estatesale_gary
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This is so bad, I had to share it with the group!
This is Francine Fishpaw's Dream Kitchen!
This is Francine Fishpaw's Dream Kitchen!
French Provincial kitchen
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Ya know, they might have been OK with the whole scheme if only they had not done the green detailing on the cabinet doors, but you are soooo right Gary; it's a Fishpaw dream come true 38 years later.
You're right about it being Francine's.
Edna Turnblad wouldn't touch it with a 12 foot pole.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
Edna Turnblad wouldn't touch it with a 12 foot pole.
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LuLu! Stop that DANCING!!!
I bet it smells like old cigarette smoke and Glade....
I bet it smells like old cigarette smoke and Glade....
Brneyedgrl80
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Oh come on, its got some... uh... charm.
I have to agree that it probably wouldn't be as bad if it didn't have avocado green accents everywhere.
I have to agree that it probably wouldn't be as bad if it didn't have avocado green accents everywhere.
jasonl
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Yeah but look at the green KA DW and the green oven. Getting the apps would be worth it. You could paint those cabinets dark brown.
veg-o-matic
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Actually, I kind of like it. You certainly don't see something like that everywhere you go...
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brettsomers
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its not that bad. it needs some busy-patterned linoleum, with spanish scrolling, and iron lacy-looking wall decorations.
westytoploader
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EWWWWWW, UGGGGLLLLY! Why in the world did French Provincial even exist? Perhaps those who were looking at it had no taste? ;-)
Out of all of the popular "styles" of that period, this is my ABSOLUTE LEAST favorite, and I cringe whenever I see a console TV or stereo with this design. I like Colonial and Mediterranean much better.
The appliances are definitely cool and worth saving, as Jason said, but the cabinets? No thank YOU!
Out of all of the popular "styles" of that period, this is my ABSOLUTE LEAST favorite, and I cringe whenever I see a console TV or stereo with this design. I like Colonial and Mediterranean much better.
The appliances are definitely cool and worth saving, as Jason said, but the cabinets? No thank YOU!
brettsomers
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For Austin,
enjoy in good health...
enjoy in good health...
hoover1060
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Um Austin..
thats it, turn in your retro appliance card NOW young man....
I kinda like it, and agree the green appliances would be totally worth it...
thats it, turn in your retro appliance card NOW young man....
I kinda like it, and agree the green appliances would be totally worth it...
Austin, I'll have you know when we bought our house in 1961, parents got the French P headboard and night stands (everything else htey needed was built-in). And also my sisters' new bedroom furniture. In fact, their furniture was featured on the Patty Duke Show in Patty Lane's bedroom. We were quite stylish with that and early american funiture in den & breakfast room.
westytoploader
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Bob, my mom's parents had mostly FP furniture in their house the whole time she was growing up. Yes, I'll admit that it was probably stylish for the time, but I'm 99.9% positive that it would give me nightmares!
Jeff, like I said above, the appliances are definitely worth saving! It's just those darn cabinets that are included in the package...;-)
*ducks and runs*
Jeff, like I said above, the appliances are definitely worth saving! It's just those darn cabinets that are included in the package...;-)
*ducks and runs*
The scariest estate sale I ever went to.....
was in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota back in the early 90's. The house had horrible Mediterainian and French Provincial furniture, shag carpeting EVERYWHERE (yes, even the bathroom), a PURPLE kitchen with BURGANDY appliances and mirror strips on the wall, and the whole place stunk. Stunk like the above mentioned cigrarette smoke and Glade.
But the weirdest part was that the people who had lived there had a huge collection of firearms (nothing wrong with that) but they were SELLING them at the estate sale (which I thought was a bit shady) I was born and raised around guns, so I got really nervous when I went to the basement and saw a bunch of yahoos pointing the guns around randomly. They didn't look like the type of people who'd gotten their merit badges for gun safety.
My estate sale buddy and I had gotten separated and met up outside. The house had given both of us a horrible headache, so we just went home for the rest of the day.
was in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota back in the early 90's. The house had horrible Mediterainian and French Provincial furniture, shag carpeting EVERYWHERE (yes, even the bathroom), a PURPLE kitchen with BURGANDY appliances and mirror strips on the wall, and the whole place stunk. Stunk like the above mentioned cigrarette smoke and Glade.
But the weirdest part was that the people who had lived there had a huge collection of firearms (nothing wrong with that) but they were SELLING them at the estate sale (which I thought was a bit shady) I was born and raised around guns, so I got really nervous when I went to the basement and saw a bunch of yahoos pointing the guns around randomly. They didn't look like the type of people who'd gotten their merit badges for gun safety.
My estate sale buddy and I had gotten separated and met up outside. The house had given both of us a horrible headache, so we just went home for the rest of the day.
Oh, but I bet Babs Johnson would have eaten doggie doo-doo for a kitchen that nice!
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Here it is Westy! 1964 RCA CTC-16 21" color remote control entertainment center! I'm no fan of this style either, but as a vintage tv collector decided to save it for it's uniqueness...
I was told it came out of an apartment done entirely in that style in a high rent district of Chicago.
I was told it came out of an apartment done entirely in that style in a high rent district of Chicago.
Jeff, like I said above, the appliances are definitely worth saving! It's just those darn cabinets that are included in the package...;-)
Hey hey hey my aunt had those cabinets and thought they were hot sh**!
There is much worse out there beleive me! *LOL*
Hey hey hey my aunt had those cabinets and thought they were hot sh**!
There is much worse out there beleive me! *LOL*
westytoploader
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Dwight,
Nice console...does this have the phonograph and radio built in as well? Love the round-tube design! I don't know if it's the style of the cabinet so much as the color that is unattractive to me; perhaps if it was a touch darker?
I personally like mid-century modern/contemporary the best. If only Heywood-Wakefield made kitchen cabinets in addition to their other offerings...one can dream, can't he?
Nice console...does this have the phonograph and radio built in as well? Love the round-tube design! I don't know if it's the style of the cabinet so much as the color that is unattractive to me; perhaps if it was a touch darker?
I personally like mid-century modern/contemporary the best. If only Heywood-Wakefield made kitchen cabinets in addition to their other offerings...one can dream, can't he?
