G'day girlies? How ya cooking? Ready for the weekend? You betchya.
As I loaded these photos up for this post, I have to say I had a little second thought. Do you really want to see pictures of a 50 yr old typewriter in a scruffy old cottage on the beaches? And do I really want to add any further ammunition to the suggestion that I may be slightly off my rocker?
Without much more thought I came to the conclusion that firstly you gals already know pretty much that I am erring on the side of nutcase and secondly I don't really care too much about the other.
And so with that, here is Tilly, she resides somewhere near Fran ( no I haven't been drinking again).
I have literally no other use for her than to show you, to sit her on the side as a quirky piece of vintage decor and to type the odd word or two when I'm feeling like every modern thing around me and the pace of life is all getting a bit too much… though for sure she more than paid for herself with the brief history lesson she provided for the BC Kiddos, who thought this was absolutely hilarious, especially the little one…he kept bashing the keys, stopping, peering in and then looking up at me in wonder.
I have been reliably informed that this little Swiss Made beauty was the typewriter to have in those days when Miss Moneypenny & Co clipped along the streets to work with one of these tucked under their arm…none other than the Hermes Baby, complete with carry handle, compact case and supplied by Office Equipment Pty Ltd. Sydney.
I have no clue what she is worth, nor do I want to know, probably not much I assume, not old enough to be sought after and totally redundant as I sit here, typing, deleting, saving and amending on my laptop.
What I do know is that at long last I can type abeachcottage in ink via a ribbon, on clunky old keys in a real old typeface.
There are worse things that they call therapy in life.
Enjoy the weekend, I'm hoping to call in here tomorrow, I'm going looking for treasure in the morning (I've actually found a new-to-me Flea Market, but not sure if I can get there), I am creeping around Mr BC to get some things put up and oh yes dinner at lg's…
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I love old typewriters. I’ve wanted to add one to my decor but it’s a no go with the hubby. They remind of the great times I had banging away on my mom’s old typewriter. Hey, maybe my parents still have that one hanging around …
Typewriters are fun. I love how we all try and reproduce the old typewriters with our new computers/printers. Hope an excellent treasure comes your way at the flea market.
……and to think I learned type on a similar one before moving on to the IBM Selectric which was the creme de la creme of ‘writing machines’!! Love that you demonstrated your antique baby to the children…..and let’s face it, that old faded Courier font will look great with your vintage inspired photos.
Have a great weekend Sarah. Hey, guess what I’ll be doing Sat. morning. Meeting up with Vanessa at Starbucks to raise a tall frothy latte to you………..she’s treating me with her gift from you. Don’t you just know we’ll be talking about you……nicely of course!!!!
I love the last photo in this post, where you can see your typed text. It would make a lovely banner for your blog. I love that it almost looks black & white apart form the tips of the flower.
I work in a library and I use a typewriter (albeit newer than yours)to type spine labels. We have had elementary school children come through on tours and want to “know what that is” pointing at my typewriter. The teen volunteers are amazed that “people still use those?”. I even had to give a lesson on how to use a typewriter to our very young (23 yrs) children’s librarian. Now who you callin’ vintage? (:0)
love the OLD GIRL… she reminds me a bit of MYSELF….!!
Old but not too old…!!
maybe worth a bit But not too sure!!
Classy yet a bit funky!!??? (we hope)…
a few of my bits & pieces also sound clickety clackerty!!
xx andrea
ps..hope you find heaps of vintage goodies…
(is a public holiday here in melbourne on monday..not sure if so up your way..but if so..ENJOY the long weekend!)….
I can’t imagine life without my computer and emails and the internet? But then !I meet Tilly and straight away I want to don a mini skirt,sweep my hair up into a bun and start taking dictation!!She’s a gem!
Never have a second thought about anything you post up here…we are all here devouring your images and stories and loving what what you do. Your style is providing us all with so much inspiration…Thanks Sarah!
I can’t believe I was taught to type on one of these. Not quite the same model – but the old clunky typewriter – no wonder our speeds weren’t nearly as fast as they are now. Tilly is a beauty.
I love your old typewriters. I remember loving the sound that they when I would use them! I have a little something for you over at my blog so when you get a chance come over and take a peek.
Oh, I learned on the old ones too. Yes, you have certainly been informed correctly, the Hermes were THE typewriter.
Then the electric ones came along, and the IBM was the one to have in those. But it was a big adjustment at first, as you were used to pressing hard on the old manual ones, and the electric typewriters just had to be touched ever-so-lightly.
