Vintage old-fashioned kitchenware, gadgets

Discover a treasure trove of old-fashioned kitchenware-gadgets still American made just as they were in the early times in the USA Amish communities.

Deep in the Amish communities back on some of the hardest to reach back roads small family shops and factories are still churning out high-quality kitchenware and gadgets from vintage American times.

Why you may ask?  Well the Amish you see still live a simple conservative life without grid connected power. They still depend on the most old-fashioned products to continue this lifestyle.

When the country moved forward with grid power during the mid-1900s the Amish were left behind and soon found themselves moving from what was the mainstream of products for everyone to having only things with electric cords or operated by electric kitchen appliances that they could no longer use.

This started the Amish manufacturing revolution not commonly studied or talked about. Basically, the Amish had to move into manufacturing or contracting with companies to continue a steady flow of off-grid basic simple vintage products for the future generation of Amish families who would continue the off-grid simple lifestyles.

American made products are very desirable. Amish products are in very high demand and here’s why.

The Amish haven’t been tempted by corporate and shareholder influences. 

The Amish still make or acquire products that they can use themselves and depend on lasting a lifetime well on into the next generations.

What has occurred elsewhere is a proliferation of jobs leaving America and the flooding of cheaper imported products has caused many Americans to revolt to the point they just don’t like to purchase anything that is not made in America bringing them full circle back to looking for the type of old-fashioned items still being made in the Amish communities.

Many are also concerned about the potential loss of grid power caused by some type of economic chaos, from terrorism as well as the uncertainties from around the world. Others are deeply concerned with the overall safety of our food chain.

Multiply all these concerns and understandably we have a rebirth of wanting to get back to the simpler life that the Amish seem to enjoy.  Growing their on food, processing, and cooking from scratch at home.

Many are discovering that the Amish made products work much better and faster than some of the modern-day clones of the old vintage products.

Sure, the Amish made products will cost more but, it is all about getting what you pay for.  One sharp USA made tool is much better than the stack of tools in the tool shed that isn't useable.

Most Amish especially the old order Amish settlements have very little access to the outside world over the Internet so people have a hard time finding their products.

One source is Cottage Craft Works.com an online general store featuring some of the hardest to find Amish products.

The owners of Cottage Craft Works started the company over a decade ago to provide the same products they had spent 30 years in discovering to others.

The outcome has been phenomenal according to Paul and Liz Stevens cofounders. The Stevens have also built the company on old-fashioned family values and customer service that they have learned in their previous years in dealing with the public. It is still a company where someone will answer the phone and you can talk to the actual owner. 

Sustainable Living | Self Reliant | Self-Sufficient | Products for the homesteader

Some of the best made products for sustainable self reliant and self sufficient living are still being made in the USA cottage based Amish shops and factories.

These are the old fashioned vintage products that most of American used before electricity was made widely available. The Amish still living off grid have continued to make and use these products to live a sustainable lifestyle.

This cottage industry is made up of home based crafts people and artisans who still work in small work shops or other parts of their homes. Many trades and crafts have been handed down from many generations. These are the back bone of the American dream, making a quality hand made items and selling them from these home based shops. These talented people are hard to find many are in small towns or live deep in the back roads. 

Not to be confused with someone working out of a garage at home, the Amish cottage based industries feature large well equipped workshops and factories that are ran by off grid power sources.  They just so happen to be located close to their homes and families because the Amish still travel using horse and buggy or by bicycle.

The Amish have a long standing respected reputation for making high quality products that are still made to last as they were in the early 1900s.

Amish communities survive mostly on the cottage based industry concept. www.cottagecraftworks.com is a site dedicated to the cottage based industry featuring these hard to find sustainable living products for others seeking to return and live a more simply life without dependency on the grid power.

You will find everything for the kitchen, home, garden, and ranch all gathered for you in one place at Cottage Craft Works.

Cottage Craft Works also has a large selection of hunting gear, hunting calls and replacement gun stocks for the older model rifles and shotguns.

Amish Products | Amish Home Products

Everything Amish- this unique online Amish product general store will fascinate you for hours looking through all the old fashioned products made and used in the Amish communities.

Whether you're looking for off-grid non-electric or old fashioned reproduction Amish products for the home you will likely find it at the back-to-basics general store.

Working directly with over 100 Amish shops from across the Midwest, Cottage Craft Works brings you high quality hand crafted Amish products that you may have thought no longer existed.

And if you need something custom made, you will find ready and eager to assist customer service to help you with all your project needs.

From woodworking to stainless steel fabrication Cottage Craft Works has provided custom made products to homes, business, as well as commercial and industrial users.

Product pages are also very custom friendly.  By using drop down boxes at the bottom of the product pages you can select such things, as size, color, woods, and additional features.

You can even build a complete box wagon, add the bows and canvas to make it a covered wagon, or even add a chuck box and order an Amish built authentic chuck wagon.

                                                        www.cottagecraftworks.com

Amish sewing cabinets are a specialty for Cottage Craft Works.  They are the only Amish furniture outfitter that will build custom cabinets with choices of hardwoods, door and drawer fronts, and cabinet configuration for both left and right hand sewers.

The popular stunning reproduction Singer treadle sewing cabinets receive raving reviews.

Exclusive and original products. Many of the products at Cottage Craft Works are exclusive Amish products that you will not find anywhere on the Internet.  From the J & P Coats reproduction Spool Cabinet to The Little Pie Maker, Cottage Craft Works has developed relationships with Amish shops over the past 30 years to make practical heavy duty products.

Its the type of products that once you have them you will wonder how you ever did without them.  The Amish made stainless steel drain boards are another popular item.  These heavy duty kitchen sink drain boards will only enhance a new stainless steel kitchen while providing protection of new granite counter tops and kitchen cabinets.  Extra large drainboard size allows plenty of room for a standard drying rack with space for long kitchen utensils.  Need one built different just click on custom size using the drop down box at the bottom of the page and send them your measurements.

Need a replacement gun stock?  Yes you will find them at Cottage Craft Works as well as one of the largest online selections of hunting and game calls, leather and nylon gun holsters and gun accessories.

The Amish hand carved gun stocks were even featured in the March 2011 issue of Outdoor Life Magazine.