1950's Kitchen Transformation Before and After 

I love this kitchen. I'd never change it.

I've dreamed of a 1950's kitchen my whole life!! Somehow I always end up in 1980's houses and I have to buy everything 50's for my kitchen. So much better, cleaner, and safer than a new particle board and formaldehyde kitchen with Chinese drywall, cabinets, and fixtures. Old stuff was made to last. Such a happy peaceful space.

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Your kitchen is so adorable. The original details, such as the mint back splash and the cabinet hardware, give it a charm that you can not find in modern kitchens. You've done a great job of making it functional yet keeping the original charm.

Love how it looks: updated vintage. Reminds me of my childhood home. 💜

I LOVE everything about this kitchen!! I know people who would kill for this MCM décor!! What a happy spot to enjoy your family.

Shannon!!! It turned out SO CUTE!! I bet you love cooking in your new kitchen!

I LOVE LOVE your 1950s kitchen

It looks very nice, I really like it that you kept the mint green accents 🙂

Shannon, I absolutely love what you did with your kitchen and that you did it on a budget!!! This is my favorite of your videos to date! You made profound, yet lovely changes and it is so homey and functional. You and Grant are very talented! Kudos!

Your kitchen is really so nice now. It's good that you took on projects slowly, instead of ripping everything out at once. This way you had time to think about each change. Keep up the good work Shannon and Grant!

Your kitchen renovation turned out great. It looks so fresh and bright now.

I love this mint color. And the 50s is my favorite era ❤

You did a great job! I have exactly the same kitchen cabinets and also don't have a budget to completely replace it. Honestly, I love it more and more with every day. It has its own charm)

Your kitchen is adorable Shannon! You guys did a great job restoring all of the charm. I know you are looking forward to the big renovation, but you are wise to give it time to plan - you will thank yourself for it! 💛🤗💛

You've got skills, girl! I'm impressed. Great job!

Love it....its an adorable, vintage look...great job!

That looks like the seaform color tiles my grandmother had. 🥰

It looks great and you ended up with a pretty and very functional kitchen that will serve you well for years. Grant is very talented....you guys are a great team.

Love the idea of moving the fridge! It really changes the space!

I love your vintage kitchen! I’ve a 1948 vintage kitchen. Doing a few things but not taking out any walls.

Love the mint tile!!!

I had the exact same cupboard hardware. I went to white with brushed nickel, and it turned out well. 😊

Just realized im a whole year late and i really really love what you have done

Great job on this reno. 50’s kitchen has its own charm.

I absolutely love this kitchen! That beautiful tile! 😍 Beautiful!

Wow, incredible transformation. Gave me several ideas on how to optimize space in my small kitchen and make it more functional. Thanks for sharing! 🙂

I think both of you did a good job. Simply beautiful. 😊

A huge fan of retro especially the 1950's. I love your kitchen, it is charming. If I was re-doing the kitchen and had the funds, the only thing I would do different is to add hardwood floors and new countertops.

I completely agree with living in a space before making big changes. But I love the 50s vibe in that kitchen, so I would personally want to do something about the damaged tile counters, but I would definitely embrace the 50s kitchen for good! :) Overall it looks really cute and workable as is. Enjoy it!

I have the original kitchen in my 1960's home....very much like this!

The mint addition makes it much more charming. I think it's because the tile is no longer a focal point but just one element of the whole. Plus mint and white always sooks so fresh. Love it!

Love what you did with your space! Would give anything for an original 50's or 60's house but definitely not in our budget. The scroll work above the stove is just lovely - I understand needing to remove, but it was pretty. :)

Such a fantastic improvement! Love it! X

Love it, love 50’s houses.

Great job. It looks so vintage n bright. Hard work but rewarding.

I am thinking back to my last kitchen update: Swiss coffee white on the kitchen outer cabinets and a warm, pale buttercup yellow on the inside of the cabinets. Every time I opened a cabinet door, it was like seeing a sunrise. You will be blessed every time you open a cabinet door if you paint the inside a color you love.

Very nice transformation !!!

I love it. I wouldn’t replace the cabinets

I LOVE this!!! 💘 If I could live with it, I would keep it this way. In my opinion, no reno needed! I love the character of your home, and your minimalist techniques are awesome. You do good work!!🌼🌿

I love the white with the green tile! The tile brings the charm.

