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chenille It feels like it too! The old school soft chenille. My aunt saw it and offered to buy the material and pay me to make her a queen sized version for her bed. after what a baby sized one did to the washer Im afraid to see what a queen size one could do. I considered a laundry mat...

Ok, I sew and I make quilts, after all, what else can you do with the bits of fabric left from other sewing projects? A friend is having a baby, and I needed to make a baby quilt in a hurry for a last minute shower. I had been wanting to try one of those fluffy fuzzy "rag quilts" I had been...

clean fridge Yes! I don't know why people can't seem to understand that the easiest way to keep your fridge smelling nice is clean it regularly and use containers with tight lids like tupperware or just a ziploc bag, for everything you put in the fridge except fresh veggies and fruit.

I just couldn't wait any longer.. First photo, living room tree, the tree and glass ball ornaments were my grandmother's when I was little. Everything else is either vintage finds or homemade ornaments. Next photo, dining room / kitchen tree, not so vintage, lol. Fiber optic tree, drugstore...

fewer injured children.. Personally i think that the fact fewer children are injured growing up now than in years past has less to do with watchful parents, and more to do with reduced dangers in the home. No coal or wood range in the kitchen, electric lighting instead of kerosene or gas...

drool... I love these super efficient kitchen units. I would actually put this unit to work if I had it. No walking yourself to death in that kitchen. For some reason these never show up anywhere near me. The appliance gods and their sense of Humor.

not exactly gentle but.. An old trick that always seems to work on impossible stains, wet the stains with plain old drug store peroxide, 89 cents a bottle. Lay the material directly on the grass in bright sunshine. Add more peroxide as needed throughout the day. Usually one day does it. I...

Seasonal answer... I second the Pam suggestion. Winter-- Pam on dish, Rain-X on masthead Spring, Summer, Fall-- Rain-X on both.

finished, yum... Here are the finished meatballs. The first picture is in the skillet, just after stirring in the sour cream. Second picture is the plated meatballs and sides, yummy. I actually measured the sour cream, which I normally just eyeball, turns out I use more like 3/4 cup, instead...

a recipe box could be fun.. Lord knows poor Robert must have his hands full already maintaining the site, but if he should decide to add it, I would love a section just for recipes, I have tried sooo many of the vintage ones people have posted, and have yet to be disappointed, my vintage cook...

A few days ago i was thrifting and found a vintage Sunbeam electric skillet, what better use for a vintage electric skillet than swedish meatballs? My recipe isn't exactly authentic, it's closer to the 1960s era US recipes, but soo good... 1 pound small meatballs, homemade or frozen (either...

If they were dangerous I would already be dead.. Growing up my birth mother cooked practically everything, from casseroles to soups to cupcakes to eggs to hamburger helper to convenience foods in a huge 1984 GE microwave. I don't think there was a single meal in her home that didnt involve...

Had to light the kero twice already to get rid of damp chill in the house. Thought I wouldnt have to until October.

I had that same model in my first apartment. I didn't know much about working on appliances then, so I tossed it when the door stuck closed. I spent 3 days trying to get it open and finally gave up. Never did figure out what caused that. I probably would have kept it around longer to...

For several years now I have had this full size Tappan microwave. At my best guess, it is from the early 80s. I actually preferred it to either the GE I grew up with, or the Radarange I had in my first apartment, both for performance and because it has a browner element in the top. Also it...

Farberware I found the Farberware to be as described, I have had 2, both were hard to clean, had uneven heating, and the temperature was never correct. My favorite electric skillet was an ancient GE round electric skillet, which was the old fashioned type, with the control built into the...

I had forgotten those.. Seems like everyone had at least 1 or 2 of those when I was a kid. They were great for gag gifts, tell someone you bought them a blender, and tada, give them a magnet, lol. Didnt some of them wind up and move, like the beaters on the mixers, etc?

Thanks to youtube, I've had the fun of watching several vintage films about british kitchens and cooking, and I'm stumped when it comes to figuring out how the stoves or cookers actually worked. The gas ones seem straightforward enough, smaller than the US standard version, but with an awesome...

lol, super sweet.. As southern desserts tend to be, it is ridiculously sweet and gooey, in the tradition of pecan pie, lol. Sounds like you did it right, ;)

It's a bit embarassing, but... I'm actually using a cheap powder called GLO, out of all the brands I have tried, from Cascade to Finish to Ajax to Palmolive, it really does outperform them all in my vintage Frigidaire. I dont even need rinse aid anymore. Oddly enough GLO was practically...