I can remember bashing away at the keys of some hulking old contraptions in High school! Yes we even had a ‘typing’ subject! Took me ages to unlearn the bashing technique on these new fangled numbers!!!
Irene x
I love all these photos!!!! I love that little guy. Sad thing is that is what I learned to type on, wasn’t quite that old. Funny. I love the flower! A very nice touch. Do you mine if I do a post in the future using some of your photos & a link to you! I just love your style.
Take Care,
Maria
Hi Sarah, I so much enjoy you giving names to these beauty’s like Fran and Tilly . Your Tilly is absolutely good looking. You make such great pictures!!
Hey, you know what? I was wondering if you have realised that there could be some exiting words/sentences/letters on the old ribbon …
What? It’s been in your house for more than hour and you haven’t painted it white yet? Can’t believe it!
No, seriously, you’re slowly mutating into the most stylish blogger down under!
What a little darling she is too, gone are the days of letter perfect typing, oh i remember erasing before typex was invented, such a joy these days to back space and try try again.
Tilly is a sweety, and worth her weight for just sitting there and looking so vintage cute!
She may have been there a little too long, because if you look closely, you might notice she has begun to sprout a flower!!
have an amazing weekend
Aw she’s a beauty! I don’t know a thing about typewriters although as a teenager I was force fed typing lessons in school.They really believed ( in the 70′s ) that would be our only chance for survival as a woman. I’m afraid I rebelled and refused to do well in the class! ha jokes on me. I had to learn again though my children when it became obvious computers were here to stay! My daughter graduated with a degree in journalism and I found her a really old one at a garage sale. It’s sadly just for show as it doesn’t work but really beautiful. It also weighs so much you can barely lift it. I’m glad the times of lugging those things are over for her sake! Have fun at flea Sarah!
Tilly is obviously a classic! I am glad you gave her a home. My kids play with my old typewriter every time we go to my parents’ house. They are amused by it. And how exciting to find another flea market to peruse! Have fun!
Ahhh, you are not crazy! I have a gorgeous old Royal typewriter on display sitting atop it’s shabby old case that is worn with age and looks FABULOUS!! I found it many years ago and still love it to this day. Love your photos, you are so inspirational with my own dream house (well, location atm) reno’s. Thanks for sharing.
I think I know how your young one feels. As a young child, my sibs and I had some caregivers (babysitters!) and the husband repaired typewriters and calculators. They may not have been ancient I do recall being fascinated by the calculator that you pulled the handle on to make it print the numbers. We would punch in #’s all day just to see them come up on the white paper tape. Cheers and have a great weekend.
Oh, I think the typewriter looks just lovely and fits in with the vintage decor.
LOL at the comments about the electric typewriters and how you had to push the keys just slightly versus the manual ones. It brings back memories.
I remember a summer job I worked at in college. It was for a big magazine and they had a “typing” department (I didn’t work in that dept.). Anyhoo, they would type the letters to the customers and if they made too many mistakes, they’d have to type the entire letter over. Can you imagine that? And yes, every application back then for “office” summer jobs included a typing test.
Ah, the memories.
Oh, and if anyone gives you any flack on being crazy, tell them the typewriter is for your stalker notes. In the soap operas, the crazy one always typed up their wacky letters on typewriters and they always identified the criminal with the typewriter…the notes always had a “dropped” letter in there typically due to a worn out key on the typewriter.
If you are a bit of a nut case then I am certifiable! I love your typewriter. Years back I found one in the neighborhood with FREE sign on it. I snapped it up right away and although it was a bit shabby….the keys were still in wonderful shape. Needless to say I removed them and added them to my vintage stuff. They make great words nesting in a scrabble tray! Have a lovely weekend. Good luck thrifting!
She’s absolutely lovely, Sarah. Your photos are so exquisite, and she seems very happy to have a home by the sea. Brings back memories of my Grandfather’s house and I have a notebook of poems he typed on an even older model. Happy thrifting and I hope you find some wonderful treasures!
I love her! I think she serves an important function in just looking pretty. I just started a blog, if you have time it is here: http://canadiancottage.blogspot.com/
Have a great weekend!
Ah Sarah! I love it!!! I have been wanting an old typewriter forever…so if you are erring on the side of nutcase, I am right there with you.
And, as always, your photography is stunning.
