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Tuesday 12.08.09
rachel returns with a great giveaway!
rachel ashwell is back, and she’s back with a beautiful new book. rachel opened in her original store in 1989, took a brief hiatus, and is now back online and with new stores in santa monica, california, and new york city, and soon to come, nottinghill, london. her new book shabby chic interiors: My Rooms, Treasures, and Trinkets is out on shelves and is totally gorgeous, and full of fresh inspiration from rachel. the look is eclectic, and a wonderful mix of modern meets vintage-inspired furnishings and accessories with an amazing array of gorgeous photographs of rachel’s very own homes.
rachel has graciously invited me to giveaway a signed copy of her book to one very fortunate sfgirlbybay reader. simply enter your very own favorite vintage find in the comments section below by Friday, December 11th, and we’ll pick a happy winner of shabby chic interiors: My Rooms, Treasures, and Trinkets the following week. please be sure to include a way to contact you! and, i’m pretty excited to announce a very special ‘unexpected guests‘ with rachel ashwell next week — so check back in! in the meantime, you can also check out rachel’s lovely new shabby chic blog.
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favorite vintage find? my old school glass jar that I keep Bailey’s food in on my counter…
Recently purchased some vintage Arsenal FC lampshades on eBay. For the home pub I dream of sometime having. Pic in above link.
So pretty! I love seeing how shabby chic style has evolved in the past 20 years–still retaining its original cozy and welcoming sensibility, but becoming a little more clean and less fussy. just lovely!
as for my favorite vintage find? hard to pick a favorite but I’d have to say that my mad med style lamps are in the top five for sure! http://tinyurl.com/y8p42qx
my fave vintage find is a roll of 1900s seashell scallop wallpaper. i have done so much with it!
Victoria, that is fantastic!
My mum and I have adored Rachel’s work for years.
My favourite find was my bedside table. It has been restored and made into a gorgeous little white piece refitted with a rose glass knob.
I love it so much that I had it shipped from Australia to Canada.
i am always on the search for vintage and antique creamers. i have a small little collection that is ever growing. when i have my own house i plan on displaying them in an antique white china cabinet, along with my vintage plates.
What a great give away! My favorite item is a very small baby grand piano I found at a yard sale in Fresno California for 10 dollars. It measured about 17 inches high and 15 inches long. There was an arm that allowed you to prop up the top of the piano revealing the strings inside. It was shiny black with a gold interior. It sounded so pretty when you you hit the keys. I try not to think about it too much as it was stolen from a storage locker where I was keeping it safe, moving from one apartment to another. It still KILLS me. I have never seen another like it.
My vintage finds are an addiction so I’ll share the latest acquisition: a very small portrait of a Teddy Roosevelt look-alike Frenchman on wood ,finely painted over a collaged-on photo as was done in the early 20th century I was told. It is so cool!
I love Shabby Chic, I love this blog and I love what you are shpwing of Rachel Ashwell’s new boo- – that bedroom with the blue buttonback headboar, oh my!
I saw this book at the bookstore yesterday and I had a great time browsing through it!
My favorite vintage find is an antique radio that belonged to my great grandfather. After my grandparents passed away, many of their belongings came to live in my parents’ attic. I recently discovered the radio and it is a beauty! We had the tubes replaced and it actually works now! While it’s a little fuzzy and the dial is off by a bit, it has been a fun addition to our home. We like to listen to jazz on NPR. :) To see a photo of the radio, check out this post from my blog.
http://www.melissamcallister.com/?p=211
My favorite vintage find is a gorgeous chair that I found at Urban Mining Homewares – the best local vintage shop in Kansas City. The chair is brocade and green pleather, ridiculously comfortable, and was a steal at $34.50.