You did a great job on your kitchen, love the mint tiles. Now it all looks airy and spacious, very functional for a family✨

Really GREAT results! CONGRATULATIONS! : )

You are so fortunate to have your husband’s skilled help. I would never been able to do some of those projects on my own. Looks great 🙂

Love your kitchen. Looks like a happy place.

100% Agree that this fix totally elevated your space. It's a blessing to have handy fixers in the family that can patch things in a pinch. Thanks for mentioning REAL LIFE, and how you have to fit in the work where you can. Not like a TV show where it all gets knocked out in a weekend. Slow and steady wins the race! I love the work you did with the design, paint and decorations and how your husband and kids pitched in as well, especially the flooring footage (adorable). Definitely this was a family affair and the results were so worth it. Thanks so much for sharing.

I love it! It's so bright and cheerful!

looks fabulous. i would have to cover that damaged tile next to the stove either w/ a quick fix-large cutting board or some peel & stick tiles.

Great advice....I love your kitchen and the mint backsplash and walls.

So cute how it turned out

And moving the fridge was so smart and now you have room for a stand alone dishwasher you could have a butcher block on top.

Love your kitchen. My house is from the 1940’s. The linoleum was lifting up. I cut part of it. Turned out it was like 3-4 layers. So I just would put kitchen rugs. Until we could afford to redo the kitchen as well. 10 years later. :). Did it ourselves. Takes time. You are a good designer, with lots of talents.

The transformation is amazing looks so lovely now lol 💖

I absolutely love your kitchen!!! So airy and bright love it... Great job guys!!!

You're kitchen looks so much better after you painted it. people get too materialistic. Why do you need a full kitchen remodel. what you did looks amazing I would just leave it alone. I am not sure if I would have eliminated the dishwasher completely. I might have bought a brand new one. But save your money for more important things and leave your kitchen the way it is now. You guys did an amazing transformation .

Love it! If I were you I would never even worry about remodeling it, it looks too cute as it is! In our kitchen we sanded the old tile backsplash and painted it white. So we got a clean white look for the cost of a can of paint. I love the idea of making what you have work instead of immediately gutting everything and replacing it!!

Very Pretty !! Updated But kept Some of The 50's Look & Vibe !! Good Job !!

Kitchen looks fantastic You both did a great job. 🎉

Excellent job! I'm in the throws of my mid century modern kitchen makeover. A lot of work, but your cabinets were in much better shape than mine. Mine were a hideous shellac reddish oak that would actually make me cry when I would go into the kitchen. Seriously, I would cry it was so ugly but I loved my Youngstown sink and metal cabinet set. So, I have wood cabinets & metal cabinets in my house. Painting the cabinets white with the old Youngstown stainless steel drawer pulls just made the kitchen pop. Looks great. All of the top cabinets are finished but the top cabinets are huge. The bottom cabinets luckily are much smaller. So, on the the bottom. It's a labor of love as you know. Great job! Such a feeling of accomplishment.

This kitchen is what made me hit the subscribe button! No regrets! 🧡

I love the white and green. The same colours as my kitchen.

Wow. It was awesome

Funny thing is, I am in the process of renovating my tiny kitchen and I have been looking for inspiration when I came upon your video and I love what you guys have done.

I had a vintage kitchen and loved it so much, especially the curvy bric brac. Now I live in another house with the same boring cabinets.

It's adorable ~ I love it Shannon!!

Great job on the kitchen transformation.

Very nice Shannon! Small improvements make all the difference.

Hey Shannon! I LOVE how your kitchen turned out! I love the mint green tile honestly! It looks so clean and cozy now with all the bright white and mint green! Thanks for sharing!😊💗✨

Love it! I think the armour would look nice white too!

I didnt have the mint tile, I had the aqua tile as my backsplash! I ended up painting them & the lovely yellowish with lavender & aqua counters with Rust-Oleum appliance epoxy which is heat & water resistant. You did a great job & there's a ton of storage!

Awesome!!! I love it so much!!! Your Mom did great pitching in! 🥰💗 Great that you changed up the exhaust fan area. 😁👏👏

It looks so good! Great tips!

