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OMG!!! brings back memories...didn't someone use the word "hurl" above? I was 10 in 1972 but I thought it was gross even back then. It's even worse today!!! I'm just saying..I know there's someone that would love to have a "vintage kitchen" like that...ummm..not me
 
We can gag now, but that kitchen had people oooooohing and aaaaaahing back in the 70's. The only thing missing is a dark, heavy, ornate Mediterranean dining set. Do I miss that look? Not really; but it sure brings back memories of junior high.

Thanks for posting these flashback photos!
 
@ appnut

I agree with you on the size, storage space, and I'm sure the appliances obviously were made better than anything to day. I want to use that dishwasher too! But other than that, it made me cringe..
 
The link for the whole house is here:

I'd posted the 2 kitchen shots mostly because of the original appliances…but I actually am pretty taken with the house on the whole, in spite of the flooring in that kitchen (and it extends WAAAAY out into the big dining area...…This place was quite top-drawer when built…I love, love, LOVE the grasscloth wallpaper and the wood-beam ceilings. And just the spacious/warm feeling overall inside. Aside from a few flooring and wallpaper changes here and there, I'd probably not change it a whole lot. http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2505-Wedgewood-Dr-SE-Olympia-WA-98501/49376749_zpid/
 
If those cabinets are solid wood,

I'd just clean then up with TSP and linseed oil, change the floor, light fixture, counter tops, sink, and faucet. New appliances, and you'd have a millennial kitchen.
 
Those GE appliances

were built well. Inlay vinyl floors were also popular. One color or pattern for the border, and another in the center of the room. That's how those turquoise and yellow sun burst patterns were done.
I recall the kitchen floor in the Christmas party seen from Driving Miss Daisy.
 
Compared to many from that time period, that one isn't too bad.

The reason the floor has held up well is probably because it is inlaid vinyl, rather than a printed pattern. One of my neighbors just replaced her kitchen floor from 1972 last year. Armstrong Designer Solarian was a very popular brand of inlaid. Corlon is another inlaid product, which is currently available, and should give excellent durability.

 
If the place were 10 or 15 years older and equally well maintained, it would be a stunner.  Spacious as it is, I can't stomach most of the interior's architectural and decorating treatments.

 

I just realized that the stained glass insert on the kitchen fixture is likely custom.  It's sagging, just like the custom leaded stained glass panel my parents inserted below a skylight above the stairway.   It had to be reinforced with a couple of cross pieces, which detracted somewhat from the design.  These pieces are quite heavy and lead is fairly soft, so you can see the results.  Maybe there's another place that piece could go -- where it would be vertical instead of horizontal.  Regardless, it's ready to come crashing down, either through negligence or aggressive demolition.
 
I love that house

The Brick entry is beautiful...
I am not fond of the grasscloth, but if it was in decent shape...

The walls need painting...If i could clean up the grasscloth and make it look nice fine, if not, sadly, i'd need to paint it or somehting... ...

I like the entry way light fixture... The remainder need to get replaced...

The worst room is the one with the pool table off the laundyr... I'd knock down the wall between the rooms and make it open,...room for a few laundyr sets and a nice faimly room with linoleum and painted walls...

The bathroom shower door and sinks need to be replaced, and so do the toliets... The light in the flower bathroom is fine though, i like those

The last bathroom pic is ok, even the floor.. Maybe a new potty for sanitary reasons...

Oh and I'd have to ditch the basebord electric heat

$12,000 max and I'd have a nice decent home to live in
 
My basement is floored with Corlon - a lot of it.  It has been through a lot in the 40+ years it's been down there and still looks like new.  We had Armstrong Designer Solarium in the kitchen area for a number of years, in the late 80's I put in Corlon.  It still looks great today, I strip and wax it yearly or every other year.  It's off white and has taken a lot of wear and it too looks great.  Every now and then I kick around the idea of replacing it with an off white cork floor, which would be the 4th floor the kitchen would have...

 

Each of us has differing tastes, to be honest I kind of cringed as I took the virtual tour of that house.  So much of it made me want to get away from it as fast as possible.  Wasn't so much the grass cloth, but the brick and the paneling.  Not to mention the beams.   To the OP if the house "speaks" to you that's great, we all connect with our environment differently.
 
I just noticed

it's weird that the paint on the appliances is fading in the middle, but not the edges - but it's only happening on the stove and dishwasher, not the fridge - unless it's supposed to be that way - I can't imagine why it would NOT be a solid color though.
 
Coppertone

Was a shaded color (darker around the perimeter of the panel/surface) as was Avocado as was Harvest Gold.  In 1977, with GE's introduction of The New Naturals, the shading went away and the colors were given slightly different names; Avocado became Fresh Avocado, Harvest Gold became Harvest, and Coppertone was replaced with Coffee.  The other major appliance manufacturers quickly followed GE's lead and altered and renamed their colors, too.

 

Coppertone was introduced late in the 1963 model year, possibly with the introduction of the 1964 models.

 

lawrence
 
so then why

would they do the oven and dishwasher that way, but not the fridge? Looking at that kitchen, I'm guessing the fridge is the same age as the rest of the appliances.
 
Look at the right edge on the bottom door of the fridge. That definitely looks like indication of being provision for reversing the door. That was a much later innovation. Could it be a newer fridge that was painted to match dishwasher and range?

But at the same time the style of the handles, bottom grille and emblem would indicate early to mid 70s. The fridge looks just like my parents 1977 Harvest Gold 15.6 cf which is still in the kitchen and running fine since day one without one repair.
 
One possibility is that the refrigerator pre-dated the construction of the house, and was not coppertone.  The owners could have brought it from a previous residence and had it painted.  No way to know with up close and personal inspection.

 

lawrence
 
My aunt had

the same refrigerator in Avocado. She got in new in about 1971, or 72. Wooden handle before 1970 weren't in yet. GE changed the style in about 1976. Square bottom grille in black.
 

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