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If you want to know the age of an older home, find the kitchen. The appliances, light fixtures, cabinetry, and countertop materials are all telltale signs of a house’s era. While as a whole an older kitchen may feel dated, as old-house lovers, we can’t help but ooh and ahh over those timeless features and charming details that take you right back to Grandma’s house.

For instance, recently we’ve been seeing the resurgence of café curtains and vintage-inspired appliances, both nostalgia-heavy features that also really makes a kitchen sing, matter the era. Other popular decorative kitchen features such as open shelving, butcher-block countertops, and hanging pot racks have s

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