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| gregs_lil_farmgirl |
Posted - Nov 10 2006 : 04:43:25 AM
I am having some serious hoosier dreams, and it was nice to hear that others share this as well. I was just wondering if anyone knew of any. I guess I am just putting this on my wish list for someday. I look to the flea markets and rummage sales regularly. I have seen many in the antique shops but I want something loved and worn. My perfect hoosier would have a sifter in it.
Well, a girl can dream. And being newly farmgirled, I am creating the perfect little country kitchen. I,ve been in the kitchen pages...OH my!! You girls have some beautiful kitchens. 
-Simple pleasures make my heart smile- |
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - May 08 2007 : 06:25:34 AM
Wow, Emily! That's amazing! Thanks for posting those prices. I thought the prices were very high here. Garfield, Ky is itty bitty and there weren't nearly 200 people there. In fact, the same woman bought both the primitive cabinets(pie safe and old wood pantry). It just doesn't seem that long ago that you could get a really nice hoosier for a thousand.
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?" - 'Brother Dave' Gardner |
| elah |
Posted - May 07 2007 : 1:42:32 PM
Things were crazy at the auction today. There was about 200 people and they were from EVERY WHERE! Almost all there antique deals. Things were going for outrageous prices. Crocks sold for $200+, linens sold for $50+ each. I had my three year old in tow and we had to stand so we only could stay for the first three hours. At that point the auctionner stated that the hoosier cabinets and the other 1920's furniture would be sold in two hours at 2pm. There was no way I could stay with my daughter. Since both cabinets where in great condition (but one was painted) I'm guessing at least 1k plus was what they were going to sell for. I kept hearing people grouble about having to wait so long to get to them. |
| Amie C. |
Posted - May 07 2007 : 1:06:59 PM
Wow, I know that a 'hoosier' was a kitchen cupboard but I didn't know how useful and handy they were designed to be. I've been thinking a lot about how to add more storage space to my kitchen and also more work area for baking. I guess I'll have to officially get on the list of hoosier dreamers. |
| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - May 07 2007 : 10:47:09 AM
Emily - I hope you post the price the cabinets go for at the auction. I went to an auction two weeks ago in Garfield, KY, where there were several old cabinets. Everything was coated with heavy oil based paint(1970's green). The Hoosier(Sellers) cabinet sold for $850.! Even the latches on it were painted(gold paint). They had a 'half' pie safe that sold for $875, and another very old wooden pantry style cabinet that was in pretty bad shape that sold for $300.00! I've been wondering ever since if these prices are the norm? I know that I felt like hugging my pie safe when I got home! :)
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?" - 'Brother Dave' Gardner |
| Libbie |
Posted - May 07 2007 : 06:11:49 AM
Oh, Emily!!!! I wish...boy, do I wish...it would work for me! In the meanwhile, enjoy the auction!!!
XOXO, Libbie
"All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of spring, I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth. I can feel its energy, and my spirits soar..." - Helen Hayes |
| elah |
Posted - May 07 2007 : 05:14:26 AM
Hi Girls!
I'm going to an action this morning and just pulled the full sale bill on their website. They have 2 Hoosier cabinets! I don't need one (even though I'd love one). But if any of you are interested pull up the photos at www.glassmanauctions.com . We are in SW Michigan. If any of you are coming though the area this summer and would like for me to pick it up for you I'd be willing to. Just email me with your phone number and I'll give you a call to work out the details (price, condition, etc). The only catch is that I have to leave in 20 minutes!!! If you email me before then I'll give you a call on my drive to the auction. Hopefully next time I'll see the cabinets on the sale bill BEFORE the day of the auction...
Good luck with your cabinet dreams! |
| levisgrammy |
Posted - Jan 31 2007 : 4:41:10 PM
Hi girls,
I just came upon this topic. I'm fairly new to the group.
I thought I'd share a little of my hoosier story. I have wanted one for years and years. This older lady we knew from our church was moving into an assisted living home and she needed help cleaning out her place. So a few of the families helped her. We live close so we were there a lot. Anyway, out on her back porch under tons of junk was a hoosier. I couldn't believe it! Anyway we asked if she would be willing to sell it and she said "just take it". So we cleaned it up and painted it because it was in pretty sad shape. My husband replaced the wood top. It has glass in the two of the doors and the middle had a sifter in it, but that was not there. In its place was a shelf. The lowest drawer has a round bottom for storing bread.
I don't think it was in it's original condition when we
got it but I use it for dishes. They look real pretty in with the glass doors.
