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Keeping in Touch:  What's vintage in your kitchen?  |
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Goat Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
51 Posts
Katherine
Lunenburg
Vermont
USA
51 Posts |
 Posted - Apr 18 2015 : 03:44:44 AM
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The first thing that comes to mind in my kitchen is a white metal pitcher that my mom had. As a kid it was full of brewed ice tea all summer but these days it holds a nice bunch of silk sunflowers. I also have a metal cup that was kept by the kitchen sink as a communal drink cup. I always think of my childhood when I look at it.
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chickpick
Farmgirl in Training
11 Posts
Stephanie
Ashville
Ohio
USA
11 Posts |
Posted - Apr 22 2015 : 6:38:12 PM
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| At work my kitchen and all that is in it is 1880-1890. Love using the wood-burning cook stove, the cast iron everything and hot water reservoir. At home, my kitchen is a hodgepodge of whatever is tried and true: 1960s and 70s bake ware, Granny's cast iron skillets from the 1920s, 1890s breadboard, 1990s microwave. I don't so much create a look. I use what works. No non-sense. |
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Lowrider
Farmgirl in Training
30 Posts
Karen
Linthicum
Maryland
USA
30 Posts |
Posted - Oct 20 2015 : 5:45:02 PM
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Other then it being an entirely new kitchen with state of the art appliances. It is true vintage country when it comes to the decor! I have almost every tool including my grandmom so rolling pins in my drawers. All my decor is antique country and almost all of it can be used today. Antique crocks line the tops of my cabinets along with my firkins. I have a huge collection of slaw cutters and milk jugs from local dairies. Antique salts and coffee grinders. I'm antiquing at least twice a month.
ArtSeaFartSea Me!
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ClaireSky
True Blue Farmgirl
1792 Posts
Julie
Arcadia
WI
USA
1792 Posts |
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Bonnie Ellis
True Blue Farmgirl
2474 Posts
Bonnie
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
2474 Posts |
Posted - Oct 26 2015 : 4:37:29 PM
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The oldest thing I have in my kitchen is a sugar crock my husband's great grandmother had. They always used it for cookies and when they died I got the crock. I have blue enamel wear pans, green depression glass, my mom's 40ies stuff and of course me (at 73)lol
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bramblerose
True Blue Farmgirl
77 Posts
Canada
77 Posts |
Posted - Nov 16 2015 : 08:18:03 AM
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| I have many vintage (and antique) items, including crocks, Medalta bowls, Ball jars, dishes, utensils, and linens. Many belonged to my two grandmothers, and some I brought back from Norway from family members who knew my love of "all things old," especially if the item had belonged to someone in the family. |
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kitchensqueen
True Blue Farmgirl
521 Posts
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Posted - Nov 29 2015 : 4:33:44 PM
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The things I can think off hand are my milk glass and some of my Blue Willow. And some of my canning jars. Everything else is fairly new, though I do prefer to buy things second hand.
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NY Pumpkin girl
True Blue Farmgirl
104 Posts
Christine
Gouverneur
New York
USA
104 Posts |
Posted - Nov 29 2015 : 7:09:56 PM
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I absolutely love vintage stuff. I have quite a bit of stuff that I have collected from my mom, grandma and mother-in-law. Some I use and then some is to special to use on a daily basis.
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Earthstone
Farmgirl in Training
11 Posts
Karen
Troy
WV
USA
11 Posts |
Posted - Jan 07 2016 : 8:14:30 PM
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| Not a lot, as our home burned in 2010 and I lost most of what I owned. However, we do have a cabin on our property and there were some things in there. An interesting, old item survived the fire: my grandmother's big aluminum baking pan. It is heavy, cast aluminum and was I surprised when I found it, intact, in the ashes! My iron skillets all survived, as well, including several Griswold skillets and some Wagner skillets. In the cabin, I discovered my mother's 8" square cake pans - ones from some company (they once put pans, dishes and glassware in bags of flour, boxes of soap, etc). A local fire company gave us an old trailer and I found 3 very old Corningware dishes in it. I occasionally do find some interesting vintage items at yard sales - a Fostoria America sugar bowl and creamer that I got for a dollar (!), a blue Blenko pitcher, some very old ice cream dishes and 6 Fostoria America goblets. All of these were affordable. Among the oldest things I found in the cabin were 1/2 gallon blue canning jars with lids intact from the family homestead farm - and I have hundreds of milk bottle caps from my grandfather's dairy farm! (Not sure exactly what I'll do with all the milk bottle caps, but when we cleaned out the family farm to sell it, no one else wanted them...)...My grandmother's treadle sewing machine was in the cabin and survived as was the porch swing my father made for his mother when he was 17 (1924)- why we never hung it on the porch of the other house is beyond me, but I'm glad we didn't! |
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
6791 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
6791 Posts |
Posted - Jan 08 2016 : 04:23:54 AM
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Karen so sorry to hear about the fire. The things saved in the cabin sound wonderful. I see you are new to the Farm. Glad to meet you and hope to read more about what you are interested in.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015.
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth. |
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
6517 Posts
Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
6517 Posts |
Posted - Jan 08 2016 : 11:24:56 AM
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Karen, what a tragic fire you experienced in 2010! It is heartbreaking to lose family heirlooms that cannot be replaced. I am glad to know that some treasures were recoverable and or in the cabin. Glad to see you here at "the Farm"!
Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13564 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13564 Posts |
Posted - Jan 08 2016 : 12:01:48 PM
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Karen,
We, too, lost our house in an arson fire in July of 1994 . . . and everything in it! My mom had already gone to heaven but my dad was still living, so when he went to heaven in January 1997 I was able to collect some wonderful treasures from our family farm. Some of those include some of my dad's antique tools, the egg scales (two different ones) that we used (with my mom) to get eggs ready for her egg routes.
So, I would say any of the things from the farm are my favorites! And I'm glad that I was able to collect those after our fire.
The same goes for some things from my in-laws house (old wheelbarrow, etc) They passed away in 2008 and 2013.
CJ
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Bonnie Ellis
True Blue Farmgirl
2474 Posts
Bonnie
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
2474 Posts |
Posted - Jan 08 2016 : 9:23:44 PM
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Oh girls, I can't imagine how awful it must have been to lose so many memories to fire, let alone go through the fire itself. It's a good thing memories are also stored in our heads. Which is why I suggest that you journal about the things you remember. Touching the pen to paper helps heal and also puts those memories out for the rest of the family to see. God bless you both.
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Christy925
True Blue Farmgirl
476 Posts
Christy
Midland
Michigan
USA
476 Posts |
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
6438 Posts
Debbie L.
Oregon
USA
6438 Posts |
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Kangaroo Kate
True Blue Farmgirl
253 Posts
Teresa
Red Oak
Texas
USA
253 Posts |
Posted - Feb 09 2016 : 8:00:22 PM
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first I would love to see some of your kitchens from what you describe. they sound wonderful.
in my kitchen I have my aunts old hutch where I keep most of my collection of old kerosene lamps on top --all kinds and sizes most from various past family members, there's granny's old brown ceramic bean pot --that's what she called it-- was her mothers, got grandpa's (actually was a great grandpa) old wind up clock he had, on the wall I have several milk strainers went back a generation or two and the old water dipper for drinking from, my favorite item is ''0ld red's'' cow bell- she was with us about 30 years I grew up with her, it hangs on the wall. got some old wash boards, sitting on the hutch is a butter churn been in the family long time,
that's pretty much it.
my dream would be to have moderenized wood cook stove.
I love antiques and vintage things there is a certain energy about them.
Dance Like No One Is
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Arichards
Farmgirl in Training
17 Posts
Anna
Spring Hill
TN
USA
17 Posts |
Posted - Sep 24 2016 : 04:15:32 AM
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My most recent vintage addition is an enamel percolator.
Anna
Farmgirl #7163 |
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Bart
True Blue Farmgirl
115 Posts
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Posted - Nov 18 2016 : 3:08:22 PM
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My kitchen pantry is full of very old blue jars (full of dry good), large old cookie jars, big tall old jars and lots of fun little jars too. In my cabinets I have depression ware (green and pink) and a hodgepodge of handmade pottery.
For the wooden spoons, and other utensils I have a 4 cup green depression ware measuring cup. |
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janamarieje
True Blue Farmgirl
1022 Posts
Jana
Southern California
USA
1022 Posts |
Posted - Nov 18 2016 : 3:50:05 PM
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The only thing old/vintage in my kitchen is a 1940's oven/stove unit. I love it, but my husband hates it as it is too much work keeping it working.
Jana
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firecatinc
True Blue Farmgirl
1252 Posts
Lenora
Fulks Run
VA
USA
1252 Posts |
Posted - Nov 18 2016 : 5:04:55 PM
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I have my mother's pink depression glass dishes and glasses.
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Tumbleweed
True Blue Farmgirl
1019 Posts
Nancy
Texas
USA
1019 Posts |
Posted - Nov 24 2016 : 10:29:36 PM
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The only item I have in my kitchen that is really vintage is the measuring spoons my mother used when I was growing up. I bought a new plastic set for daily use. I only take out my mom's spoons for use is when I am making something special in the kitchen. When I am done I put them away and savory the memories they bring me. TW
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NikisMom
True Blue Farmgirl
140 Posts
Julie
Framingham
MA
140 Posts |
Posted - Nov 30 2016 : 08:18:23 AM
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| I have and still use my great grandmother's hand grinder. It is a must for making her meat stuffing for the turkey. |
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caseyscottage
Farmgirl in Training
17 Posts
Stephanie
Independence
MO
USA
17 Posts |
Posted - Apr 11 2017 : 8:31:14 PM
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I have a stack of white ironstone bowls, a few milk jugs, and a collection of copper molds on the wall. Oh, and my vintage jam jars. I love vintage!
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Tumbleweed
True Blue Farmgirl
1019 Posts
Nancy
Texas
USA
1019 Posts |
Posted - Apr 12 2017 : 06:53:31 AM
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My kitchen is 1990's neighborhood garage sale.
TW
The fun begins where the pavement ends! |
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buzzn bee
True Blue Farmgirl
1061 Posts
Deborah
Muncie
Indiana
USA
1061 Posts |
Posted - Apr 12 2017 : 5:12:42 PM
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Nancy that is hysterical. Mine is too. Wouldn't have it any other way.
I love to go treasure hunting. And I love kitchen gadgets and knick knacks. Fun to collect.
I would say the most vintage things in my kitchen are my grandmother's, great grandmothers, and great great grandmother's rolling pins. Love them! I have helped roll out many pans of homemade biscuits with those rolling pins. It is like I can feel my grandmother's hands on them while rolling.
Also, I love your name Tumbleweed. Cute!!!!!
Farm Sister hugs and happy treasure hunting!
Deborah Horn
Buzzn Bee
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