Here is the explanation for why I've been too busy to blog.
I would apologize...but I just can't!!!
We are doing lots of thrifting, decorating and visiting...but this was the MOST FUN!!!
Recognize my partner in crime???
Be back soon!
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Explanation
For those of you who noticed my sudden disappearance...
Here is the explanation for why I've been too busy to blog.
I would apologize...but I just can't!!!
Here is the explanation for why I've been too busy to blog.
I would apologize...but I just can't!!!
A note for thrifty chics!
Sometimes as a thrifty, vintage girl you can get a little bogged down with stuff! Even minimalists and well-organized homes need a cleansing every now and then…not a cleaning – a cleansing!
A fun way to do it is to have a garage sale.
To really have FUN with a garage sale…have a thrifter style sale. Thrifters l-o-ve to go to a sale where things are CHEAP!! They like to haggle…they like to smile…they like to relax.
A few tips on a FUN garage sale
And remember…how excited you get when you see a pile like this…PAY IT FORWARD this summer!!!
Linking to...
Southern Hospitality
Nifty Thrifty Tuesdays
Don't forget to stop by on Wednesday for my Shop Your House party!!
And if you haven't yet...check out my sidebar sensation...
A fun way to do it is to have a garage sale.
To really have FUN with a garage sale…have a thrifter style sale. Thrifters l-o-ve to go to a sale where things are CHEAP!! They like to haggle…they like to smile…they like to relax.
A few tips on a FUN garage sale
- Keep your prices low
- Enjoy the company of a good thrifter when someone asks if you will take less…say YES!!
- Put out clean and good stuff!
- Say ‘Hello’ to every person.
- Sell something you weren’t planning to sell!
- Have a snack and drink for sale
- Plan to go 50 cents for all an hour or two before close…it’s so much FUN to watch people load up your stuff in to their car…instead of you loading it in to yours for the thrift store.
- Have it with a friend…
- Give the leftovers away!!
YOU WILL FEEL SO FREE!!!!
And remember…how excited you get when you see a pile like this…PAY IT FORWARD this summer!!!
Linking to...
Southern Hospitality
Nifty Thrifty Tuesdays
Don't forget to stop by on Wednesday for my Shop Your House party!!
Vintage Kitchen Makeover in a Day…and for under $100!
When I say in a day…I mean everything bought, transported home, set in it’s place and enjoyed…in a day! A magical, fun, terrific, memorable, wonderful day!!
We drove around for 45 minutes waiting for our first selected flea markets to open…an older fellow couldn’t tolerate our loitering any longer and waved us in a few minutes early (woot! woot!).
That’s actually an apron!
You should know that for a while now my BFF has been wanting to give a facelift to her kitchen. Her kitchen had a cute, but not cheery/contemporary/vintage/eclectic look she longed for…
At our first flea market…this was the load in her cart…
It only takes a quick look to see…her kitchen was born!
All of this was just around $60…she added to it a $10 plant stand and a few other odds & ends for around $25…
That’s a total of $95…
Cool…we can eat the value menu at Wendy’s and still be under $100!!! (Hey…we’re splurging and now in a hurry!!)
Once we had this loot we made a quick decision to rearrange the day and make the quick trip back to her house to put it all together.
First though, we stop at my house to ‘maximize the assets’ otherwise known as ‘shopping the house’…and…she sees these chairs stacked in my somewhat embarrassing garage sale pile and she says - Hey those might look good in the kitchen…she was right!
As soon as we brought them in…it set the whole tone for the room!
I should mention the first step we took and you should take in any room…is editing. This is not the same as de-cluttering. Editing is taking out of the room anything you don’t think you absolutely want to keep in the decor scheme…curtains down, beaded garlands, baskets, whatever…some will find there way back in, but you must first slim the visual pallet down!!
There used to be a cedar bench where the chairs are, but these are sooo cozy! Three of these beach pictures were her FAVE find, so that pushed us into a wide color scheme that really gives the eclectic look she wanted…
We also were fortunate to have the perfect amount of fabric to create no sews in a bold, cheery, and totally yummy print!
The towel bar was already there…we added the vintage linen and the decal which she already had…($5 she paid for it!!)
The cabinet and the bread box also give places for storing pens, bills, homework and all of the other things that filter through their very, very busy kitchen since it’s the entryway for their home also!! 
And this little launch pad on the opposite wall by the ‘green screen’ gives a place for keys in the mini basket and books, etc in the bigger basket…
So you know I’m not fooling…here’s an example of cost…
Side note: Don’t you think the oval platter really breaks up the ‘boxiness’ of all the other rectangles in the vignette??
So much to be considered when planning vintage eclectic…or really any room…
Another feature missing in her ‘old’ kitchen is the flow from room to room…it now flows with her dining room, but also by putting one of the beach pics on the entry porch…the kitchen flows out to these!!
Now…you just have to decide where to sit first!!
She even said that her daughter fell asleep in one of these the other night!! I’m so excited that instead of walking through their kitchen…my BFF’s wonderful family can enjoy a family room in their kitchen!! What a privilege and memory maker :)
For me…it was a fun day and I can remember her kitchen re-do while wearing this little vintage smock that only I would wear…well…me and Caroline Ingalls…
…picked up in the loot for $3!
