Vintage Kitchens

Great Vintage Kitchen Designs... back when kitchen were really used!!

These white kitchen cupboards remind me of my Grandmother's Kitchen in their "old" house.

I Love Vintage Trailers

These trailers are not mine, but I would love to have them. I have collected photos over the years of my dream trailers. I actually have a Shasta just like this one, but mine is missing the wings and isn't in as good of condition.

Vintage Kitchen Stuff

There is something so happy and cheerfull about bright red and the other primary colors. They were especially popular in vintage 40's & 50's kitchenwares.

Bridgewater House Porch Memories

What a great weekend we had in Bridgewater, Iowa at our little "Lake House" for the their big 125th Celebration. The people of Bridgewater are so incredible. Their weekend was packed full of events and wonderful tributes to the town and it's former and currents residents. It was really great. Such a great example of true America!!!

My son Nolan and his cousins Hayden and Jackson are enjoying watermelon on our porch.

Celebrating Bridgewater This Weekend

This is our little house in the village of Bridgewater Iowa which will be celebrating it's 125th Birthday this upcoming weekend. Our family is planning to make the trek and participate in all the activities. I can't wait. I'm homesick for my little house in Bridgewater. Looking forward to a great weekend!!

Griswold Abelskiver Pan

This is an "Abelskiver" pan that's for sale in our antique shop Barntiques.

I came to Iowa City in 1981 to study at the University of Iowa. It's funny how Iowa is so diverse. I couldn't believe how many people in eastern Iowa didn't even know what abelskivers were of how they were made.

Many churches in western Iowa would have "Abelskiver suppers". The Lutheran churches in Avoca and Shelby always did. You could buy then individually and then open them up and fill them with butter, sugar, jelly of syrup. They were so delicious.

They made by a sweet batter poured into the half wells and then skillfully turned half way during the cooking process to allow the batter to run into the pan and then the complete turn to finalize the circle. If done correctly and abelskiver is perfectly round, golden brown and hollow in the center. It takes a lot of skill to make these and the batter has to be just perfect. I've had a few disasters in making them, yet I can remember the wonderful church ladies turning them out by the hundreds for these suppers effortlessly.