Enameled metal kitchen cabinets.

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Do any of you know if enameled steel kitchen cabinets are still made?

We're working through cabinets for our kitchen refit and we both dislike all that we are seeing - and some old fashioned enameled steel ones would be great!
 
THANK YOU!

This is EXACTLY  what I am looking for.

 

Now I am afraid to find out what the price is :) We'll see.
 
IIRC St. Charles

Brand was sold to another company that while making cabinets under that name, they are stainless steel with perhaps various power coating options.

If you are after metal cabinets of the vintage variety so common in kitchens and elsewhere in homes from the 1930's through the 1950's, good luck! *LOL*

It seems everyone and their mother is after the "retro look", and as to the best of my knowledge the older enamel metal cabinets are no longer produced here in the states, there are persons scouring the country to find vintage units.

Being as this may you can often find these cabinets at thrifts, construction resales such as the Habitat for Humanity stores, websites, salvage yards and so froth. The big problem is getting them before the scrap metal trollers do. Many times a homeower will simply rip the things out and place them on the curb. Once that happens you've got to be quick, and by that I mean there with your truck ready to scoop and move. Otherwise they certianly will be gone long before the garbage truck comes around.

IIRC, much like enamelled tubs on washing machines and dishwashers, the process is very expensive and not kind to the environment. Once the 1960's and 1970's came along with all those wood, wood trim, or faux wood cabinets, demand for the metal variety dropped.
 
Launderess, any enameled metal cabinets I've seen were finished with a baked enamel paint finish (like an automobile), not porcelain enamel such as used on a range or other appliance. I suppose there could have been some at one time that were fired-on porcelain, but they'd be few and far between.

Other than the incredibly expensive St. Charles (part of Viking), I don't know of any nationally distributed steel kitchen cabinets. However, there is a company - Jamestown Metal Products - that manufactures steel lab cabinets. They originally were a manufacturer of kitchen cabinets, but got out of that part of the business a number of years ago. The lab cabinets look to be essentially the same as standard metal kitchen cabinets, and are available with either overlay or inset doors/drawers. Imagine you would be able to obtain these through an architect, and they aren't likely to be cheap. Another company I just thought of is Arsco Mfg. Co., here in the Cincinnati area. They make steel cabinets in addition to radiator enclosures. Arsco's link below.

 
followup...

I went to a local kitchen store that has St. Charles cabinets. I couldn't actually even get a ballpark linear foot number out of him FOR SURE but the 'supposing' things we talked about made me believe that St. Charles cabinets are 1,500+ per linear foot.

Ouch!

Needless to say, I won't be getting them. Actually, to be honest, for the 'mid century modern' home we have, they really look TOO modern.

Since I figure I can get cabinets in wood, made mostly hypoallergenic, for under $200 per linear foot, I think we'll end up going with them ;-)
 
Hey, Todd, it was the center island that caught me, too! LOVE the black and turquoise (can I spell that?) laminate. What a cool idea.
 
I need about 40 of those chrome handles!

Where can I get boomarang shaped chrome cabinet handles like those? I MUST have them!!
 
boomerang drawer pulls

Rejuvenation.com has them.  I've purchased lots of things from them over the years.  The light fixtures and hardware are all fabulous and the quality is hard to beat.
 
Found 'em $7ea in chrome!

Man, those look good. Might be a little to "late 50's" for my "early 50's" look. Mmmm...
 

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