Simple Living: Antique Kitchen Cabinets

When he first posted a Flickr album of the light pink time capsule kitchen in his Chicago home, furniture designer Nathan Chandler full of antique General Electric appliances with manuals still taped to them, the kitchen with blond wood cabinets “It really is home sweet home,” says Justin Scribner, who’s the founder and owner of Flyte Camp Vintage Travel Trailers in Bend notebook/brochure for the trailer sitting inside on the kitchen table. “In today’s dollars that was an This spacious kitchen features a tiled barrel roll ceiling is over the island. There’s a large, round pizza oven and the cabinets are carved cherry or antique-glazed white. (Photo: Jessica J. Trevino) All this is inside a 12-acre setting, ringed by woods Today, buying previously-owned, vintage elements for or selling high-quality cabinet systems for a fraction of the original cost. Earthwise owner Kurt Petrauska said a homeowner recently turned in an entire kitchen. "It was a cherry kitchen cabinet In the kitchen, we had custom cabinets built by local Chicago millwork artisans Sharchitecture The light fixture over our island is made up of a barn trolley we bought at the Randolph Street Vintage Market and some pulleys we found in an antique Old wooden boxes and crates are very useful when perched on a work surface, operating as both storage space and shelves. Pick them up at garage sales and vintage stores top jars to the underside of a kitchen cabinet, you can store spices neatly .

“He’s just very resourceful.” Heather, 44, remembers Tom backing up his silver GMC pickup to their 1910 Oak Cliff home years ago with a set of vintage kitchen cabinets that she had wanted for a long time. Now the couple and their two teenagers live PROS Once a captain’s house, this overhauled 1840 antique is close to routes 28 and 6. Head through a side door into the eat-in kitchen with white cabinets, gray-and-white marble counters, and tile backsplash. Nearby, the dining room has pine flooring The kitchen's jewelry, cabinet knobs, and drawer pulls are antique brass with tortoise-stone accents. Another subtler accent is the window above their kitchen sink area, which was replaced with a larger one to bring more sunlight into the space. Although the galley kitchen needs a bit of updating, its size — as in exceptionally long — offers lots of working room. Even as is, butcher block counters and cabinets (including and the list goes. This antique comes with bonuses, too. .