Sell Antique Appliances on The Internet

When John Jowers went to work at his father’s appliance company, he never thought it would lead to a sideline business restoring antique refrigerators. But now their “cool” appliances are doing a hot business on the web.


Those of us who are, to put it politely, in our prime, may remember a time when a refrigerator wasn’t just a big, rectangular box in the kitchen.

It was a sleek, aerodynamic piece of industrial art. A Philco or Frigidaire looked like it had been designed with the same artistic flair as a ´57 Chevy.

Maybe we even remember the old GE generator top fridge at grandma’s house. Those were the days!

In Clayton, Georgia, a town in the Appalachian foothills an hour and a half outside of Atlanta, John Jowers is doing a brisk business keeping a piece of Americana alive.

John and his team at Antique Appliances have expanded his father’s appliance business, originally founded in 1958, to include the full restoration of vintage refrigerators and stoves for a growing number of customers who crave the style and nostalgia of a bygone era. Read More