| Preservation of old homes is a favorite conversation | | | | freestanding from the huge cast iron stove, the sink |
| of owners of vintage homes but rarely do you hear | | | | on porcelain legs, the icebox and a table that doubled |
| talk about a kitchen restored to its former glory. | | | | as a workspace. Those that were modernized in the |
| These beautiful historical homes we have grown to | | | | 1950s, '60s, or '70s often held even less appeal than |
| love and appreciate, did not have the kind of | | | | the ones before. The countertop, flooring, and ceiling |
| kitchens we expect today. Historical kitchens today | | | | materials in them were no match visually as the |
| are antiquated, inefficient and poorly laid out. | | | | hardwoods, linoleum's, and metals they replaced. |
| In a typical prewar model, kitchens were work areas | | | | Appliances were disappointing at best with their |
| plain and simple. Everything in the kitchens were | | | | dismal colors. |