A year or so later we found an Amish man who makes them and we had him make one with the sifter and baking shelf. Also, it has the glass sugar container and a porcelain top. There is a bread drawer on the bottom with other drawers and shelves.
I love it. Even though it is not an antique it is something I can pass down to one of my children. He was very reasonable in his price which was another plus. |
| Terre |
Posted - Dec 31 2006 : 3:08:11 PM
Hoosier cabinets are great, especially if they're found in good condition with all the parts in place. However, there is another brand that is a close second ---called Sellars cabinets. Maybe if you can't find a Hoosier cupboard, you can find a Sellars. You might check with shops in the Midwest especially. Good luck!
Be true in heart. |
| Ronna |
Posted - Dec 31 2006 : 1:57:29 PM
My daughter bought one recently, from a gift shop going out of business that had used it for display the last 30 years or so. And she doesn't even bake! I'll ask her to take a photo and email to me for sharing. She said it's not the brand name Hoosier, but that type. I had a verbal aggreement to buy one 35 years ago for $50 and then the owners grandaughter decided she wanted it. Not a family heirloom, was in the kitchen of the little house my BIL and SIL had lived in mid 60's. No telling how long it had been there, but those people had just bought the property. Original ice box too, I'd offered to buy both. Oh well. I have some of the jars that came with the cabinets, guess I'll have to send them home with her and not make her wait to inherit them :)
Ronna |
| sewgirlie |
Posted - Dec 31 2006 : 1:32:40 PM
Hi Pamela!
Thank you for sharing the gorgeous pictures of your Hoosier!! It makes me all the more excited to have mine set up In February! Yours looks perfect in every way, right down to the displays you have in yours!
Thanks!
Sheryl-lyn |
| mellaisbella |
Posted - Dec 30 2006 : 7:20:55 PM
hey Pamela, Great Hoosier! thanks for the photos. Love all the treasures you have displayed!!
mellaisbella "I wanna touch the earth, I want to break it in my hands, I want to grow something wild and unruly" |
| sewgirlie |
Posted - Dec 29 2006 : 6:13:24 PM
I have been wanting a Hoosier for about 25 years now (was a newlywed when I first saw one!)I could not find a good one that was original and affordable. Finally, my dad, who is a carpenter, was looking for a new project and offered to make me one. Even though it won't be an antique, it will still become a family hierloom since he made it. It is done now and I will be driving to Florida in February to pick it up (from Long Island, NY). Mom sent pictures and it looks so authentic! I cannot wait to get it!! Will post pictures when I figure out how!
Sheryl-lyn |
| gregs_lil_farmgirl |
Posted - Nov 25 2006 : 6:02:05 PM
thank you for the photos, Pamela. Absolutely gorgeous!!!
-Simple pleasures make my heart smile- |
| Photobugs |
Posted - Nov 24 2006 : 9:04:28 PM
Oh girls...I had wanted a Hoosier for about 28 or so years. I have gone to yard sales all that time trying to find one and one I could afford. Well, I finally scored in the summer of 2005. The lady was asking $850.00. But I offered her $650.00 and she took it. My DH knew I had seen it advertised and that I was going to look at it at a yard sale. So when I called him to tell him about it he said he would come and see it. He gave me $400.00 and I added the other $150.00. So now it graces my kitchen. Below are some links for photos to check it out if you like to see it.
For you gals who are still wanting one...never give up.
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e297/TheMercantile/Myhoosier-1.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e297/TheMercantile/Toppulloutdrawer.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e297/TheMercantile/Bottomdrawer-HallcookwareTurkeycook.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e297/TheMercantile/Insideofcupboard-shoppinglist.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e297/TheMercantile/Stuffintopcabinet.jpg
Thanks for letting me share.
Pamela
"I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!" |
| gregs_lil_farmgirl |
Posted - Nov 22 2006 : 1:47:49 PM
congrats, Jonnie!!! Sounds like you have quite a few treasures there!
-Simple pleasures make my heart smile- |
| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Nov 22 2006 : 11:27:52 AM
I have a "Boone" brand kitchen cabinet, built around 1912 or so. I purchased it from my favorite antique dealer--it was in the barn on her property when she first got married (40 years ago), and she cleaned it up and put it in her pantry. I just love it, but have no space for it at the moment (remodelling) so she still has it in her shop!
My mother in law has the Lynch family Hoosier brand cabinet, with ALL the original glass jars except the flour, which I guess was used the most, so would be prone to breakage...She retreived it out of the garbage (!!!!??) in 1979 when my husband's grandparents cleaned out their basement and put all that "old crap" to the curb--she went inside to find all the glass canisters and jars in a box for the trash, too. It's in absolutely perfect shape, though she said she really had to clean the oak as it was darkened with coal. It suits her house perfectly, and she uses the heck out of it!
