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Fabulous Kitchen!

AND what looks to be a beautiful Paul McCobb dining table in the dining room. Talk about classy!

I lived in Minneapolis for a year, and usually stop over there on my roundabout way home for Chistmas (I take Amtrak Seattle - Chicago, do my Christmas shopping in Chicago - with a holiday pilgramage to Trader Vics in the Palmer House - and then Amtrak to Omaha) Minneapolis has got some beautiful neighborhoods, and it looks like you live in one of them :-)
 
What can I say, I love it. It's exactly the kind of kitchen I want to redo mine like along a similar vein. You look at the first picture before shot and go "well it's an ok kitchen I guess, nothing special" then what a difference afterwards. That's the problem with my kitchen, it's just ho hum and boring. Of course I especially like all the small kitchen gadetry, one can never have enough of those to mix and match at whim, not to mention the vintage stove and fridge in those colors. Grouping the gadgets for show excellent, no need to hide them.
Just last week I stopped in a paint store, picked up a Pittsburgh Paint brochure and sample cards which shows 3 examples of the same kitchen done in 3 different "pop art" color schemes and one of them is painted in colors very similar to your selection.
BTW the house looks beautiful from the street as well with the stonework and awnings, and that chimneywork is super.
 
So Lovely!

Robert, Robert, Robert,
I want to move in!
You house looks so nice, and comfortable, and so darn clean!
You kitchen is great! I would spend so much time in there! Reading a book for instance.
Your home is very beautiful, and thank you so much for the pictures!
Brent
 
Hi everyone, thanks for everyone’s kind words.

Terry those timers are from the late 60’s, I didn’t realize that Lux made so many colors either until I found that display.

Austin, I’ve been collecting vintage supermarket products from the estate sales over the past 10 years. These boxes are really hard to find because people generally didn’t hang onto a box of Cheerios for 40 years.

Lawrence, yes most people pick the appliances to match the kitchen colors, we picked the colors to match the appliances.

Jeff, we found the sink at an outside junk yard in northern Minnesota. It was covered in dirt, but when I brushed away the dirt I could see the shine that it had on it. It looks like it was never installed. So $15 later we hauled it home and saved it for a few years until we were ready to install it. I just love it, I bought a NOS Pink version of this exact same sink from Bethann, so now I need to figure out how to install them both.

Al you have good eye for vacuums, I had to vacuum up the dog hair before I dare take pictures with my Tan G. With dear Gladys our black lab in the house I have to (or more truthfully should be) vacuum constantly.

Don, I’ll take a close up picture of that little door and explain in a few minutes.

John we love the awnings, they are fun, we‘re not the only gay house on the block so we have to keep up with the Jones‘! We put the awnings up every April and they come down in late November before the snow come. The problem is the ugly brown trim, I want to go Sea-Foam Green and Neal wants Chartreuse. I hope I win.

Greg, behave and don’t get me started ;)

Dan, very good eye you have for furniture. Yes we have a Paul McCobb dining room set which I love from around 1950.

Thanks again everyone for all your kind words.

Dan here is our Paul McCobb table and chairs, these house pictures were taken about six months ago…

 
Hold up!!!

What you should do is make a 50's retro style computer case XD That would be soooo cool! It could be like yellow and turqoise(sp?) and have like a "push to start button" under the power button in some fancy font. Ooooo that sounds sooooo cool!!!
 
Simply Perfect

Hi Robert,
I just love your kitchen, the Frigidaire Turquoise looks amazing. You have great taste and a beautiful home. Thank you for sharing.

All the best.
Hugh
 
I got to see this lovely kitchen just before the convention, but it is particularly striking, juxtaposed against the before picture!
 
I wasn't familiar with

Paul McCobb. Now I realize I like Paul McCobb.

When I first saw the pics, I thought laundry chute. No way! It is. Man I wish we had basements here in CA. In would go a laundry chute.

In dining room number picture number 5, do I spy Starburst dishes?
 
Robert, what an impressive kitchen.... I am exceedingly jealous of that mint turquoise sink ; ) And that floor pattern has really given me something to think about! Nice work and a great home-
 
Pastel Sinks

Wow, Robert

What a difference before & after, and a big yes for Casement Sash Windows...

Are you going to put both sinks next to each other?? Very Kool, His & His, Wash n Rinse....LOL

THE LAUNDRY SHUTE...

Just dont be standing in the middle of the basement when the clothes are on their way down!!!!

Now how do I know that....LOL
 
windows

"and a big yes for Casement Sash Windows"

Actually,that's a what we call a "double-hung" window. Casement sash windows swing open to the outside with little cranks
 
Very much FUN!

Since I now know what your home looks like, where are all the beauty's? In the basement?

Wouldn't one question the moving of so many appliances into a new home if they are indeed in the basement? I would love to be a fly on the wall and hear what they would have to say. Homes in close proximity as yours, I can almost bet my life someone was peering out of their window!!! I am laughing up a storm right now just at the thought!

Steve
 
Yeah, that definitely gets an "Oh my God!" rating. Beautiful all'round, from the big picture down to the small details.

For some reason the floor tile treatment really grabs me, possibly because I've never seen that design before. (And so practical too! You can mop one half at a time, going by the stripes as boundaries, and still be able to walk through the kitchen!:-)

Modern stuff will never be quite so homey as mid-20th-century. Or maybe 50 years from now the kids of today will be saying the same thing about early-21st.century, eh?
 
Absolutely stunning! If I had a kitchen like that I'd put my bed in the corner and just live there. Did you paint your knife block pink, or does it just look that way in the pics?
 

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