This 50-Year-Old Kitchen Hasn’t Been Touched Since The 1950s
“House untouched for 50 years” usually means rats, mold and various unspeakable things. However, when Nathan Chandler bought this home in 2010, he found a pleasant surprise: a kitchen that had remained untouched since it was finished in 1956. There’s really no explanation why the previous owners never used the house, especially when it was still brand-spanking new. Still, this interesting curio shows us how people lived way back when.
While the differences are not apparent at first glance, once you start looking into the actual kitchen appliances, you’ll see years of progress in the field of storing and preparing food. This was probably a housewife’s dream back then, but today, it’s an antique, and one that Nathan has already sold to an interested party. I wonder what they’re gonna do with it. Probably not make food.
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Reminds me a little of “I Dream of Jeannie”
Pink rules the day. Maybe those people decided not to live there after they saw the kitchen?
I do like the metallic containers for sugar and stuff
Here we can see a 1950s version of an electric cooker. Press the buttons in the wrong combination and you’re liable to make the Cold War go hot
An old-time fridge that can cunningly disguise itself as a cupboard
The oven is suitably horribly pink
The kitchen was fully prepared to receive foods and the people who make them. All the manuals are still in place
I wonder if it has 50s food recipes
An electric cooker, brand new, more than 50 years later
These covers are also in mint condition. I guess they were needed for those spirals, don’t think they cooled very fast
The fridge might not be too big, but hey, you don’t need to crouch
Old-timey dishwashers were actually pulled out of their slot
Got wisdom to pour?
This is a HOAX. Most all of those appliances have been restored. Much of the workmanship of that kitchen is modern. But since many people today never lived in the 50s, they won’t know that. I grew up in the 50s. I have been into construction my whole life. And I also know that in order for anything to show age, all it needs is AIR AND LIGHT! And I am sure they never boarded up the windows, made the place air tight and sucked out all the air! Because that is the only way that stuff would have remained in pristine state. THIS IS A HOAX! A kitchen built with nostalgia and a BIG LIE told by Chandler to get attention for personal gain. I would bet a million dollars I am right. And to think we have a million fools in the world that will believe their eyes every time.
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Actually, there was a house here in New Zealand that a man built for his English family that were emigrating to NZ but they had a change of heart & never arrived so he closed the house & lived right next door until he died – the house was an original 1970s mint condition home – perfect kitchen, furniture etc.
Dang… calm down. It doesn’t affect you in any way whatsoever. Who cares if the rest of us want to think it is real? Even if it’s not, it’s still an amazing collection. Seems like you’re just one of those people who has to point fingers, ruin folks’ fun, be right at any cost, and shove how superior you are in people’s faces.
Joe, I agree. Something doesnt seem right about the article. Why arent other parts of the house shown, if no one ever lived in it? Also Chandler is a furniture maker. He could have built the cabinets.
1- modern dishwasher
2- no delamination on Formica
3-outlets and switches discolored but nothing else even dingy
4-modern replacement windows
5-under pushbuttons, drawer is chipped
6-modern interior of oven
7-stove has burned food on center and left of ring
8-stains, dirt, rust and mould on fridge magnetic seal and above fridge opening
9-modern fan light above stove
10-wrar and nail holes under stove where some drawers and such are missing
11-old timely dishwasher worn dirty seal
12-lower rack wire different color
Yes good points. Also a modern air duct overhead in kitchen which would have been unheard of in that time. They were in the floors. Also I researched the dishwasher “Finish” product, turns out from the mgf site that it wasn’t marketed until 1969 although product testing/creation began in the 1950’s and was under the name of Electrosol. All Chrome plated items would have certainly rusted from sheer humidity. This is just BOGUS. Why did he purchase in 2010 and yet they are just now publishing it? Who would even buy a home and never live in it or allow relatives to stay at some point and who did the maintenence? Roof/Lawn etc. Since Nathan was an Antique/Curiator I believe He had everything refashioned to that time era to bring a higher price for the reconditioned appliances.
I agree with Joe 838348. If you look at the close-up of the stove elements the large one has either not been cleaned properly around the outside of the stainless rings and the centre or it is rust. First photo shows a modern dishwasher as big as life. And just to let you know Joe, I did grow up in the 50’s.
Yeah, i’m not sure this kitchen is as “untouched” as it claims. If the kitchen was “untouched” there wouldn’t be clear, visible evidence of its use. Look at the stove top elements – you can clearly see they’ve had something burned on them, particular on the center cap and the edges of the element. Not sure too many installers cook meals on the stove to test them.
Lovely! Was probably a state of the art kitchen 60 years ago. I guess I just wonder why/how it was never used?!
So beautiful! I hope they leave it! I LOVE the porcelain that flanks the sink for wet dishes…why don’t they do that now? So smart!
I wo0uld live there in a heartbeat!!
Whatever that is in the top picture (left side of the cabinets under the sink) does not look original. It looks like a very modern dishwasher.
I see that…it looks like my dishwasher!
If I had the money I would buy it from whoever just bought it and keep it as is even the pink color, exactly as is and I would just put equipment to cook and keep food in the basement so I would not harm the beauty of the original kitchen. I came to live in America from Spain in 1956 and I love everything about it then and of course I still love it although some of the changes since are not to my liking.
Amazing! I am so jealous of whoever bought this!