.mt6 .hm3 .h1Grayso Enterprise Ltd Firs N newspape rights .h2May 14, 1989 Copyrigh 1989 .h3Page #. 96 words. KITCHE COLLECTIBLES Writte an Photographe b Jun Grayson Doroth Hultgren th curato o th Dunha-Hun Hous Museu o St Charles Illinois ma b th onl perso t watc Car Gran movi s sh ca se th furniture "Remembe Th Bachelo an th Bobb Soxer? Hultgre explains "Th set containe beautifu America antiqu furniture fel i lov wit Windso chair whe firs sa the i a ol Joa Crawfor movie An neve tir o seein th Englis Victoria interior i th movi o Dicken' Christma Carol. Hultgre ma hav bee bor on hundre year to late Durin th museu tour tha sh lead throug th Dunha-Hun House sh introduce eac treasur fro th Nineteent centur wit obviou affectio an encyclopedi knowledge He hom shelter enoug collectible t stoc anothe museu treasure fro a eve earlie perio i America history th America primitiv o th Eighteent century Ye he hom i n museu wit don' touc atmospher o rigi adherenc t decoratin dogma Han forge kitche tool mingl wit moder electrica appliances Cas iro pot ar stacke abov th electri refrigerator writin-ar chai look old bu it' new Th Windso chair i th kitche were mad onl thirt year ag bu the ar authenti copie o the origina Windso chair Doroth Hultgren' adaptatio o he possession t Twentiet centur hom create th coz clutte tha famil an guest fin irresistibl a wel a eminentl livable Functiona tool fro an ag ma alway see modern. Sinc hig school Hultgre ha cu ou magazin picture o ol America homes Sh gre u i th 1940 whe he boyfriend no he husband wa awa fightin Worl Wa Two "Movie wer ou favorit entertainmen the an wen t lo o them M mothe like beautifu clothe bu sh didn' car muc abou housekeeping s learne abou beautifu furnitur b goin to movies. Hom decoratin magazine eve wrot featur storie abou outstandin movi sets "Watc th ol Car Gran, Shirle Temple an Joa Crawfor movie fo goo ideas, Hultgre suggests "a wel a Susa an Go an U I Mabel' Room." Sh stare to collect antique whe the move t th Fox Rive Valle i 1966 He firs purchas wa a oa washstand Whe sh decide sh like earlie furnishings sh sol it. "Tha i th nic thin abou antique yo usuall ca resel withou losin an money, Hultgre says Sh starte wit littl things suc a kitche utensils an learne a sh wen along "I get t b gu reaction, Hultgre explains "A first yo ar no sur o yoursel bu yo kno i wha yo bu i no quit right Afte awhile yo ca jus glanc a somethin an yo kno i i fo you" Sh frequente fle markets estat sales an antiqu shops Sh an he husban eve belonge t "fle marke suppe club" whos othe member share thei passio fo antiqu hunting No sh ha s man treasure tha mor acquisition ar fe an fa between "Yo ge t th poin wher yo g t th fle marke jus fo socia occasion, sh observe wrily Th Hultgre hom i simpl builder' hous t whic the adde thei ow version o America primitiv The painted th exterio woo sidin Colonia Red wreat o th fron doo welcome guests strin o buoy o hoo besid th doo suggest tie t Ne Englan seafarin days. He husband' interest ar complementary H like t buil an restor furniture Whil h ha n rea interes i buyin antiques h wil see ou specia antiqu utensil a he surpris birthda presents Whe the wer firs married h buil reproduction o traditionall style furniture The sol thos piece whe sh becam intereste i primitiv Americana "H ca cop anythin fro picture, Doroth says "an h won' ad thing tha d no belong Whe sh foun th to of a ol hutc a a antiqu shop h wa abl t buil matchin botto usin woo fro anothe ol cupboard H use ol bar sidin t fac th fireplac wall T giv th hal an stairwel cozie feeling h panele th wall wit mor ol wood H buil th bo ceilin beam fro whic the han he collectio o antiqu baskets Th kitche an it adjoinin dinin an sittin are serv a on bi "keepin room jus a i Colonia times Everythin i instantl accessibl fo dail use Sh love Victoria rabbits Mos o the si patientl o hal shel buil b he husband althoug on o the ha escape t hid unde th sofa' en table Han forge ti cooki cutter la cluttere i doug bo o th kitche han-carve plan table Sh ha lo o cooki cutter becaus sh like t bake Carve woode war bowl an plate lin th ope shelve o severa hutches Pewte plate an porringer som origina an som reproductio fil th res o th shelves Sh strew homespu coverlet casuall ove th sof an chair fo protectio agains sudde drafts Additiona han-wove tabl covering ca b see throug ope cupboar doors He cas-iro collectio include a Eagl to stov simila t on i Smithsonia Institut catalog hear waffl iron, hear-punche tinderbox an mapl-suga mold Sh polishe th antiqu coppe twic yea "whethe i need i o not, sh smiles Th hear-shape moti abound throughou al o th room " commo symbo o affection, Hultgre explains. Hultgre ha advic fo ne collectors "Whe yo se somethin yo like bu it I yo bu fro th heart yo wil no g wrong." #####