Showing posts with label wicker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wicker. Show all posts

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Junking girls

After my little whine about not having anyone to go junking with , a dear girl I have met through blogging Sarah, you remember her kitchen don't you ?and her home here & here she offered to play girl friend for the day and meet me at a fabulous outdoor antique/junk market ABERFOYLE, so we both made the long trip and met each other there ready to shop , look , talk , and get to know each other a little better, how nice , what a sweet girl.




We spent several hours scouring the goods , some good , some not so good , some things down right scary , and some great deals on beautiful pieces . I got a round wicker table ,and an oar , Sarah got two side tables for her son's room one with a little chair and two oars , oars are so appealing right now. I am now kicking myself for not buying a beautiful green light , that always happens after the fact , who knows maybe I will go back soon and get a second chance.

I had a great time , and it was nice to get away on my own for the day kid- free, I do not do that enough . Found the mother load , this was the piece of the day , it was so wonderful , it would fit loads of magazines ,which would be a brilliant use for this piece , but I would not hesitate to paint it of course , neither would Sarah, but for $1400.00 it stayed put waiting for a buyer with deep pockets, I would love to know how much it was acquired for , wouldn't you ?That is not the kind of spending I do when junking.




My new old yellow painted oar ,don't you love it , I still don't know where to put it , master bathroom , maybe the bedroom , now does anyone know how best to get this onto the wall , oh wait I know those little triangle doodads that you can screw into the back , right?






Finally embracing the summer sun , I am so glad Sophie will spend some time with her old mom.





Since I didn't spend nearly as much as I was allowing myself , I decided to pop into Homesense and see if they had reduced these green lanterns , look they did , I was so thrilled , the day's finds were complete and highly successful too .
I suppose I have a bit of a quirky taste because I often find the things I love will eventually wait for me and as soon as they get a good mark down then they can be mine , I like having an out of the norm style its working for me.



What a beautiful wicker table , I have always wanted one like this , it has such a fine weave.

My new treasure has found the perfect spot on the porch.

I loved the finials on this bed, like a soft serve cone , no!






Loads of oars .

I was so sad to miss out on this extra wide door , with wheels and track , less than $75.00 , this would have been perfect for our basement , when we finish it , how did we miss it , it was so special .

This reminds me of a little life guard chair.Sorry it is sold , $1200- to a lucky owner , wouldn't you love to see where that will go .

I was drawn to this ice cream cone , but the tip was missing , then we noticed the hideous spoon granny spoon with yarn hair , yikes!

So I had a great time , what did you do this weekend? don't the weekends just fly by , especially when work comes bright and early Monday morning.
Thanks for stopping for a little read, I do appreciate you visiting me .