What are some things that you remember about your grandparent's house?

Specifically, the house(s) where they lived when you were a little kid.

I have so many fond memories of the homes of both my maternal, and paternal grandparent’s homes, especially the scents, and the kitchens, and the interesting objects, including ashtrays, and knick-knacks, and some musical instruments, specifically a piano, and an organ.

One of my favorite objects happened to be a pink handled, hand-held egg beater. Since then, I have had a fondness for vintage, pink handled kitchen gadgets. I just found an old nut chopper at the thrift store, with a pink lid. I was so excited.

What do you remember fondly about the homes, and the contents, of your grandparent’s homes?

By the way, this is the type of Nut Chopper I found : )