Do you have any old artifacts from years gone by that have to do with....

[homesteadmamma]

Homesteading in some way.

I have a strainer that was exactly the same as my grandmothers.

I also have a dipper which hangs on my kitchen wall.

I have an old clothesrack that we found in the garage when we moved here.

[hollyhill]

I have my Grandmother's rolling pin, flour sifter, picklecrock (but the lid broke ), meetgrinder, cheese grater, nut grater and a great aunts wirewhisk with a wooden handle.

I wish I had my grandmothers butterchurn and other pickle crocks. And her mixing bowls.....I always see her standing by those old yelloware mixing bowls.....I wonder where they went? I hope they are loved and not broken.

[guest32]

I like old stuff....always have. I have a beautiful old Singer treadle
that works, I keep all kinds of things in old mason jars with zinc lids, a collection of crocks I've picked up over the years. I also like old kitchen utensils, and decorated a small tree in my kitchen with them at Christmas. We have an old tin washstand on our patio as a planter, and an old wood stove that's setting in my flower garden, milk can on my porch, etc....

[Katybird]

I have an old strainer for the kitchen and collection of antique milk bottles and DH has some old farm implements.

[Michele Annette]

I have a very old canning jar with a glass lid (used with the rubber ring seal) and metal clip. I cannot remember when or where I had aquired it, but now it holds my spare change.

[momof42003]

I just have several old canning jars... I wish I had some older homesteading items, but alas I do not....

[tbs727]

I have my great-grandmothers ironing board. I stained it and use it as a sofa table. I just love it.

[gamegirl]

My favorite homesteading artifact is the two man saw from my grandfather. I think it will make an interesting conversation piece on my living room wall.

[Jeanna]

I have several old canning jars, a wooden butter churn, a cotton scale, some old quilts, an old hand pump, and a old hoosier cabinet with the sifter in it.

[captclearance]

I collect old kitchen gadgets, I have an old potato ricer, canning stuff, old metal handled utencils, old pickle jars, an apothicaries drawer, and an hold hand plow and yoke. I also have an old ringer washer (now a plant stand in the yard) old metal milk can, an old pot belly stove and pipes (going in my backyard cabin when it's finished) an old Frankilin wood stove (in the livingroom )
and an old wooden butter churn (I've never used it but would like to just once at least)

[sunshine]

I use most of my "antique" things, so sometimes I forget they are quaint.

I have--

hand beaters (before electric mixers)

cream separator

galvanized wash tubs and wash board

root cellar

wrist corn shucker (don't know the proper name for it)

hand operated corn sheller

meat grinder

I have hanging in the barn--- old horse collars and traces for hitching a team to the wagon.

a scythe

[AmyBoz]

I don't really have anything, but my mother has all of the antique stuff from my father's mother's farm. The spinning wheel, the washboard, and tons of other things that are just around the house.

[QuilterMom]

I have my grandfather's oil lamp.

[bamamomto4]

I have some old scales,sifters,wooden spoons,bowls,biscuit cutter,rug beater,rolling pins,sewing machine that belonged to Steves granny,old canning jars...blue,zinc lids and the zinc and glass lids.I have lots..thats basically all I have in my kitchen for decoration. I LOVE old stuff,and I LOVE going to the flea mall and looking at old stuff cept they have to much I want

[candyapplelady]

I'm new here and thought this was an interesting thread. I have a working antique cast iron cookstove in my kitchen. I have my grandmother's treadle sewing machine, a collection of washboards, old flat irons, milk bottles, an egg scale and other items too numerous to mention. I love collecting old things that bring back memories.