Fabulous Finds~Cloche Displays

I was quite surprised to find these wonderful antique alabaster

statues at an estate sale in my neighborhood for only 150.00 for

the pair! Aren't they gorgeous? They display so lovely, don't you think?

Standing so elegantly and confident on her pedestal!

This gorgeous lady statue weighs a ton...such wonderful
patina and detail!

I just fell in love with this large antique black & white picture!
The frame has such nice detail that you can hardly see, but trust

me, it's gorgeous! Look closely at this picture and you can see a

lovely statue in the background! A steal for only 5.00!

The same wonderful lady that I bought the statues from,

had a lot of old things that were her mother's. Old baby shoes,

lots of antique lace, and buttons, I knew the perfect place to display

it all, in my old glass jars that I posted about a couple of weeks ago!

I hope you are enjoying the pictures so far... I'm not quite done yet!

I thought you may want to hear this...T.J Maxx has some of the cutest

vintage style christmas decor that you have ever seen! They are made

of paper mache, and everything blends in perfectly with your own

vintage treasures!! Look how cute this snowman looks under a cloche!!

This cloche, I have displayed an antique porcelain

bust found for only 10.00 Isn't she lovely!

With most cloche displays, I think vintage

wedding cake toppers look their best under glass

Wouldn't you agree?

Not only cake toppers, I do believe trophys look wonderful

as well under a cloche! This little trophy needed a little boost, so
I added a porcelain pedestal!

One of my favorite cloche displays....I love how this cloche

looks on this silver tray, notice the etching on the glass? I

just think it is beautiful! Well, as always, I hope you have enjoyed

the pictures! I love to read blogs with lots of inspiring photos! I hope

I have inspired some of you today! Have a wonderful blessed day!

Vintage Medical Cabinet~Bedroom Revamp

Loving my vintage medical cabinet! A recent find
from Salvation Army, of all places, for only 75 dollars!

I never find anything good there, so this was a nice

surprise! I just love everything about it, the style,
size, but most of all the glass doors for displaying

small vintage treasures!

A sweet assortment of vintage vanity treasures, old lace,

vintage rhinestone pins... one of my favs, pretty talcum tins,

old clocks, silver trays and vintage white buttons! With most cabinet
displays, I like to add old sheet music to line the backs!

You can never have enough pretty flowered plates
for the background too!

And of course, one of my most favorite treasures
In my bedroom, is my vintage dress form! She is
wearing a vintage rhinestone tiara, that I just love!
Don't you just love this antique white headboard? It was already
painted from a long time ago, a summer find for only 25.00!
Barkcloth pillows, old mirrors, vintage hats, silver trays,
and some white McCoy pottery are just some of my favorite
things for my room!

Vintage lighting, mmm, another favorite, I just love stuff!
We'll call this my vanity dresser, I use it for displaying
vintage mirrors, a silver tray, some of my rhinestone pin collection, I
have them everywhere, you can find them cheap at yard
sales and estate sales. I don't think I have ever paid more
than 10.00 for one. Most of time they are 1.00 each!

Vintage clothes, hats, and jewelry are pretty much the theme
for this corner of the room! Well, I hope you have enjoyed
your visit and I hope to inspire a lot of readers. I love to
decorate, I guess you can tell by now. I am looking forward
to going to more yard sales this weekend, be sure to check
back in a few days to see what treasures I have discovered!
Have a wonderful junking weekend! ~ Cheryl

Oh, and the last two pictures, I almost forgot,

vintage concrete statues are another favorite!
You can never have too many! I just adore them!

And last is another medical/dental cart that

I store vintage barkcloth, and wallpapered

sewing boxes! Isn't it cool? I just love the little

see through window at the bottom for displaying

pretty flowered fabric! Well, I hope this gives you

some ideas of displaying things, the next time you

find a vintage treasure!~ Take care!

Apothecary Jars/Store Jars~Old Lace~Estate Sale Finds!!

1. I found more old jars, buttons and lace and with running out of space to display it all, I brought back to my living room, this old set of library bookcases. I love having a place to create little vignettes. Old lace, different shades of old white buttons, old black & white pictures, tarnished silver plate, seashells, etc..
   OOPs! Looks like it's time to buy more tootsie rolls for the old store jar on the end! They don't last long...since the jar is the last thing you see as you are heading out the door!
   
