And here I was thinking I was the only one who painted up my gnomes!! I'm soooo glad you do that, too!! For some reason a lot of people here in Aussieland thinks it's wrong to do that. I think they look GREAT! And is that what it's called? A hoosier? I never heard of that before. I have something similar and painted it up, too, with a valley scene. My cupboard kinda fell apart when we moved and I haven't fixed it yet but it's on the 'to-do' list.

Well, it's too bad she's not ready to move on things yet. Even without fori's amazing range. BTW, did you know those sell for 6 to 8K at the specialty shops on this coast, fori? You could have a second career. In just one day I was able to dig up these--wouldn't they make a darling kitchen? You'd have to have a larger companion or two made to the side piece, but how Florida these colors are. Range (considering electric as well as gas, since gas availability varies in those neighborhoods--not worth it if she has to foot the bill to run service, and unfortunately a lot of the area is the kind of neighborhood where people would steal propane). I just lost my heart to the color scheme here, although we could have something else redone in the same buttercream+sea green, I suppose: Hoosier with side (original paint). Small, but with a repro side or two, could work: Reproduction cast iron sink. There are lots of old ones, but there was a problem with getting iron reporcelained recently, so this would be the fallback if we can't find a real one in good condition or a steel one that can be redone. Would love an old one in buttercream yellow, though. Not bad for less than a day's worth of looking around, and the total cost of everything including modern fridge and re-enameling a vintage table to match would be under 5K, even with repairs and shipping.

Oh, goldenpond, you made me take notice. The Hoosier is great, not what I was hoping for...being an old Hoosier I thought you had given me the fountain of youth. Guess I will have to continue to look :0)

I would still take the top (the enamel one that slides out) to the paint store. Thanks, sonicmom, jadeite was the word I couldn't come up with when I replied. That green trim has a definite "cast" to it and if you pick the wrong (maybe undertone is the word I'm looking for) one it won't look right. If you get a match you can always have the paint store cut it so it's the same tone as the top.