Painting 1950s Kitchen Cabinets
I love that we went with a more dramatic length and the black is a stark contrast to the rest of the kitchen and pulls out the darker veins in the countertops.
Painting 1950s kitchen cabinets. This can be done using pieces of wood that are painted to match your cabinets. Our great 1950s kitchen renovation reveal. Remove Doors Drawer Fronts and Hardware.
Cabinets countertops hardware and colors in this Fifties kitchen are original. The kitchen is a Fifties nightmare a horror show whispered the broker. Before After.
Lead paint was common in the 50s and your cabinets may have been painted numerous times since they were first produced. From the mid 1930s to the mid 1960s metal cabinets for kitchens were popular and stylish. A 1950s Kitchen Gets a Modern DIY Makeover.
When Kelly and her husband moved into a 1950s fixer-upper in late 2012 they knew their kitchen with original in Kellys words grime-encrusted pine cabinets aluminum-wrapped laminate counters and linoleum floors mixed with asbestos would need some aesthetic upgrading. Before you begin working on your cabinets have them tested for lead. I painted the walls with a medium blue from Eddie Bauer Home called Gingham which helped the tiles and cabinets pop without being too dark.
However when combined with certain finishes and colors mint green can create a 1950s-60s retro feel or an unintentional pastel palette more commonly seen in childrens rooms. Weve all seen painting projects where the hinges and hardware are covered with paint and paint is slopped over drawer interiors. The real-estate agent apologized for the old kitchen but the new owners totally got it.
The thing that ties the entire kitchen together is the addition of these sleek black cabinet pulls. 1950s Kitchen Furniture According to House Beautiful in 1959 this kitchen had furniture that makes itself at home anywhere designed by Schoen Furniture in Allentown Pennsylvania. For this I used steel wool and 220 grit sandpaper to smooth out any scratches and imperfections.