Oh I love the typewriter. My sister who was here visiting in Texas this past weekend, bought an even older one than yours at a bargain at the local antique mall. I thought she got a steal. She is going to use it on her coffee table and maybe also take it to school to show the 4th grade class she teaches. Love, love your blog! Can’t wait to check in and I would so love to win something. Ya think it will ever happen? Have a good day from Texas to Australia.
Love the typewriter. I’ve always just loved the look and the sound of old typewriters. Can you imagine someone pulling one of those into the coffee house instead of their laptop? lol
we display a typewriter, too! and use it on special occaisions. i was at the car dealer for recall work and learned of another collectible: a pencil sharpener. apparently no one uses pencils anymore at the dealer… isn’t that a jar of pencils in your photo? what a world!jkj
I’ve been loving your blog for many, many months. Thanks Sarah! My favourite doll was Miss Tilly. The name came from a favourite book that was read to me as a small child.
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G'day ladies, let's have a Too Easy Beach Cottage recipe yeah? The original place for Too Easy Recipes on the web ;-)
So, after my last salad went down a storm in my inbox, that's here if you missed it, I had to do this one seeing as I make it most weeks.
There is a problem with this salad and kiddos though...it looks, well, it looks, kinda yucky...but once they try it, they'll ask if and when they are next having it....at least that's what happens in this ratty old cottage...but I must interject here that my kiddos are 'good eaters'? ...they didn't get a choice in that ;-)
Now, stop, don't start running and hitting that next on your blog reading list, pulses are your best friend in the Too Easy Dump & Go kitchen for the busy mum, or busy anyone for that matter...that reminds me I must blog the garlic canneloni Go To for when you forgot to do dinner, feel like a bath but have three ravenous young Beach Cottage Kiddos on your hands...another day.
I am almost embarrassed to tell you how easy this is, we have it so much that I always have a couple, make that six, cans of lentils around and a jar of goat's cheese in the fridge...the great thing about this is that it's all too easy to get ready in just a few minutes, but it looks, tastes and seems like you did oh so very much more than that.
You can obviously too change it up a bit depending on what you have to hand in your kitchen, and I must say that is how I settled on this version...because one day when I made it I didn't have enough Parsley in the garden and so I chucked in some basil too, and liked the Summer feel it added.
I think of this as being a rather posh salad, not sure why, because it couldn't really be further from the truth...the great thing is that it works so well for an average run of the mill day, (when I did this for this blog post, it was a hot Sydney Sunday and I did it just simply to go with Rosemary & Garlic stuffed pork, you can see that pork here),
...but just as easily it works on a regular old Wednesday night when you have lost all enthusiasm for rustling up yet another meal, or indeed on Saturday night, when your friends are on their way over for dinner and you my friend, are in your new vintage inspired clawfoot bathtub (that's me in a few weeks time, k?) without any clothes on, a tipple and no idea what to cook for dinner...
I have a complicated and ever-changing relationship with goat's cheese...it never fails me in its performance and it never fails to impress me (you can find out a bit more on what I like in food here if you like) and I kinda collect it...because it's very easy to collect and has a fairly long fridge-life, I love trying out different ones and there's not many things I love more than goat's cheese on sourdough...but I think the best thing about it is not thinking about it exclusively in the toast/salad department...I've stuffed it in chicken and all sorts of things as a last minute and it's been fab.
But let's get down to the nitty gritty of this super salad that makes you look like an angel who has been on her knees all day scrubbing the front step when really you are in the digital world and spent most of ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, howdy, howdy howdy today for a Beach Cottage Too Easy recipe.
If you like cake, cream, sugar and chocolate, make this.
This is, rather than a recipe, a putting it together...as you know I am no dessert maker, but, I do make quite a few sweet things, because, somehow I have ended up with kiddos, who in their roles as offspring, believe that part of the deal, is that not only do I feed them a home-cooked meal with a few homegrown ingredients in there, yes, they also believe that dessert and not the kind that comes out of a packet is included too in this All-Inclusive Deal they call Parenthood.
So, this, for sure, is no culinary masterpiece, but if you are looking for something that is so very easy, dump-able, uses everyday ingredients and at the same time makes you look like you spent hours pulling things together plus tastes good....well, then this is for you.
Best though, you don't make this for yourself, if you have spent the most part of your week sitting on your derriere reading blogs...this my friend ain't low in the calories department...if, however, you are treating yourself to a delight in a mason jar, this is so for you.
