I did some research about what life was like and what things happened in the news the year my house was built.
_______________________________
Below shows some of the items you’d see in 1917.
A 1917 Rolls-Royce pickup truck
_____
Most houses still used iceboxes. (I’m happy to say we have one of these beauties.)
_____
The most popular music of 1917. […]
Tags: history
In my previous posts I showed you the little antique dresser I was working on. When I took the replacement hardware off I came across an odd screw and nut. As I unscrewed it I was surprised that the nut was just soldered wire. How ingenious if you didn’t have a nut […]
Tags: great ideas · antiques
Kelly Kuppersmith of Athens, GA sent me pictures of the linoleum he found in his house. Click on the thumbnail below for a slideshow of his photos. Via email……
(I thought they were pretty cool. The “rug” that was in my dining room was covered by a newspaper dated Sept 19, 1965.)
If anyone can […]
I finished the antique dresser I was working on. I have the original hardware back on. Some of the hardware holes had been filled with dowels and I had to knock those out. Otherwise they went back to their original places easily.
The picture makes the dresser look too shiny but in reality […]
Tags: antiques · wood finishes