Posted in Vintage on Mar 19th, 2008
This light green two-handled pottery vase is one of my favorite finds – ever. I picked it off a flea market table somewhere in Michigan on a road trip with Aunt Rhoda, my personal finds guru and she of the wedding clock gift. In addition to miles of backroad stuff hunting, there was also a [...]
Posted in new old house, Vintage on Mar 15th, 2008
We finally found the perfect nightstands… …thanks to eBay and a little vintage Heywood-Wakefield. This is a well-known shape of theirs, and don’t tell anyone – but they are actually end tables. They prove very, very useful in the bedroom. Next we need a headboard. Headboard coming soon. For now, check out the “stepped” tables [...]
Posted in new old house on Feb 29th, 2008
We had a mirror in the old house. A round, vintage mirror that we’d picked up I-don’t-know-where, and hung with pride in the dining room. And I remember loving it, and thinking it looked just super in there. Then the sly temptress that is eBay came along to dangle other mirrors at me like shiny [...]
Posted in new old house, Vintage on Jan 30th, 2008
Greg found this terrific vintage desk for Josie on eBay. And though we both loved its super cool Eames-era blond wood looks, this is the age of Josie hating anything that we might like. So he did what any sensitive modern dad would do. He emailed that eBay find to his daughter and asked her [...]
Posted in new old house, Vintage on Jan 17th, 2008
Hanging stuff on the walls – your stuff, not just any old stuff – is clearly one of the last pieces of the new-home puzzle. It’s about making a place yours; embellishing the walls with your voice, softening the nooks and crannies and angles with the weight of your own treasures. And that’s what we’ve [...]
