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Kitchen Creations
Old-house owners often discover that the trickiest room to restore is the
kitchen. How, for example, do you combine a period appearance with
modern conveniences? We’ll look at four kitchens that got
turn-back-the-clock treatment and how the homeowners were able to
re-create the look and feel of an old-house kitchen when faced with
the common problems of space...
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Restoration Recipes
What do you do when your house predates any modern concept of a
kitchen? This was the case in an 1820s Federal-style stone house being
restored by John Milner Architects, Inc., in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.
The existing 1970s kitchen was located in what was originally the house’s
front parlor. Milner wanted to return that room to its intended purpose and
needed to find another site for the kitchen.
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Kitchen Classics
One of the best ways to create old-time kitchen ambience is to introduce
antique appliances—in particular a cookstove and a refrigerator. Loyal
cooks swear by a refurbished cooking range’s ability to kick out BTUs to
rival today’s commercial stoves, while many old-appliance enthusiasts
claim their 1930s refrigerators have never had to be serviced. Whether
the early 20th-century make you’re looking for is a Wedgewood, Hotpoint,
Chambers, Quick Meal, or a GE Monitor Top, do your homework before
buying.
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