This set sells itself short, that on the left looks like a fridge to me.
But is a fridge just a cold cupboard?

@JavaBrix: "Oh, what a day... what a lovely day!"...Oh sorry, you were referring to the sink :D

@SideSalad said:
"This set sells itself short, that on the left looks like a fridge to me.
But is a fridge just a cold cupboard?"

William “Cold Cupboard” Perry disagrees.

What I tend to find astonishing and surprising at the same time, is the complete stud-less free design. Obviously a different approach compared to current design philosophy, were more and more studs on the surface are shown again by purpose. Good example for this are the latest UCS sets btw.

The RSotD that's still showing: 30103 Car. The VSotW: 292 Kitchen Sink and Cupboards. Not often that the VSotW has six times as many syllables as the concurrent RSotD.

@CaptainRogerRedbeard: It's an old word that almost no-one uses anymore, but take a listen to the pronunciation of "blackguard:" https://www.dictionary.com/browse/blackguard

@Brickalili said:
" @brick_r said:
"Walls sold separately.. "

Yeah you’ll have to go to today’s RPotD if you want walls. Might make the house a bit chilly though"

No walls isn’t likely to be any better. Then again, ice walls could result in the Princess’ wardrobe getting soaked, which definitely isn’t a good situation if it’s winter.

@TheOtherMike:
Half the words a tall-ship sailor might use sound wrong vs their spelling. Part of that is probably just due to the difficulty of being clearly understood during a gale storm.

@SideSalad said:
"This set sells itself short, that on the left looks like a fridge to me.
But is a fridge just a cold cupboard?"

Back in the day, maybe 20 years before this set, there were iceboxes: a dual-compartment box where you literally put a chunk of ice in one and the food you wanted to keep cold in another. If you have ever seen an episode of the Honeymooners, Ralph many times brings home a new chunk of ice for his. And yes they pretty much looked like the rest of the cabinets.

Once evaporator coils were invented, these ‘manual’ boxes went the way of the dodo. LEGO was keeping up with the times here.

@Murdoch17 said:
"Those stickers are very '70's.... totally groovy."
Shagadelic, Baby! :-)

@JavaBrix said:
"
Bring back chrome!
Bring back chrome!
Bring back chrome!"

Lego should make silver parts coated in chrome. That way, if it scratches, it's still silver underneath.

Bricklink has a lot of these, but most of them are damaged for obvious reasons.

@CaptainRogerRedbeard said:
"I'll never forget the day I lost faith in the English language, and it was the day I learned "cupboards" is inexplicably pronounced "cubbards""

If fridge is just the second syllable of refrigerator, where did the silent "d" come from?

I managed to get my hands on this set yesterday along with about 9 other sets in a mixed lot bag at a charity shop for just £8. Only the bird sticker missing. Lovely little set.

@NITRO_J said:
" @CaptainRogerRedbeard said:
"I'll never forget the day I lost faith in the English language, and it was the day I learned "cupboards" is inexplicably pronounced "cubbards""

If fridge is just the second syllable of refrigerator, where did the silent "d" come from?"

Used to distinguish words like bridge with the
“soft g” sound. Really, refridgerator should be spelled like that too, but it was loaned in in its current state. When fridge became a more common word, people spelled it like bridge

sjould make a set of that current legos... along kitchen sink...
Furniture kitchen items ect..

The Homemaker sets have a real "liminal space" vibe to them. Maybe it's the smoothness and perfect edges, but it just feels almost too realistic in a way.