I first had a version of this when at dinner back in Old Blighty with a girl, I once, in another life, caught the train up from our village to London with...she was a funny thing really...I am not quite sure how we got on...she was kinda prissy and a bit bothered by too much...I would run to the train flustered, having got up late, and she would have a spreadsheet on the train times, if you know what I mean.
Anyway, a few years later when we both had bambinos, I bumped into her again and we met up for playdates and dinner sometimes....this particular night, after a lovely meal she served up little bowls of creamy, cakey fruity stuff topped off with chocolate flake...it was delicious!
She didn't serve hers in little jars like this, hers were in a champagne glass and not quite so layered as these ones, plus she used tinned fruit not fresh or frozen.
Years later when said offspring kept requesting dessert, one day I wangled together somehow these from what was around in the fridge and they've been with us ever since.
Most likely, if you ever come here for dinner, and shock horror, you dont' bring the dessert with you, this, if you are lucky, will be what you will get.
Throw it all together, sprinkle a lil bit of chocolate on the top and the blog reading past-time you so rudely left in order to make this, is my friend, your oyster.
Beach Cottage Too Easy Layered Raspberry, Cream & Sponge Dessert
1 small maderia or butter cake or a pack of cupcakes (or of course make your own)
1/2 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup cream cheese
1/4 cup sugar
8 tbsp fruit
1 x chocolate Flake or chocolate bar for grating
1. beat the cream cheese until it is soft
2. whip the cream until soft peaks form
3. combine & add the sugar through
4. cut your cake into portions
& layer into the bottom of your jar
5. add a tablespoon of fruit
6. layer on top the cream combo
7. repeat
8. grate chocolate or Flake on top
*Beach Cottage Recipe Notes : this is just a guide really, you can use any cream that you have on hand...I have made this with clotted cream (don't even go there unless you want to seriously get these babies on your thighs), with double cream and I have even, in desperate times squirted in that, ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, well I thought it was time for some blogging tips here today, alongside a few nice flowers and shells ;-)
I was recently part of a blogger discussion group over at Kidspot and a couple of hours later had a few questions from girls who couldn't make it to the live chat, one was on my Facebook page and one via email, the Facebook one I will deal with in another Real Girl Blogging Tips post...the email one asked me what essentials do I think every blog needs?
Well I have been around here for a while now doing the blogging thing, so I should know this, yeah and I mused this on my walk by the sea this morning I thought well what do you only need?
...I think it is really very easy when blogging, whether or not you are blogging up there in the lofty heights of the Super Bloggers or you are just dipping your toe in the water, to get side-tracked by 101 million different things that are 'essential' to your blog and if you are someone like me who actually gets a thrill from reading blogging tips then you are in an even worse place because you will find yourself literally buzzing with these essential things to add/do/implement on your blog.
However, walking along, gulping down that brisk sea air today (no sunshine & clouds) I thought you actually don't need any of that professional blogging stuff to be successful...but there are a few things that are pretty much crucial ...and once I started to think about it I got it down to about 5 - these are the only things that you need to concentrate on...once you have read through take a look at some of the big girl's blogs...you'll see that actually they don't have bundles of stuff on their blogs...but they do have all of these...
So here are my top things that your blog must have
1. About Page
There are all sorts of About Pages out there, and if you search on it there are many different tips and ideas for what to have on yours
Whatever blogging platform you use, adding an About Me Page is easy, quick and simple and will do everything to grow your blog.
I like a long-ish About Page, I am inherently nosy and I like to know a bit more about the person but at the least you should have on it your name and where you are located. I also think a photo is good too...over the last year or so I think this has become more important in blogging - if you are hesitant about that as I was, you can try using sunglasses or a behind shot until you get comfortable.
There is nothing worse than stumbling upon a new blog and going to find out more to only be faced with a piddly little one liner About Me Page...well there is something worse, not having one at all!
2. Contact Page
The chances are someone, somewhere will want to contact you and you will be surprised what lands in your inbox once you put yourself out there on the world wide web with a blog.
Many bloggers also use this page to include details for PR's/brands that may want to contact them and some bloggers put their stats on there too.
A short, to the point and simple Contact Page works really well...whenever I have wanted to contact another blogger I am often very busy and have limited time so I don't want to hang around sifting through information looking for an email address, so concise and clear ...
G'day lovely Beach Cottage lovelies.
So, yeah, so on a roll people, so on a roll.
