September 2010 Brimfield: What We Brought Home

As promised, photos of some of the (awesome) junk yours truly picked up at the final Brimfield Antique Market of the year. Most of the stuff we grabbed is meant for various projects to be completed in the future...except for that duck. Isn't he great? Solid wood and "hand carved", supposedly. Yesterday P took off his scarf (aka price tag) and said "his head is broken and has been glued back on!". Maybe that is the way it is supposed to be? Oh well, I still love him. In case you can't tell I am super into animal "things" for the house. Poor P. If he has to endure one more mention of me finding "the perfect horse shoe" to hang in our house I think he might run away.
Anyway, the chair below is a mid-century Kroehler. Heard of it? Me either. It is obviously in pretty rough shape and needs some love...but for 20 bucks I couldn't leave it behind. Here's hoping it will be a good candidate for my new adventures in learning the fine art of upholstery. (More on that later, much later)

Like I said...most of the stuff will hopefully turn into projects that I hope we can share with you later! Except for the duck...oh, and the moose hooks. Yes, I said moose hooks. Amazing.

Craigslist Etiquette

I love Craigslist just as much as the next person obsessed with finding a good bargain. But after my last experience (it took me a week to sell 2 dressers priced at a steal!) I am sort of dreading using it again. I just came across this little post on Apartment Therapy that I think should be required reading for anyone entering the land of Craigslist.

Ugh. Off to create my next Craigslist post. Anyone want to buy 5 steam radiators and a clawfoot tub? Anyone?

Cozy Blankets

I've been flipping through the archives of this fun little blog lately and keep coming across links to the best little wool and cashmere blankets and throws. The problem? All the links are from back in October of 2008...and none of them are available anymore...or the new version is just not as fabulous. The temperatures are starting to get a little chilly at night here and I am ready to find that perfect blanket to snuggle under. Step it up stores! Step. It. Up.

Brimfield 2010 Round 2

We decided that we did not want to miss out on the last Brimfield Antique Fair of the year, so we headed west on Saturday and I am so glad that we did. The fair covers acres and acres of land and features dealers from all over the country. The May show was my first experience here and this time around was just as great, if not better! I didn't forget my camera this time so that I could share some of the good, bad and just plain weird from the show.

Rousey, we thought this would be the perfect addition to your new apartment. :)

This booth had tons of bobbins, yarn, cast iron items and chocolate molds. We scored a handful of items that I have some great ideas for.

We loved this Turkish hand woven rug from the 1930s (the one on the left). It had great neutral colors and an awesome texture.

Just some of your typical shoppers. The fields stretch down this road on both sides for miles.

The vendors do a great job at keeping up with the trends. These carts have been all over the interior design world lately. I don't remember seeing any at the May show, but this time we saw dozens.

This woman's booth featured mostly scavenged items from restaurants...chairs, tables, glassware and this awesome sign.

Junk food galore.

Great alternative to the traditional Halloween jack-o-lantern.

This was by far the most random booth that I noticed. It included a variety of lawn art, a snow mobile, furniture, some kind of large reference books and more. That guy in the yellow shirt was seriously contemplating purchasing Marilyn.

And now for the really really really really weird. These two lovely ladies were found in two totally different locations...very far from each other. Is this a new trend I missed out on? Costume display on slutty mannequins? Yikes.

More later on what we brought home from Brimfield!

Don't be a hater.

Just bought this little guy, found here, via here. I just love him. I think he will hang in our bathroom and always remind us that, in fact, in case you were not sure "haters gonna hate".

Welcome to Boston.

“Years ago we looked at a house in a Boston suburb that had a suit of armor in the front hall and smelled faintly of urine. There was one room that we could not go into because it was ‘Grandma’ s room.’ I thought I was visiting the Adams family. By the way, we made an offer on the house but were outbid.”
— Pham

Quote found in this funny article in the NY Times.

This is seriously what Boston real estate is like people, the house smells...and still there are multiple offers.

An Entry Mock-up.

Hello there! After a very long weekend spent trying to take advantage of the state tax holiday and going on long day trips I decided that I wanted to fake some house progress. Behold...entry doors! We got home Sunday night, took the cooped up pups on a walk and as usual spent the whole walk commenting on various entries around the 'hood. So, after the walk I decided I wanted to prop the doors in our newly hacked up vestibule. Here it is! The original plan was to replace the glass in the doors with a taller, tempered glass pieces (extending up to the top recess) and to build a transom above the door. After looking at it we are thinking it looks pretty nice the way it is. I think keeping the smaller glass cutouts on the doors will be more true to the scale of our little dog house. The doors will still be refinished, stained, get new hardware and new tempered glass. The vestibule will get sanded, patched and painted. So it will all get shined up quite a bit. Tons more work to do, but it is fun seeing the mock-up! What do y'all think? Anyone?