Here we have a mid-century Paul Bunyan and his chest hair. And Babe, the ox.

And before you ask, no, I did not buy these.

Goodbye, plastic razors!

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 between the late 1920s and early 1940s.

Now I can walk by that stupid wall of replacement blades and disposable razors and just keep on walkin’. Oh yeah.

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!

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 with string wound around the bobbin. Apparently, someone had been using it solely for decoration. She had it beautifully restored — it’s seen some good use — and it still works great.

Yes, it works great… but I need a lot of practice with it! It’s very different from my other wheel.

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Having a nice table means… trivets!

Trivets mean… antique stores!

Okay, to be honest, before it occured to me to look in antique stores, I bought a trivet at Ross. But then I found this pretty little cast iron trivet in the store that closed, and now I’m hooked.

It’s not rare or anything… these Wilton cast iron trivets are pretty easy to find online. This may be around 50-60 years old, but I’m really not too sure. I just like it!