Vintage Frigidaire Oven

Right before we moved into our new home, I saw this amazing aqua Frigidaire oven on Craigslist and had to check it out. When I got there, I realized I was buying it from a soon-to-be neighbor (small world...!) and it was original to her 1950s home. A few months later, when we made our first attempt to hook it up, we were greeted by a blood-curdling sound like a garbage disposal grinding a piece of metal and one of the burners literally needing to be put out with a fire extinguisher. 😧  The wires were really old and shorted out, which had caused the fire. So my husband and father-in-law rewired the entire stovetop. Completely gutted! Then we removed a hanging cabinet from the other side of the kitchen and that wood was used to create a frame for the oven. The finishing touch was to add a bit of metal trim around the counter to give it that vintage look. Finally, the moment of truth came...drum roll...and it worked great!

In fact, we ceremoniously broke it in that very night with some pizza rolls.















Before...



...and after!