That is so ... um ... colorful!

Super kitchen! Everything looks to be in excellent shape too, is it?

OMG!!! My parents' kitchen was that color when I was a baby!!!

Wow-that does bring back memories in that a) that was my mother's favorite color and b) she painted her white cabinets (or had it done? I don't remember) that color. I'm pretty positive they were metal as well. Thanks for sharing that.

OMG, I can just feel-hear those metal cabinets snicking together. I like the built in curlicue overhand above the sink -- it looks like one of the edges on those fancy scrapbooking scissors. And the built in corner soffit. Plus the diamond window in the door. And look at the 3 door oven. Why won't they do that anymore on 36" ranges?

For someone who wanted to go retro, that would be a great find. I think it's ALMOST retro enough to be cool...given a few more years and it will be there. That said, I am not nearly cool enough to own this kitchen.

Oooooohhhhhh,,, I love it! I love the sink, too. It reminds me of the one that was in our ca. 1898 house that was a dead ringer for this one linked below. I hated moving and leaving that sink because I luuurrrrved the built-in drainboards.

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Looks like a new St Charles kitchen. If one wanted to update, wallpaper and lighting would be enough, unless the Formica or floor is not in good shape.

I love it : ) I like the valance over the sink

LOVE LOVE LOVE!!

I will take it all. Thank you for posting, pal.

I feel like it is the late 1980s updates: the wallcovering, the plug-in track light, the pleated shade, that bring the kitchen down a bit. It would probably look better to our eye in its completely original form.

I'd go with an Aga Legacy in vintage white. It would fit the space.

A complete set of these were donated to recycle. I was volunteering at the time and wanted all of them. The set was sold by piece, a lot of people bought them for their garage (sort of sad). Everything was intact, even the metal storage drawer insets with covers. Since a lot of kitchens are dismantled by the group, they knew the home they came from and manufacturer. Was so intrigued that I looked up the history. From a huge home near my area. The long time resident here was actually the manufacturer located in Iowa. he used the home as getaway and was part of building the golf course nearby. I bought one unit, a 3 drawer, bread drawer and cutting board. The history of all made me do it! Or the $15.

At Retro Renovation site they have a complete forum looking for metal kitchens. I have no clue how they install these, almost as heavy as a safe. Plus a bit of wondering about lead paint used. They seem to be scratch/bullet proof.

Love the kitchen Pal. Although I couldn't go with the color. When painting my house I found that at sometime the entire inside, including trim/doors/walls was the same robin egg blue. Simple kitchen cupboards are another story, that kitchen could be restored beautifully.

Where is your detail info?

This is from a small row house in South Philadelphia. The kitchens and baths that were put in these houses for many years probably cost more than 50% of the entire purchase price of the house. I looked at a house that had a full custom kitchen (circa 1950s) in pristine condition and the house sold for about $35K.

Elmira Stove Works 1952 model fridge in Robin's Egg Blue
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Look at that condition, even if it must be showing wear in person. If that came with my new house I'd have to keep it, a little bright or no. I'd wish they'd installed the sink farther left for more work counter, but otherwise I'd be ready to go shopping for new wallpaper and flooring. Linoleum or sheet vinyl, of course.

I love! Just needs some bright white to freshen it up a bit - that and stripping off the "updating" that happened at some point.

I would take that kitchen in a heartbeat, my husband would definitely not and then we would be "that couple that got divorced over the turquiose kitchen..."

Although we lived in apartment buildings in my youth, my mother's kitchen in the 1950s-60s had a cornice (3 sided) over the window in the turquoise and pink combo. Funny story, when we moved into the first apartment in this building in 1956, the previous tenant had a fancy wooden letter G set on the top center of that cornice. Our last name began with E, so the super gently cut off the little crossbar and added it into the center of the semi-circle to make an E out of it. Came out looking just fine...

Thanks for the memory.

Helene

Yes please!

I noticed it has a marble windowsill.

I think that the kitchen would be greatly diminished by the removal of the scalloped cornice.