I feel kinda home accessory wired right now.
I am always telling people, if anyone ever listens, that blogging is all about passion, not that sort of passion, but about passion that makes one tick.
Things like this make me tick tick boom.
I love finding things that suit my budget and let me treat my home but look amazing too.
So without further adieu I introduce you, ladies of the beach, to the blue vintage glasses that I have been stroking for about a week or two now...
These glasses are from a little boutique I sometimes happen upon, this boutique sells also pet accessories, carpet cleaner, bras and compost...it's quite unique though.
And, thanks to my friend Marnie (she blogs over here, go take a look at her praying position, interesting), who just so happens to be one day having me over for a lil' Greek dinner, has let me in on the fact that we call Kmart....The KMart...with an accent ....as in 'I love The KMart'...just like her MIL does. Oh yeah. Love that.
So I have had my eye on reproduction vintage glass blue wine glasses and being trying to find real true vintage blue glasses for like ever.
Oh yes I have spied them in Frenchy boutiques, I have lusted after them in stores that I shouldn't even enter and I have put them back pretty quickly in those shops with the hand-written price tags. C'mon, you know the ones.
And, though all of the above have tempted me, muchly, really, even with my wardrobe stashing skills I just thought that, actually, I'd rather be saving that casherooni for our next trip overseas..
Hello The KMart.
Tick Tick Boom
Vintage style blue wine glasses.
Do not come to my old place and think you might pick up one of these and smile with pleasure at their handblown quality, their weight, and be secretly jealous that my wine glasses cost more than your car...friend, that would not happen...these do not feel like that...indeed these in a funny way reminded me of my baby girl, she was a tiny little thing, with stick legs, the tinsssssssiest ankles and wrists you ever did see, she slept sideways in her cot wedged in between rolled up blankets and would only settle attached to Mr Beach Cottage or I or a (dirty) pj top of mine scrunched up under her nose...the first few times I picked her up to cuddle, being used to Honeymoon Baby who weighed in at 9lbs at birth and has never really stopped growing, I nearly threw her little bird-cum-rat down covered body over my shoulder.
These glasses are like that...be careful or you might lose your wine down the front of your shirt.
But oh baby, we are not talking picking up here, we are not talking quality, we are not talking house accessory snobbery.
Beach Cottage ladies, we are talking aesthetics.
And this is what I need in my cottage.
Blue vintage style glass, paired with coastal / nautical / beach stuff on my deck.
It's The KMart.
Tune in tomorrow, tomorrow, I have more budget foofing for your home, or maybe it will be the dress that wraps me up in supermarket-chic and makes me feel like me again.
Good Day to you my friends, wanna come hang out on my deck, talk house accessories, The KMart and drink some wine from blue glasses?
Sarah
She’s gorgeous. How funny that the kids were so amazed by it. We forget that they haven’t seen these things before.Happy flea marketing:)
I love old typewriters. I’ve wanted to add one to my decor but it’s a no go with the hubby. They remind of the great times I had banging away on my mom’s old typewriter. Hey, maybe my parents still have that one hanging around …
Typewriters are fun. I love how we all try and reproduce the old typewriters with our new computers/printers. Hope an excellent treasure comes your way at the flea market.
Love Tilly! I agree with Juli-Ann. I thought the cutest part was how amazed the kiddo’s were.
……and to think I learned type on a similar one before moving on to the IBM Selectric which was the creme de la creme of ‘writing machines’!! Love that you demonstrated your antique baby to the children…..and let’s face it, that old faded Courier font will look great with your vintage inspired photos.
Have a great weekend Sarah. Hey, guess what I’ll be doing Sat. morning. Meeting up with Vanessa at Starbucks to raise a tall frothy latte to you………..she’s treating me with her gift from you. Don’t you just know we’ll be talking about you……nicely of course!!!!
Hugs – Mary
ACROSS THE POND
I love the last photo in this post, where you can see your typed text. It would make a lovely banner for your blog. I love that it almost looks black & white apart form the tips of the flower.
I work in a library and I use a typewriter (albeit newer than yours)to type spine labels. We have had elementary school children come through on tours and want to “know what that is” pointing at my typewriter. The teen volunteers are amazed that “people still use those?”. I even had to give a lesson on how to use a typewriter to our very young (23 yrs) children’s librarian. Now who you callin’ vintage? (:0)
Dear Sarah….
love the OLD GIRL… she reminds me a bit of MYSELF….!!
