Retro Kitchen

Well, I surfed lots of blogs this week and no post stands out as much as a background I saw on one blog, which has haunted me.

I cannot remember (getting old), whose blog it was but it loaded slow and the background came up for a minute then the blog loaded. The background reminded me of the 1950's house my parents had, their retro kitchen counter top.

After I saw this background several days ago, it has not left my mind and I am having memories of that kitchen I had not thought of in decades! Including but not limited to the ghastly multicolored floor!

And that stupid broom closet in the corner (poor design) we use to hide in. Yes, and all my Mom kept in there were the mop, broom and dustpan, oh, and the huge tins of cookies Great Aunt Dorothy would send us, those were always kept on the very high shelf.

Then there was the stove, gosh that thing was HUGE. It must have been 42 inches wide. Four burners, huge center, but there was an oven and then a side cabinet. Under the oven portion and the side cabinet (where the Oreo's were kept), was a draw each (pans). The mulititude of buttons that made me think I was operating the Star Trek Enterprise, my goodness, extremely UGLY.

So be it.
The people who bought that house stayed there for several decades.
The people who own it now, well they made it into a regular McMansion with all the additions.
Certainly, someone must have remodelled the kitchen in the process.
I hope so.