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Shirley All-Steel Kitchens of Indianapolis, Indiana
Now that Kate has flown my coop, I have decided to embark on a new project: Creating The Retro Renovation® Encyclopedia of Vintage Steel Kitchen Cabinets. Collected over the course of 10years — often...
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Ondrea and James’ English Rose kitchen: Two sets refurbished into one joyful...
English Rose metal kitchen cabinets: One of three brands we’ve identified as made and sold in England — and, still made today! But being a U.S.-based blog, we have mostly U.S. readers (84%), so it’s...
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English Rose-vintage-style kitchen cabinets from John Lewis of Hungerford
Since I first wrote about the English Rose-style wood kitchen cabinets made by John Lewis of Hungerford in the wee early days of the blog — 2008, there has been an explosion of interest in midcentury...
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Vintage English Rose kitchen aluminium banquette seats
It’s an English Rose kitchen hat trick — three days of stories about these wonderful vintage design kitchen cabinets made and sold in England back in the day. Today’s finale: Photos of vintage...
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Christine gives her pink 1962 Lyon kitchen some retro TLC — including Retro...
The oven in Christine’s kitchen — complete with original-finish pink Lyon kitchen cabinets — finally gave up the ghost and could no longer be repaired. A mini-makeover was soon under way — and the...
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My rare Lyon Kitchen cabinets saleman’s sample kit — with real metal cabinets !
My new treasure: A rare Lyon kitchen cabinets salesman’s sample kit. Why rare? Because the little pieces are made of heavy duty metal (pot metal? aluminum?) — not plastic, as we normally see in other...
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My vintage lighted display clock from a Geneva kitchen cabinets store
My new hunka hunka: A vintage, lighted display clock that surely was used in a store that sold Geneva cabinets. I jumped on this Buy-It-Now the moment I saw it on ebay. I already have a Geneva kitchen...
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Drew collects 60 Geneva kitchen cabinets — four sets, in all — to get all the...
Do you want to build a ‘new’ kitchen using vintage steel kitchen cabinets? Well, buckle up: Because if you’re going to fit someone else’s cabinets into your space, you may have to collect quite a few...
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Our 85th brand of vintage steel kitchen cabinets — Humphryes Manufacturing...
10 years blogging on the topic and howdy hudee: Our 85th brand of metal kitchen cabinets has popped up: The Humphryes Manufacturing Company of Mansfield, Ohio. I was poking around and spotted the...
View ArticleThe White House Line of steel kitchen cabinets — our 86th brand — and the...
Our 86th brand of vintage steel kitchen cabinets — The White House Line by Janes & Kirtland — and it appears to be one of the very earliest fitted kitchen sets — and, it appears to be the precursor...
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Jason finds his sister’s dream kitchen … perhaps with help from Mom above?
A thrifter’s dream come true: You drop into the ReStore to take a quick spin, and are standing right there when the first piece of a big donation comes onto the floor. It’s your sister’s dream kitchen...
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Jennifer’s epic journey to add Raymond Loewy-designed kitchen cabinets in her...
How long might it take to pull together a historic kitchen of your dreams? How about: seven years — and that includes buying the house. Yes, I checked, and my first email from Jennifer was in Dec. 2011...
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Levitt steel kitchen cabinets — 87th brand of metal kitchen cabinets...
Kudos to reader Joel, who spotted this rare find: A complete set of Levitt steel kitchen cabinets for sale on ebay in — yes: Levittown, New York. This makes at least 81 brands of vintage metal kitchen...
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56 vintage St. Charles kitchen cabinets — Chiffon Yellow, i heart you
56 — count ’em 56 — vintage St. Charles kitchen cabinets, spotted for sale where all the best stuff is. Are you a super fan? You know where that is. Oh so pretty vintage St. Charles kitchen cabinets:...
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Geneva Steel Kitchen Cabinets — at the big Trade Show, 1954
Wouldn’t you just love to jump in the time machine and travel back to 1954, to see the big trade show with all the new Geneva Kitchen Cabinets — and more — being unveiled? Photo: from my personal...
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A new twist on vintage steel kitchen cabinets: Toro Kitchen Cabinets
Do you want the look of vintage steel kitchen cabinets — but don’t want the hassle of searching out, and possibly needing to restore, vintage? If so: Here’s a new source for new wood cabinets faced...
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A new twist on vintage steel kitchen cabinets: Toro Kitchen Cabinets
Do you want the look of vintage steel kitchen cabinets — but don’t want the hassle of searching out, and possibly needing to restore, vintage? If so: Here’s a new source for new wood cabinets faced...
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American-Standard steel kitchen cabinets — 16-page catalog from 1953
American-Standard– well-known among vintage home enthusiasts for its gorgeous early- and mid-20th Century sink and bathtub designs — also made its own line of steel kitchen cabinets. I tend to believe...
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Regency steel kitchen cabinets — 12-page catalog from the 1950s
Regency steel kitchen cabinets — or were they Regency Quality Kitchens? — or just Quality Kitchens? — likely are a rare vintage brand. These were made in Rosedale, Mississippi.. Further research...
View ArticleBerger Steel Cabinets for Kitchens — a catalog from 1949
One of my goals for 2019 is to work diligently at filling out The Retro Renovation® Encyclopedia of Vintage Steel Kitchen Cabinets. I have about 85 brands identified, and now the question is, do I have...
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