Last Sunday afternoon, my husband took my to an auction.  Believe it or not, I really didn’t feel like going.  I just wanted to relax and work on some projects after church, but he seemed up for it, so we went.  He never bids on anything and is willing to haul all my purchases to the Jeep while I keep bidding, so I couldn’t pass up that offer. I managed to fill our Jeep to the brim.  It was so {Read More}

How many of you can tell what this trunk was in its previous life?  If you’re at least my age (middish 40’s), you probably know.  If you’re a young’un and think it’s a small suitcase…you’re close.  It’s a roller skates trunk.  I never had one growing up.  Every Friday night when I was in grade school, the thing to do was go to the roller skating rink.  Every Friday night, I envied the girls who had pretty white roller skates {Read More}

When you look at an entire room, you often miss some of the little details that contribute to a room’s personality, yet it’s the little details that come together to give a room its distinct personality.I was photographing this book stack to list in my shop.  Looking at a room as a whole, this book stack isn’t likely to jump out and grab your attention, but book covers and spines that show this kind of aging are what draw me {Read More}

A few months ago, I bought 6 of these little galvanized pots at a thrift store.  They were packaged with flower seeds and peat pellets, so you could grow flowers in them, but since the gardening season is past, they were discounted.  I added them to some scrap wood as small wall bins. I was fortunate to get a pretty large stock of old enamelware bowls and some baking tins recently, so my husband and I have been busy putting {Read More}

I love antique books, but not all antique books are equal. Generally, I look for books that have unique covers and illustrations or pretty text.  I also look for books with pages that show their age – especially those whose edges have started to slightly “brown”.  Some books have totally browned pages, and those are pretty, but generally are extremely brittle and fragile.  Unfortunately, some really old books have none of those redeeming qualities and the content isn’t really something {Read More}

There’s a very old building in a very tiny town, just a few miles down the road from my house. I rarely have my camera with me when I drive through the town, but I did a few weeks ago, and couldn’t resist pulling over to snap a few photos of the beautiful, aged old door. I can’t tell whether the building was a home or a business building, but these doors (and the rest of the wood left on {Read More}