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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.

Channeling 1965

 

 

Mixed Marriage

Found this lovely jar at the thrift store last week.  It was a bargain price of $4 since it was missing it's glass lid.

This thrift store keeps a bin of orphan lids for sale so I dug around and came up with one that is a perfect fit and vintage as well.

Perfect storage for something, hmm......... 

Cool Junk Dudes

Just got back from a long weekend with the family in NYC.  It was a very good trip because the weather was unheard of fabulous for August and everyone had a good time.  Each of us got to do something that was on our list and for me that was going to a NYC flea market.

In fact, I had my sights set on the Hell's Kitchen Flea Market.  I only just heard about this particular NYC market because I also just discovered a freakin' great new show on the Discovery channel.  Have you seen this one yet??

I happened upon this last week by chance.  I'm almost ashamed to admit that I was planning to watch "Picker' Sisters" on Lifetime.  (Here's my advice about that show....NOT).  Instead I watched two episodes of "Dirty Money" and I am hooked. 

This show, DIRTY MONEY, is about two brothers, the DiResta's from LonGisland and their junkin' adventures, their junk transformations and then the flea market experience. 

That's me with John.

That's Jimmy in the glasses under the red tent.

Let me tell you, these were the nicest guys and quite handsome too :->

Don't let their flea market personas fool you.  They have got some impressive creds.  I love this quote here from the NY Post about "the sickness".

Simply defined, "it's the love of other people's junk," says John, clarifying that "hoarding is for weirdos, the sickness is pre-hoarding."

I totally get it guys.  I've got the sickness.

Did I haggle for any of their mantiques?  Nope, but I did snag one of John's comedy CD's and it was hilarious.  It was the highlight of the audio portion of our drive home today :->

 

Scratchin' That Junkin' Itch

February can be so bleak for treasure hunting but today the little thrift store over at the Catholic Church near the beach was open.

I love this little store.  The prices are dirt cheap, I always find something and it's next to the beach.  That's a win, win, win all the way around.

I found a whole bag of good stuff today.

Good stuff for sure but I'm totally rockin' my new tank watch that was a whole $2.

I love the yellow leather band, it's my favorite color :-> 

American Folk Art Supreme

I found a new thrift store today.  It's actually a newly established store and it's new to me.  It's in Smithfield, VA and it benefits the Isle of Wight SPCA.

It's teeny tiny, but inside I found this:

 

I'm just in awe of this masterpiece of american folk art.  It's made of mahogany.  So my little excursion to Smithfield really paid off today. 

I'll put this in my fantasy sewing room.  That would be the big room with the windows that flood it with natural light.....  Whoa, snap out of it. 

  Hmmmm, maybe the kitchen....

Cast Iron for the Garden

A single find at a Friday yard sale. 

Perfect for the garden.

Made in 1951. 

Apparently made to last :->

Very shortly to be filled with flowering annuals. 

UPDATE:

That didn't take long.

Estate Sale Friday

What's always good to find at estate sales?

Homemade felt ornaments of course.

Just about anything vintage christmas really.

Mushrooms and jadite of course.

Kitschy kitchen anything!!   

I'm a Trash Can Magnet

I just keep stumbling across these awesome vintage trash cans this year.  What's up with that?

Last weekend while I was spending a few days with Beth we attended an incredibly fabulous estate sale.  The first thing I nabbed as I ran down to the basement was this unbelievably cool vintage can.

Wow, I'm just tripping over trash cans and adjectives aren't I :->

It's a barely there shade of light green with gorgeous enamel metal flowers and hand painted leaves.  I love the cut metal trim on the top and it's painted pink on the inside.  You can't see them, but it has little metal ball feet too.

Now it's been spray sealed, holes drilled in the bottom and plants added. 

My favorite one yet.