Bottle Collection

As I have mentioned before, we moved my parents in with us at the beginning of 2009. I am so glad they are here, because Mother is now temporarily bedridden with some sacral fractures. The doctor says 2-3 months to heal. She is 8 weeks into it, and still in excruciating pain. I don't know what we would have done if they still lived across town. Daddy is limited in his mobility due to severe arthritis . They are going stir crazy, because they usually like to go out to eat lunch several times a week. I hope they can be back out and about soon.

When we built this house we built them a wing with a bedroom and sitting room, bathroom, and snack bar. They have been collectors all their lives, so we tried to incorporate their loves into the home, since it would be their home, too. Their 2 main collections were bottles and cookbooks. We built several built-ins to house these collections. We added extra depth to the transoms over the windows. Take a look at the beautiful color we enjoy daily as the sun streams in through these antique bottles.

These are the built-in cabinets in their bedroom, with their favorite bottles. These are mostly historical flasks, and pepper sauce bottles.

On the second row, you may notice two bottles made into trophies. They were members of the Memphis Bottle Collector's Club for many years. Every year they would enter a display, and several times they won best of show.

There are bitters bottles, barber's bottles, ink bottles...

whiskey bottles...

beer bottles, more barber's bottles, ...

old jars, fire extinguishers, ...

fish bottle, pretty , colorful bottles, ...

shampoo bottle, ...

cathedral bottles, lady's leg bottle, log cabin, ...

poison bottle, pineapple shaped, red globe, pickle jar, ...

etc...

etc...

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In the kitchen a couple fish, and oil and vinegar bottle. Notice the stained glass rose made by my Daddy, another hobby he had.

I hope you enjoyed my show and tell tour of bottles.