Vintage Mantel with Buckeye Root Beer and Old Post Box Fronts

 

Some of my favorite things are gathered onto the 2 x 10 makeshift mantel, above the brick wall near our wood-burning stove.  The cannon isn't vintage, technically, but I've always liked it because I picked it up in Gettysburg, one of my favorite places, several years ago. The post box fronts came from the post office on the US Army base in Korea . Our son was stationed there and rescued these post box fronts when they were being discarded to make way for the 'newer and better,' presumably. I'm so glad he did!

I love the bird house with its roof covered in copper sheeting (which, unfortunately, you are unable to see from this angle). When a friend gave it to me, I couldn't bear to put it outdoors in the weather. The cheery little bird sitting next to it belonged to my mom.

The dust on the mantel is not vintage, but probably will be by the time I get around to dusting that board! The cheese crock was given to me by my father-in-law many years ago, and the hand auger had belonged to my dad. For some reason, I was always fascinated by that thing, and he gave it to me, along with the bits that fit it. I keep them in an old Army ammo box. I don't remember where I got the pulley wheel, but it's been sitting around here for a long time.

In the first photo of this post, you'll see a sliver of the vintage Buckeye Root Beer jug and mugs which came from my great grandpa's restaurant about a hundred years ago.

 Christmas 2012

Okay, I'll go dust the mantel now.

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