Orange kitchen cabinets — yes! I call this vintage color “bittersweet”, and it makes me want to repaint my vintage kitchen orange! The lovely Mitzi..
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Plastic bathroom tile: 20 pages of images from 3 catalogs
Plastic tiles seem to have been very popular in the 1950s and, my mom tells me, into the 1960s. In estate sale houses, I see..
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Youngstown Kitchens Monterey cabinets
Finishing up my Youngstown Kitchens 1957 mini-series, here is their Monterey line. The unique selling proposition of this line: Sandalwood-colored steel base cabinets and doors…...
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Youngstown Kitchens Woodcharm line
Following up on our recent look at Erika’s St. Charles kitchen that combined wood doors with steel kitchen cabinet frames — here is my vintage..
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Barbie turns 50 – Fashion Doll Quarterly publisher Pat Henry puts our favorite doll in perspective
Barbara Millicent Roberts and I were born in the same year, 1959, 18 days apart. As a result, I’ve always celebrated my major birthday milestones..
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A 1956 yellow-pink-aquamarine Youngstown kitchen – so sweet
Several readers have asked about color combo’s for their yellow kitchens, including what I thought of a turquoise/aquamarine floor. Hey – this works fine, don’t..
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1954 Murray steel kitchen cabinets
Added yesterday to the Postwar Steel Kitchens Forum archives: This wonderful image of 1954 Murray steel kitchen cabinets, Scranton, PA. Notice the cabinet pulls –..
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Great retro pull down lights for your kitchen, from Progress vintage 1961
I am very excited about my latest vintage marketing material – a large catalog from Progress lighting dated December 1961. The catalog is about equally..
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Where to get hinges for metal kitchen cabinet doors?
Hi Pam, just had a new estimate on painting my pink kitchen cabinets and the guy is concerned about the hinges. I guess they are..
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Installing corner cubby, what not, or knick knack glass corner shelves
I felt blog ego come upon me (horrors, ego!) when Ronn challenged my assessment that the countertop in this kitchen was original. Maybe yes, maybe..
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Youngstown Kitchen – 1957 marketing material and a priceless video
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..
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Avco American “Pioneer” Kitchen brand coppertone and wood combo — Color-styled by Beatrice West
This is the “trend-setting new ‘PIONEER’ by American Kitchen” – 1956 – “color styled by Beatrice West.” I find it so fascinating. It was right..
It’s been a while since I did a Tuesday flashback kitchen design – only because I had so many other posts lined up. But I’m..
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Will Santa bring you a new, retro kitchen this year?
During World War II, Americans were encouraged to buy war bonds to fund the war effort. At the same time, amid the deprivation of war..
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One of the last St. Charles steel kitchens?
I don’t have a date for this kitchen, but it is clearly later, even 80s perhaps. Intense, huh? I am told that St. Charles was..
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Rose Red 50s steel kitchen — and a tile you can get, today
Look at how PINK this kitchen from 1956 is! It seems to be a good match for Sherwin Williams’ Flamingo Pink, although I’ve never seen..
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Retro kitchen paint colors from 50s to early 60s Geneva, Republic, St. Charles and Youngstown steel kitchen cabinets
“Vintage_Kitchen” recently wrote to ask about repainting her 60s white steel kitchen cabinets and I also promised this post with suggestions on paint colors for..
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