Retro Bakery Sign Printable Circa the Plywood Kitchen Era
Our Retro Bakery Sign Printable
circa the plywood kitchen era is free
for you to download and style.
Fit it into a thrifted vintage frame
or embellish a cutting board.
Last week we wrote about a middle of the week luncheon
and shared a recipe.
The lunch turned out great, and we had a good time.
During our conversation someone commented they could tell I loved
vintage things, old furniture, china and all things antique.
Ever since that lunch I’ve been remembering kitchens from the past.
This trip down memory lane actually started in fall when our son and his wife bought a house
built in 1919, with many elements intact to the era it was put up.
Yes, it was “put up” because it was a mail order house.
They had to do a lot of work, but they really love it, even though it is small by today’s house standards.
Small but efficient.
The Plywood Kitchen of my childhood.
This kitchen looks very like the kitchen I remember from my childhood. The stained plywood cabinets. The hard linoleum floor.
The arrow in the picture points to a decorative border that often joined the cabinets on either side of the sink. Then a schoolhouse light fixture with a pull chain lit up the sink area from behind the decorative border.
My grandfather’s brother John built our kitchen.
They said he never used a tape measure, level or power tools. He cut our decorative border with a hand saw!
Our kitchen was straight. It was sturdy and lasted much longer than the 30 years my parents lived in the house.
But it wasn’t fancy. It was built to be precise and practical.
And even though it wasn’t big, it was so well-planned that several cooks could work in the space at the same time.
Unless all the cooks were skinny those days and that’s why they fit into small spaces together. Haha.
Our stove made many meals. Breads and rolls. It seemed there was always something rising on the counter or bubbling on an element.
And snacks. All the homemade snacks. One of our favorites was puffed wheat squares.
I think I need to go buy a bag of puffed wheat. (Licks lips.)
My Grandmother’s kitchen.
My grandmother had more kitchens than I ever saw, because they moved often. Poor people tend to do that.
I really only remember her in my mother’s kitchen.
Both of them working side by side as only mother and daughter can.
The last house she lived in was tiny like the one above.
See those shelves on the top cabinets beside the sink?
Today shelves like that would be styled with décor steals and shelf sitters. Back then they were considered extra storage. One of these even has a cooking pot on it.
In honor of hand-sawn plywood kitchens,
that saw so many loves of artisan, fist-kneaded bread,
we’re adding a retro printable in 3 variations to our “vintage” style library.
It fits an 8″ x 10″ frame. Or larger if it’s matted. You can also decoupage onto wood or a cutting board.
Join our kimenink family and you can access all prints from our library.
Have a retro-happy day.
Until next time,
Kim & Dorothy
