It is still in good condition.
1960 kitchen with door to garage.
It once had torsion springs.
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Was hoping to change this to an exterior classed door with a small window pane.
Painted the cabinet boxes.
Installed recessed and under cabinet task.
Watch this video to see how we remodeled a kitchen built in the 1960s including.
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Inexpensive hardware for 1950s and 1960s kitchen cabinets.
Removed the old laminate countertops and installed granite.
Dated 1960s kitchen before remodeling.
Whether your garage leads into your kitchen mudroom or hallway you want that door to be durable enough to handle daily traffic and reflect your personal style.
Our 1960s kitchen renovation began by taking out the old appliances sink cabinet doors drawers and plastic laminate countertops.
One broke and it was decided to replace the torsion springs with extension springs.
So a kitchen from the early sixties might look like the one above sleek angular and understated while one from the latter half of the decade might exhibit bold colors and space age lines.
Next we modified the hanging cabinet over the stove to accommodate a combination microwave and vent hood by cutting the existing face frame on the cabinet and removing the cabinet bottom.
Too many cooks in the kitchen would be a problem here.
Stripped the wallpaper and added a marble backsplash.
Replaced the cabinet doors and hardware.
It s no simple task since the sixties were a time of great change.
Especially the rather small first floor windows lined up in a boring row the under played entrance and the large dead looking proportion of the garage door.
I have such a door in the house i live in.
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Less of the kitchen and more of the dining area.
The kitchen is a smaller kitchen and when the home was built they probably wanted to put as many cabinets in as they could for storage.
The house was built in 1954 and i believe that the garage door is probably the original.
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The result was a closed off space.
Sometimes you can only work with what you have.
Remodeling a 1960s kitchen.
The 1960s ushered in turbulent social change far out fashion rock n roll and some crazy kitchens.
To be fair the shape of double garage doors can often be problematic proportionally and need careful consideration on the front of a house.