Vintage kitchen stoves

Place of a vintage stove in the kitchen

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“The way to a man's heart is through his stomach”. This fact can hardly be argued as well as the fact that for a woman who cooks for her man, the appliances she uses are also important. We have seen TV shows that teach to cook delicious and healthy food in a proper way. For example, the TV show by Julia Vysotskaya "Eating at home". You do not need to follow the whole show to notice what kind of kitchen it is staged at. It is the vintage, equipped with the latest technology retro stove which has attracted and still attracts the enthusiastic audience. The exterior of the stove is extraordinary, its functionality is impressive. Although even such an impressive stove in retro style has its drawbacks. We repeatedly heard how Julia Vysotskaya emphasized that using the oven is not very convenient because it is impossible to look at the dish without opening the oven. But many dishes can "suffer" if you open the oven door during the process of cooking.

Kitchen stove and oven in retro style

After having thought about the above-mentioned problem and weighed all the pros and cons, we took a decision to start this project, and created a kitchen stove and oven in retro style. Check it out and give your evaluation.

The electrical stove and oven in retro style, in a separate built-in copper housing

The electrical stove and oven in retro style, in a separate built-in copper housing

As you can see, the main goal is achieved: the external attractiveness is preserved, and it is also possible to look at the process of food preparation through the window easely and without opening the door of the oven. To achieve this we made a special brass door that opens and closes with a bronze bolt at any time convenient for you.

The vintage stove and oven are made of copper and brass plates. The plates covering the stove housing have a thickness of 2 mm. These metals are most often used for the manufacture of copper, brass, and bronze items or for equipment customizing. Such material shows the color palette of the metal in a most favorable way, and the artificial aging (patination) lies on a flat surface more accurately and without flaws. In case of choosing a thinner metal, it can become wavy, and other flaws can occur.

Types and distinctive features of kitchen stoves

All modern stoves are divided into categories according to different parameters.Depending on the physical layout the stoves can be:

  • - detached (not requiring any kitchen furniture);
  • - built-in (requiring kitchen furniture to build in the stove).

 

A detached stove

A detached stove

 

A built-in stove

A built-in stove

Built-in stoves are subdivided:

  • - cooking tops;
  • - conventional ovens.

By the heating method stoves can be:

  • - gas;
  • - electrical;
  • - combined.

Modifications of all types of stoves are available in the Metal Art Studio. The following stoves customized by our craftsmen are in great demand:

Vintage gas stove

You do not need to have any special knowledge to choose a vintage gas stove. Everything is quite simple here. Such a stove is bought by consumers who have gas in their homes. It would be logical to buy a gas oven for it, but electric ovens are much more popular because the heat in them is distributed evenly on the dish. Only two additional functions of gas surfaces have appeared throughout the technological development: "gas control" and electric ignition. The "gas control" function is a gas leakage monitoring system that makes using the oven safer.

Gas stove by Dmitriy Tikhonenko

Gas stove by Dmitriy Tikhonenko

The stove, which was taken as a basis, has both these functions. The knobs were grinded from brass manually, and the body was sheathed with a brass plate, taking into account the bends of the body itself. In addition, brass flame tamers were manufactured.

Vintage brass stove

In the modern world the phrase "electrical surface" often means a glass ceramic stove. We offer two types of customization for such stoves:

  • - brass frame around the perimeter;
  • - manufacturing of brass knobs of various shapes (if they are available on the stove).

The result is a retro brass plate that fits perfectly into any interior in warm colors.

Vintage stove by Dmitriy Tikhonenko

Vintage stove by Dmitriy Tikhonenko

Vintage stove with a dish-washer

As we have already mentioned, stoves are gas, electric or combined. Speaking of a vintage stove with a dishwasher, we would like to describe a stove, which received the dishwasher “Candy Trio” from another “donor-stove”. The home for this unique stove was designed in the Baroque style. The main colors of its interior were blue and gold. e brass elements.

Vintage stove by Dmitriy Tikhonenko

Vintage stove by Dmitriy Tikhonenko

That's why the body was painted in blue, which perfectly matched the decorative brass elements. The knobs - the main decoration of the stove - were specially molded and cast from brass, adhering to the general style.