{"id":115032,"date":"2025-05-19T18:44:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T18:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/115032\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T18:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T18:44:08","slug":"one-decades-old-kitchen-item-is-making-an-adorable-comeback-in-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/115032\/","title":{"rendered":"One decades-old kitchen item is ‘making an adorable comeback’ in homes"},"content":{"rendered":"

From chequered flooring to paisley prints, home design has changed a lot over the decades, with the room at the heart of the home<\/a> often being at the centre of fashions and fads. From wood to granite to marble to vinyl, choosing how to decorate a kitchen can often\u00a0 be overwhelming with fixtures, fittings<\/a> and fridges making nearly every kitchen unique.<\/p>\n

Although in more recent years interior design seems to have been dominated by magnolia walls and Scandinavian furniture, once up[on a time those bright, flowery prints as well as weird and wonderful ornaments all found their way into our homes. As with all trends, they tend to come in a cycle and one surprising fixture from the 1970s<\/a> has left many surprised after again surging in popularity online – but don’t be getting the funky flower power table cloth back out just yet.<\/p>\n

The social media buzz all centres around vintage cookie jars or biscuit tins. What might seem like a quite bizarre item to suddenly come back into popularity, the grandma-style biscuit tins have become all the rage – particularly those shaped like a goose or hen, reportedly.<\/p>\n

Bird-shaped jars are heaped with nostalgia and remind people of their younger days reaching up and sneakily grabbing a custard cream or a bourbon before running away and pretending like nothing happened.<\/p>\n

Goose novelty jars were just one of many of the more eccentric decorations<\/a>\u00a0 created in the 1970s \u2014 whether it was a hen, a bulldog or an old cartoon character they were a firm favourite in many kitchens, particularly grandparents.<\/p>\n

They first emerged in the 70s but became a staple in the 80s, when bright crockery with animals, flowers (or, for that matter, geese and hens) printed on them became a staple of many dining rooms – a far cry from the beiges and creams of most places today.<\/p>\n

But for many the jars have somehow stood the test of time as people become attached, sentimental and more and more reluctant to throw them away.<\/p>\n

Perhaps now it is a sense of nostalgia that has seeped its way into the minimal modern design, or it may even be cost. Decorating a house can be an expensive job with many people in younger generations turning to charity shops, car boot sales and flea markets to help furnish their home.<\/p>\n

Buying second hand decorations can not only be cheaper but also more sustainable and is something Dianna Wilson from House Digest<\/a> has also picked up on.<\/p>\n

She writes:”Their resurgence in popularity may have something to do with sustainability and the rise of thrifting culture. Or maybe they remind us of a time when life was slower and simpler. Then again, maybe they’re just adorable!”<\/p>\n

For anyone searching for their very own vintage goose, she suggests have a good rummage around any charity shops and thrift stores and if all else fails using the #goosecookiejar to try and get sellers to come to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From chequered flooring to paisley prints, home design has changed a lot over the decades, with the room…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115033,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[51905,51,51904,51901,51906,51907,6762,4414,51908,8838,51910,3695,51903,16,15,51902,51909],"class_list":{"0":"post-115032","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-biscuit-tins","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-charity-shops","11":"tag-diy-hacks","12":"tag-goose-cookie-jar","13":"tag-hen-cookie-jar","14":"tag-interior-design","15":"tag-kitchen","16":"tag-kitchen-design","17":"tag-nostalgia","18":"tag-retro-design","19":"tag-sustainability","20":"tag-thrifting-culture","21":"tag-uk","22":"tag-united-kingdom","23":"tag-vintage-cookie-jars","24":"tag-vintage-design"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114535980394608360","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}