I started going to farm auctions after my Dad went, I was around 12,13. Then we'd go to old toy shows, Toledo used to have a big one every year.
Then my husband's Grandma dies and we got a lot of her stuff because to the other boys, it was just old stuff
So, old furniture, old dishes, and a room decorated with old toys, many from mine, and my husband's childhood.
I've got stuff packed away for the kids, with the instructions they can do with it whatever they want, I just had to keep it for them.
Everything in 'this old house' has a story:
My husband's Grandma had this high chair, that folded down into a stroller. He said she bought it and refinished it, it was not used in the family
The old cupboard behind it I remember buying at an auction for $80, and my dad and my husband came and got it in the pickup, but it was dropped as they were unloading it. So my husband fixed it, and refinished it. It has ash boards in its back that are 16 inches wide!
The dresser was also his grandma's, and I have a photo of my husband when he was 2 that he was sitting on it holding a Christmas ornament! He said he's going to refinish it in his retirement.
There's a little rolltop desk that was his dad's, and even had a small pair of wire rimmed glasses in it. It's also on the list of 'retirement refinishing' projects There are toys from his Dad, my husband, and my kids in that room. (Can you tell I love that room?)
To keep this quilt related, my husband's grandma had quilts that I intend to hang on for my kids. The other boys just thought they were old blankets, so I rescued them
We've got the American Pickers show on right now. My son has decided I should be on the Hoarders show!