Show Me Something New

Today I found two CD's from Isaloni 2007 that contain furniture images. The designs were, at the time, completely new...but to me, they were not too impressive re-dos. Who was it that said everything that could be invented had already been invented? Charles H. Duell, Commissioner of the U.S. Office of Patents in 1899. I know, it's always easy to be the critic, but see for yourself the similarities between these designs by Sintesi and the classic furniture pieces.

The original Eames lounge chair

The Sinesti version, called Hipster

The original Club Chair S 35 chair by Breuer

And the Wassily Chair, by Breuer

The Sinesti version, Iara

P.S. I definitely DON'T believe that everything has already been invented! Otherwise what's the fun of being a designer?

Why I Need To Start My Own Vintage Store

It drives me crazy when an item I've seen in a thrift store shows up on a website that is selling it for 10x the thrift store price. If I didn't already regret not purchasing it, I definitely do then. My goal is to make a way to buy and store all the cool stuff I see so I can resell it!

Red lamp at Deseret Industries in Provo, Utah: $5

Red lamp at Past Perfect in San Francisco: $(Not sure but more than $5, I bet)

Mid Century Modern 16" pendant light at DI (found on the same trip as red lamp): $7

Mid Century Modern 16" pendant light at Rejuvination: $215
images from Rejuvination and AtomIcindy

Ornament Coveting

Some day I would love to have a white artificial tree. And when I do I will cover it in fun vintage style ornaments like these:

from Pink Grapefruit Style

from CB2

from Hannah Bella Memories
But for now I will set up my tiny tree with the ornaments I got from Savers last year!

p.s.
I also really like this set of ornaments from Crate and Barrel.

July 3rd Lamps

Remember when I wrote about this? Well, I promised pictures and never followed through. I figured I'd take some with a nice camera instead of just uploading them from my phone. But after 4 months that hasn't happened, and the phone pics aren't so bad...


The golden balls have been removed from the top lamp and I'm currently searching for some attractive replacements. Any ideas?

Give your lamp a lift!

Here is the lamp before I did anything to it.

Prepping is the most important part! Give the lamp a really good cleaning. Be sure to scrape off any blemishes; for example this lamp had drops of paint on it that needed to be removed.

Tape up the parts that you don't want to get paint on. I find it's easy to put the cord in a zip lock bag so I only have to tape the little part that sticks out.

Now spray paint it!

Here is the lovely finished product!

New Find!

I found this sweet mid century modern table at Savers in Sandy for only $4! Can you believe it? Since this picture was taken I have removed the wood stain from the top of the brass feet (which you can't see, but they are about 2 inches high at the bottom of the legs). I have also sanded it down and am deciding on the color. I am still in love with this pillow I bought almost a year ago so I might paint the table chocolate brown to coordinate.

Mid-Century Modern Craze

I have always thought mid-century modern design is the best, especially danish design. But today I spent a bunch of time browsing sites and looking at great furniture online! Check out some of the new links I posted on the right hand side, it's just the beginning of a goldmine of delicious modernness.

Here are some of the chairs I found on my google image search:

From: casasugar.com

From: ? (sorry my google image search isn't working right now so I can't find the site I got this from)


From: metroretrofurniture.com

Phone Update

I just went to DI about 30 minutes ago. Once again I forgot my camera! But I found this table that is sooo awesome and I know it would look amazing if it were repainted. It's the size of an end table and costs $15. Hurry and grab it!

I know you can't see the details, but the legs have these indentations that are filled with a tiny bump texture. It's really great!

DI time

Since I slacked on posting the Savers items yesterday...I get to do 2 posts in a row! I know stuff goes really quickly at DI which is why I like to show it on here right away.

The base of this lamp is so hot! It's got white over-spray on it, but that can be easily scraped off. If you like the red crackle ceramic just leave it, otherwise paint this thing some awesome color! I'm not as stoked on the shade, but it's pretty easy to find another one. For $5 this tall (1.5-2 ft) lamp is a steal!

Ok this item is totally for art and design nerds. It's a light table! For only 7 dollars! I never had one of them, but my roommate did and it was great. It can be used for tracing drawings.

These globe hanging light fixtures were so big that I couldn't get a good picture of them. They are probably 18 inches in diameter. Oh man would they look cool over a bar in a modern home! I think they were $7.00 each, but it could have been 5 (can't remember)!

