One of the houses I grew up in was sold last year, and I’ve saved the pictures from the real estate site.
The kitchen still has the knotty pine cabinets and vaguely “colonial” black hinges and pulls. I can’t believe all of it is still there! There have been some changes, though.
The cabinets to the left of the refrigerator (top and bottom) used to be on the facing wall. That wall is now blank, as in the second picture. Moving them made more room for the kitchen table, which was a really good idea.
There used to be a dishwasher to the right of the sink. It was a grand old built-in Kitchenaid KD-12 in coppertone. It has been replaced by additional cabinets. I am amazed at how close they got to the original, but there is still a slight difference in color, visible in the third picture.
The countertops and floor are obviously new. The formica tops with chrome-edging were still in place when I lived there, and there was a linoleum floor. I can’t remember the patterns, but the countertops were blue.
All the appliances in the house were coppertone, even the washer and dryer in the basement. At some point, my parents sent the frames to a body shop to be re-painted with a plain chocolate brown. I remember that, but I’m not sure how many years passed between re-painting them and buying a new stove and refrigerator.
The stove in the picture is, I swear, the same one my parents bought 40 years ago!! It’s a 40″, more or less, which I think was still widely available back then. It’s a Whirlpool and it may be a replacement for the one I remember, but I doubt it. I have no memory of the unit that came before it, other than the color. The refrigerator is obviously newer than anything we had. Ours was a Frigidaire of some sort, as I recall. Our new appliances were originally painted almond, of course, the color of the ’80s. But the dishwasher, washer, and dryer were coppertone or chocolate brown as long as I lived there.
The hood over the stove is the original, just as I remember it, but I can’t read the brand and I can’t figure out what it is. It still looks good!
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The kitchen still has the knotty pine cabinets and vaguely “colonial” black hinges and pulls. I can’t believe all of it is still there! There have been some changes, though.
The cabinets to the left of the refrigerator (top and bottom) used to be on the facing wall. That wall is now blank, as in the second picture. Moving them made more room for the kitchen table, which was a really good idea.
There used to be a dishwasher to the right of the sink. It was a grand old built-in Kitchenaid KD-12 in coppertone. It has been replaced by additional cabinets. I am amazed at how close they got to the original, but there is still a slight difference in color, visible in the third picture.
The countertops and floor are obviously new. The formica tops with chrome-edging were still in place when I lived there, and there was a linoleum floor. I can’t remember the patterns, but the countertops were blue.
All the appliances in the house were coppertone, even the washer and dryer in the basement. At some point, my parents sent the frames to a body shop to be re-painted with a plain chocolate brown. I remember that, but I’m not sure how many years passed between re-painting them and buying a new stove and refrigerator.
The stove in the picture is, I swear, the same one my parents bought 40 years ago!! It’s a 40″, more or less, which I think was still widely available back then. It’s a Whirlpool and it may be a replacement for the one I remember, but I doubt it. I have no memory of the unit that came before it, other than the color. The refrigerator is obviously newer than anything we had. Ours was a Frigidaire of some sort, as I recall. Our new appliances were originally painted almond, of course, the color of the ’80s. But the dishwasher, washer, and dryer were coppertone or chocolate brown as long as I lived there.
The hood over the stove is the original, just as I remember it, but I can’t read the brand and I can’t figure out what it is. It still looks good!
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