Comments on: from toast to post: vintage toast rack letter holders

By: EBrown

EBrown — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:46:45 +0000

Ah, yes, toast racks: designed for the express purpose of making your toast cold and inedible.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:30:19 +0000

I have done this forever, using an antique toast holder that was my great grandmother’s. It’s funny that it is now kind of a trend!

By: Vikki

Vikki — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:41:13 +0000

YES!! I have backpacked around the UK for years, I stop at every jumble sale and fete I find. I have collected several of these and have always wanted to be able to use them. I am a crappy toast maker NOW I can show them off!! My favorite is one I got 15 years ago for 50p – solid silver, very simple, I brought it back stuffed with a ceramic hedgehog full of Cotswold honey and all of my knickers so it wouldn’t dent the prints or get flattened by the brasses & books. Customs thought it was hysterical!

By: Martha

Martha — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:55:08 +0000

Mine was about a quarter at a thrift store. $200? For real?! I am using mine to amplify my radio signal (there is a wire from the radio attached.)… it works!

By: Katie (Australia)

Katie (Australia) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:57:01 +0000

This is something my mum always did and now I use her silver toast/letter rack the same :)

By: megan

megan — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:46:22 +0000

i LOVE this idea and may have to copy, since i’m pretty sick of my current letter holder. thanks for the inspiration, grace!

By: No. 17 Cherry Tree Lane

No. 17 Cherry Tree Lane — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:48:56 +0000

hmmmm…..heading to ETSY/EBAY and every other vintage dealer I know to find one.

By: Kitty Sheehan

Kitty Sheehan — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:58:33 +0000

thanks for the reply about the pottery–
beautiful website there also!

By: Carrie

Carrie — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:47:30 +0000

Huh. My mom does this. It never occurred to me to be any sort of trend or clever way of organizing. Hm.

By: Julia

Julia — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:55:30 +0000

I also love toast holders. Since they are completely redundant for toast, i try to find other uses, such as a napkin holder, letter holder, postcard holder, recent photo holder, etc. Always quaint.