The kitchen TV, one of the first flat-screen TVs, a Sharp with 720p resolution, I think 21 inches. It’s sad to think that since then, four different TVs have been in my living room.

Herman Miller Aeron Chair. Have had it for at least 25 years and besides a scuff or two on the arms, it’s in perfect shape. I work from home and am sitting on it all day every day, so it definitely has held up.

My spouse and I both have mid century 5 drawer tanker desks. I’m sitting at it to type this.

Attached to my monitor stand is the modified remains of an 80’s gravity lamp. The base broke but the springs are good and it makes a great spotlight.

Our server and tv are built into the remains of an early 80’s Zenith console TV. The screen was dead so we cut out space behind the decorative front pannel for a 32in flat screen and cut down the tower to work as scaffolding for the computer parts. Tossed a sound bar in and now it booms like a theater. You don’t even notice the 2in of screen that’s losts on the ends.

Our stove is a Montgomery Ward from the late 70s. It’s an absolute marvel to use. The clock is broken so I’m planning to dismantle that area to put controls for a vent fan I want to install in the attached shelf.

Our fridge is modern but the second I find myself a '64 GE Americana I’m gutting it to modetnize that masterpiece. Unless I find the tools for metal fab first…

My Samsung microwave is from the mid 70’s. It doesn’t have a turn table but it heats food better than any modern box and has a fraction of the radio leak that my Walmart one had.

Whirlpool washer and dryer from the 80’s. They came with the house and they are INVINCIBILE.

Knitting stuff fron the 50s, glassware from the 60s, and probably a load of crockery/kitchen stuff that is at least 20 years old. My speakers and amps are 80s (although they have new cones) and guitar stuff from around the millennium.

my super nintendo

The one I’ll pick to share is my desk. It was a teachers desk and the drawers are full of signatures from kids in the classes. No date but the desk had the top restored by a guy I knew over 20 years ago. It was given to me a few years later and I’ve used it ever since.

All of my musical instruments and a surprising number of tools. A lot of vinyl records. He’ll I have computer thats 25 years old that I still turn on.

I have a moka pot from my dad that I don’t use super frequently (every once in a while I try to learn how to do cuban-style espresso, otherwise I just drink drio coffee), but it’s 30-40 years old.

I have a thing for old computers, so… My C64, VIC-20, plus/4, A600, A1200, NES, Sega master system, PowerBook G4. I can’t fit all on my desk at once, so three are in storage, but I rotate.

Also, my graphing calculator. I bought it new in 2000. I think they haven’t changed much, as there’s still just a handful of models approved for state exams. I took a skipper course five years ago, and that’s the one I brought.

So many things. The one that gets used the most is a laundry basket which still has the old orange “Spags” price sticker on it. I miss Spags…

Ooh I love this. I started with nothing less than 20 years ago so I don’t have much that old, but my Playstation 2 still gets used on occasion

I have a living room table that dad made over 40 years ago.

So 2006. Lots. Washer im sure. This single strap backpack I have. Lots of clothes. Some of my dogs toys are hand me downs from my last dog. Don’t think I have any electronics that have made it. Although I gave my dvd player to my brother a few years back. There has to be others as we don’t get rid of things unless they no longer function. Oh. Actually a but load of basic tools.

The house itself: 1880

KitchenAid stand mixer

Marble base metal stand lamp

woolen poncho, bought for $20 at a craft fair in 2004

multiple dressers and bedframes

multiple vintage SciFi hardback books

wooden chairs salvaged from the University of Chicago Harper Library

homemade quilts

Soccer jersey from 2004

duct tape wallet assembled in 2003

cardboard box for Arby’s curly fries, collected from a dumpster in 2002 to pack favorite Lego builds for storage in the summer before going to college, plus the Legos themselves

…huh. I’m genuinely surprised at how many things in my home aren’t twenty years old.