grazhina Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 I've gotten past rearranging furniture into finally making a sink cabinet for a retro style kitchen roombox. I have no idea what period the room will be, for now just generic retro. Originally I'd planned on using a Reutter kitchen sink cabinet, but I didn't want it to be stained brown so I removed the sink and repainted the cabinet. Turned out in the end it wasn't what I wanted after all, so I started over. The porcelain sink is the one from Reutter, the box is my own design. I changed the color a couple of times till I liked it. Gee, it matches the mom's skirt. Nice! I think if I cut the top section of the Reutter sink cabinet it'll look good as a hutch atop a table, but I just finished drawing out a kitchen hutch for the retro kitchen. Dunno....we'll see. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kells Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 I love it! I like your phrase "generic retro." IMO, that sink with cabinet could be any time from 1880s (indoor plumbing) to early 1940s (prior to mass-produced metal cabinets and formica). So you have a long span of time to play with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grazhina Posted July 8, 2021 Author Share Posted July 8, 2021 10 minutes ago, Kells said: I love it! I like your phrase "generic retro." IMO, that sink with cabinet could be any time from 1880s (indoor plumbing) to early 1940s (prior to mass-produced metal cabinets and formica). So you have a long span of time to play with. Thanks Kells. My little mother could be from anytime from 1930's onwards, and she has a cute little toddler, too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kells Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 53 minutes ago, grazhina said: Thanks Kells. My little mother could be from anytime from 1930's onwards, and she has a cute little toddler, too. Oopsy, I was only looking at the sink, haha. She does look very 1930s. Maybe even 1940s. Put a war rations coupon book on the drainboard, hang some cherry or strawberry print curtains above and you'd be well on your way to a WWII setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 My mother made some ivy-ish stencils and dabbed dark green Rit dye over perfectly lovely white broadcloth to make her kitchen curtains; not that they matched anything, but she had a set of milk glass plates with cherries, strawberries and other fruit screen printed all over them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fov Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 This turned out really nice! I have a similar Reutter sink cabinet but it's half scale. I don't really like the cabinet. Maybe I'll try this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grazhina Posted July 11, 2021 Author Share Posted July 11, 2021 While waiting for paint to dry, I popped together this display of the top half of the Reutter sink cabinet as a hutch atop a work table. I think I prefer the table to be just a tad narrower, but I had the framework sitting around on a shelf. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 That's a nice size kitchen table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatFord Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 The sink cabinet turned out great! I love the color and the front looks so realistic! Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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