GeorgiaPeachez

Retro Redo For Some Classic Breuer Chairs

I'm working on projects here and there to redecorate my kitchen in a fun 70's style.   This weekend it was kitchen chairs.

I picked up some knock off Breuer chairs at the Thrift store.  They are in very good condition and at $7 a pop the price was right.

After a little elbow grease, steel wool, spray paint and a stencil, they have a new lease on life.

I'm quite pleased and they look great with my new to me craigslist tulip table.

An Accurate Forecast

Today's paper has got the forecast for Hampton spot on.

Increasing LOUDINESS.  Now you might think that's a typo, but I think not.

Because today, at the Hampton Coliseum is Monster Jam.  That's very loud, very large trucks.

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Increasing loud-iness, that's right. 

I Was a Very Ambitious 6th Grader

Santa brought my very first sewing machine when I was 8 years old.  Before that I hand stitched little dresses for my Barbie dolls.

MamaPeach was always my inspiration when it came to sewing.  I have two older sisters and mamapeach would sew clothes for us.  I have very fond memories of a poncho trimmed out in rows and rows of rick rack in varying sizes and colors.  I also remember very clearly a gaucho pant/bolero vest outfit made of thin whaled kelly green corduroy, again trimmed with rick rack.  I wore this with my patent leather faux lace up (zipper on the side) boots from the Sears catalog.  I think I was 9(?) years old. 

MamaPeach always told me that if I learned to sew, she would purchase all the fabric and patterns that I wanted.  SO, I was off to the races!

 

Betsey Johnson designed patterns for Butterick in the 60's and 70's and I think I had them all.  I made the short version of this dress when I was 11.  Polyester of course and I used red on the bottom like the picture and brown on the top.  I LUUUVED that dress.

My MOST ambitious endeavor when I was just a wee little 6th grader was this pattern.

I made this suit for myself.  I distinctly recall shopping in the fabric section of the Almart (that's right ALMART, not Wallyworld) in Knoxville, TN where we lived at the time.  I picked out a pastel striped heavy cotton for the slacks and jacket.  I made the long sleeved ruffle trimmed blouse to go with.  I picked a coordinating pastel patterned cotton.  Darts, button holes, set in sleeves, facings.  Yes, I was quite the ambitious seamstress when I was 11 years old.

I'm sure I must have worn this with my tan leather platform sandals.  Everyone had those sandals in 1971.  Purchased at Baker's Shoes in the mall with baby sitting funds :->

Oh wait, now I remember.  I had white clogs, exactly like the ones the model is wearing on the pattern.  Also purchased at Baker's I'm sure.

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Vintage Stationary for Weddings

Fast forward 24 years and look at all the fabulous resources available to today's bride for planning her wedding.  I say, 24 years because that's how long I've been married.  I was an 80's bride.  Yep, 1980's.  The decade of big hair, big shoulder pads, oversized jackets.  Fashion was pretty horrific. 

If I was planning my wedding today, I'd probably go all out Portlandia-ish and have something so disgustingly hipster you would gag.  Birds on everything, organic flowers and vittles, photo booth, you name it.

My invitations for my 1980's ceremony were simple.  Not engraved, just printed.  Those were pretty much my options.  I did have them printed in a watermelon red ink and I thought that was something different, ha!

 

If I was choosing my invites today, maybe I would pick something with a bird on it.

 

I also love these romantic ones.  Everything looks great with polka dots.

I found these pretty vintage invitations here.

Smeg Love

Remember when I posted about the pink oven that I found on Craigs List?  I'm happy to report that one of my readers purchased the oven for a 1960's reno they are doing on their retirement home in Arizona.

Now that I am redecorating my kitchen in a fun 70's theme wouldn't one of these babies in lime green be perfect?

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That orange is pretty fabulous too.

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But then there is that pink one......

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and this pink one.  

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But this one is turquoise perfection.

All these and more can be purchased here.

A Little Wallpaper Update

Remember when I updated my outdated wet bar with a little paint and wallpaper?

 

I really love this vintage wallpaper and I finally got around to adding it to the built in bookcases at the other end of the room.

The bookcases flank the fireplace and here is just one side, a before picture from a couple of years ago.

 

Needs something, right?

Just the right touch.

Three Makes A Collection

Having just acquired my third dainty porcelain piece from the wonderful Etsy seller Alleluja, now I officially have a collection. 

These diminutive creations are made of fine porcelain with a pale green shiny glaze. 

You can see a lot more of her gorgeous little creations here .

Estate Sale Wall Decor

I'm in love with the fun and funky vintage wall plaque that I scored this morning at a family run estate sale.

Family run sales are the best.

This is a big boy, at 36 inches across.  It's made from a sturdy plastic and stamped Made in the USA.

It's looks just fab-o hanging on the wall outside my bedroom. 

Suh-weet :->  

I Need Another Room

If only I had a finished basement with a dining area (no basements here on the coast), then I could bring this fabulous dining set home from the thrift store.

The tabletop and chair backs are amber colored lucite.  The chairs are covered in a "shag" orange fabric.   SOOOOO fabulous.

This is exactly what I'm looking for to go in the kitchen, but it has to be round and I only need four chairs.  *sigh*

January is for Nesting

What is it about this post holiday month that brings on the nesting instincts in triplicate?

Well, I actually starting some serious nesting action back in November during the heat of the holidays, and I started with my dining room.

I had completely turned the style around with a new to me vintage dining set and china cabinet but was still left with this massive Mission/Empire style sideboard.

I was able to re-home the sideboard a couple of weeks ago and while visiting mamapeach in TN we took a trip over to Asheville, NC where I found the perfect piece to compliment the rest of the decor.

I decided to start looking around for some vintage table linens.  Placemats, napkins and napkin rings.  Linens I hadn't used in the decor before but they seemed appropriate for this room now.

It didn't take me anytime to find some great pieces.

Growing up we had these same placemats in green.  These are vintage, but unused with the original tags intact.  Sweet.

Next I found the linen napkins and then the perfect vintage japan wooden rings.

Dining room is pretty complete now, just need to remove the broken Nutone intercom, patch the wall and DONE.  Kitchen is next,  going 70's mod all the way in there :->