Thursday, July 14


I went to a consignment shop today; not so much to buy as to find out their policies for consigning. I saw this brown pitcher, like one I bought in the early 60's. This brown ironstone was part of a set of premiums offered by a grocery store back then (A&P, I think). I had a large set of it, and I gave most of it to my daughter when she got married in 1992. I don't remember how much it cost when new, but their price today was $36. I can tell you that the whole set probably didn't cost that much! I asked my daughter if she still has her pitcher - and she does - although not much else remains. I can't imagine anyone being willing to pay $36 (or even $26) for that, unless they had a set and wanted to complete it. It weighs a lot even when it is empty, and when it's filled, it takes a muscle man to lift it!

This old Formica kitchen dining table reminds me of the one that my parents had when I was about 10-12 years old; only ours was yellow with gray accents on six chairs. Our kitchen back then was painted turquoise - wildly popular in the late 40's to mid 50's. The bright yellow table was quite an accent in the kitchen. I really wouldn't mind having one of these old tables now. They were functional, easy to clean and almost indestructible - to which this one bears witness!

9 comments:

srp said...

When I took Nyssa on our ONE trip to Disney World, we ate at the 50's restaurant with "Mom's" home cooking. All the tables were a mix and match of these formica ones. We too had one when I was little... I don't remember the color and all the pictures back then were black and white... or at least most of them. BTW, the food at that restaurant was really good.

LL Cool Joe said...

Love the 50's style table and chairs! We did have a "diner" style kitchen in our last house and I really miss it.

Pat said...

The formica chairs and table are now considered 'retro' and desirable over here I believe.
I certainly wouldn't throw it out.
I still have a blue one in the attic.

Star said...

That table really takes me back. Like you said, indestructible.

Anonymous said...

While I've certainly seen the likes of the pitcher and the dinette set in the homes of friends, they've never occupied a house wherein I lived. We had an old, round oak table with a couple of oak chairs, but mostly metal folding chairs and our dishware was enamelware.

You've brought on nastalgia for a bunch of readers, I'll bet, Judy!
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Arkansas Patti said...

Boy does that table set bring back memories. We had one growing up also. Like srp, I can't remember the color.

Kay Dennison said...

We had a similar set in red and my grandma had one in yellow!

Granny Annie said...

My grandparents had a red set and just looking at a table like that brings back the aroma of fried chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy and corn!

Travelin'Oma said...

I grew up with a table like this—turquoise and gray. It makes me happy just to see the picture!