New 1948 kitchen for sale....

[Gingerella72]

Holy Moly!! If you're looking for a brand new 1948 kitchen, check this out:

http://retrorenovation.com/2015/09/22/youngstown-steel-kitchen-cabinets-new/

New (in storage all these years, still in original crates) Youngstown steel kitchen cabinets, along with a brand new, never used 1948 GE electric stove. Slightly used sink, but after all that, who's complaining? AND IT'S ALL FOR SALE.

 

[tonyb]

That's some cool stuff, all right. My hesitation (besides what will surely be a steep price) is that the stuff is "new," and it will inevitably show signs of use once it is put into service.

It the same reason I'd be very reluctant to drive, say, a never-been-on-a-public-roadway '57 T-Bird.

But again, it's a great find.

 

[LizzieMaine]

I've lived with Youngstown cabinets in a past apartment, and I have a friend who has a very similar set to these in her kitchen (where they've been in continuous use since 1950). Generally a high-quality product all around. However, the sink is the weak link -- it's pressed steel, not cast iron, and the enamel needs to be cared for gently to keep it from wearing off -- so hopefully whoever gets this will give it proper attention.

 

[Fading Fast]

I'm just amazed that stories like this - like the one about the house that still has it's 1950s "everything" - keep popping up. That is a fantastic looking stove. Anyone know what's going on with the back left burner?

Tony B, you've identified the Catch 22 of NOS. We just found a NOS porcelain light fixture (the ones that were in all the closets and many kitchens in the '20s and '30s - white, basic, pull chain) with it's original box. It was very inexpensive (the quirkiness of old things - some just aren't expensive if they don't have a following even if "rare"), but we almost feel bad about using it as it will then no longer be NOS. But anthropomorphizing as we are wont to do, we think it will enjoy being used, having a purpose and it will appreciate being in a 1928 apartment which is "age appropriate" for it.

 

[LizzieMaine]

That's a built-in slow cooker, a common feature on GE and Hotpoint stoves going back to the late twenties. It's basically a big electric stew pot.

 

[Fading Fast]

That's a built-in slow cooker, a common feature on GE and Hotpoint stoves going back to the late twenties. It's basically a big electric stew pot.

Thank you. So the "pot" part is below surface?

 

[LizzieMaine]

Correct. There's an inner metal container that lifts out for cleaning.

 

[Guttersnipe]

You can bank on this 67-year-old hardware outlasting any cookie cutter, Ikea prefab cabinetry any day!

 

[tonyb]

For sure.

Although not everything from Ikea is a flimsy as most of the stuff from Ikea.

 

[DesertDan]

Oh my Lord!
That is a fantastic find, I can only imagine what that is going to sell for.

 

[Talbot]

Love the counter top!