Just think of all of the roads there are...all of the things I haven't seen....yet. |
| gregs_lil_farmgirl |
Posted - Nov 19 2006 : 5:45:21 PM
Hi, Rhonda...Sounds like you have a real beauty. Treasure it for sure. On a lighter note....sure...rub it in why don't ya!! LOL I have seen some of those in the antique shops with all of the bells and whistles...even from todays's standards...some were quite awesome. Thanks for sharing yours with me... It gives me hope. :)
-Simple pleasures make my heart smile- |
| bramble |
Posted - Nov 18 2006 : 07:37:32 AM
Don't forget www.vandykes.com they have repro Hoosier kits and accessories, though pricey also.
with a happy heart |
| sleepless reader |
Posted - Nov 18 2006 : 07:08:39 AM
I forgot to mention that the Lehman's catalog used to (and still may) carry reproduction Hoosiers and replacement hardware. You all could check there too...as I recall they weren't cheap.
Sharon
Life is messy. Wear your apron! |
| gregs_lil_farmgirl |
Posted - Nov 16 2006 : 4:13:36 PM
Good luck Melanie. I have shuffled around all of the antiques store around, have seen many. They are not touchable for sure. The prices are ridiculous and the peice is a work of art. The antique ppl would prob have haeart attacks if they knew i was going to use it to bake with and stuff. I hope you get yours also. And Rebekah, exactly the time it takes me back to as well. I rented an apartment 20 yrs ago with one and loved it then. I cleaned it all up and tried to buy it when i moved out...Alas!!! I am still hoosierless...hahaha
It will probably be a while for mine to get built..there are so many things we need to get done to get the farm up and fully functional. I will be sure to share the plans with all you gals when we do.
-Simple pleasures make my heart smile- |
| country lawyer |
Posted - Nov 16 2006 : 12:07:06 PM
Yes, me too! I have always wanted a hoosier. Just looking at one takes my mind immediately back to my grandmother's farmhouse kitchen. I can't believe the prices on them these days. I wish I had bought one 25 years ago when I first started admiring them. Five or so years ago for my birthday, my husband gave me a "coupon" for a hoosier since he didn't feel like he could pick one out for me at the antiques store. I still haven't cashed that "coupon"....can't spend the bucks it would take!
"The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time."
James Taylor
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| mellaisbella |
Posted - Nov 16 2006 : 07:26:40 AM
Hey Birdi
Well, you and I are kindred spirits!! I too would LOVE to have a Hoosier. I have seen some at Auctions, found the "perfect" one a few months ago at a \n auction, had the sifter, enamel top, and even a few of the original glass jars. I couldn't be there to bid, but my husband went foe me. He bid up to $750, but budget would not allow him to go any higher. One day......we will have one....!
mellaisbella "I wanna touch the earth, I want to break it in my hands, I want to grow something wild and unruly" |
| Norskema |
Posted - Nov 13 2006 : 4:34:24 PM
I love my Hoosier. It isn't the fancy kind. I have an enameled work surface that pulls out like a drawer to give you more work space. My current kitchen doesn't have space for it so the kids kept school supplies in it for several years. When we move out the the farm, I'm hoping there is the perfect spot.
Every way of a man seems right to himself but the Lord is the tester of hearts. Proverbs 21:2 |
| daffodil dreamer |
Posted - Nov 12 2006 : 11:29:43 PM
Thanks Clare for the pictures - I am printing them out to put in my kitchen file, so hubby can copy them one day! What a fantastic idea - I have never seen anything like them - and I am always looking at antiques - so I don't think there is anything equivalent in Australia. Maybe I can have the first!!
Birdi, good luck with the building of your hoosier - you'll have to post some pics when it is done!
Best wishes,
Jayne |
| Libbie |
Posted - Nov 12 2006 : 7:29:10 PM
These look so wonderful. The only one I've seen in "real life" is at my friend Sue's place - she's this fabulous baker who bakes truly for the fun of it. Her creations are amazing. Anyway, so is her hoosier. I would absolutely love one. Wouldn't it be great to have all of our baking "stuff" in one place? I think I would bake much more often with it. Maybe I can re-organize some cupboards in the kitchen to do a similar job...
Birdi - if your guy comes up with a hoosier-like thing that you love, do you think he'd be willing to share the instructions/plans with us? I'd sure like one, too!!!
XOXO, Libbie
"Nothing is worth more than this day." - Goethe |
