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I Hate To Break It To You, But If Your Grandma Had Any Of These 35 Things In Her Home, You Are Officially Old Now

Grandmas are the best.

Pretty much everyone's grandma had...

1. That one bird clock that hung in her kitchen or basement and never really worked properly:

Close-up of an analog bird clock with bird photos on it

2. The first television ever invented:

An old-fashioned large TV that's a piece of furniture

3. A tin of cookies that was NEVER FULL OF COOKIES:

A cookie tin filled with cookies x'ed out, and one with sewing accessories

4. These candies that apparently only grandmas can buy:

A candy with a strawberry-colored wrapper

5. A cabinet full of glass you could NEVER, EVER touch:

A large wooden cabinet with glass doors and containing glass figurines, glasses, and plates

6. Little fruit magnets all over the fridge:

Close-up of the fruit magnets

7. That one room you weren't allowed in with plastic-covered couches:

Fancy living room furniture covered in plastic

8. And plastic-covered furniture, in general:

A plastic-covered chair

9. Ribbon candy that was all stuck together and probably like 9 years old:

A tin of loose ribbon candy

10. A cabinet dedicated to just plastic bags that was slowly getting out of control:

A cabinet stuffed with plastic bags inside each other

11. This exact blanket, probably laid out over the back of a couch:

A crocheted blanket with a zigzag pattern

12. A stationary bike in literally the most random room it could be in:

A stationary bike on the rug in a living room in front of an end table and couch

13. At least one room in the house with walls like this:

Wood-paneled walls

14. That one alarm clock that gave a big, red glow at night:

A GE digital clock radio

15. A phone that looked as if you could call President Gerald Ford with it:

A corded rotary phone

16. Sewing pincushions just hanging around that you'd somehow be allowed to play with:

Pincushions in the shape of tomatoes and other objects

17. Carpet protectors that definitely destroyed your toes on one or two occasions:

Plastic carpet mat

18. Towels that were for DECORATION, not DRYING:

19. This gorgeous end table right in the living room...

Antique octagonal wood table with doors and handles

20. ...which probably looked exactly like this:

A living room with floral-print furniture and carpet that looks like it's from a grandparents 'house

21. A set of Revere Ware cookware that they probably got as a gift several decades before:

Close-up of cookware on a stove

22. This exact chair, probably in the kitchen:

A metal armless chair with a footrest

23. This blender that was probably around before your grandma was and will be around long after you're gone:

An Osterizer multifunction blender

24. This exact bedspread on the bed:

Antique jacquard bedspread

25. A car with a door like this in the driveway:

An old car door

26. This exact bowl:

A large checkerboard wooden bowl

27. This casserole dish that had permanent stains in it from years of abuse:

Old-school quart dish with glass top

28. A bunch of these to put under hot plates:

Wicker woven flat baskets

29. Old cloth calendars from like decades ago:

A cloth calendar from 1975 with folksy illustrations

30. This exact bowl:

A vintage Pyrex mixing bowl

31. Chairs that probably sagged a little too much in the middle:

Two folding lawn chairs

32. At least one set of fake grapes located somewhere in the house:

Fake fruit, including bunches of grapes, on display on a table

33. A ceramic Christmas tree, preferably one in green and white:

Close-up of a ceramic Christmas tree with lights

34. This exact coaster set:

Vintage wooden coasters with cork and the small cabinet they fit into

35. And amber-colored wine glasses NOBODY DRANK FROM:

Vintage amber ornate wine goblet