Comments on: Perfect for the Mad Housewife

By: Dominic

Dominic — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:31:05 +0000

There are cupboards above and below this ‘fire’. Safe to lean down to get something out of the cupboard below while the fire is a’burnin’ and set your hair alight?

By: John

John — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:30:07 +0000

The tags on this one are priceless.

By: Lounge Lizard

Lounge Lizard — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:17:08 +0000

Wood-fired pizza oven. The hibachi is sort of dumb looking, but hey, it probably works fine as a chimney.

By: ann

ann — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:16:19 +0000

oooh, and it looks like some stray sparks burnt holes in his ranger hat, too — no wonder he’s mad!

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:37:01 +0000

Uh, these apparently worked great. They’re kind of the sixties equivelent of a wine fridge. Something you’d expect in an upscale home of the time.

I love the idea. It’s a pain in the neck to run outside to mess with the meat and then back into the house to deal with the sides. It would be awesome to have them all in one place.

By: Anodean

Anodean — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:53:40 +0000

I agree – it’s absolutely safe and functional, and looks like it could be really enjoyable. Our living room fireplace when I was a kid had a sliding mesh screen just like that one; as you say, a hearth does not become unsafe merely because it is installed at countertop level. That was actually a major advance in kitchen design, back in, oh I dunno, the 1300s or something. The Germans invented it while the rest of the world continued to crouch down on their dirty floors to cook. ;D

By: Jen

Jen — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:57:53 +0000

Smores: Its what’s for dinner.

By: Pauly

Pauly — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:53:51 +0000

I really love this site and all of the comments here. Most of the time the posts are insane, but this one is most certainly not. This is essentially a fireplace in the kitchen. If it’s properly ventilated (and we have no reason to think it’s not) then I’d love one! I don’t understand why people think this will burn the house down. Have you ever heard of a gas stove or a wood burning stove right in the kitchen? Sorry to rant, but this is one house I want.

By: Metz

Metz — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:09:32 +0000

Sadly this and many other frightening gems are what we’re finding as we search for our new home in SW Michigan. I just keep smiling and saying to my (Long Island) husband, “No dear, really, this is a GREAT area to move to. Honest.”

By: Tacomagic

Tacomagic — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:33:56 +0000

I saw something similar to this once. My sister and I were lost in a forest and came upon a house made entirely of candy. Turns out this nice old lady lived there and invited us in. She had one of those in the kitchen and it turned out that it wasn’t very safe at all.