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Category Archives: Vintage Finds

Vintage Razors

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

In a fit of defiance against all those ridiculously expensive many-bladed, titanium-coated, moisture-stripped, plastic-encased replacement cartridges for all those enticingly designed razors (Fusion! Power! Silky! Women are from Venus! Men drive fast!), we picked up these vintage double edged safety razors at a local antique shop. They’re copper and brass, and made by Gillette sometime [...]

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Flower Power

Thursday, May 27, 2010

I adore vintage kitchenware. Not that I’m going to go out and get harvest gold appliances or anything, but I just love the little mod touches here and there. I found these two sets of Kromex canisters at different times in different places, and have put them all to good use!

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Vintage Bundt Pan & Mixing Bowl

Thursday, November 5, 2009
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New (old) wheel

Monday, February 23, 2009

1. Hyacinthe3, 2. Hyacinthe2, 3. Hyacinthe1 Check out what is gracing my living room these days! I just want to sit and stare at her, she’s so pretty. This is a late 1800s production spinning wheel from St Hyacinthe, Quebec. The lovely lady I purchased it from said she’d found it in an antique store [...]

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Trivet

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Our house has a cool formal dining room which we think was the living room in the original layout. It was a tiny place. Anyway, because we like to have everyone over, we decided to get a nice table. Having a nice table means… trivets! Trivets mean… antique stores! Okay, to be honest, before it [...]

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