We were on our way home from visiting Brett's family when I saw a sign for an antique store in downtown West Plains that I felt the urge to visit. We'd never driven through the square before since it's off the beaten path home but all parties involved were either asleep or willing to take a pit stop so we found it. This is where I need to share with you all how consistently my dear husband says 'sure' when I ask him if we can make a stop. He is such a trooper.
I walked in and instantly knew it was a place full of carefully picked vintage but also pretty great prices and got a little giddy. I was about to go to the front and just ask if they had a wooden play kitchen to save myself some time when I rounded a corner and there it was! The SAME ONE I'd wanted and at an unbeatable price. I almost squealed a little because I really didn't think I was ever going to find one.
I've been collecting the vintage kitchen accessories for about a year and have a few more things on my list to pick up next time I see them but we've got enough of a working kitchen for now. In fact, Sebastian made his daddy a birthday cake yesterday.
I told Brett, it just goes to show that good things come to those who wait!
xoxo,Rachel
48 comments:
wow! the whole set up, the kitchen with the vintage accessories is so awesome! I love it!
Aww, that's so sweet! Congrats on your great find! I haven't tackled vintage shopping here in Nashville yet, but I'm looking forward to discovering a few treasures of my own. :)
What a fantastic find! My kids had the big plastic kitchen but the vintage ones are so fun.
How adorable is that?! Seeing it just brought back strong memories - we must have had one at home or in our church nursery or something. It is just perfect! :)
Congrats on finding the coolest play kitchen!
congrats on your find!! I honestly believe that there is a "positive thinking" component to thrifting.
love the kitchen! also love the colorful puzzle on the ground behind sebastian. where'd you get that? :) can you tell i'm a preschool teacher?!
wow! what an awesome find!!
How adorable! This is infinitely cooler than the big plastic play kitchen I had when I was a kid...darn you Fisher Price!
What a find! And it looks like it's in great condition! I MUST go vintage shopping this weekend.
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*GASP* It's beautiful!!! I'm having serious kitchen envy right now!!! xo
That is AWESOME!! I would have squealed too. Priceless!
eeeek! love it. good find and way to wait it out!
Katie,
I agree!
Holly,
It's thrifted but the bag it came with says Pottery Barn. I'm not sure if they still carry it or not but similar ones can be found here: http://www.finewoodentoys.com/geometric_puzzles_2.html
That is too perfect! My mom was so sweet to give me bowls and spoons, etc for mine when I was little too! It was my favorite toy then and now my real kitchen is my favorite *grown-up* toy! ;) Looks like fun!
I am from West Plains and yep, sometimes you can find a good treasure there on the square! Great find!
What a find!! That is just like the one we had in the preschool where I did my student teaching ages & ages ago!! Have fun with it!
Laura
Wow! I love a good vintage find! So happy for you and your little ones.
The coffee shop I hang out at after my runs has one almost identical to this! Sooooo cute! What a great find!
oh my! Its absolutely perfect. I love the accessories and the little shelf is too perfect!! Thanks so much for sharing and congrats on the wonderful find!!
LOVE IT!!! I have a plastic kitchen that a neighbor gave us that is at least 30 years old, but there is nothing like wood. I even have been eyeing the Ikea one! Yours is so darling, I couldn't tell if it was for you or the kids :)
ugh. so adorable i can hardly stand it :)
So adorable!! Congrats on the great find :)
so darn cute!! what a great find!
This is beautiful! I want to buy all the playthings I missed out on for my future babes as well. It will be such fun to see their delight!
thats great! i so want a play kitchen for my daughter later on. hoping my dad can whip up something for me! i love play kitchens.
Wow, can I play too? Looks great!
that is SO awesome - i want one!!
I just got rid of a whole set of this wooden kitchen pieces this year. Our kids have all but grown out of playing with them. I donated them to a thrift store. Hopefully someone got them that loved them as much as we did and you do with your treasure!
This is one of the cutest things I've ever seen on your little blog, Rachel! The colors with the wood are perfection! Great find!
that is so adorable. my favorite toy growing up was a fake kitchen too, I still love fake food.
great find!
Oh, I just love play kitchens and this one is awesome! Lucky find.
First of all, this is so cute!! I love it. And secondly, I have family in West Plains and we visit there every year or two. I love it down there. What store is this? There are so many awesome thrift stores, flea markets, and antique stores in MO. That is one of my favorite parts of going there!! :)
--Jessica C.--
First of all, that is SO CUTE!! Secondly, I have family that lives in West Plains and we go visit there at least once every two years. Which store was this?? There are such good antique stores and flea markets and things like that in MO. I love going down there. :)
Jessica C.
this is awesome rachel! so happy for you guys to FINALLY have that beautiful kitchen set! yays! and the way you have it set up.... adorable.
Oh my word!!!! Gorgeous! I want a vintage play kitchen now, and I don't even have any kids!!! :)
I have always loved the classic wooden play furniture. The new "fancy" plastic stuff doesn't hold a candle to it. Great Find!!!
Great find! My girls got a "retro" kitchen for Christmas (Target remake!) and "make dessert" most nights after dinner.
My mom and I went thrifting when she was visiting a few weeks ago and we found the same dishes she played w/ from the 1950s!
That's so adorable. It's so great that you finally found the one you wanted. Good things do come to those who wait. ;-)
Oh the thrill of the hunt!!! and the find!! LOVE IT :)
This is such an adorable set up with the dishes on the shelf. I may be on the hunt for a vintage kitchen!
OH MY GOODNESS. this play kitchen is SO fabulous!!!!! what an amazing find!
Ohmygosh, how cute and perfect is it?? :) I want a little play kitchen myself, it's so cute...lol. :) Eeek!
YAY!!!
This is the most beautiful play kitchen ever! I don't even have any kids, but I want one. What beautiful colors.
Thats so precious!
I love that!
cant wait to see the canvas when complete.
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Pearl
I love the kitchen! I just love wooden toys.
I've been following your blog for a couple months now and I love it!
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