Love that! I love bringing new life to other things that were once loved.
My family thinks I’m nuts, to want the cast-offs. My kitchen is filled with pots, pans, colanders, and a wide assortment of cooking gadgets and utensils from my grandparents on down. I use all of it, every single day. It brings me great happiness to use the things they did. It’s almost like they are still with me, guiding my hands and my brain to work together the way they did.
Especially anything from my grandparents and my parents. It’s hard to let it go. I donate a lot of stuff, but some things just have a very personal connection. I am what my mama used to say was “seventy-mental” (sentimental).
While I appreciate modern conveniences, I do love the craftsmanship of things from their time. They are exquisitely made. No way I can use things made in China when I have all this from their homeland or from the mid-20th century America. It is history. Mine and theirs.
I know exactly how you feel.