Back in the 1950s, my grandfather worked and later owned a gas station, and over the years he acquired all sorts of paraphernalia from the era. Grandpa had tin signs featuring Uncle Sam, The New York Yankees, and Coca-Cola. He also had an extensive collection of children’s toys and games from the 1950s that I always loved to play with when I visited him. When grandpa passed, I was only about 8 years old, and it wasn’t until I was older that my mom told me he had left me all the items he had in the gas station.
I took all of grandpa’s favorite possessions from the gas station, and set them up in my dining room. I’m not sure why I chose the dining room, other than dinner was often the reason I visited grandpa’s house. But since I incorporated all of grandpa’s stuff, I’ve received a lot of compliments from friends and even family members. My grandma told me it reminded her of grandpa.