dhermann1
I'll Lock Up
- Messages
- 9,154
- Location
- Da Bronx, NY, USA
I'm in love with those early stereo era hifi systems. They were revolutionary in their day.
-
The Fedora Lounge is supported in part by commission earning affiliate links sitewide. Please support us by using them. You may learn more here.
Show us your vintage home!
- Thread starter LolitaHaze
- Start date
I whole hardily agree and they have a sound that no CD can replicate, makes you fill good even on the worse day!
- Messages
- 10,883
- Location
- Portage, Wis.
I love them, too. Every time one becomes available, I snatch them up. I have I'm guessing close to ten of them.
We just got our first house and here it is all the pictures were taken by the previous owners. The few inside pictures I have were before I painted so please ignore the icky peanut butter color, I have changed all the colors to historically accurate colors. The house was built in 1925 so to me it's new (I grew up in a 200 year old house) and for my love it is very old.
our big pink (yes I said pink) house (we would have never picked it but they just did it last year)
In the snow
the door the milk man used to put the milk in back in the 30's and 40s
the ice door, for the ice man to put the ice in you icebox it used to be outside now it is in my laundry room
the vintage thermostat
1940s doorbell
our big pink (yes I said pink) house (we would have never picked it but they just did it last year)
In the snow
the door the milk man used to put the milk in back in the 30's and 40s
the ice door, for the ice man to put the ice in you icebox it used to be outside now it is in my laundry room
the vintage thermostat
1940s doorbell
Last edited:
- Messages
- 13,319
- Location
- California native living in Arizona.
Oh wow!! It's so cute!!!! I actually like the pink 
- Messages
- 10,682
- Location
- My mother's basement
... I actually like the pink
Me too.
- Messages
- 10,883
- Location
- Portage, Wis.
Me three! Love the original hardware. It's so rare to have that, especially the thermostat!
Land-O-LakesGal
Practically Family
- Messages
- 864
- Location
- St Paul, Minnesota
I agree on the pink I am sick of suburban camouflage beige houses.
Miss sofia
One Too Many
- Messages
- 1,675
- Location
- East sussex, England
I love the pink too! What a lovely home, i wish you all the best!
AmateisGal
I'll Lock Up
- Messages
- 6,126
- Location
- Nebraska
Love this house! Congrats!
dhermann1
I'll Lock Up
- Messages
- 9,154
- Location
- Da Bronx, NY, USA
Another vote for the pink. There's a big difference between that subtle shade and out and out bubble gum pink. More pics, please!
Last edited:
AmateisGal
I'll Lock Up
- Messages
- 6,126
- Location
- Nebraska
Love the pics, Tom! I especially like your screen saver.
- Messages
- 13,319
- Location
- California native living in Arizona.
That's hysterical! I didn't even notice that lol
AmateisGal
I'll Lock Up
- Messages
- 6,126
- Location
- Nebraska
Whenever I see a station wagon like that on the street, I think of Tom!
- Messages
- 10,883
- Location
- Portage, Wis.
Haha, thank you Or as my dad calls it 'Junior's yard in 10 years' lol
That makes you part of a large club who thinks the very same thing lol Every time a wagon comes up for sale locally, about 20 people have to let me know!
Or as my dad calls it 'Junior's yard in 10 years' lolLove the pics, Tom! I especially like your screen saver.
That makes you part of a large club who thinks the very same thing lol Every time a wagon comes up for sale locally, about 20 people have to let me know!
In the "front room"of the old house is a footstool that's been there as long as I can remember. About 1970 or so one of my aunts covered the footstool with some blue polyester material. The other day I decided to take the blue cloth off ands see what kind of shape the covering was that I remembered from my childhood days.
To my surprise, the floral print that I remembered from 40 years ago was in excellent condition. I have no idea when this covering was put on the old footstool, but I cannot remember anything else but this cloth. As I inspected it closely, I noticed a hint of some other covering underneath. Well, my curiosity got the best of me and I started taking off the floral print cloth covering.
What I found underneath was this well-worn cloth. Also, I found that the footstool was made from a wooden packing box that was marked "McDowell Hardware Co. Marion, NC". My Grandfather worked at McDowell Hardware from the mid-1920's until his death in 1932, so it is a reasonable assumption that he was the one who made and covered this footstool sometime prior to 1932.
I would like to keep it with its "original" cover, but the old material is too fragile. I replaced the covering with the pre-1970 covering and will continue to use it that way. I recall hearing that my Grandfather was all the time making things from scraps from the hardware. There are a number of pictures in the house that he framed while working at the hardware that were made using pictures cut out from magazines or from advertising flyers. Knowing about this old footstool is just one more link to the past that I now have. There is always something interesting to be discovered with the old house.
To my surprise, the floral print that I remembered from 40 years ago was in excellent condition. I have no idea when this covering was put on the old footstool, but I cannot remember anything else but this cloth. As I inspected it closely, I noticed a hint of some other covering underneath. Well, my curiosity got the best of me and I started taking off the floral print cloth covering.
What I found underneath was this well-worn cloth. Also, I found that the footstool was made from a wooden packing box that was marked "McDowell Hardware Co. Marion, NC". My Grandfather worked at McDowell Hardware from the mid-1920's until his death in 1932, so it is a reasonable assumption that he was the one who made and covered this footstool sometime prior to 1932.
I would like to keep it with its "original" cover, but the old material is too fragile. I replaced the covering with the pre-1970 covering and will continue to use it that way. I recall hearing that my Grandfather was all the time making things from scraps from the hardware. There are a number of pictures in the house that he framed while working at the hardware that were made using pictures cut out from magazines or from advertising flyers. Knowing about this old footstool is just one more link to the past that I now have. There is always something interesting to be discovered with the old house.
- Messages
- 13,319
- Location
- California native living in Arizona.
The original covering is beautiful Big Man and I'm sorry it couldn't be saved, but the one you're going to use is lovely too
What a wonderful find!
What a wonderful find!
The original covering is beautiful Big Man and I'm sorry it couldn't be saved, but the one you're going to use is lovely too
What a wonderful find!
I covered over the original, so in a way it is still "saved" for someone to find again in the future. I don't know when the second cover (the one I am using now) was put on, but I would guess some time in the late 1940's or early 1950's.