   One of my favorite finds this past Saturday, was this antique crocheted piano shawl! I picked it up at the last sale that I went to for the day...a steal for only $5.00! In perfect condition! A beautiful finishing touch to my favorite dress form!
   
   
   

   One of the first finds for the day, was this very lovely vintage sweater with sequins! Another steal for only $1.00 I bought lots of things from this seller.... I am going back for more later this week. She just wants to get rid of stuff! Fun! Fun! I will post later this week of more great finds! For now I hope you all have a wonderful day and do something fun!
   
   
   

   
   
   

Ironstone~Old Lace~Wedding Cake Toppers!

With all the vintage ironstone I have been finding lately, I decided to rearrange a vintage cupboard in my diningroom to make room for it all! ~Sometimes with lack of space, you just have to sacrifice with which things you love the most, and what pieces can be put away for another display on down the road! I decided to put away my vintage aqua trimmed 8 piece place setting,  and rose printed homer laughlin dishes, as seen in the last photo, and make room for my vintage white ironstone.  Here are some before and after pictures! Ironstone is one of my favorites...I especially love the large pitchers, soup tureens, platters, and creamers. In with the ironstone,  I love displaying some of my collection of vintage wedding cake toppers, with it's old millnery flowers and combination of white and cream colors, it all comes together with lots of vintage lace! A while back, I found a huge box of gorgeous antique lace placemats, rolls of lace, runners, crocheted tablecloths etc..for only 10.00!  Finally, I put them to use in redecorating this old white cupboard and other areas of my diningroom! You can never have enough antique lace or old crocheted tablecloths! I just love this new look...who says white is not a color, there are so many different shades of white, I just love them all.....

Estate Sale Finds

Just thought I would share with you my estate sale finds for this past weekend. This particular sale(which was held on a thursday) was for an elderly lady, that was being held by her 3 granddaughter's. This lady had wonderful taste, and had held onto a lot of nice things! The best part was wanting to keep everything that I had bought, the somewhat difficult decision was to figure out where I wanted to display everything! There were all kinds of beautiful nippon, bavarian china, ironstone, vintage jewelry, vintage lamps, silver, linens, you name it! The best part, I only had to pay 80.00 for everything! It was so much fun! Then on friday and saturday I did find a few things, but not as much as I did at the first sale. I did however find these two gorgeous 1940's beaded tops for only 10.00 each. I haven't decided, just yet, how I want to display these....any ideas? I just hung them for now, on this candelabra with some of my vintage hats. Let me know what you think. I would love to hear your ideas!  Hope you all have a wonderful day! 

Chippy White Paint~Tarnished Silverplate~Favorites

Today I thought I would share with you one of my favorite combinations....Chippy white paint and tarnished silverplate! Everytime I find a piece of silverplate I am always asked, Are you going to clean it, and the answer is always, No, I like it just the way it is! Don't you agree? Only time and the natural elements can create such beauty! I love to display pieces with anything that has chippy paint....my favorite is this old chippy white mantle top that is in my den...an estate sale find for only 50.oo! I love to collect silverplated teapots, trophys, trays and vases. Every weekend that is the one thing that I look for and know I will find at yard sales. Very affordable and fun to collect! 

 Happy Junking for your favorite treasures!~Have a wonderful day!~

Awesome Summer Finds!!~Bedroom Makeover!!

It has been an awesome summer when it comes to finding vintage treasures!! It has definitely been too long in between posting, my apologies! I am making up for lost time with some hopefully inspiring photos for you all! I have been super busy with having our home remodeled, painting two bedrooms, redecorating, yardwork, housework, yard sales and most of all spending time with my adorable grandson, family and friends! The time just flies by so fast...I have been wanting to post some pictures, so here they are! I will start with pictures of my newly painted and redecorated bedroom. Before, It was painted a dark green, which I have lived with that color for the past 5 years! Definitely time for a change! I have changed to a very pretty cottage white. Don't you just love all the soothing shades of white?  I just love architectural finds, vintage garden treasures, pretty vintage hats, old mirrors, wicker, concrete statues, and so on! I will be posting more often, I promise, I have to show you the 2nd bedroom makeover next! I hope you enjoy the pictures! You all have a wonderful weekend!