Go easy on this gal. I love her positive, can-do attitude, and there is something so charming about young women who are happy with themselves. Do you have any design-on-a-dime ideas?
She has a delightful can-do attitude indeed, Deborah. The time to go to the goodwill is after I finish dropping stuff off. I once donated (on behalf of an out of state client) a $900-1200 Artemide light fixture to the local Habitat for Humanity. It was from the 1990’s but somewhat awesome for its modern Italian design. Whoever picked it up? Score. (the thing was too heavy and awkward to ship.) One of my favorite objects in my home is a mirror I bought for 60 bucks at the Salvation Army. I found 2 Robsjohn Gibbings chests at the local Greenwood thrift store. I had them painted (which cost me more that the chests themselves) , and they are now gorgeous night stands. I could probably sell them on E-bay for a few thousand bucks. I don’t like stuff, clutter and cheap crap. But I do give a thumbs-up to checking thrift stores for hidden treasure. I’m not a fan of dollar stores or Ikea however.
The dog doesn't need to go to the MRI machine to know how happy he is.
Incredible what can be done with paint. Sometimes I look through Architectural Digest just to see what the uberrich do with their homes or pied-a-terres (sp?). It's amazing how often they fail. But occasionally you see something really first rate and it almost always is about a color scheme. One example I saw was a house with the simple color combination of cocoa colored walls, primarily grey (with textured, herringbone or salt and pepper fabric) sofas and chairs and off-white wood floors or off-white carpets. Against that cocoa, grey and off-white scheme any bit of primary color, a deep blue chair, a painting with strong colors or a red vase really popped. So obviously if paint can get you halfway there you don't have to be rich. Just discerning, like moi. ;^)
I found 2 Robsjohn Gibbings chests at the local Greenwood thrift store. I had them painted
!Oh my! The mid century modern collectors are going to want to track you down.....and not in a good way.
I do like her enthusiasm though. She is pretty cute. Much of the decor in our home and many of the kitchen items are from Goodwill, yard sales and various thrift stores. I don't buy unless it is a good deal.
I collect art deco and california pottery. This Bauer teapot from Goodwill for 1.99. Five Peninsula Rim dinner plates for .99 each. Plates, if you can find them go for 18 to 32 dollars each. I had no idea that they were collectable. Just thought they were nice looking.
We just scored a glass front gun cabinet for FREE. Yes. It is painted a horrible fuschia color. We are going to paint it a dark ox blood brown/red and put glass shelving inside to display china and pottery and put lighting in the top to make it all sparkle. It is FREE because you are not allowed to have that type of gun cabinet in California anymore. Must be a metal locked cabinet. My gain!!!
Years ago I found a pair of Dunbar tables at a local used furniture shop. 70 bucks. They were not my cup of tea, but they were in excellent condition. So I got em', promptly placed them on e-bay, and they sold for around $500. Not bad for stumble dumb-luck. (really I don't do this) The dealer I sold them to in NY probably placed them in his shop for 2000.00.
I know. Luck. I bought a mid century modern coffee table in a yard sale for $5.00 because the leg was crooked. All you had to to was to screw it in properly. Heywood Wakefield.
At the same Goodwill that I got the plates. A very nice wooden framed art deco Chicago 1933 Worlds Fair Poster $10 and two original Saturday Evening Post covers 1929 and 1933. $3.00 each. And a nifty retro perk coffee pot for $5 that is great for taking to hotels when we travel because the hotel coffee sucks and we take our own ground beans.
Love that Goodwill. However, I just don't get the idea or thrill of buying someone's used shoes and wearing them. I don't care IF they are Michael Kors. Somebodies stinky fungusy feet were in those. Yuck.
April, I thought it was funny, too, how she thought the original use for the lid was gross, but she had no problem with displaying it. It really did look nice with the scripture under it.
Ricpic, that does sound like a gorgeous and cozy color scheme.
We have a really tall wall in our great room. Over 12 feet and it was blank for the first 3 years that we lived in our house. We just couldn't decide on what we wanted to put up.
It was sort of like not wanting to break the virginal blank canvas of the wall by putting the first picture, mirror, painting on the wall. It was really intimidating. I like an very uncluttered house with crisp colors, art deco type lines that contrast with the mostly neutral backgrounds.
