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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsFrigidaire's Kitchen of Tomorrow, as seen in the amazing "Design for Dreaming," 1956.
I really like that spherical oven or whatever it is.
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kimbutgar
(21,056 posts)Wicked Blue
(5,821 posts)Those rotating shelves would make it so easy to find things.
hedda_foil
(16,371 posts)I'm forever losing things in the back of the fridge.
csziggy
(34,131 posts)We can still lose stuff, but not as much. We got a all-fridge, all-freezer set. With all the discounts and deals I got they cost less than a side by side or French door refrigerator and hold much more. I am just dreading when they break down since I won't be able to shop around for such a great deal for a set to fit my space.
I dont lose stuff in my fridge anymore.
TexasTowelie
(111,963 posts)or would require placing items in the corners that are outside of the lazy susan. That is the area remaining from a circle inscribed within a square. That percentage would grow if if is a circle inscribed in a rectangle.
MissB
(15,804 posts)Really it just had half circle shelves in it that did the lazy susan thing. I think it was from the 50s. It was pretty cool though not exactly energy efficient next to todays fridges.
Wicked Blue
(5,821 posts)Oil, gas and coal were relatively cheap, as far as I know. Windows were single paned and few people thought about insulation or energy efficiency. Cars got terrible gas mileage, but gas, when I was a teenager, was 25 cents a gallon.
That said, I suspect a well insulated circular or semi-circular refrigerator today, with modern controls, might work very well. Refrigerant would go up the central pipe and be more evenly distributed. Double or triple paned glass would also help.
This is just an opinion - I don't have any technical background. I did write some case studies ages ago about energy efficiency and natural gas-powered refrigeration and air conditioning.
TexasTowelie
(111,963 posts)That will keep the maintenance person busy.
procon
(15,805 posts)Just dump his wife off in the kitchen so she can cook him a feast in her evening gown, high heels and sturdy apron while he dances of to a stripper bar.
That was the mindset of that era. Yet here we are, 70 years later, and the division of household labor hasn't changed all that much. Why is that?
NotAPuppet
(326 posts)she was still in her wedding gown.
NotAPuppet
(326 posts)that the wifes first destination post wedding is the kitchen where she proceeds to bake a cake. They didnt know just how much the world would change.
onethatcares
(16,163 posts)her first destination was to fetch his pipe, slippers and a Manhatten.
The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)Yes, I know that they typically went on cars in this era, but surely they could work some in here.
This just makes me want to have a nice mid-century kitchen. Well lit. Sleek. Durable surfaces that are easily cleaned. Nice small appliances. Countertop range. A double oven, or even better, a Frigidaire Flair range/oven combo like my recently-deceased cousin left behind. And PLEASE not one of these modern kitchens where people are supposed to hang out. I can tell you, if I am having a dinner party, I am NOT going to want guests puttering around a kitchen made messy by cooking up a storm all day for their pleasure!
snowybirdie
(5,219 posts)They couldn't conceive of the man working in the kitchen! My dad did, but we didn't tell anyone back then. He did laundry too!
Miguelito Loveless
(4,457 posts)IcyPeas
(21,842 posts)Miguelito Loveless
(4,457 posts)car companies used to make these huge productions for the new model year, and then show them to dealers at a holiday party.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)area51
(11,896 posts)tibbiit
(1,601 posts)American in Paris with a Leslie Caron ballet dance and look alike! Well done! I want that kitchen!
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)modern house. One of the kitchen appliances was a "radar range" or as we know it today,
a microwave oven! I know I wouldn't part with mine!
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