet?...
    13 pages of Youngstown metal kitchen cabinets...
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    Yellow Geneva metal kitchen cabinets...
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    Steven updates his 1957 Alcoa Aluminum House...
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    1954 Murray steel kitchen cabinets...
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    Where to get hinges for metal kitchen cabinet doors?...
    Ellen’s search to recreate her parents’ Crosley kitchen...
    U.K. and European readers: Where to find English Rose steel cabinets...
    Ideas for Dana and her 1953 Crosley kitchen...
    Big set of pink Beauty Queen metal cabinets now on the Postwar Steel Forum...
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    1942 Vintage St. Charles cabinets – with cool glass block backsplash...
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    John Lewis of Hungerford reproduction English Rose cabinets...
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    Oh so groovy St. Charles kitchen cabinets – for sale on the Forum...
    A new steel cabinet brand discovered this weekend!...
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    • BE SAFE / RENOVATE SAFE!
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