Hoosier Cabinets

Visit Coppes Commons and take a walk through the history of Hoosier cabinets. Cabinets, furniture, and other memorabilia are on display in the museum.

It would be difficult to find a piece of American furniture with more historical significance than the Hoosier cabinet

By Tim Johnson…

Amanda Griffith said "A friend messaged one day and asked if I’d be interested in her grandmother’s old Hoosier cabinet. I didn’t really have room for it, but I went ahead and picked it up.

Well it's Friday and I realize I'm a bit late this week with my weekly updates, sorry, but in my defence, it's hot, the kids and I are still getting used to getting up at the crack of dawn, and to be honest I've been so busy in the workshop that I really haven't had a moment to spare to write. So, this morning I am making myself sit down and update you all on the happenings at the shop. Here we go! One of the things I love the most about what I do is the look of excitement from my clients…

Hoosier cabinets are a work of art; modern kitchenettes for the early 20th-century housewife. I'll bet your mother or grandmother had one in her house. They conjure memories of baking and pies, and all the sweet comforts of yesteryear. Stop by the Hoosier Cabinet Museum at Coppes Commons in Nappanee, Indiana to see dozens of models. You can read more about it here. . . . . #INElkhartCo #coppescommons #hoosiercabinet #Indiana #nostalgia #nappanee #antiques #museum #kitchen #hoosier #travel

Here is the farm house kitchen cupboard, a fairly usual style in the early Twentieth Century. That is evidenced by the woof green flour bin and sifter. At least you can tell when you are running down on flour. That would still make a lot of sense in a modern kitchen when a lot of cooking goes on. Other items include legumes and rice on top. Some serious baking must have been done in the day if a kitchen scale was used. Old fashioned slow cooking oats are there. I am guessing the jar with…

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I'm on a new treasure hunt. . . .for a Hoosier style kitchen cabinet. I've been thinking about it for a while, but when I saw this Hoosier Desk at Penny's Vintage Home, I was convinced I needed one. . . .possibly as a desk. . . . definitely as a work center. How many have I passed up over the years in antique malls and flea markets? Probably hundreds. . . I've owned quite a few in the past, too. . . . ended up selling them everytime I moved. I've moved a lot over the years. There are parts…

This antique (1920s) Hoosier cabinet was among the items salvaged from my grandmother’s home post-hurricane. I never liked it, but it meant a lot to my grandmother, and to my mother, so I worked on…