My favorite vintage find has always been a lady-head wall pocket that my grandmother had hanging in her kitchen ever since I can remember. She gave it to me when she was suffering from dementia and had to go into a convalescent home. It always evokes bittersweet memories of how grandma used to be. http://www.flickr.com/photos/julesschroom/25119179/in/set-598421/
I found a vintage fiestaware teapot at STD in Springfield, MO (an antique warhouse), and I proudly use it to hold my straws in my kitchen! I LOVE it!
We have a gorgeous antique iron bed with great patina and paint chipped in just the right places. I love it as much today as the day I bought it more than 10 years ago!
I love this designer’s books, such great creativity displayed for all to be inspired.
What a great, great giveaway! This would make a perfect gift. My favorite vintage find is a vintage crocodile embossed clutch with gold embellishments. It’s gorgeous and goes with everything!
I have my grandmother’s Oster blender that is from the early 1950’s. It still works wonderfully.
What a great book!
My favorite vintage find is a simple LBD. I no longer weigh myself, I try on my vintage little black dress and make sure it still fits. Otherwise I will not worry about my weight. When I bought it, it fit like a glove…like it was made for me. Probably before I was even born. It’s nothing elaborate, but it makes me happy and stands out as my single best find [and I sure do a lot of vintage shopping!].
My friend and I yard sale together and I found an old quilt that looked interesting and bought it, she secretly wanted it. She later found an antique ice box, I secretly wanted that. A couple of weeks later we confided in one another and traded.
My husband restored it for me and now it works as a side table for my son.
I love this book! I looked through it at the bookstore recently!
My favorite vintage find is a toss up between a simple large glass jar that I have filled with tons of buttons and a feathered hat that I found in my grandmothers closet after she had passed. They both make me smile every time I see them.
im crazy over vintage sign letters and i have way to many in my house :)
My favorite vintage find is a set of deep blue glass wine-glasses with gold embellishments all over them. I bought them because I needed wine glasses for a party, and realized the day of that I did not own any dishes or glasses except for coffee mugs. I still use them all the time today :)
Found 20 years ago: a white canopied four poster bed for $40 hidden in the garage of a pretty junky consignment store – Sunday mornings would often find all three kids peacefully hanging out there, now the grandkids are.
My favorite most recent vintage find was an armload of baggies full of wooden Christmas ornaments which tossed me back into my childhood. I peppered a small white tree with them, tossed on a few small pink glass ornaments, and they were perfect for my daughters’ bedroom. Photos: http://todayslessons.blogspot.com/2009/12/this-years-christmas-find.html
A beautiful old rocker old neighbors were throwing out as they moved. Still rocking babies in that chair!
My family’s best vintage find was in our own basement! My son rediscovered my husband’s grandfather’s old Royal typewriter. He was in the coffee export business in San Francisco in the 30’s but was based in Mexico. He used the typewriter when he came up to SF. A true treasure.
My favorite vintage find is a 1970’s Baby Ben alarm clark with blue rhinestones around the clock face on a cream colored base. I was browsing through the Ventura flea market on a Sunday and was not intending to buy anything. But the clock perfectly matches the blue glass lamp in my guest bedroom. My morning routine now includes winding the clock each day and reminds me of the times before digital.
My favorite vintage find was a chandelier from craigslist which I drove 40 miles each way to buy. But it was worth it. It was inexpensive but just what I needed. It now hangs in my bedroom where I can look at it every night.
I recently found two big clay pots in my garage. I thought they were just plant pots, but it turns out these great, big, beautiful, rustic pots were used by my great grandmother to season olives at Xmas time. I love vintage treasures that tell a story :-)
My best find was a pretty piece of wood carving that hangs over my bed!
Beautiful book! Butter dishes. I love them and can’t live without them.
Definitely a ceramic, all black, non-tacky deer lamp that was $60, talked down to $30 – my FIRST ever successful haggle!
My best find was a big bag filled with vintage laces and linen!
A pair of Quartite Creative lamps from 1961. $25 and very . . . tactile!
My mom just gave me a ceramic christmas tree that was my great uncles. It’s festive and family, what more could a girl ask for? Happy Holiday’s!
