Kitchen Tables of the Past

Kitchen Tables of the Past

Any of these look familiar? My grandparents had #3 in their apartment, which was fine by me because it was like we were eating on “Star Trek”. This trek motif worked well, as the living room was covered in a “space age” plastic and they were Scottish.

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12 Comments

  • Lady Jaye on May 12, 2009

    My best friend’s parents had the brown version of #1, along with the matching chairs. She now has it (at least the table — dunno what happened to the chairs).

  • mark jarvis on May 12, 2009

    The anti-Ikea.

  • wee67 on May 12, 2009

    Wow, they even worked the dark wood theme into chairs in the 70’s (#3).

  • rob! on May 12, 2009

    The chairs in pic #2 look like they’re made of spinach. Durable…and nutritious!

  • Ian Sokoliwski on May 12, 2009

    I would totally still use #4.

    …well, maybe not.

    I knew a lot of families that had variations of #3.

  • Retro Hound on May 12, 2009

    My aunt and uncle had a gold #1 with the chairs from #2, only they were plain gold, not all splotchy. I really hated that table, even as a 6-year-old.

  • Jim @ CoolStuffForDads.com on May 12, 2009

    This was some really cool furniture, actually, I think the chairs were pretty comfortable because they were cushioned (easy to clean fabric too!!).

  • Lisa on May 12, 2009

    My grandparents had #1 in the blue-green! Eventually the metal legs rusted & fell apart, if I remember right. I think they may still have one left… I need to look next time I'm at their place!

  • beth on May 12, 2009

    All dinette furniture should look like this.

  • Hairball on May 13, 2009

    Somebody I knew had the chairs from #2. It’s bugging me that I can’t remember who that was!

  • narvolicious on May 20, 2009

    One of my aunts had #2. Still remember being perplexed by the spinach pattern. lol

  • blueroc85 on June 4, 2009

    My grandma had #2 from the mid 1970's until the late 1980's….It matched her avacado green kitchen perfectly!

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