If I bought a house with something like this in it, I would do something custom to get a dishwasher in place, put in some White Zeus Extreme countertops, and get the right new appliances and call it a day. (of course after removing the 1980s bits)

I think that's the same color the farmhouse kitchen used to be...also a 1950s update! The renters painted everything (before my time) and just a little color was left on the inside of the upper cabinets.

I like color...especially blue, green and turquoise...but that's too bright, even for me! LOL

My dentist has a super cool MCM office done in the 60s. Their cabinets are that color. They have flat tongue in groove cedar on the ceiling and exposed brick wall. It is a great architectural example of MCM that still looks great after 50 years.

Pal, this is a great looking kitchen. I love the chrome banded laminate counter top.

My grandma's 50s kitchen had a speckled floor that would look great with those cabinets. I don't think I have any pictures though.

Wow. If I had that in my kitchen I wouldn't be remodeling... just sprucing a bit but they're beautiful!

The clash between the track lighting, honeycomb shade and wallpaper versus the cabinet style and color is baffling. I'd love to know the thought process that went into the update.

emagineer: "Plus a bit of wondering about lead paint used."

Due to rust from aging/water, this is a real concern. One could check in the sink cabinet most likely. They sell lead paint detection swabs at the big box stores for around $15. You get an instant read: positive or negative. I understand accuracy of the test is quite high. Anyone know?

palimpset and others: does anyone know when lead paint on metal cabinets stopped being used? Some time in the 1970's the EPA acted on removing lead paint on new products. The RetroRenovation site rejects any quires or discussion of this subject regarding metal cabinet paint and lead. On these old cabinets, it's a pertinent question since their sale continues.

Interesting photo: a little too bright and monotone for me. Thanks for posting though.

I love it! Our last house was a grand 1925 Spanish/Mediterranean revival bungalow that had gotten a cutting-edge Geneva metal kitchen some time in the 1950s. The neighborhood had gone downhill by the time we got there, so (like the row houses Pal mentions), to upgrade the kitchen to something suiting the house would have cost about what the house cost.

I was horrified about the Genevas at first, but soon learned to love them. The quality was amazing. I had a built-in range fan, a bread drawer, and a two-tier lazy susan in the blind corner cabinet. They were originally white, but the PO had them painted (well) a soft yellow that worked well.

These look a little turquoise to me.

I was at my Community Forklift reuse center on Friday and there is an entire, metal, medium-colored turquoise kitchen there. Excellent shape.

If you love this and are in the Washington, DC area, it was still there on Sunday.

My mom put in a blue/steel gray, gorgeous metal kitchen in her home when she built it in 1963 or 4. The echo was something, but when shag came into style (and in kitchens, no less) the acoustics changed greatly and it became even a cooler kitchen!

I like that kitchen. I would have a hard time ripping that out. The original kitchen in my house had light yellow cupboards that looked just like those, but were wood. They had red interiors on the uppers and red trim on the chrome handles. This was the wallpaper. It must have been cute as heck. I know they were there until 1961 because they're still in my basement and garage.

Cute! That is the color my kitchen was originally, but the owners updated, more than once I think, and I ended up inheriting hospital white and ugly 80s hardware (the knobs look like eyeballs).

I wound up repainting a dark green. If the kitchen had looked like that in its original turquoise, I think I would have kept it, lost the eighties, thrown in some red, and really enjoyed turquoise. But I couldn't CHOOSE turqoise, lol.

I wish my kitchen were that generous in size and cabinets!

Lead was completely removed from paint in 1989.

how fabulous to see things intact! I don't know why I'm so partial to original features, but they are so charming and character-filled.

I like the wood door with the diamond cut out in the first pic. I find it matches nicely with the teal.
Love the wallpaper in the second.

Thanks jkom51. Later than I thought.

Love the cabs. I wouldn't have the heart to demo them. The wall paper and lighting, however ...... I wonder if today's kids will have the fondness for 80"s "upgrades" that we do for what is considered vintage for our age group?