1972 is alive--timecapsule untouched kitchen

[funktionalart]

One of the best things (to me) about house hunting is seeing untouched kitchens from the time I grew up. The design choices were often dodgy…which is why you'll find more intact kitchens from the 30s and 40s than you will those from 45 years ago. Enjoy--crazy linoleum, roman shades, stained glass ceiling fixture and a full suite of copper tone appliances!

 

[jmm63]

LOVE IT!! Reminds me of the kitchen I grew up with, except we had red/black indoor outdoor carpeting and Harvest Gold appliances.

 

[pulltostart]

My eyes! My eyes!

I can't seem to get past that floor.  OMG how horrible.  Otherwise not so bad.

 

It does seem like Alice or maybe Marsha Brady should be in there somewhere.

 

lawrence

 

[cuffs054]

And there is a lot of that floor!

 

[oldskool]

Yes

...there's a lot of that floor, but minus the glaring issue close to the dishwasher (probably the cause of something very hot coming in contact), look how the floor has withstood the test of time. No wear pattern and no fading. At least when you bought flooring in that time, IT LASTED! Probably by myself on this, but I like the flooring. Very tired of "earth tone" obligatory colors of today, and the "keeping up of appearance" use of hard woods and SS in a kitchen. One dishwasher or ice maker malfunction away from major repairs unless protected by a container underneath. With this type of flooring, use of a wet vac & mop - you're back in business. Just my opinion.

 

[rp2813]

Oh for sure, cheapskate landlords across the nation rue the day they stopped producing that style of floor covering.  Its unnatural durability was the source of nauseating aggravation to legions for renters, myself included.

 

I must say, without any reservation whatsoever, that in this case I'll echo the sentiments of so many young, first time, I-want-it-all-perfect-right-now HGTV house hunters in saying that entire kitchen needs to be blown to smithereens.

 

[gusherb]

If it weren't so dingy I wouldn't want to light a stick of dynamite in there (after carefully moving the appliances to a safe place). I like Coppertone but many of the color schemes back then involving it make me wanna hurl, I feel it looks good in a contrasting environment. My grandmas coppertone Calorics looked like they had new life breathed into them after painting the cabinets an off white from the green-gone-radioactive-yellow-from-nicotine color they were before.

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

I remember a kitchen floor like that in Avocado with matching Avocado appliances...

Come to think of it, it was long ago at one of my friend's house right down the street from me...

-- Dave

 

[dermacie]

Time capsule

How do people manage to keep all of the appliances all those years? My own kitchen has seen three refrigerators in 20 years. The dishwasher and stove are the same but I can't keep all the appliances the same.

 

[ken]

May have been a vacation/seasonal home so saw use only part of the year. There is much of that here where I live.

 

[mark_wpduet]

This is the year I was

born. I can't get how anyone at any time could POSSIBLY think that looks good! I swear the 70s were the ugliest decade of them all when it came to decor/fashions (with a few exceptions)

 

[mattl]

With that floor it would not be hard to cut a piece of flooring from under the stove or fridge and easily and invisibly patch that bad spot.  Not that anyone would really want to  - just sayin'...

 

[davey7]

Stained glass left over from "I love you Alice B Toklas"....

 

[ken]

"I love you Alice B Toklas"....

That's a funny movie. Especially like the part where Peter Seller's character's mother turns the burners on for the cook top because the guy sitting on it won't get off. He then jumps off in just a few seconds.

 

[hoovermatic]

The first thing that I thought when I saw that picture was..

....Maude Findlay

 

[ilovewindex]

I'd replace the light, curtains, that floor (with linoleum tiles) and the counters to solid surface.. The appliances (except fridge) yall can have... Cabinets I'd keep if there where decent

I would have to use that dishwasher a few times

 

[ken]

Yes Linoleum

You must be aware of the nasty chemicals that gas off vinyl flooring.

 

[tomturbomatic]

"from the time I grew up."

 

The first time I skimmed that I read "threw up," but maybe it was the picture

 

Just how the hell far does that floor go, to infinity?

 

[cuffs054]

This is almost as eye catching as the green/yellow/orange plaid wall paper dear ole dad put on the kitchen CEILING of one of the FL houses.