Kids rooms...

my nephew has been visiting us
and who new one could get so tired playing.
not complaining...
we have so much fun and i truly do love
him to the ends of the world and back.

my house looks like a kid has been around...
this got me thinking how much fun it would
be to do a kids room with great vintage finds.

here is what i am thinking...

vintage laundry baskets for laundry, toys, blankets and pillows

locker baskets for what else...storage!

vintage desk and chair and the plates would even be fun,

pick a theme for the plates and display.

 these colorful library card catalog drawers would be great

for fun and whimsical storage.

 now seriously, what kid big or small wouldn't want to read

under the glow of the world.

letters...

the ultimate in fun and whimsy.

find their initials or spell their name.

maps are fascinating and educational...

perfect for some wall art.

old pant hangers to display their own art.

repurposed school lockers for books, clothes and toy storage.

how much fun could you have?
get them involved and hit the flea markets
and estate sales to find their own vintage treasures
for their rooms.


now enough work...
back to playing!

ciao,
f

Garage....

this is a first,

i am having a garage sale.

some call it a yard sale others a tag sale,

either way it's going to be good.

i have had garage sales in the past

but only of personal stuff.

but i really need to clean out some inventory

and i figured the best way to go about it

would be to have a bit of a yard sale.

 so tomorrow Saturday, August 6th

from 9-3

at

3129 NE 65th Ave

Portland, OR

Bee & Mason will be having a yard sale.

so if you are in the neighborhood

swing by and find a treasure or two.

be sure to say hi if you do.

wish me luck!

hope to see you tomorrow.

ciao,

F

surprises....

i didn't expect a lot from junking today

since it is a holiday weekend and all.

but you know, it was pretty good.

 

 i found this pretty in pink chair while out running.

i was only half way into my run and there was no 

running home early.

let me tell you a free pretty pink chair is enough

to inspire you to run that much faster.

i can't tell you how happy i was when i went back

with my car and it was still sitting on the side of the street.

yeah, me!

 i imagine this one in a studio filled with wonderful 

little treasures.

 love this postal scale.

don't you?

 coffee any one?

a 1935 coffee tin.

 filled with ice and grape nehi's

on a perfect summer afternoon.

a whole collection of old oil cans.

aren't they just lovely?

 i found both of these behind some car engines 

at a shop sale.

and on the back they have these wonderful

numbers printed.

i like the 100F! 

it was a great morning and a lot of

fun to be out hunting.

i think i like holiday weekends.

remember, if you ever see anything that you 

just can't live without here on the blog

please  leave a comment or send me a

email and i would be more then happy

to either send if feasible or deliver if local.

have a wonderful holiday weekend.

ciao,

f

finds....

my nephew left yesterday afternoon

which left my day a little empty.

so, on the way home from the airport

i stopped at a few garage sales to 

distract me from the fact i had to send

my nephew home after such a wonderful week.

it was late in the day and so didn't have

high expectations of finding much.

i didn't but did find a few small items

i couldn't leave behind. 

not bad for a late day of garage sales.

hope you had a good weekend too.

ciao,

f

summer....

i love summer for so many reasons.

this weekend it felt like summer for the

first time since last summer.

when the sun comes out something 

else comes out....peoples junk.

yesterday my mom and i went out

with the goal of following every garage

sale sign we saw and just see

where they took us.

we had so much fun 

and found so much great stuff.

this is just a smattering of what we found.

there are so many other little finds 

we brought home.

i heart garage sales.

you never know what you will

find and there is always

another one around the corner 

if  the last one was a dud.

plus as my mom says

i have mastered the art of 

garage sale parking. 

let's hear it for summer and

all its wonderful junque.

ciao,

f