Wooden kitchen and storage utensils have been in use for hundreds of years, perhaps thousands of years. We Americans have a strong tradition of using wood to...

Three years ago I posted a blog about the famous New Hampshire bandbox maker, Hannah Davis. I have revised it, what year no building now they're doing Native...

Our collections just shine at this time of year. The warm and cozy feeling we get from surrounding ourselves with country antiques explodes when we add gree...

When the leaves start to turn and the smell of wood smoke permeates the air I start to gravitate to country antiques that remind me of autumn, - harvesting, w...

Thos. Bartlett Antiques and Oddments, Chichester, NH To see the very best in American country antiques, folk art and Americana, you should go to the New Hamp...

About 3 years ago I published a blog post about having antiques in the garden. If you are a gardener, as I am, and if you love antiques, as I do, you invari...

No closets, no wardrobes, no privacy! This is how it was in the typical early 19th century homestead. People lived together in one or two rooms that also ha...

I started thinking about how the settlers dealt with light indoors because I found a spill holder at a market in New Hampshire recently. A spill holder is a...

The most sought-after and ubiquitous eating vessels of the early 1800s in America were transfer printed earthenwares produced by the British, often referred ...

It's time to get those herbs inside for winter use! This blog tells you how I use all my 18th and 19th century country antiques with the herbs I grow or buy...

I admit it. I LOVE blue. It has always been my favorite color. The blue shades that appear on American country antiques of the 1800s are special in so many...

Old leather books are one of the best things to collect! If you have an American country antiques collection they are a must. In addition to enhancing the a...

The settlers were gardeners by necessity. Nearly everything they ate and nearly all of their medicines came from their gardens. The harsh New England winter...

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Some of the most beautiful and finely crafted splint baskets ever made are the Taghkanic baskets. Many people assume that they were made but the Taghkanic I...

I have always loved needlework samplers, particularly miniature ones. There are extraordinary examples of intricate and beautiful American samplers stitched ...

What 19th century folk art just melts away? Stamped butter! Why would anyone want to stamp a design into a glob of butter? In the days before widespread pac...

Our colonial settlers built houses with few windows and doors in order to keep the heat from the fireplace inside. This made for very dark houses! Until Th...