Ice Box

When I was growing up, my family had a 1950s GE refrigerator. It was white with a foot pedal that you stepped on to open the door. It also had "lazy susan" shelves that revolved. I always wished that we had a more modern refrigerator with a water and ice dispenser in the front door. I now have a stainless steel Sub-Zero with a water and ice dispenser, but in memory of my old 1950s "icebox", I share some photos of vintage or unusual refrigerators and ranges that caught my eye.

My 1950s GE refrigerator looked like this.

Photo credit: Vintage Appliances and Restoration.

The 1950s GE refrigerator featured a foot pedal opening and "lazy susan" revolving shelves.

Photo credit: Vintage Appliances and Restoration.

Elmira retro refrigerator.

Delft blue tiles from Country Floors.

Pine cabinets stained with Benjamin Moore's Everglades.

Missouri lake house built in the 1940s.
Photography by James Merrell. 

Interior design by Rhoda Burley Payne.

House Beautiful (September 2011).

Another view of the kitchen in the Missouri lake house (above).
An Aga stove in pistachio.
Photography by James Merrell.

Interior design by Rhoda Burley Payne.

House Beautiful (September 2011).

A vintage walk-in Butcher Boy cooler was converted into a dry pantry.

Kitchen in a refurbished 1947 Georgian Colonial in Hickory, North Carolina
owned by Bob Williams and Stephen Heavner.

Interior design by Bob Williams, co-founder of Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams.

Photography by Colleen Duffley.

Text by Jenny Bradley.

Traditional Home (April 2011).

"A 1936 Magic Chef range adds vintage appeal."

Another view of the kitchen in the refurbished 1947 Georgian Colonial
owned by Bob Williams and Stephen Heavner.

Interior design by Bob Williams, co-founder of Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams.

Photography by Colleen Duffley.

Text by Jenny Bradley.

Traditional Home (April 2011).

Vintage Chambers range from antiqueappliances.

Blackboard on breakfast bar.

Marin County, California weekend home owned by Kim Dempster and her husband.

Interior design by Kim Dempster and Erin Martin.

Interview by Christine Pittel.

Photography by Alec Hemer.

House Beautiful (July - August 2012).

Kim Dempster "had the refrigerator made by Antique Vintage Appliances,

in Tucson, to look like an old icebox."

Marin County, California weekend home owned by Kim Dempster and her husband.

Interior design by Kim Dempster and Erin Martin.

Interview by Christine Pittel.

Photography by Alec Hemer.

House Beautiful (July - August 2012).

A pink Smeg refrigerator from Sears.

Guest-suite kitchen in Balboa Island, California beach house.

Interior design by Krista Ewart.

Photography by Victoria Pearson.

House Beautiful (July - August 2010).

The vintage refrigerator (painted Benjamin Moore's French Canvas) was original

to this 1927 Tudor house in Birmingham, Alabama. Antique hardware.

Design by Paul Bates and Jeremy Corkern of Bates Corkern Studio.

Photography by William Abranowicz.

House Beautiful (November 2011).

Custom steel chalkboard panels on refrigerator doors in

kitchen of 1905 American foursquare in Ridgewood, New Jersey

owned by Nicole Hough and family.

Design by Nicole Hough.

Interview by Frances Schultz.

Photography by Laura Moss.

House Beautiful (April 2012).

Another view of the kitchen in Nicole Hough's Ridgewood, New Jersey home (above).

Island "trimmed with brass corner guards for steamer trunks

from Brettuns Village Trunk Shop."

Design by Nicole Hough.
Interview by Frances Schultz.

Photography by Laura Moss.

House Beautiful (April 2012).

A view of Nicole Hough's La Cornue range - a CornuFe Albertine.
Design by Nicole Hough

Interview by Frances Schultz.

Photography by Laura Moss.

House Beautiful (April 2012).

Trausler refrigerator that the homeowner purchased on eBay.

Chandelier by Tim Adams from Savannah's Paris Market.

1912 Dutch Colonial in Savannah, Georgia.

Design by homeowner Mary Jo Bochner.

Interview by Christine Pittel.

Photography by Trevor Tondro.

House Beautiful (May 2012).