Old but not too old…!!
maybe worth a bit But not too sure!!
Classy yet a bit funky!!??? (we hope)…
a few of my bits & pieces also sound clickety clackerty!!
xx andrea
ps..hope you find heaps of vintage goodies…
(is a public holiday here in melbourne on monday..not sure if so up your way..but if so..ENJOY the long weekend!)….
I can’t imagine life without my computer and emails and the internet? But then !I meet Tilly and straight away I want to don a mini skirt,sweep my hair up into a bun and start taking dictation!!She’s a gem!
Never have a second thought about anything you post up here…we are all here devouring your images and stories and loving what what you do. Your style is providing us all with so much inspiration…Thanks Sarah!
Sorry but I’m just not into typewriters. Think it’s from actually having to use one for so long. I can appreciate its good looks tho.
I can’t believe I was taught to type on one of these. Not quite the same model – but the old clunky typewriter – no wonder our speeds weren’t nearly as fast as they are now. Tilly is a beauty.
Tilly is simply lovely and you’re not crazy, or maybe you are, in which case I am too!!
Kat
I learned to type on a similar one too! I love old typewriters. This one is really neat.
I remembered my first lesson on typing – typing with the kind of typewriter. How time flies. That was about 30 years ago. thanks for sharing.
Sarah ‘Tilly’ is perfect- not only looks cool but gave the kiddo’s a ‘history’ lesson.
What fun
Alison
I love your old typewriters. I remember loving the sound that they when I would use them! I have a little something for you over at my blog so when you get a chance come over and take a peek.
Oh, I learned on the old ones too. Yes, you have certainly been informed correctly, the Hermes were THE typewriter.
Then the electric ones came along, and the IBM was the one to have in those. But it was a big adjustment at first, as you were used to pressing hard on the old manual ones, and the electric typewriters just had to be touched ever-so-lightly.
Enjoy Tilly she is a little gem!!
Adorable! I’m such a big fan of typewritters. I can’t wait to hear about your tresure hunting at the new Flea Market. Have a great weekend!
Lol !!!!! Well I for one think you are certifiable Sarah!!!! (Just kidding!!)
Love you and your quirky little posts!!! DON’T EVER CHANGE!!!!
Hope Fran and Tilly are happy together (see I’m a bit of a nutter myself ;O) )
keep em coming xx
I can remember bashing away at the keys of some hulking old contraptions in High school! Yes we even had a ‘typing’ subject! Took me ages to unlearn the bashing technique on these new fangled numbers!!!
Irene x
I love all these photos!!!! I love that little guy. Sad thing is that is what I learned to type on, wasn’t quite that old. Funny. I love the flower! A very nice touch. Do you mine if I do a post in the future using some of your photos & a link to you! I just love your style.
Take Care,
Maria
She’s a bewdy, alright!
I love reading your blog, Sarah, your styling is GORGEOUS! Vintage Wares, yay!
_Tanya, Queensland.
I have been looking for a vintage typewriter for aaaaaages! She looks wondderful
Hi Sarah, I so much enjoy you giving names to these beauty’s like Fran and Tilly
. Your Tilly is absolutely good looking. You make such great pictures!!
Hey, you know what? I was wondering if you have realised that there could be some exiting words/sentences/letters on the old ribbon …
Enjoy your weekend.
Anita
What? It’s been in your house for more than hour and you haven’t painted it white yet? Can’t believe it!
No, seriously, you’re slowly mutating into the most stylish blogger down under!
I do love an old typewriter they are such sculptural little pieces…
alicia
What a little darling she is too, gone are the days of letter perfect typing, oh i remember erasing before typex was invented, such a joy these days to back space and try try again.
Hi I have just found your blog and it is fantastic. Now to spend hours trawling through it!!!! Not enough hours in the day LOL.
My mum had a typewriter like your Tilly. I remember using it when I was little and the keys would all catch together!! Ahhh memories
Off to read your blog……….
Rachael
Tilly is a sweety, and worth her weight for just sitting there and looking so vintage cute!
She may have been there a little too long, because if you look closely, you might notice she has begun to sprout a flower!!
have an amazing weekend
Aw she’s a beauty! I don’t know a thing about typewriters although as a teenager I was force fed typing lessons in school.They really believed ( in the 70′s ) that would be our only chance for survival as a woman. I’m afraid I rebelled and refused to do well in the class! ha jokes on me. I had to learn again though my children when it became obvious computers were here to stay! My daughter graduated with a degree in journalism and I found her a really old one at a garage sale. It’s sadly just for show as it doesn’t work but really beautiful. It also weighs so much you can barely lift it. I’m glad the times of lugging those things are over for her sake! Have fun at flea Sarah!
