To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven: A time to be born, And a time to die; A time to plant, And a time to pluck what is planted; A time to kill, And a time to heal; A time to break down, And a time to build up; A time to weep, And a time to laugh; A time to mourn, And a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, And a time to gather {Read More}
Get the Look – {Country Living Antique Barber Sign}
January 5, 2013 by 17 Comments
Since the first bathroom we remodeled is officially the “ladies’ room”, our other bathroom that is undergoing remodeling will officially be the “guys’ room”. I knew I wanted to decorate it with either a medical theme, or a barber theme…or both. While in the “ladies’ room”, doing some magazine browsing, I came across an article from Country Living magazine about collectible antique barber shop items and saw this antique barber sign, advertising the prices for services rendered. It’s valued {Read More}
Printable Antique Butter Box
January 4, 2013 by 15 Comments
I picked up a beautifully aged antique butter box a few weeks ago and have created a printable of it, so you can make your own. I love finding things like this that were meant to be disposed of (and usually were). Generally, if you can find them, it’s because the were unused stock, left in an old business. My original box is extremely fragile and is missing one of the side flaps, so I did a little digital editing to fix it. Here’s the {Read More}
Don’t Just Sit There – Repurposed Chair Parts
January 3, 2013 by 45 Comments
Don’t Just Sit There – Repurposed Chair Parts I have a bunch of old, broken chairs out in my workshop that have been hanging on my walls and taking up space, so I decided to finally do something with a few of them this week. I bought 3 of this style of chair at an auction. This one had a broken seat, and the other 2 only had seats – no back rests. Originally I thought maybe I could combine 2 of them to get 1 complete {Read More}
Antique Graphics Wednesday – 1900’s Pocket Watch Advertisement
January 2, 2013 by 7 Comments
I love all antique graphics, but some of my favorites to share with you are images of antique clocks and watches. With the passage of time from 2012, to 2013, it seemed like a great time to share this great image from a 1908 magazine called, “The American Woman”. I shared the cover of this magazine with you HERE. Click on Images to Enlarge This is the full page the advertisement was on. Not only are the ads fascinating, and somewhat amusing in their {Read More}
Knick of Time Tuesday #67
January 1, 2013 by 16 Comments
Welcome back to Knick of Time Tuesday.I’m glad you came by to ring in the New Year with me! Before we start the party, I wanted to share this wonderful 100 year old New Year’s image that came from the cover of a 1913 Comfort magazine. It’s quite tattered and worn, but after 100 years, that’s to be expected. I love it! This cover was generously sent to me by Audrey @ Timeless Treasures, so be sure to hop {Read More}
12 from 2012
December 29, 2012 by 12 Comments
I thought I’d share the top 12 posts & projectsfrom 2012 with you (excluding giveaways and the weekly link party). If you’re a fairly new visitor here, I hope you enjoy these,and those of you who have been aroundawhile will probably remember most of them. #1 post – both in page views and comments wasour remodeled kitchen. It received 154 commentsand 8,375 page views. Thank you all who came to see it!In all honestly, it’s never been as clean as theday {Read More}
Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow…
December 28, 2012 by 17 Comments
A few summers ago, I bought this piece at an auction. It was the drop-down “desk” front partoff an antique secretary. I love it when I find pieces likethis, because not only do theyhave “history” behind them, butI can usually get them at a decentprice because not many peopleare looking for broken things andparts of things at auctions, which isusually what I have my eye out for. I a d o r e this piece.Truly, adore it.I painted it black andturned {Read More}
Knick of Time Tuesday #66
December 26, 2012 by 7 Comments
Welcome back to Knick of Time Tuesday!I hope you had a wonderful Christmas, shared with your family.We enjoyed a nice, relaxing day at home yesterday. Because Christmas fell on a Tuesday,I’m starting the party a little latethis week, but I didn’t want you to miss theChristmas features from last week’s party. Since today is Wednesday though, I’ll alsoshare a few antique graphics that I normallyshare on Wednesdays. This is a 1911 advertisement forLowney’s Cocoa, that was kindly sent to me {Read More}
Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2012 by 6 Comments
Merry Christmas, one and all! May God bless you and your family richly. I’d like to share one more antique graphic for Christmas with you all. This cover illustration is from a 1908 magazine called, “The American Woman”. It shows a mother reading the Christmas story from the Bible to her little girl. The banner behind the image has a portion of a Bible passage on it. This page is a little tattered, but given it is104 years old, it’s {Read More}
