Around Town

Just thought I'd share what I've seen around town lately. Most items I've passed on but I love showing you all the potential that vintage items hold. Running short on time so I'll post tomorrow on how these are used.

 

 HUGE faux bamboo mirror! To die for price!......I passed :(

I'm not sure your thoughts but this was molded plastic and I just don't think it seems that substantial. Painted this guy could be a beaut. I really need to have measurements handy. I've been searching for a non-typical mirror for our bathrooms and this would've been great. Only problem is without dimensions I figured it was too tall to fit under our wall mounted light fixture. Oh, well.

 If you have hear or SEEN brass is coming back in a big way. I thought these bow and tassel brass sconces would look great in our master bath on either side of the oval mirror we have. At $3.93 for the pair I'm thinking I should have swung for these.

 Spotted these sweet vintage Ferragamo navy snakeskin flats. I know you're thinking I got these, right??
 I passed. I know I know...they were more worn in person and the bottom was black foam. Pretty none the less.

LOVE LOVE LOVED this long sofa. It had a slight curve and the tufting was gorgeous. Fabric was in ok condition but looked a little dirty and maybe for some reason I have a recollection that it had a smell. Anywho, it would be fab recovered.

 

I'm just now decorating our house for fall. Nothing like a looming Halloween party to get you rear in gear. So needless to say I was stoked when I spotted these heirloom pumpkins last night at WALMART. I was floored! And the price...ahhhh Wally-world can't be beat.  I did my own little take on this month's Southern Living Spread. If only I had a entry like this to work with!

 

Anyone else find any fun treasures lately?? I'd love to hear/see!

XOXO, 

Rebekah

Fall...back on the wagon

Hello?? Anyone still here?.....

Yeah didn't think so ;)

Can't believe my last post was in May! I've told several folks in the shop that I tend to do really well at one thing (aka Facebook...much better updating this lately) and neglect the other (ummm the blog, duh!). We'll I'm BACK! Instead of the loading the FB page down with images and thoughts I'll try to do a better job of making additional information available on what's happening around the shop and other personal updates here on the blog. Here's a photo log of what I've been up to.

Liberty Antique Festival
Twice annual antique fest on a gorgeous 100 acre farm.

 

Hour early and there was already a line.

Thoughts for next year...get there a few minutes after it starts. It wasn't a running free-for-all like a thought it was going to be. Don't get me wrong early bird gets the worm but, it wasn't like the crazies on Black Friday.

 

It was a beautiful morning!

Couple of shots of items I LOVED but didn't get.

 Purple bottles! So pretty in person. The price however...NOT cheap. I'll have to do my research on these since it was my first time eyeing them.

Sweet little chandelier. Should have gotten the oars for the shop but I was on overload and forgot to go back. Another note to shelf. If you see something you like photograph and write down the booth location! One can get mighty turned around with all the stuff to be seen.

 

Really really wanted this industrial ladder to go with my awesome industrial warehouse shop with exposed brick, high ceilings with the original tin tiles (ok this is only in my dreams...Calabash doesn't quite have anything like that). We passed because we didn't want to store in the mean time, waiting and hoping for said warehouse to magically appear. Also, not sure it would have fit in the minivan.

 Black and white transfer ware! Ahhh it was love at first sight. I have this thing for toile, palm trees, chinoiserie. I really needed these.Once again need to research these. Price was around $15 to $20 a plate (I think, maybe more) and I know a lot of the more popular antique dishes are knocked off. Don't mind knock-off sometimes but I don't want to pay the REAL deal price and get the imitation.

This moose rack was HUGE! I only wish I had gotten a shot of the rest of the booth. So many neat things and the guy running it was awesome himself.

Thought this zebra lamp was mighty fun, However, it was $60 and it had to be rewired. I passed.

 All in all Liberty was a blast. It was great to have a change of scenery from the beach. The weather was great a little warm but I'm not complaining. I almost fainted though when my husband actually said he was enjoying himself! HA! Slowly but surely he is coming around to the dark side :)

In other musings, I spotted this faux bamboo dresser, mirror and full/queen headboard around town.

Great price but the drawer faces were plastic and in my opinion needed to be repainted. Great deal for someone to fix up but I decided to pass.

There as been and lot of buying, selling and passing here and I promise to do a better job of showing you what we've be up to.


Anyone else been antiquing or treasure hunting lately?



Love,
Rebekah





P.S. Don't tell my husband but the hunt (aka the shopping part) is my favorite!