I recently purchased an old house built in 1972 and everything is original.
I am starting to figure what I need to do to the kitchen and need some
advice.

Let me take you on a tour.

Here is the cabinets. Floor is vinyl and has to go.

Appliance wise, there is an old trash compactor, dish washer they need to be
replaced.

Above the trash compactor is an interesting food equipment, a flip up food
processor.

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w67/143house/kitchen/P1000509.jpg
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w67/143house/kitchen/P1000510.jpg

Next to it there is an inwall pocket toaster:

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w67/143house/kitchen/P1000514.jpg
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w67/143house/kitchen/P1000515.jpg

Should I keep these or throw them away?

Here is another wall mount can opener, it is corroded so that has to go:

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w67/143house/kitchen/P1000512.jpg

Opposite to the refrigerator is an inwall entertainment center:

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w67/143house/kitchen/P1000526.jpg

"MiamiCuse" hotmail.com> wrote in message

If they work, keep them for now, but if you are doing work around them, now
is the time to toss them. If you refinish the counter or wall and it breaks
a week later, you have a mess on your hands to repair. Back in the 70's,
this was high style, Jetson-wise.

"MiamiCuse" hotmail.com> wrote:

A very interesting house. It's the sort of kitchen one with more money than
brains might build; someone that just has to have the lastest of everything.
This kitchen seems to have a boat load of them: food processor, microwave,
trash compactor, 8-track, etc. And all built in! Of course people are still
doing this kind of thing today around their house, so that mentality is not
just a 70's thing.

You could turn it into a museum, but I'd suspect it would take a huge amount
of money and many years to get everything into good working condition. In
the meantime, you wouldn't have a functional kitchen...

"MiamiCuse" hotmail.com> wrote:

Just a followup on the cabinets. Coppes Nanapee did seem to be quite a
reputable cabinet maker, going back to 1873. They are apparently still in
business today, making custom cabinets. If you do a google search for coppes
nanapee cabinets, you'll get about 180 hits, including this one:

http://www.amishacres.com/aa_come_visit/miscellaneous/hoosier_cabinet_museum.htm

MiamiCuse wrote:

I did enjoy it. Thanks!

First off, as wff_ng_7 said, Coppes Napanee was a very reputable cabinet
maker. My parents house (built in 1969) has a bunch of them, and they
still look like new. Quality cabinets are expensive. If you otherwise
like the style, definately investigate refinishing.

Going down the rest of your list:

- Trash compactor, dishwasher: Replace dishwasher. Use trash compactor
space for something useful.

- Built in food processor: Nutone used to make these too. If it works, and
you have the matching accessories, keep it. If you end up redoing the counter
tops and cabinets, it may need to disappear.

- Built-in toaster: Wow. That is so unusual it has to be a keeper (if it works).