I get a lot of nice emails from Vixen Vintage readers. However the other day I got a rather unusual one :" This is probably going to sound funny/odd but 'Do you want my vacuum?"
As a matter of fact I do!
Even though we moved into our place in April (or maybe end of March, whatever), Sam and I had yet to buy a vacuum for our carpeted apartment. For the record, I hate carpet. Rugs, I am in favor of, but beige industrial carpet? Just writing that sentence makes my nose wrinkle.
So if having an ugly carpet was not enough, I would also have to get an ugly vacuum. No thanks, I'll just keep the curtains closed and pretend the floor stays clean, and buy a hat instead. That is my logic: Why buy something ugly and practical when I can have something pretty and unpractical?!
And for that reason I have more hats and dresses than I can ever hope to show you, and until yesterday, no vacuum.
But when pretty and practical marry, and have gorgeous, useful offspring, I am in heaven.
Jessi, a sweet and need I say generous blog reader, stopped by my workplace yesterday and dropped off this little beauty of a vacuum, it's a reproduction 1950s Eureka! She is moving and didn't want to haul it with her, and thought I might appreciate it's retro prettiness. I have not been so excited over a vacuum since I asked for one for Christmas when I was 4 (I was a weird kid).
When I got home I used it right away and it is surprisingly powerful! Now I can open the curtains! Woohoo!
I currently cannot bring myself to put it away in the closet, so it sits in my living room, just being pretty. The only info I could find on it (actually Jessi sent it to me), is this Amazon listing, which doesn't even have them for sale, it just taunts you.
So thank you a million times to Jessi, now I can pretend to be June Cleaver without a hitch ;)
47 comments:
That is fabulous! I was looking at antique vacuums recently in a thrift store, but none were in that nice of shape, so I didn't buy one.
I have a secret--Even though we moved in February I still don't have a vacuum either!! I never planned on living in an apartment with carpet again, so got rid of my vacuum some years back! I have to run around with a little hand held vacuum and do spot cleaning!
Haha! Thats what I did too Cedar! My poor little handheld vac :)
that is just too cute. If I had such a stylish vacuum cleaner, I probably would clean more often:D
OMG that is adorable! I love the houndstooth and that perfect 50s blue! My vacuum is a big purple dyson..it works amazing..but i hide it away in the closet because its nothing to look at....I would put a vacuum like that on display ;)
Oh, I am so jealous.... I don't even vaccum and I am jealous! xx Lucy
SQUUUUEEEEEE!!! Aqua appliances!!! So cute! Can I just say I have a bit of art envy!! I see that Amanda Atkins print peeking out behind you. That has been hanging out in my Etsy favs for quite some time!!
bleh, I"m with you on the carpet situation. I did not know a vacuum cleaner made in the past 20 years could be NOT ugly-- I wonder how does it compare to the ones at the Stark vacuum museum?
gorgeous dress too
Sweet! I wish I knew what happened to my Nana's Eureka vacuum. I think mu Aunt has it. They don't make them like that anymore!
That is too adorable! She's so generous!
Sarah
theantiquepearl.blogspot.com
I work at Stark's Vacuums! There are 9 locations and I work at the one on Grand and Couch ave. in Portland the one with the vacuum museum. I love working there, I work in the office. I love looking at the vacuums in the museum too. The ones on display in the museum are from the late 1800's to the 1960's. Come and visit some time.
Oh my, that is just the cutest little vacuum I've ever seen! I had to turn my laptop so my cobalt blue Bissell wouldn't get jealous. She knows I love her and the way she drags me down the hall when the brush is on... but that Eureka is just darling!
Bettie, that's the vacuum I wanted! Mainly just because it's purple. My boyfriend says I'm insane.
What a fabulous vacuum! I am so loving it!
that vacuum is just precious and so is your vintage kitchenware.
oh wow!! Amazing! I LOVE your dress too... so adorable.
That's amazing! Also a beautiful dress!
Hey it's amazing! Love the kitchen apps, too :) These things make chores and cooking and so on much, much more fun :)
So now one needs to start to dream about a new vacuumcleaner, too :)
You do the vacuum more justice than I ever did!
It's pretty fun to see it in a blog post...it never got a photo shoot when it lived with me...poor thing.
It was, obviously, meant to be yours.
Yay!
Your kitchen appliances are so cute! Beautiful. I want a KitchenAid stand mixer when I grow up.
Gosh, lucky girl! I am glad the vacuum found a new home, what are you going to call her?
i love your blog... i found you through amanda atkins'... i love your dress and that turqoise kitchen aid mixer is to die for... just started following you, come visit me sometime...
www.carlasdeleon.blogspot.com
xo, carla
I am so coveting those turquoise appliances right now. They are almost too perfect to exist.
Show your shoesssssssssssss! OH *.*
Haha! That's so awesome that somebody offered you a vacuum cleaner!
I smiled when reading this because we're so alike. I hate hate hate loooathe HATE carpet. Thankfully we've had wood floors for the past 4 years, but now we're living in this 1800's house with wide plank pine floors. There are huge gaps that need to be vacuumed out, where crumbs fall, but I can't bring myself to spend the money on one. :)
oh my!why can't they make things so cute like that anymore?
as always, you look so perfect! Like you stepped out of a vintage ad. That is the most fabulous vacuum ever!
How fabulous!
What a beautiful vacuum--and I love that it matches your appliances! ;)
I rather hate carpet too; I'm hoping one day we can move somewhere that has hardwood floors. Carpet does nothing for me (except increase my allergy problems ;), and is usually so ugly. lol. At least you can clean your carpet in style! ;)
♥ Casey
blog | elegantmusings.com
Oh my God, a houndstooth vacuum? I want! It's beautiful! That hideous beige carpet is the worst, isn't it? So depressing! That rug you have in the picture is gorgeous.
oh my that is the exact kitchenaid mixer that i want! don't tell me you got that secondhand too? xox
What an adorable vacuum! I didn't know vacuums could be pretty!
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I love photos like the first one. They are so cute. That is cool that your vacuum and kitchen appliances match like that. They are very pretty!
What an elegant hoover! Must make hoovering a pure joy.
This is so funny! You dress look like one on the old swedish magazine called Feminia (You can make our own, the pattern is inside)
and here´s the link!
http://sugartime.blogg.se/2010/may/femina.html
amazing dress :)
I love that it is called the rug u lator!
I vacuum once every blue moon. Epic housepride fail. Can't stand carpet either. It is a cruel twist of fate even our bathroom is carpeted! How stupid is that? At least my kitchen is a carpet free zone. There's soemthing to be grateful for ;-)
that is the pretties vacuum cleaner i've seen in my entire life. my gosh. take a look at that houndstooth -- lucky girl!
There's a few more bits of information about it on Youtube:
"A remake of a 1950's Eureka produced in 2003 in honor of Eureka's 95th anniversary. These haven't been in production since 2003 and were a limited edition. These are very rare."
wait wait wait!! it's so perfect!!! lovely!!!!
In the heyday, I'm not sure yet!
Kir, thats cool, thanks!
Leanne, no those were wedding gifts.
Oh, you're so lucky! What a gift!
The last one of those that I saw went for around four hundred dollars on eBay. I wish that they would release a new line of them. Houndstooth AND aqua? It almost makes vacuuming fun!
That is good looking one. I want to buy a stylish vacuum cleaner like this.
Vacuum cleaner make our work very easy, and if it is stylist then we can make our work more enjoyable. Thanks for the nice post.
It is really very fabouls and innovative vacuum . I am also so curious to get this vacuum for cleanse my kitchen as well. I hope that It may help me for my kitchen .
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