mixrman
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I thought I'd share a few photos with the group as it is nice to find others who might appreciate our 'dream kitchen' and adjacent butler's pantry. The room was added to our 1850s house in 1928- and it was completely empty when we bought it 22 years ago. That left us free to do whatever we wanted! We decided to create a 1950s kitchen. It took 10 years to gather, remove rust, clean, and paint all of the Youngstown cabinets. About the time we were putting it all together, Formica reissued the turquoise boomerang laminate, so of course we had to have it. The Tappan 400 range was purchased from the original owner in Warren, Ohio (since the photos were taken- I obtained a 'spare' unit in Pittsburgh that had the optional cabinet- which is now under the one in the kitchen - and the whole unit was painted red-beige to match the cabinets). The 1973 Kitchen aid Superba came from a flea market in Clanton, AL, the one in the butler's pantry came from a Habitat Restore. The 1962 GE refrigerator was discovered in a junk pile behind an appliance store in Tuscaloosa, AL (it is the subject of my first post on this site...). The turquoise Hotpoint refrigerator in the pantry came from the old Parkview Pharmacy, also in Tuscaloosa. Out of camera range is a turquoise Hotpoint range, a Westinghouse roaster on stand, and an Ironrite mangle ironer. The funky light fixture was discovered in Huntsville, AL. We display our ever-growing collection of percolators and Sunbeam appliances atop the upper cabinets. My wife made the curtains from Fiesta tablecloths. When the house has been on the Greene County Historic Home tour, the kitchen has always been one of the most popular 'attractions,' and seems to generate a lot of 'happy memory' talk. I am pleased to say that the whole conglomeration has proven to be both fun and functional.
