Old candy and bakery racks make great colorful displays in all types of stores, especially in an antique shop. While many antique dealers are accustomed to buying or acquiring used glass showcases and shelving from other dealers, here is another option which may liven up your dealer space. Look for funky metal advertising racks to […]
True “hunters” like myself are “wired’ to locate hidden treasures everywhere and anywhere. Last week, my “radar” landed me at The Sandwich Antiques Center (Sandwich, Mass.) This Multi-dealer Antique Mall is located off Route 6A on Cape Cod, an upscale area of Sandwich packed with quaint art galleries, boutiques. antique shops and eateries.
Parked across the […]
Kitchens Changed in the 1940s Into Family Gathering Places
If you visit my shop “Kitsch N Stuff” you will see that I am very fond of red kitchen collectibles. I love color combinations of red and white, red and yellow, red and green, red and black… colors associated with the postwar kitchen of the 1940s and […]
Starting in the 1940’s the bathroom gained as much importance as the kitchen. The colorful era began interest in coordinated kitchen and bath accessories .
Home magazines dedicated many pages to improving living spaces with color, wallpaper and patterned decor. Many of the companies that made tin kitchen canisters and range sets also produced colorful bathroom […]
Saying Good Bye to Plastic Storage Containers
I took a giant leap forward a few days ago, I emptied my pantry of all the inexpensive plastic storage containers that have been “growing” in there for years. When these lightweight adorable containers first came out, I was hooked, adding more and more sizes and shapes to my […]
In my antique shop Kitsch n Stuff at The Collinsville Antiques Company, I am known for my colorful displays of housewares and kitchen collectibles from the 1940s and 1950s. Whenever I am in a particularly creative mood, I am apt to completely pull apart my shop. But in the matter of a few hours, I […]
Cooking a Brisket Takes Time
Finally after three years of trying to successfully cook a great Brisket for Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Years) I finally mastered this tradition. I am thankful to the Editors of “The Kosher Palette” (see below).
What I learned by trial and error is that you need to cook a Brisket for hours, […]
A Vintage Baby Nursery is Charming
Many young couples today are discovering how charming vintage and retro accessories can look in their baby’s nursery. Not only are these collectibles colorful and attractive, but they are often one of a kind and reasonably priced alternatives to expensively made objects.
Hunting for Baby and Nursery Collectibles
There are many […]
Friends Like Martha Stewart
Everyone has a few friends who could pass for Martha Stewart…. you know these types…these are folks who love to entertain…. are wonderful bakers and are talented home chefs. These gals (and even a few guys) also seem to have all the right kitchen gadgets and equipment.
For example, when these Martha […]
I have passed by an old red barn with an Avery’s Beverage sign mounted outside for over twenty five years and never thought that inside this barn was a soda factory.I finally got a c hance to see what was going on inside this old red barn on Corbin Avenue in New Britain, CT when […]
