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Home Soda Fountain
How To Make A Home Soda Fountain Setup
Create your own home soda fountain setup. When the time finally arrives to serve your homemade soda pop to friends and family, you can make it a unique occasion by using antique soda fountain memorabilia to create a nostalgic atmosphere.
All you need is a small bar-type counter and a few accessories to recreate the look of the vintage soda shop. The accessories are easy to acquire and surprisingly affordable.
The above photo shows a typical pharmacy soda fountain, about 1900. Notice the ornate Tiffany-style lighting fixture centered on the marble countertop and the stained glass decorating the sides of the mirror-backed rear cabinet. The customers enjoyed sipping their fizzy sodas while seated comfortably on the round wooden stools.
The smaller front-service fountain pictured above, around 1910, also features the traditional marble counter, wooden soda fountain stools, mirror-backed cabinet, and an ornate wooden wall unit to contain the syrups, glassware, and other items needed. Note the hanging ribbon decoration over the counter, and the glass-covered stand for fancy cakes and candies.
The Home Soda Fountain SetupA small bar-type counter can be used for the home fountain, and a Colonial hutch unit could be pressed into service as a rear cabinet with the addition of a mirror back. The front counter could be covered with white marble flooring tiles at a reasonable cost to further the illusion.
Antique soda pop bottles, beverage trays, and footed soda glasses can sometimes be found at garage sales and flea markets at reasonable prices. These items are perfect for either decoration or even serving, providing the glass isn't chipped.
Buy Home Soda Fountain SuppliesAffordable reproductions of vintage soda fountain items and glassware are available online at The Prairie Moon Beverage Syrup Company.
Buy Old Time Soda Fountain Glasses, Mugs, Coasters
The Prairie Moon Company sells traditional glassware including old-style paneled rootbeer mugs, paneled tumblers, fluted tumblers, paneled fountain glasses, fluted fountain glasses, and traditional soda fountain glasses. And don't forget to get long-handled soda spoons, a traditional glass straw dispenser, and a set of nostalgic beverage coasters to set under the drinks.
Buy Old Time Sundae Dishes, Soda Siphons, Fountain Signs
And to serve homemade ice cream treats with your sodas, you can buy fluted sundae dishes, paneled sundae dishes, and banana split dishes.
Beverage blenders, cream whippers, and soda siphons (seltzer bottles) are also available from The Prairie Moon Company at very affordable prices, and help you to give your home fountain a professional soda shop look.
And don't forget to decorate your home soda shop walls with colorful reproductions of vintage tin signs. Tin signs create that authentic soda parlor atmosphere.
As a no-cost alternative, facsimiles of old-fashioned beverage company signs can be downloaded from the Internet, printed out in color on your personal inkjet or laser printer, and framed.
Buy Old Time Soda Jerk Clothing
Dress like a 1950s soda jerk with an authentic soda jerk cap, bow tie, and apron. These clothing items are available from The Prairie Moon Company in various styles and colors, and when worn with a white shirt and black pants, they help to further the illusion of the home soda fountain.
If you handle and serve your homemade sodas with the same care, flourish and pride as you would a vintage wine, your friends will eagerly await a taste treat. There's nothing like serving homemade soda pop in your own soda parlor to bring back memories and create fond new ones.
Visit The Prairie Moon Company WebsiteYou'll be amazed at what's available for the home soda fountain. When you arrive at the company's website, look under "Accessories & Equipment" for home soda fountain supplies.
You will find everything you need at very affordable prices. Orders are promptly shipped via UPS to the United States and Canada only.
Click Here To Visit The Prairie Moon Beverage Syrup Company Website
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