Love this Victorian style mirror!!! It was $25.00 and definitely worth it, measuring about 3 ft x 4 ft. It is breathtaking :)

What Savers Has in Store

Yesterday I dropped by Savers in Orem to look for some lamp shades. Didn't find any of those, but here is what I did see...
A gorgeous glass bottle. I especially love it because there is this place called Gypsy Den in California where they have a ton of these stacked around. Here is a picture I found where you can kinda see the glass bottles in the top left corner.
And a close up of just one detail from the bottle. It was about a foot and a half tall and cost $5.99
I love this little elephant paper weight. The lines are so sculptural. It is only 3 inches tall and costs $3.99

A modern style wall clock. $5.99

I think this little end table would look awesome with some new paint and a fancy handle! It is $7.99, but all the furniture was 50% off when I was there yesterday.Ooo this rocking chair has some cool looking curves. It definitely needs fixing up, but the wood seems to be free of stain and probably just needs sanding, priming and painting (or staining). The upholstery is a velvety orange and pretty dirty. But I can just imagine how good this would look if someone had the time to spruce it up! $12.99 (again 1/2 off).

WOW antique sewing machine

FREE sewing machine on the provo, utahcraigslist! Here is a picture from the ad. I can't believe this person is just giving it away, it looks beautiful.

Craigslist

While searching through the baby stuff on Craigslist I found this incredible cradle. The person selling it claims it's from around 1920! What a find. The price is $75, pretty dang good for something that old.

Success at D.I.

I always have so much fun looking for hidden goodies at thrift stores! Here is what I found today at the Deseret Industries on State street in Provo. Before I forget, things go so fast in this place! One of the items I photographed was in someone's cart before I left. I hope this post is inspirational at least, if none of the items are left in the store when you go look around.


This beautiful piece of pottery is legit! I looked up the company online and found a lot of their other work for sale on antique websites. It was $1.50.

Cute little thing, only one dollar.

I realllly like this teapot! You can see the price, it's a great buy.

This vase is at least 15 inches tall. It's a great plum color so if you have plum accents in your room, pick it up...QUICK! For $1.

I guess I was into pottery today :) This is a ceramic planter, 6 inches around the widest part and 4 around the mouth. Also one buck-a-roo.


This is the one I saw in somebody's cart when I was leaving. And no wonder! It is super cute with so much potential for just $9.

Cute Table and Chair

Although I did have some trouble finding thrift stores on Saturday (see below), I did have success at the Savers in Sandy. I LOVE this Savers, every time I go there are sweet chairs and pieces of furniture. Here is a lovely low table with a cupboard:

It was about 25" to 30" square and about 15" tall. The price $15.

ALSO! I bought this amazing chair. The price tag said $5 but I talked them down to $3 because it was falling apart. I'm very excited to have a new project to work on!

Sorry about the picture quality in this post. Next time I will put more into the photos!

FINALLY back!

I know it's been forever since I updated this thing! Hopefully I can get back into it and visit a bigger variety of thrift stores now that school is out. Today's thrift store is the Orem Savers.

From ambrosia rush

I always think these airtight containers are such a great find. Especially a matching set of 4! Prices from shortest to tallest: $2.99, $3.99, $3.99, $4.99

From ambrosia rush

This is one of those products that doesn't look so hot at first, but it's got great potential. With a pretty coat of fresh paint around the frame and a quick clean-up of the mirror glass, this would be one sweet mirror. It's about a foot wide and I'm thinking you could bargain with the manager on the $14.99 price tag because it is a plastic frame, not wood.

From ambrosia rush

I just LOVE this alarm clock. The tiny thing is about 4 inches tall and maybe 5 or 6 wide. It's a 24 hour clock so you can see the top section is for day time and the bottom is night! Plus, it's only $2.99.

PLATE TIME!

From ambrosia rush

I'm not big into knowing what brands are worth money, all I know is this plate has a really cool vintage design and the bottom says "Fashion Manor by Franciscan". It's also $1.99. Aww man! I just noticed it has an orange tag which means it was 99 cents yesterday afternoon when I snapped these pics! Not sure if orange tags are 99 cents on Tuesdays as well as Mondays. Well, since we're on the topic...Savers has a discount on a certain color tag each week. During the majority of the week items with that color tag are 50% off, but on Monday they go down to 99 cents each! Bargain time!

From ambrosia rush

These are just cute and perfect. The colors are a little off in the picture, but the bottom side and edges are actually chocolate brown and the top is a really pretty goldenrod. There were 5 plates and at a good price! They are about 8 inches wide.

From ambrosia rush

This is the last item of the day. It is also about an 8 inch plate and I love the simple black and white look. Also only 99 cents.

CIAO! for now!