Rearranging for the Tenth Time

I really do love to organize. It brings me peace and contentment. 

Austin and I are working on his bookshelf. One shelf a day. That's all he can take. I could keep working for hours. It's starting to look great. I forgot to take a before picture with books piled on top of each other and in front of each other. He's even purging some knick knacks. Here's where we're at right now.

As for me, I rearranged my milk glass collection for the tenth time at least. I purged more to bring it to a more manageable level. I foresee another rearrangement in the future. 

I wanted to add some more hammered aluminum to start showing off my collection. I had some room to do that. I'm really lovin the cow pitchers. (How many times have I told you that?)

Here's my favorite milk glass vignette. 

Happy treasure hunting!

Just Some Thoughts...

Just some thoughts....

I love how the vintage motel chairs look in the snow.  There are 9 right now in my backyard. The lonely blue one can't hold a person anymore but it sure looks great as garden art! I have to trudge through the snow to get a picture of it later.

Here's my chippy green ones.

Last night's snow with another set of chairs.

Last week's snow with my favorite chairs. These are the ones that I use for my main blog picture.
Both were side of the road/garbage finds.  Can you imagine anyone throwing these away?

I went to an estate sale on Friday.  Finally. It was so exciting and such a great sale. Here are a few of my finds. I especially love the vintage cloth mannequin heads.

It's always a good sale when I find a scale.

I am keeping my Valentine's decorating to a minimum. This is perfect.

The roses are a nice dusty pink. (from Aldi) Now they are on my kitchen table where we can enjoy them with every meal.

I do want to show you a picture of my space at the Carriage House. I rearranged it completely for the new year and thought that this sequin jacket with a t'shirt look terrific together. I used to wear the jacket and loved it but I decided to let it go.

The Carriage House will be participating again this year with the Vintage Shop Hop along with about 400 shops in Illinois and Wisconsin. It's always so much fun with so many treasures.

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Time for Valentine's Day

Now that the Christmas decorations are all put away, it's time for Valentine's Day decorating.

I like to change this vignette area around each season. I love the huge silverplate tray with the gray pottery vases. I recently found a collection of vintage postcards at an estate sale and these are the two that I decided to keep. 

I also like to keep this French mirror on my coffee table to use as I decorate.  It's so lovely. I also like to change my vintage doilies with the season. This is a beautiful white and red rose one. It fits the Valentine theme. 

She is absolutely darling! This planter was definitely a keeper. 

I decided to change my Gumball machine seasonally too. Why hide it in a cabinet? I grabbed a few small things to put inside. 

I don't usually find a lot of vintage Valentine decorations. I'm always looking though.

The house seems so bare since I put away all the Christmas decorations. But I'm liking the simple beauty I've chosen for my Valentine's Day decorating. 

Mark your calendar for March 11. I'll be participating in the Elgin High School flea market again. I'll share my booth number in February. 

Happy treasure hunting!