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Many of you are world travelers,many of us are not…but wish we could be.Someday, I hope to board a planeand visit faraway places andsee totally different sights, smells and languages,not often experienced in mylittle corner of the world.Until then, visiting blogs from people all over the world gives me a fascinating glimpse into their lives and homes.Today, I’m thrilled to share a glimpseinto the life of someone who has leda very different life from me,yet we share many things in common…like our love of vintage goods.Her {Read More}

I got lucky creating this week’s  “Get the Look” project, because I wanted to get the look of this bread basket sold by Antique Farmhouse for $24, (which have sold out) but didn’t think I’d actually find a basket  with a similar style.   I had planned to just come up with a similar “Le Pain” tag and add it to a bread basket and call it close enough, but last week when I was making the rounds through thrift stores, I {Read More}

My 1888 Harper’s Magazine was filled with wonderful advertisements. I shared some with you last week and have more for you today. LOVE this ladies’ boot ad! I’ve got a “thing” for buggies andwould love to spend a day ridingsome back roads in one. I have several advertisements for Pear’s Soap,but this is a new {old} one to me.I didn’t know soap could make sucha happy baby, but apparently it could! Wouldn’t you love to have this typewriter?! And a {Read More}

Last night, my whole family was  home at dinnertime, which is very unusual  these days.  Usually, my oldest son is  working and my daughter and son are out with friends and my youngest son is home bemoaning the fact that  everyone else is out doing something except him. I miss the days when it was unusual for them not to all be home at dinnertime. I found this tattered old hymn page entitled, “The Homeward Way” in one of my {Read More}

We all have our favorite “Blogs of Beauty”  that we visit again and again, don’t we? They are a source of inspiration we can visit with the click of a button. Today I’m sharing a unique blog,that acts as a huge collection of beauty.Vintage Interior Blogs. Vintage Interior Blogs is written byHanne & Mia who began VI asa collection of beautiful blogs and shops“for us who love vintage, nostalic, rust,shabby and industrial interiors”.Well, that sounds like most of us, doesn’t it?! The {Read More}

I’ve seen quite a few wall coat racks created from old carpenter’s levels on Etsy and Pinterest, and have wanted to make one for a long time, but the prices at auctions usually go really high on them.  Last week I finally found a wooden level that was reasonable priced, so the project finally got the green light. The nice thing about these is they are easy to hang. I usually put a few holes in my walls to get something {Read More}

Being a hoarder can have its drawbacks, but there are times when it really pays off. But first…. Were you the winner of the $20 Leslie Janson gift certificate? You were if you had entry #52!! This week my husband and I celebrated 23 years of marriage. so I asked him to pick the winning number.  He picked #52. Find out who #52 is at the bottom of this post! (Remember…patience is a virtue!) I hope you all aren’t sick of {Read More}

You all know I love old clocks, right? Well, I love lots of old things, but clocks and timepieces are at the top of my list of things I like to collect. When I was notified by Korrie of Red Hen Home that I won her giveaway of a sign created by her, I was thrilled!  Korrie creates not only wonderful signs, but does some of THE most impressive, creative and unique  furniture makeovers I’ve ever seen.   Korrie let me {Read More}

This gal may be old, but she’s got beautiful bones, doesn’t she? Somewhere through the years, she got “undressed”, but I think that’s part of her charm.  I keep thinking about getting her reupholstered, she’s elegant just the way she is, even if not very practical as furniture.  If I had a bricks and mortar shop, I’d let her great everyone at the doorway.  I wonder what she looked like in her younger years.  I’m sure she was a real “looker”.  This {Read More}

On my long list of things I love, somewhere near the top would be old galvanized buckets. Actually, I love galvanized anything, but I love that buckets can do more than sit and look pretty –  they are useful at the same time. This old bucket had plenty of rust inside, but was surprisingly free of rust on the outside, so I decided to give it a shabby cottage makeover. Here’s how it looked to start. See all that rust {Read More}