Nordic Kitchens

[davey7]

The recent UK kitchen thread and the expressions of great love for solid electric burners made me want to start this thread.

To start off, here's an IKEA kitchen from '74.

Lets see, orange appliances, check.
Dark wood cabinets, check.
Earth toned sunburst tiles, check.
Bouffant Blond Hairdo, check.

That looks like a Futurum fan hood - the paper hints that this is in Skåne.

 

[retromania]

What's that on the counter to the very far left, an early drip coffee maker?

 

[davey7]

I was thinking a mixer, but it could be. Swedes usually make coffee on the stovetop in a wide mouthed kettle and strain the grounds when they pour.

 

[vacbear58]

On the left

Its a filter coffee maker

 

[retropia]

Dansk dinnerware?

 

[davey7]

Dansk style flatware

I suspect, since it's an IKEA advert that it's their tableware, but that style would have been widely available then. The dark brown was BIG in Sweden in the 70's.

 

[whirlcool]

Back in the 70's Crate & Barrel had a lot of the same stuff that Ikea has now. That was before C&B decided to become a "boutique" store and raise their prices sky high.

 

[davey7]

CB1

I think C&B sourced a lot of their stuff in that era from Scandinavia before they crept upscale (CB2, their affordable store, still trails Target and IKEA on price and style a lot of the time).

 

[whirlcool]

Never heard of C&B2, all we have here is the original C&B which is just down the street from Needless Markup. Back in the late 70's we bought a lot of our kitchen goods from C&B at Oakbrook. Believe it or not we still use the Bauhaus dinnerware we bought in 1978 from there on a daily basis.

That was back when C&B used to have a ship schedule on the walls of their stores. It would tell you what ship was coming in, what cargo it carried and when you could expect to see the stuff on the store shelves. And a lot of the ships did come from Scandinavian countries.

 

[petek]

While I liked that look back then I don't think I could live with it now. It's just too dark

 

[chachp]

I think its a Technivorm Coffeemaker.

The item on the far left corner looks like a Technivorm Coffeemaker.   The current ones are similar.

 

[rp2813]

CB2 is more of an on-line retailer, but there are outlets scattered around.  The one nearest to me is in Berkeley and I found some interesting things there.  The merchandise strikes me as more for apartment living and singles who are outfitting a small-ish home for the first time.

 

 

 

[whirlcool]

We gave up on C&B when we saw a bed there that we wanted. The bed & headboard was $3,600. We found virtually the same one at a decent furniture store for $2,400. So that's where it came from.

 

[rp2813]

CB2 merchandise is much more reasonably priced than C&B's, which even at their outlet (also in Berkeley on the same street as CB2) can be outrageously expensive.

 

I stopped shopping at C&B years ago for the same reason you did Allen.  Way overpriced and many items can be found elsewhere for less.

 

[foraloysius]

The coffeemaker is indeed a Technivorm one, a Moccamaster. They are very popular in Scandinavia. Scandanavians are at the top of the list of coffee drinkers.

BTW, has anyone noticed the harvest gold range? I don't know if it is a double oven model. On the right there is a narrow but high storage space for cookie sheets etc.

 

[petek]

I just noticed her blouse matches the placemats and seat cushions

 

[davey7]

Range Doors

I'll get more pics, there are some interesting ranges.

She probably made the placemats and blouse (and valences too - the get changed out seasonally).