Hanging the first picture was ...like....now we have broken the ice and we can't go back. So the Art Deco poster and period pieces that compliment are up there along with interesting mirrors of various shapes (octagon, oval, rectangle and even a triangle).
My "super-open mind" snapped shut early on, due to sensory overload and confusion over the relative importance of being and looking "classy".
From the 1930's until Martha Stewart's Living hit the shelves, women's magazines like Women's Day, McCalls, and Ladies Home Journal pushed the same meme. Back then, what this positive, can-do women is doing was called "homemaking".
I haven't, like, watched the video yet, but I, like, wanted to put a plug in first for the Habitat for Humanity ReStores.
Love them.
We are redoing our basement den and found nice countertops, sleeper sofa, spindle back chairs, patio table and chairs, coffee table...
On the lookout for a double hung window... Saw a great Andersen one for $45 but it might be a bit smalle than what I want to do ... still on the hunt.
Asheville ReStore auctioned off or sold a whole bunch of donated stuff from the Grove Park Inn. I picked up a couple salad and dessert plates in their dogwood design for nostalgia's sake. Just think. Maybe Michelle ate off one of them. :- P
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I have lots of design-on-a-dime ideas but my fee is pretty steep.
I made it to the second "like".
And how rich does one have to be to be able to shop at the Goodwill?
Does she like think we are like made out of money?
A couple's home, is a woman's world, us straight guys just live there, we don't decorate it, unless we want trouble.
Bago, thou art truly wise.
Sixty, at least she didn't have up-voice.
I didn't listen long enough to find out? You know? Like?
Like, I know! You should post a pic of one of your bowls here, just for fun.
Bat, no way could I afford you :)
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Great dog!
She has a delightful can-do attitude indeed, Deborah.
The time to go to the goodwill is after I finish dropping stuff off.
I once donated (on behalf of an out of state client) a $900-1200 Artemide light fixture to the local Habitat for Humanity. It was from the 1990’s but somewhat awesome for its modern Italian design. Whoever picked it up? Score. (the thing was too heavy and awkward to ship.)
One of my favorite objects in my home is a mirror I bought for 60 bucks at the Salvation Army.
I found 2 Robsjohn Gibbings chests at the local Greenwood thrift store. I had them painted (which cost me more that the chests themselves) , and they are now gorgeous night stands. I could probably sell them on E-bay for a few thousand bucks.
I don’t like stuff, clutter and cheap crap. But I do give a thumbs-up to checking thrift stores for hidden treasure. I’m not a fan of dollar stores or Ikea however.
The dog doesn't need to go to the MRI machine to know how happy he is.
I sure hope there was a good reason to apply paint to a Robsjohn Gibbings, just sayin'. ;^)
Oh yeah. The Gibbings' chests are much improved.
If not - eh - life is to short to give a rip.
I like how excited she is over the chips and dips basket - turned into wall art.
Incredible what can be done with paint. Sometimes I look through Architectural Digest just to see what the uberrich do with their homes or pied-a-terres (sp?). It's amazing how often they fail. But occasionally you see something really first rate and it almost always is about a color scheme. One example I saw was a house with the simple color combination of cocoa colored walls, primarily grey (with textured, herringbone or salt and pepper fabric) sofas and chairs and off-white wood floors or off-white carpets. Against that cocoa, grey and off-white scheme any bit of primary color, a deep blue chair, a painting with strong colors or a red vase really popped. So obviously if paint can get you halfway there you don't have to be rich. Just discerning, like moi. ;^)
I found 2 Robsjohn Gibbings chests at the local Greenwood thrift store. I had them painted
!Oh my! The mid century modern collectors are going to want to track you down.....and not in a good way.
I do like her enthusiasm though. She is pretty cute. Much of the decor in our home and many of the kitchen items are from Goodwill, yard sales and various thrift stores. I don't buy unless it is a good deal.
I collect art deco and california pottery. This Bauer teapot from Goodwill for 1.99. Five Peninsula Rim dinner plates for .99 each. Plates, if you can find them go for 18 to 32 dollars each. I had no idea that they were collectable. Just thought they were nice looking.