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We drove around for 45 minutes waiting for our first selected flea markets to open…an older fellow couldn’t tolerate our loitering any longer and waved us in a few minutes early (woot! woot!).
We had so much fun…just look…she’s even beautiful in her bloomers!!
That’s actually an apron!You should know that for a while now my BFF has been wanting to give a facelift to her kitchen. Her kitchen had a cute, but not cheery/contemporary/vintage/eclectic look she longed for…
At our first flea market…this was the load in her cart…
It only takes a quick look to see…her kitchen was born!
All of this was just around $60…she added to it a $10 plant stand and a few other odds & ends for around $25…
That’s a total of $95…
Cool…we can eat the value menu at Wendy’s and still be under $100!!! (Hey…we’re splurging and now in a hurry!!)
Once we had this loot we made a quick decision to rearrange the day and make the quick trip back to her house to put it all together.
First though, we stop at my house to ‘maximize the assets’ otherwise known as ‘shopping the house’…and…she sees these chairs stacked in my somewhat embarrassing garage sale pile and she says - Hey those might look good in the kitchen…she was right!
As soon as we brought them in…it set the whole tone for the room!
I should mention the first step we took and you should take in any room…is editing. This is not the same as de-cluttering. Editing is taking out of the room anything you don’t think you absolutely want to keep in the decor scheme…curtains down, beaded garlands, baskets, whatever…some will find there way back in, but you must first slim the visual pallet down!!
There used to be a cedar bench where the chairs are, but these are sooo cozy! Three of these beach pictures were her FAVE find, so that pushed us into a wide color scheme that really gives the eclectic look she wanted…
We also were fortunate to have the perfect amount of fabric to create no sews in a bold, cheery, and totally yummy print!
The chest was a trade we made a while ago that got me in trouble…sorry sister!! It made a nice mini ‘table’ for displaying her new collection…she will be able to play with this for many seasons to come…
By maximizing her assets (shopping her house) I found this great green screen that actually goes on one of her windows, but they never use it...
The towel bar was already there…we added the vintage linen and the decal which she already had…($5 she paid for it!!)
It really echoes the existing wall words she had on the other side…and that vintage medicine cabinet was one of our finds for just $12!!! It had the makers name and date of 1936 on the back!!
The cabinet and the bread box also give places for storing pens, bills, homework and all of the other things that filter through their very, very busy kitchen since it’s the entryway for their home also!! 
And this little launch pad on the opposite wall by the ‘green screen’ gives a place for keys in the mini basket and books, etc in the bigger basket…
So you know I’m not fooling…here’s an example of cost…
Side note: Don’t you think the oval platter really breaks up the ‘boxiness’ of all the other rectangles in the vignette??
So much to be considered when planning vintage eclectic…or really any room…
-pattern…consider shapes…too name a few…
-texture…woods/metals/linens
-size….of furniture and accessories
-color…at least one white and one black item in every room too!
-contrast…mirrors/glass
Another feature missing in her ‘old’ kitchen is the flow from room to room…it now flows with her dining room, but also by putting one of the beach pics on the entry porch…the kitchen flows out to these!!
Now…you just have to decide where to sit first!!
She even said that her daughter fell asleep in one of these the other night!! I’m so excited that instead of walking through their kitchen…my BFF’s wonderful family can enjoy a family room in their kitchen!! What a privilege and memory maker :)
For me…it was a fun day and I can remember her kitchen re-do while wearing this little vintage smock that only I would wear…well…me and Caroline Ingalls…
…picked up in the loot for $3!
Linking to... http://www.betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/
friend of a Friend
I hope that you are as excited to see my flea market finds from opening weekend of Kane County flea market as I am to show you!! I will likely post on Sunday to participate in Monday’s Thrifty Finds at Southern Hospitality.
In the meantime…I want to tell you about the coolest thing I found at Kane County…
It was near the end of the day…actually only about twenty minutes left. Our hands were full and our stroller was loaded down to capacity and missing the kid!! 
We traded him for all this cool stuff!! 
(Of course I’m kidding…my wonderful brother-in-law played Hot Wheels for 5 hours so we could have this adventure!) I love you Russ, and I will remember you when I’m famous!! –i mean infamous…
Many vendors were closing down - when I was allured to the next booth by the colors of aqua and shabby white!! (FYI…this year’s ‘official’ hot color for fashion & home decor)
What I discovered there though was even cooler than this stuff…
I noticed the back of the design was signed, so I asked the vendor if she was the artist…she kindly said yes…and I started firing questions like the poor lady was under interrogation!
Through our interrogation…I mean conversation…I found out that she dedicated her life to happily making a home and raising her 3 children and just started this venture only 2 months ago!! After listening to me ramble about etsy, Shalom’s cottage home, The Green Thumbers, Austin, and my philosophies on life…we exchanged ‘cards’ (mine was just my name scribbled on something – sassy!)
I walked away pleased with my new finds and wondering why I give people the gift of talking about “that crazy lady” the rest of the day!
To my delight…when I got in tonight…I had an email with subject line…"Crazy at Kane County” --- Hey – that’s ME!!!
She nailed me for crazy, but she had a hint I was a Christian also…so she found my blog. Isn’t it wonderful the family we find in our Friend!
Proverbs 18:24
PS…I hope to bring you more features about my friend of the Friend sometime in the future:)
Blessings to all who share in our Lord’s wonderful L-O-V-E!
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