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In the spirit of the season I've been binge-watching horror movies. Figured I'd share a few titles that might be of interest to appliance lovers In The Stepford Wives (original version, please), Katharine Ross's kitchen has metal cabinets and a KitchenAid sink/dishwasher from the '50s. The...

Hi, all! Been looking through Google Images at pics of vintage mobile home interiors and wondered if anyone here knows what kind of appliances these beauties were equipped with originally. All I can determine is that Preway wall ovens must have been common at one point. Any info/pics would be...

I was at a junk sale in Kutztown over the weekend and came across a Caloric 16 refrigerator! I knew Raytheon owned both the Caloric and Amana brands but never saw a fridge with this particular badge. No pics, but it had the straight chrome handles of a '60s Amana on the L-shaped back plates of a...

Recently saw the 1986 film 'Night, Mother. Starts with Sissy Spacek using a 1970s Kenmore washer and dryer with the controls on little boxes projecting from the back panels. Most of the movie takes place in the all-gold, all-Sears kitchen, which includes a '71 Lady K dishwasher. If you like...

Last night I was making a cheese sauce in my double boiler (as per Peg Bracken) when it struck me that I'm the only person I know who even has such a device! And I think this is a shame, because they are genuinely useful. I don't have a digital camera, but my DB is vintage Flint Ware. My...

Ok, I kid. I'm actually a crackpot with a Sears Simmer-On II slow cooker! No pics, but it's brown gingham (!) with a white glass lining, and it's working on a pot of chili back home as I type this. I believe it's a Hamilton Beach with a Sears label, but I could be wrong. Since I'm kind of a...

When I was growing up ('80s-'90s) I knew a lot of people with older appliances, but oddly enough no one had avocado. Coppertone was the choice for ranges, so much so that in my mind "stove" still equals "rusty brown." My mother had a coppertone GE range (rotary controls), while my aunt's was a...

A while back I started a thread about my Farberware Superfast percolator. Sadly, it is no more, and after mourning the loss I've acquired a Universal Coffeematic. It's gorgeous, circa 1955, and makes awesome coffee. I know little about Universal except that they also made a toaster called the...

Bought myself a little Christmas present yesterday: A vintage Farberware Superfast electric perk! Not only does the Superfast live up to its name, the coffee (Wegmans French roast) is rich and full-bodied. Its 4-cup capacity is perfect for a bachelor (spinster) like myself. Previously I used a...

An interesting note, even though I live fairly close to Topton (went to school in Kutztown, right outside), the only Caloric I've ever encountered was a pilotless coppertone model at a rummage sale. A friend who used to do gas work told me he encountered few Calorics, mostly Tappan and Kenmore...

My current apartment has a twenty-inch Brown gas stove, and I absolutely LOVE it! Even-heating oven, smart yet simple styling, probably from the '90s but still has chrome trim. I did a little research and found that Brown Stove Works is the oldest appliance company in America that has not been...

So what are everyone's favorite refrigerators? I've always admired Kelvinators (horizontal handles) and Amanas (L-shaped handles). Without a doubt, the best refrigerator I ever had was a '70s Kelvinator in my first "grown-up" apartment. It was BOL and battered, but solid as a rock...

Anyone seen this classic lately? Francine Fishpaw is a dysfunctional lady with a seriously fab kitchen--turquoise Frigidaires, as I recall.

Picked up something interesting...a little paperback called The Gas Cookbook, from 1956, apparently published in St. Louis. In addition to the recipes, there are instructions on how to drop light your oven (if your stove is old or BOL) and a chart of temperatures for the Burner-with-a-Brain (if...

Hello, all! Since I'm new here, I figured I'd share some memories. It all started with Mom's almond super-capacity Whirlpool. It had to be one of the last (early '80s) with the belt-drive transmission and a HUGE Surgilator with fins on the bottom that you could spin freely with your hand. My...

Don't you wish you lived in the Woodhouses's to-die-for apartment from Rosemary's Baby ('68)? As far as I can identify, Rosemary has a bright yellow Frigidaire fridge and Wedgewood gas stove--as well as a kitchen the size of my living room and bedroom combined. Anyone have screen grabs? I also...