My favourite find so far is an old white medicine chest with a flaky chippy red swiss cross on it. Found in on side of the road!
an old grey tweed suitcase with a bright red handle and matching red piping. I bought it 7 years ago and it’s still my prime suitcase. It reminds me of Margot in Royal Tennenbaums. But for efficientsy sake, I think I’ll get my husband to put wheels on it!
Vintage children’s school chair in aqua during our move from CA to MO. I held it on my lap b/c our car was packed so tightly.
There have been many great vintage finds over the years. But I have to say my favorite is the chandelier hanging above my bed. Found it at the Alameda Flea Market (aka antiques by the bay). Here’s an iPhone polaroid of the chandelier. I now have little gold birds on it for Christmas.
http://www.ashimmyinmyspirit.com/2009/12/favorite-vintage-find.html
I have so many fave finds. Sometimes the best things come from the trash. When I pull something off the curb, I think how happy the piece must be, avoiding the landfill and all. :) My latest find was an antique maple dresser. You can see it here. http://lindsaybrackeen.blogspot.com/2009/10/before-after.html
A vintage BINGO game set is my current favorite. What fun to turn off the TV, etc and play bingo. My 6 year old LOVES IT too! Especially fun if you play for little candy prizes.
Recently purchased a vintage motorhome that I’m traveling the US in, while still reading your blog :). Love it!
I collected so many vintage items but I lost them all when my house burnt down in September- My faves were old 70’s picture frames in black, white and red to put my etsy prints.
my typewriter!
My favorite vintage find is definitely my old steel school desk, which has a beautiful careworn patina. In place of knobs for the doors, there are red and white striped French looking ribbons, which soften the desk’s industrial edge.
i found a fabulous “Dunkin Donuts” thermos on etsy. pink and orange stripes. perfect for warming my tea at work since my last name is dunkin :)
this book looks gorgeous! my best vintage find was a little table I found on craigslist for $10, I painted it shabby style and it looks great! I sit my glass on it while watching tele every night :)
I love the glimpses into that new book!
My favorite vintage find is the antique French armoire I bought with my mom and dad when I was in high school. It is big and beautiful and it reminds me of antique shopping with my parents, who now cannot do things like that. I’ve had it in every place I’ve lived, and can’t wait to continue to age with it for the next many years!
My favorite find is actually something my husband purchased on e-bay, a lovely gold amethyst victorian ring with a flower pearl on it with a gold leaf and it is inscribed “to wife”. It came with a vintage valentine. It’s my birthstone and it is just so “romantic” I love it. I also love Rachel Ashwell, I have all her other books and I loved her show on style network.
well this is a little tricky as i love all my ‘forsaken’ little finds, but recently i picked up a chair at Freemont sunday fleamarket that made my heart skip a beat… when the guy said $25 it beat even faster!
i took her home to mossy shed, cleaned her up and now she’s feeling pretty peachy… you can take a looky here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dottieangel/4032815383/in/set-72157622185601791/
what a lovely giveaway… thank you victoria and rachel. looking forward to the ‘unexpected guest’ post :)
Oh man, I have so many. I love my grandmother’s charm bracelet, the old, iron bed I bought from someone’s yard for the $40 I had in my pocket, a ceramic bluebird Christmas tree ornament from my mother-in-law, my big jar of vintage mother-of-pearl buttons, acquired over many years. I think all my most treasured possessions are vintage things :o)
I love my Mother’s old black Angora sweater jacket with silk lining. It is like wearing a big comfy blanket (but much hotter than a snuggie).
My favorite vintage finds are these 2 1916/1917 padlocks from a German flea market. Were they used to lock prison cells during WWI? I wonder….
Would love to have this book :-)!!!
Looks like a book full of inspiration! My favorite vintage find is a ceramic duck that was hand painted by “Mira” in “1984″ (carved on the bottom)that I believe is a roaster. I found it for $6 at the local Goodwill. I adore it.
my favorite vintage find is a buffet we picked up from a young family who practically gave it away to us! I love the curves and character that it has!
