What your kitchen looked like the year you were born

[jamiel]

My great-aunt and uncle built a house in Tulsa in 1970 which to me was the epitome of a house of the 1970s and had a kitchen which was very cool. She was working on her first cookbook, which was published in 1973, and she was giving cooking classes, so the kitchen was an absolute showplace and was set up for giving classes. About 22 ft wide by 12 ft deep, it was an avocado showplace (avocado formica counters, dark wood cabinets, avocado appliances) with about a 15 foot peninsula counter with mirror above (where she taught from) opening into the clubroom/family room (where she could set up chairs for her classes), It was hopelessly exotic for me...both electric (Frigidaire) and gas (Modern Maid 2 burner) cooktops, two 30 inch built in Frigidaire ovens, 3 sinks (2 for prep, one for bar) multiple KitchenAid mixers, etc etc. She kept flour in a garbage can, for heaven's sake! Looked like Julia Child could step right in and host her show.

 

[xraytech]

Being born in the 80s our kitchen looked nothing like in the article, however it seemed common in regards to other 80s kitchens in the area

We had an L shaped kitchen with medium wood tone Formica cabinets, beige Formica counters, an avocado GE gas range and matching fridge. On the counters sat a JCPenney microwave, the Sears Neil the Frog canister set as well as a set of Acrylic Tupperware canisters.

There was a brown brick patterned vinyl floor and a small wood dinette set

Now my paternal grandmother had the quintessential 60s Early American kitchen. Rustic wood cabinets, hammered iron hardware, the classic white Formica with gold flecks. Built in TOL 1965 GE 24" wall oven, dishwasher, and sxs fridge with ice dispenser all in avocado and matching range hood over a stainless 46" cooktop. There was a brown Spanish tile print glued down carpet, an aged copper and milk glass chandelier over a maple dinette with matching ladder back chairs and a matching serving cart. There was a red brick backsplash with her Revere Ware hung for display, Anericana wallpaper on the bulkhead above the cabinets, and white Priscilla curtains with Coppertone colored ruffles and avocado green Roman shades under them in the windows

 

[brisnat81]

Here I am in my grandparents kitchen in 1982. Not long afterwards it was gutted and became a 1980s country style kitchen with mustard sink and cooktop with brown laminate bench tops and black oak cupboards.

The kitchen of the house I grew up in was original from 1962 with pearl like Formica and wood vaneer cupboard fronts. I'll have to through the albums at mums to see if I have any pics of that

 

[vacerator]

"country kitchen"

My folks also had one in the 70's. Medium tone oak wood, light yellow Irish linen work tops, harvest gold appliances, and some paneling on a feature wall that had wallpaper on it with old fashioned coffee grinders.
Ours are Tuscan and transitional style today.

 

[circlew]

"poured floor"

Greg, I think the floor one of my neighbors put in their kitchen and bath sometime around '67 was the type you're talking about. I remember some type of resin (epoxy?) was poured onto the floor, and then colored plastic chips were spread, followed by a topcoat. Theirs was mainly blue, with some green and yellow specks mixed in. They tore it out in Summer of '72 when they did over that part of the house. At that time they put in inlaid vinyl in a gold & green tile pattern. They just replaced it last year.

 

[DADoES]

 
The house I was "born into" was a rental and I don't recall anything about living there.  I have seen a (birthday party) picture that shows part of the kitchen, and told that the washer was in a closet behind my high chair.  We moved to a newly-built house in early 1964 which had a U-shaped kitchen with turquoise wall oven, cooktop, and hood, turquoise porcelain sink, white bottom-freezer refrigerator, orange Formica countertops, and custom-built cabinetry.

 

[dishwasherrules]

Snaidero "Old America" 1974

When I was born my parents had the same kitchen in the pic, except it was white with an ash-wood countertop and the dishwasher was all stainless steel. The name for this model was "Old America".
Sorry for the bad-quality pic, but it's the best I could find (my folks no longer have this kitchen: it was changed in the 90s).