Thursday, October 27, 2005






I finally got my hoosier cabinet set up. Sharon and I moved it down here but I hadn't put all my vintage kitchen items in. Last night I got in the mood to unpack the huge box with all the items. The black spot you see in front of the hoosier is an old food scale hanging beside it. What I like about all my vintage items and antiques is I use them. If they survived all the use from the past then I am sure they will survive my use and I enjoy thinking of the homemaker that used the items before me and what her life must have been like.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Beautiful treasure troves!
Hugs and many blessings!

eyes_only4him said...

oh my , love your blog, the haloween music and all I love it..:)

Love your pics too...thanks for stopping by..please come by anytime..and i will be back here..i love this site

Amy said...

What awesome items. It's so great to be able to use old items from the past in today's time. I frequently use my great grandmother's gem irons and they've definitely lasted over 100 years.

HomemakerAng said...

hi, its homemakerang
sorry to spoil the party, i am your secret pal for the swap and lost your address :) I do have something wonderful for you though :) can you email me at
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ang
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Shell said...

Oh, it looks like you have a wonderful collection of vintage kitchenalia. I think it is great that you use everything - and I agree with you, what's the point of having things that you are precious about and never use? I even use an old tea set my grandma had as a child, I love drinking tea out of those cups - it feels like I'm connected to her somehow. She is a practical woman too so I know she doesn't mind!

Maggie Ann said...

Peggy, what a great collection of vintage kitchen things. Your cubboard is really nice. I think these kind of things do give us a connection with the ladies that went before us. They help bring back good memories anyway. You have a very homey kitchen! I love your pictures and your blog. (you're pretty nice too...grin) hugs from Maggie

Laurie said...

You have a hoosier?! You lucky duck!! I think they are one of the nifty~est inventions fo all time!! A woman must have come up with the idea!

kenju said...

Hi, novaks8 told me to come and see you. I have a small collection of old postcards and she said you do too. I am in Raleigh; come and see my blog. We have a few things in common: jazz, James Patterson and antiques. I love your Hoosier Cabinet!!

Mrs. Darling said...

Lucky you. I love this kind of stuff but I only own one table/desk that is antique. Everything else is as modern as it comes!

Perri said...

My stepmom would love to have some of that stuff. Her entire house is antique. Her stove is over 70 years old. What a great use for the scale!