My favorite find is a tin from a fruitcake company in Texas. It’s decorated with Christmas designs, an oil derrick, and a cowboy swinging a lasso.
I love anything fleur de lis. I really like gate toppers with their patina. gorgeous!!
my favorite vintage find would have to be a light green mirrored vanity w/ flower details from the 1920s. and the chair to go with it is a white grecian style scrolled arm stool, also from the 1920s. i fell in love. amazing. i wish i had a photo!
my mom and i are huge fans of rachel and are both so excited to see her back in action. i’m actually sitting under a shabby chic bedspread right now! my mom would squeal with delight over this book.
My favorite vintage find is the castro convertible coffee table/ full size table that I got from the salvation army from the mid 19th century! Whoever gave them up did NOT know what it is worth!! Love it!
This is so hard as I love all of my vintage finds! I am really loving my collection of Cathrineholm bowls, though. I also have found some amazing vintage lamps.
Lately I have been collecting vintage hand mirrors. I also love old benches and have several throughout my house. Thanks for the chance to win.
I found a beautiful milk glass pitcher with a harvest grape pattern that I use for entertaining and for flowers. Makes me happy just looking at it.
oh please!!!! Beautiful!
My best ever find was my “Scrap room”. It’s a cupboard that was transformed into a fold out desk, which is how i bought it. My DH then added some more shelves and storage and now it’s my fold out Scrap room for scrapbooking and storing all my crafty stash!
Looks gorgeous! I’m so glad she’s back!
My fave find is any old science equipment repurposed by display. I store flour and sugar in Pyrex lab glass. It makes me oh so happy.
my favorite vintage find? the enamelware kitchen table that was my grandmother’s, after whom I am named, that I found in my mother’s basement when she was moving!
my fav vintage find is a groovey mid century cigarette holder! alexpetryna[at]yahoo[dot]com
My favorite vintage found is an old card display case. It’s a wood file cabinet with glass on three sides. They would display the cards under the glass and you could buy the cards from the drawers. My Mom and I mapped out our whole family tree with pictures under the glass, I adore it!
beccawebber@gmail
My favorite would be my Arne Vodder drawers, it stands beside the bed serving as my night stand now.
hnxing[at]gmail[dot]com
My favorite vintage find is my silver toast rack where I place various letters, cards and envelopes in. :)
Chairs!!! I love vintage chairs! And teacups:) Great giveaway!! xx
My favorite find is an old food cupboard from Hungaria. I found it in a little shop in Amsterdam. I have painted it and put vintage wallpaper inside.
An old postcard. A relative sent it to me when I was 3 years old!.. more than 30 years ago :) It’s framed and I like it on my living room close to my ‘new’ vintage side table. Just found it at Goodwill @ Fillmore and it was love at first sight! The best part: $11,99 ;)
what a cool book
guess my lamps & chairs& husband
my life is full of vintage
WOW! What a fantastic giveaway!!!
The book looks awesome!
We recently had a big cleaning at my in-laws’ attick and throwing away and organizing a lot of rubbish, in the middle of it all, I just found this cutest little Bambi :o) So tiny, but gorgeous!
I took it and put it with the advent-candles:
http://tonefslilleverden.blogspot.com/2009/11/advent.html
(I found out it actually belongs to DH’s sister, but she was kind to give it to me :)
My favorite vintage find is defenitely my leather Geoffrey Harcourt chair. Although it’s crackle and the leather is a little torn it still is a beauty!
My favorite is my 1960’s teal Singer sewing machine. I bought it for 8 dollars at a goodwill in 2003, and after two 40$ tune ups every other year or so, it is still going strong!
My fave vintage finds are industrial letters (from signs and buildings), milk glassware and small delicate teacups. I don’t always go vintage shopping so these finds are few and far between but having ebay helps sometimes.
