what antiques do you just love,

**Carly** · 12-27-2002, 08:18 PM

Definitely furniture! I especially love old armours (sp?) and dressers.

**mommy2three** · 12-27-2002, 08:34 PM

i love old kitchenware and dishes too!! i absolutely love rummaging at flea markets, sales, and thrift stores!!

even if i don't buy anything, i love looking! i have a bunch of old china (jewel tea, autumn leaf pattern) my mom gave to me...and some i've picked up on my own over the years. can't buy too much though...it is soooo expensive!!

**learning** · 12-27-2002, 08:49 PM

COUNTRYBUMPKIN, that's beautiful and for it to be your passed on to you is so special! Did you have to redo it or was it perfect shape?

I've recently gotten hooked on watching that antique show on tv, lol. I'm not a collector yet nor have I decided what we would collect but I love to look.

**COUNTRYBUMPKIN** · 12-28-2002, 02:06 PM

Thanks for the compliments on the buffet ladies.

Learning, when we got it from my mil's antique shoppe, she had refinished it . The only thing we had to do was to transport it back to Michigan from PA. We managed to get it home in a rented U-Haul.

**Patchworkgirl** · 12-28-2002, 04:27 PM

I'm a sucker for anything old. I'd rather have antiques than anything new.

**guest2** · 12-29-2002, 06:38 PM

I love antiques of all sorts! I used to dabble in selling antiques and the hardest part was having to sell all those treasures that I found. LOL! We have vintage linens, beautiful old china in many patterns, assorted silver and pewter items, furniture, kitchenware (one of my sons collects rolling pins) and my absolute favorite...the souvenier spoon collection that my great grandmother started as a child in the late 1800's. I have added to that collection over the years with vintage pieces and some newer spoons to commemorate family trips. Oh, I forgot books! I collect vintage cookbooks, school books and children's books. We still use the old spellers and grammar books today because they are so well written.

**jet1960** · 01-10-2003, 12:35 PM

Love old things! Collect pottery vases/planters, red-handled kitchen utensils, old linens, and look for other antique stuff that I just like. I have 2 partial sets of dishes that were my grandmothers which I plan to pass on to my 2 dd's, so I look for additional pieces for those 2 sets. I am a collector(aka packrat) since childhood. Used to collect bottles and stamps, still have those, and interesting rocks. I really need to get a handle on myself I guess!

Jill

**graci42** · 01-12-2003, 07:21 PM

I have 68 antique books. The oldest dates back to 1859. Everytime I pick one up I feel a wonderment. Who held them before me? What did they think as they turned each page? What did they learn from the yellowed leaves?

I recently gave a dear friend a book of poetry from the early 1900's. I gave it to her because my friend is a wonderful poet who shared common strengths and interests with the author. I plan on matching up a few more books with like people.

I love these books, but I can't take them with me and I'd like to know that others have found enjoyement from them, too.

Graci

**Dedlered** · 01-13-2003, 10:31 AM

I love old furniture. I have my grandmothers 1920's secretary with bookcase hutch. My most prized possession

**Miss Kitty** · 01-13-2003, 10:45 AM

I love antique crockery, the pastel stoneware bowls. I also collect the large green canning jars with the zinc lids. I fill them with the old wooden clothespins and wooden thread spools (hard to find!).