Color, color everywhere at The Vintage Bazaar
Posted: June 26, 2014 Filed under: Fun Finds, Vintage Bazaar, Where to find the dish sisters | Tags: vintage, Vintage Bazaar, vintage furniture 1 CommentThe Vintage Bazaar is not the best shopping experience for play-it-safe-with-beige people. (On second thought, maybe I just ignored all the safe, neutral stuff!) It’s chock full of fun and colorful treasures. I didn’t have a lot of time for shopping, but I did grab a few snapshots.
First, the furniture…
My dining room chairs are this exact style, but I never thought of doing this with them. Adding slatted seats has got to be easier than messing with new upholstery.
Completely non-Christmas fabulous find
Posted: December 4, 2013 Filed under: Decor, Fun Finds, Lurayville, Not gonna change a thing! | Tags: Color, vintage furniture, yellow is a happy color 2 CommentsI drove by the thrift shop yesterday on my way to the fabric store to pick up a couple dozen jingle bells for my sewing students’ next project.
Am I ever glad I did!
Actually, to back up a country mile in this story, I didn’t drive right by the thrift shop at all. I stopped thereĀ before I got to the fabric store, even though it meant taking two left turns on a busy road, which generally I try to avoid.
Because the fabric store always has dozens of jingle bells and if they ever run out they can get more in a jiffy.
But if I miss something marvelous at the thrift shop, well, I’m never going to see it again.
This is what I didn’t miss. Read the rest of this entry »