Good Morning from *frosty* southern Manitoba! My fav. vint. find is ‘wedding dresses and veils’…have 6 dresses and am up to 16 veils now!! LOVE IT!! Ta..cheers, Valerie
My favourite vintage finds are two huge metallic Thermos flasks, one in turquoise and one in silver, that I found in my parents’ junk cupboard. I think they were my grandfather’s.
My eye is always roving for vintage aluminum ware and paintings/prints. Do I need more? Probably not, but I just can’t say no. Hurray for Rachel for her new book, and for you and your wonderful blog!
My favorite vintage finds are a selection of Victorian and 60’s paintings I found at a thrift store. Blend in nicely with family portraits and a building art collection!
OH I NEED THIS BOOK! My and my fiance are getting our very first home at the end of this month!!! I have so many favorite vintage finds. My newest favorite is a snowglobe of Paris. I can’t stop dreaming looking at it! My other most favorite is my seafoam desk that was my Great Grandmas, I love it! :)
My favorite vintage find is a 60’s mirror I found in a flea market. Perfect! This book looks amazing!
I stumbled upon your blog via your 100 words on Blaine Hogan…we went to grad school together. I have loved adding you to my Google Reader.
So my favorite vintage find was recently purchased at a garage sale in Seattle. There was a neighborhood garage sale where everyone, and I mean everyone, was participating in some way. As my friend and I stepped out to go walking around Greenlake, we passed her neighbors as they were feverishly trying to get all of their precious items out into the yard. Hours later when we came back, my eye caught this old, hard back suitcase. As I looked at it, I thought “I bet they’re asking a lot for this.” Three dollars later it was mine. The woman that sold it to me told me that it was her mother’s graduation present when she finished college in Connecticut, Her mother’s mother worked long hours in a sewing shop to buy the American Tourister set as a present for her daughter, who later took it around the world with her husband. It now rests on my floor as a table for the mini-stereo my brother gave me for Christmas years ago. Antiques with stories make a purchase so rich.
Thanks for reading!
Would sooooo love to have this book…<3
Oh! And, my favorite vintage find would be a Scottish highlands wool sweater from the early eighties (I guess that’s vintage!) in soft greys and whites to be worn on the coldest midwestern days and nights…
When my husband was single and living with “a bunch of Stanford hippies” in Portola Valley, one of his handy roommates turned an old wooden shipping crate into a large dining room table. This is our dining room table today – we were the lucky ones to inherit it – it’s funky, has history, and a real treasure.
My favorite vintage find is an old dresser from around the turn of the century. It is dark wood and has huge wooden nobs. I have used it for several zears as a dresser, but my husband and I are hoping to get pregnant soon, and want to use it as a changing table!
~Brooke
brooke.malko@gmail.com
So hard to choose; but I’m going to say the best vintage find I’ve ever made was right in my grandmother’s basement. Years ago, when I moved into my very first apartment, she let me go “shopping” amongst her treasures and, in addition to some other things, gave me the dresser from her and my grandfather’s wedding bedroom set. Its’ a gorgeous art deco piece with chunky bakelite knobs and marbled wood inlays.
I recently picked up an American of Martinsville dresser circa 1950 on Craigslist for $40! It is in perfect condition and is the perfect compromise between my style and my husband’s.
I just found your blog and am already in love. I’ve been in love with Rachel’s books and show for years. I still don’t have a copy of this book, but it’s another great one!
My favorite vintage find were the Christmas ornaments we found at my grandfather’s house after he died. I just love them!
I adore an antique piece of fabric with a loud floral print that I found at an estate sale last year! Still haven’t figured out what to do with it, but it’s fabulous!
Oh where do I start…. this summer I found a bag of amazing old and somewhat new buttons. I’ve found so many ways to use them and most of all I just love buttons in a ball jar.
Jewelry is always a good find, but my favorite has been an old wooden vintage school desk.
