I was feeling a little “in the mood” today to take and share some pictures of my home, so I grabbed the camera and started snapping.
Remember this post, “linen lover” and how I said I always wanted a lovely stack of vintage quilts? Well by golly, I now have one! I have been scoring big at the estate sales and these pretty ladies were $25 each. I couldn’t pass them up at that price, so I bought six! And that thing in the middle? It’s a very fun dress made from vintage linens that was calling out to me… she will be used in an upcoming photo shoot for sure!
In that very same post, I talked about wanting to make a rustic set of hooks for my kitchen towels and also in my bathroom for some necklaces. Well a very friendly blog reader named Melanie came to my rescue! She traded me a wire photo holder for a set of some recycled knobs and two pieces of chippy wood, which I then put together to look like this:
isn’t it so fun? I love the scalloped edge. The second set of hooks isn’t done yet (it’s on a very long to do list of mine).
Here are a a few more “new” purchases that have made their way into my decor.
(above) 1. The vintage frame behind my dress form is a piece I picked up the same day I got these: “junk in use“. I staple gunned a few strips of upholstery webbing to make a pretty little pin board for my office. 2. The silver candlestick needed a little sprucing up so I tied on some seam binding and a vintage earring to add some sparkle. The ironstone gravy boat behind holds some vintage silverware. In front of that are two dainty little butter pat dishes from England and a floral t.v. tray. (This is all on a shelf in my dining room). 3. This little set-up is nothing new, but I have started collecting a few neat vintage cameras to display around the house. I figure if it makes me happy, then it’s worth decorating with!
How did that get in there? :o) My sweet Hannah is certainly not “new” but she makes me smile, just look at that face! I had to bribe her to sit for this picture. But isn’t her paw cute next to the claw feet on this bureau? Love her!
I’ve been stocking my new “brocante” site just as fast as I can, but sometimes a few of my treasures are too hard to part with… like the two vintage books with amazing covers and gold gilt titles, or this transferware platter with a sweet little bird. And of course I had to throw in Jeanne‘s fabulous ribbon, which hasn’t stopped making me smile. :o)
That’s all the sharing for today folks! Hope you enjoyed the little tour of treasures. Wish me luck at the estate sales this week!
by Sadie Olive
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