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Armchair House Tour

May 1992

Rich and Venita Lake kitchen at 58XX Waterman. From King Schoenfeld’s Armchair House Tour.

Historical May 1992 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.

When Rich and Venita Lake decided to remodel the kitchen in their home at 58XX Waterman ten years ago, with the help of a kitchen designer they decided to remove the remains of the back stairway and move the basement stairs to expand the space and to return the “modernized” ceiling to its original height.

The oak cabinets with ceramic tile and butcher block tops provide ample storage for Rich’s pots and electrical gadgets and Venita’s collections of cookbooks and advertising items—tins, cookie jars, recipe boxes, trucks, mugs, etc.

The butler’s pantry houses a broom closet, a built-in desk, wine racks, and more cabinets and counter space. Radiators were replaced by electric heaters in the cabinet baseboards. if you have a portion of your house you would like to “show off’ to your neighbors, call King Schoenfeld at 863-0152.

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Rich and Venita Lake kitchen at 58XX Waterman. From King Schoenfeld’s Armchair House Tour.

Lake kitchen cabinets and advertising collection. From King Schoenfeld’s Armchair House Tour.
Lake kitchen cabinets and advertising collection. From King Schoenfeld’s Armchair House Tour.

Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, May 1992.

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Original source: SD_Times1992_05.pdf, printed page(s) 5; PDF page(s) 5.

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