My Violets. You.ve seen them before in the first My Place and Yours, this is just a closer look. It started as a couple of pieces that were my Mum's and Nanna's and grew to this. Some were gifts, others Op Shop and second hand shop finds. Everyone who knows me well seems to be on the look out for my Violets. Some pieces are 100 years old and others not quite as old.
It has spilled over from the sideboard to the tea trolley and still going. No rules as long as it's Violets and not brand new!
There are teapots in the Dining Room, this is what fits on the top of the cupboard. I have some put away as well.
Then there are Rolling pins, kitchen scales, cannisters, hand beaters and the like in the kitchen all mixed up with lots of Chookie things.
I have Vintage hats, handbags, jewellery,gloves and coats in the bedroom. Vintage sewing items, buttons, fabrics, cottons, laces etc etc in the sewing room. Ladders with antique Quilt tops and Vintage Doileys. Oh and Chairs! Old wooden chairs.....love 'em.
It just goes on and on really. I don't think any of my Collections will ever be finished, there are very few rules apart from the older the better. I like to think I am preserving the past for future generations, not that my Collecting needs justification!!
25 comments:
Lovely collection - the violets are just lovely. "The older the better" is a great rule - I shall adopt that one too! Thanks for you lovely comments!
The violets are so sweet! I also highly approve of vintage hats.
Oh YES! Kitchenalia and violets! How lovely. I particularly LOVE the idea of collecting violets... and those lovely colourful cannisters too!
How beautiful are all those violets! Do you use the dishes or are they only decorative? I imagine a table set with them would look divine.
It would look absolutely beautiful but I haven't collected up enough dinner plates yet to do that.
WOW! I love all your things! I love violets too, what a lovely idea to collect them, the china is so pretty! Love the cannisters too.
Your collections are fantastic! I have a crazy thing for old kitchen scales...and your rolling pins, wow, I love them all...
Violets are a great theme to frame your collection - beautiful!
Hi, what an amazing collection. OOh, look at the green handled egg beater! Oh and your cannisters, and the violets are great- I hope you have some violets planted in your garden too!
Yep quite a few different ones.
Oh WOW ... I see what you mean about hard to choose what to shoe ... yes it sure it. I adore your collections ... isn't this fun?
Oh your collections are ones to admire. All those beautiful cups and saucers and those kitchen tools and canisters are wonderful. Thanks for stopping by and seeing my collection.:)
the difference between hoarding and collecting is that we collect .others hoard !
oh mine! this is all so vintage! it looks like I love to live in your place in between sweet collections like that!
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So that's where all the good china has gone...LOL!
I love all that vintage stuff too - why buy new when you can get something so unique that is old - you keep on preserving for the future - no guilt...we are all doing it too.
Ah, violets are so special! And your teapots, that's something I wouldn't mind collecting too. Thanks for your lovely comments!
Hand beaters!! I think they're great. I'd love a collection of hand beaters!
Thanks for your lovely comments - the rest of my recipe books are shoved into a ramshackle shelf until the Big Recipe Book Protection Project is completed. That was how they always were until they came to be in grave danger from little people!!
Your house IS a collector's paradise! Am a bit smitten by those canisters too...
Wow what a collection! Especially the Violets are so lovely!I have a thing for teapots too!
wow! now that's a collection. how fabulous! i love the cannisters too ~ how cool are those!
oh wow i love all of your collections!!
Most of the kitchen stuff came from our local Op Shop. Right place right time really.
oooh your old things are lovely, and that is a lot of rolling pins! Thanks for stopping by my blog! *s*
oh how wonderful - I just posted my collection (late!) and I've also got a collection of violet pattern china! It started with 2 little cups and saucers that were my Great Nan's. I only collect the Wilkinson brand now....had to set some boundaries! thanks for sharing yours.....D.
Wowzers - what a fantastic collection! I love all your collections - we do have very very similar tastes. My husband thinks I'm mad - I'll have to let him know I am normal after all!
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