Before & After Pictures

Today, I thought I would show some before and after pictures of one of my favorite cabinet displays. Before I had my livingroom in a cowboy theme/vintage garden....with primitives, painted furniture, roy rogers collectibles, and lots of other vintage cowboy stuff. It is all cute, but I decided it was time for a change. A very welcoming change. I kept most of my primitives & vintage garden, but put away most of the cowboy things. Now in my cabinet I have some vintage ironstone pieces, old porcelain dolls, old apothecary bottles filled with vintage white buttons, vintage binoculars, old glass store jars filled with vintage christmas ornaments, etc..I also lined the back of the shelves with old sheet music, I will be listing some of this old sheet music and lots of other great finds on ebay this week! I'm loving this new look! Let me know what you think..... Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Cozy Cottage Diningroom Makeover

I can't believe I haven't posted in almost 2 months! All this time I have been totally busy re-arranging almost everything in my house! It has been a lot of work, but very rewarding! I thought I would share with you my diningroom makeover. Before, I had a large primitive farm table that overpowered the room, with no room to move around. So I brought in from my porch, the cutest little white farm table! Now everything I love is much more noticable. Always give your favorite things room to shine! I know it is hard to do when you have a small house and too much stuff! I have de-cluttered, cleaned, and organized everything. I should be listing some things on ebay someday soon! My seller name is cheryls*cozy*cottage I always have great prices and offer combined shipping! I am sure you will find something that you just can't live without! Hope you all have a wonderful monday!

Vintage Wedding Cake Topper Displays

Today I thought I would share a few photos of just some of my vintage wedding cake toppers, and some of my favorite ways to display them. I hope you enjoy the pictures. Have a wonderful day!

My 50's Cottage Kitchen

Today's post is for my friend Rosemary (Retro-Rosie)...She has always loved my kitchen. So here are some pictures I know she will like! I  love to collect vintage tablecloths, vintage aprons, french enamelware, old 50's Coca-Cola/Dr.Pepper soda signs, plaid tin picnic-baskets, advertising jars, trays, jadite, juice glasses, etc.. Most everything I have in my kitchen I have found at the former Lakewood Antiques Show, Estate sales, and Yard sales.  Just this past saturday I  found a coca-cola cooler from the 50's, hardly used, almost in mint condition for only $80. It books for $450.  Wow! What a deal! It is now displayed at the top of my stepback cupboard in my kitchen! I also found more jadite to add to my collection, some tablecloths, etc.. A few weeks ago, I found this great old chippy painted rack with 4 old hooks, super cute to display my flowered bib aprons on! I just love it! Well, So long for now...Have a wonderful day!

Antique Trophy's & Ironstone

Just this week I rearranged my entire den! I have never posted pictures of my den before. It stayed the same for many years, mainly decorated with my husbands extensive pottery collection, oil paintings, primitive milk painted furniture, vintage garden treasures, etc.. Which sounds all great, but I decided it was time for a little change! I grabbed up all my vintage & antique silver trophys, vases, teapots, a silver bridal basket, ironstone pottery,  an antique crazy quilt throw, framed black & white antique pictures, statues, an antique table that has been stored away for a long time, etc...You get the idea! It was very exciting to see it all come together! I hope you enjoy the pictures! Now on to another project.....Have a great weekend junkin!!

Hidden Treasures* Pretty Display!!

Today I thought that I would share some decorating ideas! Hidden treasures around my house...I found this shabby advertising display rack in my backyard..gave it a dusting off and had fun decorating it with hidden treasures..what I mean by that is, there are always vintage treasures around the house that you haven't decided just yet where to put them. ~Yard sale decorating..gotta love it! I found the display rack a few years back at a flea market for $5, I needed to use the rack mainly for displaying my vintage barkcloth fabric stash, that I just recently found at a yard sale for way cheap! I added a gorgeous old ironstone pitcher with flowers, a vintage rose hatbox (freebie) with a bowl of vintage buttons sitting on top, added the glass lamp I acquired from a friend..I just added the frilly vintage shade! I just love the vintage prom dress I got at an estate sale for only $2 ! It is so pretty! Lastly just added some great old books, some vintage jewelry! I just love how it all came together!~ Until next time....Hope everyone has a lovely day! :)

Fab Weekend Finds!!

Hi Everyone~I recently had the pleasure of helping my friend Carol. She needed someone with lots of time on their hands and plenty of energy to clean out two of her storage units and two sheds in her backyard. It is always fun helping her. I do all the work in trade for treasures. I helped her set up everything for her to have a huge yard sale! It was lots of fun! We will most likely be doing this again real soon. I can hardly wait!~So here is a list of the treasures I got in trade.(Not all pictured, so many to list, I will save for another post)..I got lots of vintage tablecloths to add to my collection. Here are some of them displayed in my diningroom. I got a few cute baby things, that are so adorable! A really cute headvase, little josef original figurines, lots of rhinestone pins, a great old cement statue fountain, lots of vintage buttons, and a huge box of juice glasses, and the list goes on & on! I will post more of my finds a little later. Oh my....There were so many yard sales saturday..it was unbelievable! I found a lot of barkcloth curtain panels, which I absolutely love!! A barkcloth covered lampshade, that looks so pretty in my bedroom! Also, a super cute ice cream tall chair, that looks awesome in my sunroom! I love this french style bench I got too for only $20! I plan to recover it with the one of the barkcloth panels that I got, that I have displayed on it! So pretty, don't you think?! So many more treasures that I will save for the next post! Hope you enjoyed the pictures~Hope you have a super nice day! :)