13 Old Kitchen Features.. That Have FADED Into History

What other old Kitchen features do you remember?

I miss those old refrigerators that lasted for 40 years without ever breaking down once!

I assure you, coil stoves are very much still the standard for budget apartments. Laminate countertops, too. Neither is going away anytime soon.

Linoleum has several advantages over modern flooring materials. First and foremost is that it is a natural product. It does not offgas noxious fumes. Vinyl flooring can offgas for a period of months. Many hospitals still use real linoleum because of that. It is also incredibly durable with reasonable maintenance.

Both my girls have coil stoves, they love them, I like them as well. I still have my old wall can opener, I still love it and use it. I have a pull-down ironing board and I still iron, it's next to me in my laundry room, I have a desktop in my laundry room and bedroom, I have a flour sifter, I bake from scratch just like my aunt grandma taught me. I was born in 1958 and I remember about 80 % of these things, I've always loved to cook and bake, I still do.

A bread board was something my mom insisted on keeping when my dad refinished our kitchen cabinets in the early 80s when most of the rest of it was remodeled! Bread boards were large planks of wood that could be pulled out from the top of a cabinet for rolling out pastry or used as an extra kitchen surface when needed! She used to make lunches on top of ours as well.

Built-in central vacuums still exist. I worked at a company that sold over $1M a year in central vacuums in the SW during the late 2000s. New home builds were the primary market. I installed one in my Phoenix home and loved it!

You say "nostalgia," I say "customer demand without a willing seller".

My house was built in 1972, we have a wall mount can opener. Center vacuuming, electric coil stove, Formica counter tops, Linoleum floors, Butler's pantry, intercom system, sunken living room, heat lamps in the bathrooms, and just because the 70's were weird a 4 person cedar sauna in the master bathroom. Friends and family Lovingly refer to our house as "That 70's House".

The wall mounted pencil sharpener by the pantry. My grandmother would use it to sharpen her pencil before writing out grocery lists or recipes.

As a former chef I would love to have a butler's pantry in my home. Having all that extra storage with a separate preparation and staging area would kick ass. Especially if I was throwing parties.

Formica is still very much available as a countertop option (it's the cheapest one these days). They often call it "laminate" rather than "Formica(tm)," but it's the same thing.

Linoleum has one major advantage over vinyl: it lasts. Vinyl has a limited "shelf life" before it starts cracking.

They still make coil stoves. Glass top stoves have coils underneath. Induction cooktops can only be used with specific types of cooking vessels.

I've seen built-in ironing boards for sale in more recent times in response to a lack of space in housing.

Some of the products and devices highlighted in this video would fit well in today's home. I always loved linoleum because if theres a spill, unlike their wood or tile counterparts liquid cannot make its way through the slits in between these units, so a spill will wait until you've brought in a mop or towels.

If only we had such cool Linoleum patterns today!

As a contractor I have to disagree with the statement of the central vacuum being obsolete as I have been in many high end large mansion type homes installing the central vacuum system before and after the 2000’s

My grandparents had almost all of these and we had a few too when I was growing up. I'm 62, & born in 62 😊

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Wall-mounted ironing boards died with television. Women (mostly) used to do a lot of ironing, and as far as I recall, older women in my family (and their friends) didn't find it a thrilling occupation. Being able to move the job to the living room where the television was located and watch/listen while you ironed made the job more pleasant.

The milk door can still be useful to keep your delivered packages safe from porch pirates.

I still use my 1930’s Seller’s branded Hoosier cabinet with the built in flour sifter on a regular basis. Love the charm of an all in one baking center

Love the wall mounted can opener