Vintage Style Kitchen Towels

Vintage style kitchen towels are a cheerful addition to a kitchen. (You can see and buy these cute kitchen towels below) The sentimental sweetness of an old fashioned tea towel calls up memories of days gone by, a more innocent time. These reproductions of antique kitchen towels recall a time when mom prepared meals from scratch and when the kitchen was a gathering place for family and friends.

Many of us are turning to a simpler life style for both health and economic reasons. We can remember those old fashioned family values when we establish the habit of shared family meals at home, when the best times are spent in the kitchen enjoying all the warmth and comfort of home.

I own several vintage towels but don't want to use them - they are so special, and wear and tear would destroy them. So I like to find vintage reproductions for every day use.

Vintage kitchen towels come in country style plaid, simple stripes, and floral designs. some of these retro towels feature novelty prints of children or animals. Tea pots and coffee pots, sentimental or amusing sayings add a playful note to our routine kitchen chores.

Reproductions of these charming vintage towels make great Christmas gifts, or hostess gifts. You can use one of these attractive towels to gift wrap home made goodies like jars of jam and preserves, bagged Christmas cookies, or quick breads.

Vintage kitchen towels often featured foods, especially fruits. Of course fruits are attractive as well as good for you. You can use these towels with the fruit design to gift wrap your home made jams and preserves. Just wrap them up and tie with a ribbon, or even a colorful string.

One of these towel sets is exactly like one that I have. But I never use mine as it's an original from the 1950's. Why wear out the old ones, when you can have attractive new towels?

Berries are a popular theme as are apples. These towels are so bright and colorful, they are sure to cheer up any kitchen with their whimsical retro print designs.