We just scored a glass front gun cabinet for FREE. Yes. It is painted a horrible fuschia color. We are going to paint it a dark ox blood brown/red and put glass shelving inside to display china and pottery and put lighting in the top to make it all sparkle. It is FREE because you are not allowed to have that type of gun cabinet in California anymore. Must be a metal locked cabinet. My gain!!!
Goodwill and St Vincent D'Paul rule!!!
This was the color. Yuck.
Here is an example of painted.
Deluxe, baby.
Years ago I found a pair of Dunbar tables at a local used furniture shop.
70 bucks. They were not my cup of tea, but they were in excellent condition. So I got em', promptly placed them on e-bay, and
they sold for around $500.
Not bad for stumble dumb-luck.
(really I don't do this)
The dealer I sold them to in NY probably placed them in his shop for 2000.00.
@ April.
I know. Luck. I bought a mid century modern coffee table in a yard sale for $5.00 because the leg was crooked. All you had to to was to screw it in properly. Heywood Wakefield.
At the same Goodwill that I got the plates. A very nice wooden framed art deco Chicago 1933 Worlds Fair Poster $10 and two original Saturday Evening Post covers 1929 and 1933. $3.00 each. And a nifty retro perk coffee pot for $5 that is great for taking to hotels when we travel because the hotel coffee sucks and we take our own ground beans.
Love that Goodwill. However, I just don't get the idea or thrill of buying someone's used shoes and wearing them. I don't care IF they are Michael Kors. Somebodies stinky fungusy feet were in those. Yuck.
April, I thought it was funny, too, how she thought the original use for the lid was gross, but she had no problem with displaying it. It really did look nice with the scripture under it.
Ricpic, that does sound like a gorgeous and cozy color scheme.
DBQ, I draw the line at someone else's shoes also.
I got a couple of this set last year. It's a little too kitschy for me, so I donated them back. Still have the creamer, though, I think.
link to photo of poster and other Goodwill junk.
Nice, DBQ, I like your warm color scheme, too.
Yeah - No used shoes. I'm right with ya.
I like things that do double duty.
Like the chips and dips wall art.
Wall art for her - chips and dips party night for him.
Exactly, but what would she hang up during the party?
Hats.
:)
My design on a dime tip is to never decide what you want to put in the space, thus leaving it bare.
You go, girls!
Lol Freeman. I know what you mean.
We have a really tall wall in our great room. Over 12 feet and it was blank for the first 3 years that we lived in our house. We just couldn't decide on what we wanted to put up.
It was sort of like not wanting to break the virginal blank canvas of the wall by putting the first picture, mirror, painting on the wall. It was really intimidating. I like an very uncluttered house with crisp colors, art deco type lines that contrast with the mostly neutral backgrounds.
Hanging the first picture was ...like....now we have broken the ice and we can't go back. So the Art Deco poster and period pieces that compliment are up there along with interesting mirrors of various shapes (octagon, oval, rectangle and even a triangle).
Ha! Ours is also a big wall. Not tall, but very long.
Room rhymes with womb.
My "super-open mind" snapped shut early on, due to sensory overload and confusion over the relative importance of being and looking "classy".
From the 1930's until Martha Stewart's Living hit the shelves, women's magazines like Women's Day, McCalls, and Ladies Home Journal pushed the same meme. Back then, what this positive, can-do women is doing was called "homemaking".
I haven't, like, watched the video yet, but I, like, wanted to put a plug in first for the Habitat for Humanity ReStores.
Love them.
We are redoing our basement den and found nice countertops, sleeper sofa, spindle back chairs, patio table and chairs, coffee table...
On the lookout for a double hung window... Saw a great Andersen one for $45 but it might be a bit smalle than what I want to do ... still on the hunt.
Asheville ReStore auctioned off or sold a whole bunch of donated stuff from the Grove Park Inn. I picked up a couple salad and dessert plates in their dogwood design for nostalgia's sake. Just think. Maybe Michelle ate off one of them. :- P
MamaM,you grump :(
JAL, thanks for the tip. I'd never heard of them.
There's nesting and there's competitive nesting.
...and all the little spaces in between.
Competitive nesting is a drag. To each their own, however.
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