Early Spring Vintage Finds

I know, it is only mid-January, BUT in the sourcing world, I have to be thinking ahead. So, spring (and late winter) have been on my brain as I curate items for my pop-up shop. Here are some of my recent finds!

COLOR--aahhh!! You might notice lots of florals and greens--prefect for spring. Keep reading to see DETAILS!

This faux lavender looks so real that I actually smelled it when I picked it up, thinking it was  dried bouquet. The silver candlesticks are perfect for Valentine's Day or a spring wedding. The original geranium painting is well-done and an acrylic I believe. Based on the framing, I think it is vintage.

This vintage, cast iron, Swedish casserole dish is quite the find. The green repeats on the dish part and it is HEAVY. The robin print is from a 1965 set of classroom posters. I got a dozen of them and will be framing many of them. The framed sheet music is  fun for lonely hearts during February. The small vintage sunflower creamer makes a good vase or cane be used for cream. These items are laying on two green pillow forms that I will be using on my loveseat.

A book bird print, a vintage oil painting, and a chippy white frame all say hello spring. The silver dish is a 25th anniversary Oneida bowl from 1969. I need to finish polishing it up.

This sweet applique art with buttons depicts a lovely cottage and picket fence.

A vintage needlepoint and a framed print entitled spring (that I reframed in this nice easel frame) and an Oneida striped pitcher all add much welcomed color to any home. I love sourcing new items for the shop and I enjoy sharing them with you. 

Recently Sourced Home Decor for the Pop-Up Shop

Even though I haven't picked a date for my next pop-up shop opening (I am waiting on weather), I am still busy sourcing fantastic, vintage items to sell. Here are some of my recent finds:

I love these old, vintage, wood, folding chairs (I have one hanging on my wall as "art", and extra chair). I revived them with Wise Owl Furniture Salve. You can buy it from my friend Tina HERE. I made the table from a metal table base that I spray painted and a wood lazy Susan.

I use washers and screws to secure the wood top to the heavy metal piece.

I love this primitive wood shelf with the scalloped beadboard on the back. Based on construction, I think this is a fairly old piece, although the paint on it is maybe a recent addition. All i did was use the salve on it to give new life to the dry wood. The watercolor painting on the wall is by a rather famous, American artist, Dale Hamlett. He passed in 2011 at the age of 89. He painted professionally for 50+ years and was painting up until his death. He won many awards both nationally and internationally. On the back of his painting is a return address label with his name and address in MN, so I wonder if tis was part of his personal collection that he kept.

On the shelf sits some smalls that will be for sale. I love the Japanese Majolica creamer.

I loved the pastel stripes on this vintage Oneida pitcher. Boy, this thing was filthy and took a lot of hot water and Dawn dish soap to clean up. The oil still life is primitive, but very old in an antique frame. I think it is. This was on the back of it:

I did a little research and found the artist's obituary, she passed in 1953

Curating items for the pop-up-shop is one of my very favorite things to do. I am happy with these finds and look forward to offering them to my customers. See anything you love?

Simple Warm Winter Entryway Decor

I loved my Christmas decor in my front entryway, but...

while I thought I would leave the pine branches up for winter, yesterday I decided I wanted to put them away and style the space is a more pared down, simple look for winter.

I kept a few wintry items, but then put back much of the everyday decor that I make small changes to through the seasons.

I kept the white pinecone candleholders and the Swedish rattan star or snowflake that I used for the holidays. The gold and macrame growler came back with bare branches for the season. I will add green branches in the spring. A thrifted, handmade, pottery planter is a new addition--I added some green moss to it to incorporate a touch of color. The warmth of the large, flat basket behind the mirror, the snowflake, and the antique gold bottle helps to make the space feel cozy rather than winter white cold.

On the other end of the entryway shelf sits the pinecone painting that I created using only wood scraps as paintbrushes. I left the green-blue creamer with a candle in it that I had here for Christmas, but replaced the pine and red berries with green moss. Remember to repeat items and colors and textures for a more visually pleasing display. A trio of vintage leather cases add more warmth and a large, gold bell (perfect for my old schoolhouse) anchors this end of the shelf. Vignettes most often should have odd numbers of items, different heights, and asymmetry to create interest and harmony.

Because I can't keep live plants in this entryway during the winter (it gets too cold, we close the door and close it off at night), I replaced the Christmas tree that sat in the weathered brown basket with hats, mittens, and a newly thrifted, green plaid, LL Bean Scarf.

When go in and out of this door when we walk the dog so it is nice to have some of those warm winter accessories nearby. I left the same pillow and throw on the bench and kept the chalkboard art the same. The winter cabin art that hung under the wall sconce was replaced with the vintage needlepoint "Love Spoken Here" art that typically hangs here.

The space is warm and inviting and functional still, but cleaner and pared down than it was for Christmas. Oh, and it gets the best late afternoon, winter sunlight.

I am always proud that every bit of decor in here was either thrifted or created and made by me--the light, the bench, the chalkboard, the coat hook and shelf, the stenciled wall. It is a fun space to decorate. My favorite hashtag to use is #thriftcuratestyle and I am happy to say that I not only preach it, but I also live it. 

Attic Bedroom Makeover with Thrift Store Finds

Out of sight, out of mind--boy does that saying ring true for me. We started a makeover in out attic bedroom space six months ago. I JUST worked on more of it, mainly the sleeping area. 

First, to refresh our brains, this space is a large area that was our daughter's bedroom when she was a teenager. It originally had pink carpeting that we ripped out ten years ago before moving in. We replaced it with dark, barnwood LVP. After she moved out, it sat empty until the boomerang middle child moved back home in 2022. He lived here for about 16 months. When he moved out, I reclaimed the space.

The makeover started or was inspired by this wool rug that I thrifted from the Habitat for Humanity Restore. I picked a mossy green color from the rug to paint the walls. Down on the one end I have my art "studio"-- a drafting table (that now sits on a shag brown rug), a record player, and a small dresser that holds art supplies. I stage items that I find up here in this space.

In the middle of the room I created a sitting area near the stairway pony wall. The bamboo chair has been replaced with my more comfy thrifted, rocking bentwood chair. I have also added ottomans.

Opposite the chairs there is a TV on the wall, a long wood bench with some hand weights and yoga mat under it. 

In the other end, in the nook, is a queen sized bed, the newest addition to the space. I put up the barnwood wall when my daughter lived her. A queen box spring will not make it up the stairs, so this mattress sits on a new, wood platform bed. The Woolrich, corduroy bed spread is a thrifted find that has been washed and sanitized and is ready for guests.

The bed can slide to the middle to be made. At the end of the bed sits a newly thrifted, narrow wood bench. I am not sure it will stay here. I really was just staging what I thrifted and will probably put the bench in my pop-up shop. It was a fun find! It works well to hold an extra blanket and to sit on to put shoes on.

I added a hanging light with on on and off switch that sits on the small shelf I attached to the wall The shelf sits right above an outlet and provides space to sit a phone and a book.

I've incorporated thrift store art in the space. We also have a small fridge, microwave, and coffee pot in the space, next to the bathroom, in the opening to the walk in closet space. I will share the whole space soon, but I am thrilled with how it is coming together!