My favorite find was a huge jar of buttons after my Mother passed w/ a note inside that said “Some of these are very old, don’t throw them away-use them.” I was so moved, Mom had been sick a long time. I did what she said, and have given many gifts to family from me and “Mom”.
this book looks amazing!
my favorite find is an old fabric I found in my mother-in-law cupboard. haven’t used it yet, I;m waiting for the right project!
I bought a vintage prom dress on ebay for $8 and wore it to my senior prom. I’m still proud of that find.
My most recent favorite vintage find is a pair ceramic tiles with raised cameos painted on them… they are just fabulous!!
Jen.Doctor32 (at) gmail.com
My grandmother had a beautiful three tiered cookie tray that was recently left to me. I know others may not think it’s worthwhile, but it’s beautiful and sentimental, and makes me think of her every single time I see it. The best vintage find by far!
I’m obsessed with a vintage clock of my grand mothers’s. It’s pink with stones around it!
oh i love rachel’s books, i’m so glad there’s a new one! i still use her others for inspiration all the time.
let’s see, just one favorite? i’ll say my robin’s egg blue olivetti lettera typewriter that types in * cursive * – it’s pretty inside and out :)
Yes, I’d love it! And December 11th is my birthday, so it would be a wonderful little gift ;)
I am new to the vintage world, as I just started getting into it this year. I just got married and I carried an adorable vintage red clutch. Loved it. But I do delight in any antique book.
My fave vintage find so far is a desk chair that I recovered and refinished..
My fave vintage find was a gorgeous, elegant winter dress coat found in my grandmother’s closet!
Def. my vintage emerson fan… and basically anything that was my grandparents’.
favorite vintage find is an old ivory clutch with a beautiful diamond clasp – get compliments everytime I bring it out!
mine would be the pale yellow, haymaker cardigan i found in a consignment shop in idaho falls. i wear that thing all the time.
Oooh…I hope I win!
My favorite vintage find isn’t exactly a “find.” My grandmother gave me her great aunt’s sewing machine — the Singer 99K, made in 1955!
My favorite vintage find was just recently found in my own home as I unpacked from moved West back East. My grandfathers 1940’s Coast Guard WWII id bracelet. With the clasp so secure it’s been on me since with no fear of misplacing it or his memory. Rachael is one of my icons, her and James Dean…The Ramshackled Rebel Duo… thank you.
My favorite vintage find is an old St Nicholas chocolate mold that I found in Amsterdam years ago. Right now it’s part of my dining room table Christmas centerpiece. I take it out every Christmas and memories of Amsterdam come flooding out.
My favorite vintage finds are the pie birds that let the steam out of pies! They come in all colors and sizes and look beautiful clustered together.
I have a hobnail candy dish that looks cute in every room!
My favorite vintage find would have to be a tablecloth and napkin set from the late 50s. It’s darling.
My vintage treasure . . .French opera glasses with a wonderful bronze patina.
My faveorite find is my first edition “Vitalogy” book.
Definitely one of my favorite vintage finds is a wooden library card catalog — and it was a steal at only $15!
My favorite find . . . a small iron and glass table with two comfy swivel chairs that now grace my kitchen breakfast area. The 50’s blue will be the inspiration for my kitchen makeover (which is desperately needed due to its own unfortunate vintage decor choices of the 70’s!).
a milk glass and pitcher set in my mother’s china cabinet . . . still waiting for those to be handed down!
I went to an auction a couple years ago. There was this really cute old statue of a couple. I ended up buying it for .25 cents. When I got home, I went online and did some research on it. Turns out it is worth over $500. Best investment!!! Statue is still on my fireplace.
Adorable little ceramic owls. :)
I love to find old pieces of china.
I have some great vintage hats I picked up recently on a trip to Arkansas.
madamerkf at aol dot com
I love my set of vintage suitcases. They don’t exactly match, but they go so well together and make the room so much more interesting.
stefro (at) gmail.com
My favorite vintage find…adorable 50’s, mod teacups – they are white with silver stars, perfect for olives at a party or chocolates during the holidays. Found them at an estate sale for a ridiculously reasonable price :D.
