I remember when I was growing up we didn't have built-in cupboards for the first years in our farmhouse. My Mother had a kind of Hoosier cupboard. I remember it well. If you are not interested in that type of kitchen furniture you'll probably find this post very boring. So...what is a Hoosier cabinet?
The internet says it better than I can....
I like this one with the touches of red.Is that a breadbox on the left?
Wow! A kitchen that certainly would wake you up when you turned on the light early in the morning.
If you're still here I hope you liked the peek at some old time kitchen cabinets. My day was so uneventful and quiet that I had nothing to write about and that's when I resort to this kind of post.
I'll be back...
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I really love these vintage kitchens.
ReplyDeleteThere wers similar cupboards here in UK way back in the 50s. Very useful!
ReplyDeleteI Love this post! And I love the Hoosier units! The red and white ones...especially.
ReplyDeleteWe all run out of material on occasion! No worries.
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Donna
A nice post and interesting to see the Hoosier cabinets.
ReplyDeleteI particularly like the first one red and white and your last red and white themed picture with those yummy strawberries.
Enjoy your weekend.
All the best Jan
I like all of them!
ReplyDeleteWe had them in England but I don't think we called them Hoozier cabinets. Our neighbours had a 'all mod cons' built in kitchen, apparently standard fitment in these houses when they were built in the 1950s. One cupboard door opened to reveal a drop down ironing board!
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize that there were so many different styles of Hoosier cabinets. My mother-in-law had one that she went to housekeeping with. It was red and white and instead of a bread box, hers had a place for flour. I really enjoyed seeing these different styles.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photos! How I wish that there some photos of mom by her hoosier cabinet!
ReplyDeleteL.
Of course I remember it! There was one at home and it accompanied us for a long time.
ReplyDeleteI love Hoosiers and have passed up a few great ones because I do not have space in the kitchen.
ReplyDeleteCathy
I loved this post! I had to give my Hoosier Cabinet to my sister when we moved out of the house into the apartment and then the condo. There just wasn't room for it. I really miss it. These are some fun photos and although none look exactly like mine, they are all really neat.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Betsy
I so enjoy your blog.
ReplyDeleteILOVE hoosier cabinets and had an oak one for years. Sold it when we moved here because I just had no room for it. I'd love to have that red and white one!!!!
ReplyDeleteYes, I remember such kind of wooden colored kitchen from my childhood. It was, as if a new time - a good new time - began, and so it was 🎀
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ReplyDeleteMy left ear now is hearing nothing.....I mean, I remember you can read the words from the lips of your Grandchildren?
Your posts are always great! Love visiting here…even if just to say ‘hi’….so HI and happy weekend. Best, Virginia
ReplyDeleteI love the red and white cabinets!
ReplyDeleteI have the Hoosier cabinet that my grandparents purchased when my mother was a small child--early 1920's vintage. It has moved with me from Vermont to Wyoming and here to Kentucky. It is an oak model with pull-out work shelf, tambour doors that open to a revolving spice rack, sugar bin and flour bin with built in sifter. Three side drawers. The middle drawer originally had a sliding metal lid. Although I have previously used it in kitchen/dining areas it now sits in our sunroom and is used to store seeds and small oddments.
ReplyDeleteIn one of my favorite novels, 'The Gown of Glory' by Agnes Sligh Turnbull, a kitchen cabinet becomes part of the story line, as the minister's family saves and plots to buy one as a birthday surprise for the wife/mother of the home.
Hoosier cabinets....no I never heard of them, but it was fun looking at the various kinds. I love seeing the old ads for things too.
ReplyDeleteThanks Granny.
A friend or two of mine had a Hoosier, which I admired greatly, but I never lived in a place where I could have used one if I had thought of it. But they are so charming!!
ReplyDeleteI love your post and I love these old vintage cabinets. When we bought our house one of the first things Steve said was we'll have to gut the kitchen and remodel it and I said oh no you won't. I love my old vintage kitchen. The only thing better in it would be an old Hoosier cabinet and maybe a wood cook stove. Not that I would use the stove for cooking but wouldn't it be nice on cold winter mornings to have a crackling fire in it.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this post! I would love to have room in my kitchen for a Hoosier. The white ones trimmed in red are my favorites too.
ReplyDeleteGreat post with some very unique Hoosiers. We have restored many over the past 12 years---some had red or green touches, some were oak, some white with black. Right now we have an.oak one in our kitchen and another for sale, and a white one waiting to be restored. They are well worth the work.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting! I love the pictures I think they have been very useful and practical
ReplyDeleteHoosier cabinets came in so many different styles. My grandmother had one very similar to the white and red one. My husband and I purchased one last year and I so enjoy decorating it for the seasons.
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