I love your kitchen. It reminds me of mine in 1961. Very cozy, homey and not a cookie cutter style like the modern ones. It has personality. I’d keep it. Donna, Mike’s wife

I love your kitchen ❤ the mint and yellow accents are perfect. If you decide to get rid of your tiles try not to destroy them, sell them instead. I know certain colors go for a good amount of money. That’s a nice color, that’s in right now.

It is adorable 💕

I feel like it would really add to the vibe with a checkered floor

Love ❤️ your kitchen updates!

I really enjoyed this! Very encouraging!

My bathroom has the same exact mint green tile everywhere!

Wow. I really like it.

I think your updates to your kitchen are outstanding and apart from the tile, it has a completely farmhouse look to it....and actually I love the colour of the tiles but I know its not really modern - but as you said - its a fun little space and you did a great job on it! thanx for sharing this!

Great transformation!

I was worried when you said over the range microwave but that has to be the most well integrated OTR microwave I've seen! They're eyesores 99/100 times but this really fits the kitchen well!

Love your kitchen updates. My grandmother’s home was built in the early 50s. Linoleum from that time period contained asbestos. When or if you remove the 70s/80s linoleum, you will most likely encounter some of the asbestos type. Also, be sure any old knob and tube electrical wiring has been replaced. Best of luck in making your home yours.

I think this is an amazing transformation! And thank you for keeping a period kitchen - too many people rip them out and replace them with soulless Ikea units. I did the same for my parents: the house they moved into a few years ago had a solid oak kitchen which was completely bespoke. (It even still had the old pencil measurements on the side of the drawers where someone built it in the 70s or 80s). I stayed with them for a few days, stripped and sanded all the units, painted them white, and changed the handles, then painted the walls. And that was enough to transform it. I wish more people would learn that it's not only "ok" to work with what you've got rather than ripping out and replacing, but often it's actually nicer.

Amazing!!!!

Love your kitchen!

Great job! I totally agree with you on waiting. I’ve lived in my 1950s house for nearly 2 years. You absolutely must live in it fora at least a year before you do renos. I too have had to do a budget friendly makeover on my kitchen to make it more functional until It eventually will be gutted but that’s at least a few years down the road. For now, at least it is functional and works for us.

Love this! We have a 1950s galley kitchen too

You are a nice person, and the kitchen is very cool after modifications 👍😍

Great idea! Great job, you guys!

Fantastic

Красивая,чистая,уютная кухня! Лайк!

Well done!

Shannon, our kitchen was just like yours when we bought our 1960 built house. Dark, dirty, dingy, beat up, and everything was covered in grease ! We bought new appliances, painted, and put in a new floor and countertops. Can you believe the previous owner had CARPETED the kitchen floor ?! Our cabinets were identical to yours. Replacing them would have cost $$$ , so we painted them like you did and replaced the hardware. Labor intensive, but budget-friendly. I love the vintage-y look of your existing cupboards! I like ours too; they are functional and they go with the older style of the house.

What a difference paint can do! I want to paint our cabinets and do a better counter(pulling away from the wall). And I know I will love my house even more!

Looks great!

New here 😊 and all I will say is WOW your kitchen is one of the nicest kitchen's I have seen here on RU-vid. I think it is gorgeous, unique and so not cookie cutter like many on here. It is great to see something with a personality, I just love it.😍

My kitchen cabinets have the same hardware. I have not only knotty pine cabinets, but also my wainscoting in the kitchen and dining area. I hate to cover it it, but I can’t imagine refinishing everything. I also have the scallops over the sink. They were in the dining area and I yanked them.😂 I’ve been here 20 yrs and it’s time for a change.🙄 I really want to go with the 50’s style. My kitchen is a HUGE space. It’s basically a big square room in which they put a kitchen. Would love to add more cabinets, but…. Anyway, thanks for the ideas. I’ve got hardwood under layers of linoleum. Uuughhh. Gonna check out your husband’s channel now. Thanks again!🙏

This was great! My kitchen is not functional at all - sink on one side and a long way on the other side is the stove - with no counter space near stove - so I get my exercise going from one side to the other. However, that said, I do try to set up for success by zoning the spaces for what they are for with not stressing out over the dream kitchen I would like! I will never be able to afford a kitchen make-over so have to learn to love the one I have!!!