My favorite find was an old metal string holder.
What a great giveaway!
My favourite find was a collection of old Chinese advertising posters. Sooo pretty..
(like this one: http://www.zitantique.com/poster99.html)
My favorite vintage find was a pair of 1920’s pumps to go with my vintage prom dress in high school! I still wear them!
Jess
gone1979@msn.com
oooo. this is a toughie!
my favorite vintage find: a book i picked up at a yard sale, titled “a bride’s guide to etiquette.” i’m a laid-back hippie type (the only in my family) so planning my recent nuptials was a nightmare…this book (printed in the 50’s) constantly reminded me that everything could be a hellll of a lot worse! :)
favourite vintage find?
old medical trolley rusted in all the right places, on the curb for the taking
just lovely
thanks for the chance
My favorite vintage find is an old scale I bought many years ago in the Azores (Portugal). Thank you for the chance to win!
ap_lemos at yahoo dot com
Favorite find is a beautiful door from an old home in Louisiana after Katrina. It now serves as a breakfast room table.
I have SO many favorite vintage finds! So many, in fact, that I have to sell many of them on Etsy! My top-of-the-head favorite would probably be… a Marimekko shift dress from the 1960’s. Gorgeous and timeless! A great combo.
Framed vintage handkerchiefs! So delicate and pretty.
Love the book! My favorite vintage finds have been books, especially children’s books.
i want to read that book! thanks to you and rachel for the great give-away opportunity. :)
my favorite vintage item (excepting things given to me by family members) is a chippy and still-rather-musty-smelling cabinet that hung outside the boat/cabin rental office at a lake. decades and decades old, this cabinet once held guests’ messages behind glass where they would be safe from moisture, wind and bugs. the cabinet was stencilled for visitors to contact so-and-so for boat and cabin rentals and nicely near the top it reads “visit lake ericson”.
what makes this find so special to me – besides my love of water and of chippy (if not still-rather-musty-smelling) old things – is that ericson is my last name, i found the cabinet eight and a half years ago on an outing with my beloved mother and sister and that my also-beloved maternal grandparents stayed at that lake (choosing it because my grandmother’s maiden name was erickson) :)
thanks again.
kathy
hejfranmig@aol.com
I love old wooden fruit boxes with the labels still on the sides. I have 3 of them filled with cookbooks. Which reminds me of another collection, old cookbooks with the wonderful hand drawings of what the food should look like, as well as the women cooking them. Reminds me how lucky I am not to have to wear heels and a dress in the kitchen.
my vintage fine a 1800’s table that was in bad shape when we found it.it came out beautifully after restoration
Definitely my large antique french demi-john I found tucked away in a corner at a strange thrift store, priced ridiculously low ($4)!!!
Thanks so much!
my first vintage piece was a necklace from my great grandmother. i still wear it constantly!
My fav vintage find is a small, white desk I dug up at an antique shop in St. Paul, MN. It’s chipped all over and has a glass drawer knob, shabby chic for sure. I keep my antique typewriter on top of it to boot! Thanks for the opportunity ;)
My most unexpected and treasured vintage find is my Mum’s photo album. The photos taken in 1940s are tiny and i need a magnifying glass to see them. My Mum died in February, I wish she was here to tell me the stories behind the lovely photos.
I love all vintage cups and glasses!
My most favorite treasure right now is a yellow & pink floral tole chandelier that hangs in my sunny breakfast nook.
My favorite vintage finds are a couple of faded, yet still colorful quilts that my great-grandmother made many many years ago. I found them one day in my parents attic :) One is now hung above a sofa, and another is folded across the guest bed.
My favorite find was a stained glass window that I got at the Brimfield Antique Fair. It has a white painted frame that is peeling and a pretty design of a tulip with a heart. I have it hanging on my screen porch.
I would love to win this book!
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