Tilly is obviously a classic! I am glad you gave her a home. My kids play with my old typewriter every time we go to my parents’ house. They are amused by it. And how exciting to find another flea market to peruse! Have fun!
You know, that shot of the typewriter from above would actually make a really cute postcard or print . . . just a thought!
I love that you show her to us, and i love even more than you name your favorite things…. your not crazy, i do the same thing
Ahhh, you are not crazy! I have a gorgeous old Royal typewriter on display sitting atop it’s shabby old case that is worn with age and looks FABULOUS!! I found it many years ago and still love it to this day. Love your photos, you are so inspirational with my own dream house (well, location atm) reno’s. Thanks for sharing.
I think I know how your young one feels. As a young child, my sibs and I had some caregivers (babysitters!) and the husband repaired typewriters and calculators. They may not have been ancient
I do recall being fascinated by the calculator that you pulled the handle on to make it print the numbers. We would punch in #’s all day just to see them come up on the white paper tape. Cheers and have a great weekend.
Of course we want to see Tilly!! I think she fits in quite well at the BC! Hope you have a fantastic weekend!
Love Tilly! Reminded me – what has become of the Dell from Hell? Did I miss the ending to that episode?
Oh, I think the typewriter looks just lovely and fits in with the vintage decor.
LOL at the comments about the electric typewriters and how you had to push the keys just slightly versus the manual ones. It brings back memories.
I remember a summer job I worked at in college. It was for a big magazine and they had a “typing” department (I didn’t work in that dept.). Anyhoo, they would type the letters to the customers and if they made too many mistakes, they’d have to type the entire letter over. Can you imagine that? And yes, every application back then for “office” summer jobs included a typing test.
Ah, the memories.
Oh, and if anyone gives you any flack on being crazy, tell them the typewriter is for your stalker notes. In the soap operas, the crazy one always typed up their wacky letters on typewriters and they always identified the criminal with the typewriter…the notes always had a “dropped” letter in there typically due to a worn out key on the typewriter.
If you are a bit of a nut case then I am certifiable! I love your typewriter. Years back I found one in the neighborhood with FREE sign on it. I snapped it up right away and although it was a bit shabby….the keys were still in wonderful shape. Needless to say I removed them and added them to my vintage stuff. They make great words nesting in a scrabble tray! Have a lovely weekend. Good luck thrifting!
She’s absolutely lovely, Sarah. Your photos are so exquisite, and she seems very happy to have a home by the sea. Brings back memories of my Grandfather’s house and I have a notebook of poems he typed on an even older model. Happy thrifting and I hope you find some wonderful treasures!
I love her! I think she serves an important function in just looking pretty. I just started a blog, if you have time it is here: http://canadiancottage.blogspot.com/
Have a great weekend!
How funny so many of us learnt to type on one of these. Looks good Sarah. Happy hunting tommorow.
Ah Sarah! I love it!!! I have been wanting an old typewriter forever…so if you are erring on the side of nutcase, I am right there with you.
And, as always, your photography is stunning.
Oh I love the typewriter. My sister who was here visiting in Texas this past weekend, bought an even older one than yours at a bargain at the local antique mall. I thought she got a steal. She is going to use it on her coffee table and maybe also take it to school to show the 4th grade class she teaches. Love, love your blog! Can’t wait to check in and I would so love to win something. Ya think it will ever happen? Have a good day from Texas to Australia.
Love that typewriter! Gorgeous!
Love the typewriter. I’ve always just loved the look and the sound of old typewriters. Can you imagine someone pulling one of those into the coffee house instead of their laptop? lol
we display a typewriter, too! and use it on special occaisions. i was at the car dealer for recall work and learned of another collectible: a pencil sharpener. apparently no one uses pencils anymore at the dealer… isn’t that a jar of pencils in your photo? what a world!jkj
i just found your blog and i LOVE it! beautiful pictures and fun treasures everywhere. your home is gorgeous. thanks for sharing it with us.
I’ve been loving your blog for many, many months. Thanks Sarah! My favourite doll was Miss Tilly. The name came from a favourite book that was read to me as a small child.