C'est chic, les Antiques !!!

Let's spend a little time doing it together!
( all images sourced from Kijiji - an alternate selling site but the same as Craig's List - I buy from both )
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125.00 - metal bed frame - loving it!
Can you just picture it with tons of white frilly pillow and a down comforter - this was meant for a breakfast in bed setting !

40.00 ( Kris you'd be jumping all over this ) love that it's narrow - and the frosted glass is pretty special !

What a statement piece for a child's bedroom - 125.00 - painted in pretty carrousel colors - ribbons cascading down from the top - magical !

350.00 - antique double bed - I'd love this in the guest bedroom - these were so common when I was a little girl - especially in country cottages.............white lace curtains swaying gently - fresh cut flowers in vases -

200.00 - LOVE LOVE LOVE - as is - sort of Gustavian, no?

250.00 - wish I had room for this - I wouldn't change a thing on this - sheer aged perfection !

Oil stove - 1916 - 200.00 - the curves are just beautiful - wouldn't this be beautiful in a kitchen corner?

80.00 - great chest - again I wouldn't do a thing to this beauty !

1500.00 - with leafs - gorgeous !  ( I'd have to reupholster the chairs )

110.00 dollars - love this style of dresser - I've worked on quite a few of them, they never get old ( pun
intended lol )

This mirror has been reduced to 20.00 - I often buy these because they can dress up a dresser so beautifully

Old milk container 35.00 - it's been painted - so I'd paint it again - white with a graphic transferred on

950.00 - can you imagine this painted and with beautiful linens?

385.00 Cedar Chest

30.00 dollars - oh the possibilities are endless with this one really

95.00 - hand made copper stove utensils - these would look so gorgeous in a rustic kitchen
( or spray painted black in mine ) I adore them

Ok - I could do this post until it was 20 pages long - so I'm going to leave you with this - brace yourselves
because there's not one of you that wouldn't give anything to have it !!!!

It's 900.00 but it's a beauty ( and a half ) - expensive until you see what Restoration Hardware charges and then it's worth every single penny

Suzan says - I'd give anything to have that in the garden - under a tree
John says - WHAT???????????  ARE YOU NUTS - IT'S 900 DOLLARS !!!
John says - IT'S ALL RUSTED AND THEY WANT 900 DOLLARS?
Suzan says - That's called Patina - and it's perfect - absolutely perfect
Suzan says - Wouldn't it be fabulous to have a nap on in the shade?
John says - Get a Hammock - a lot cheaper and a lot nicer in my opinion.

Now there's nothing wrong with a hammock - in fact I want one - but how can he not see the beauty in that day bed?
It's like comparing the Love Boat to the S.S. Minnow !

Are there any items here that you'd give anything to have?

I've started tackling one of the teeny tiny bedrooms upstairs

It's going blue and white - walls - ceilings and floors
Half way through it I decided to take a nap and gently fell asleep to the music of John cursing and yelling as he removed the linoleum from the floor ( which is a horrible horrible job I have to admit )

This is what's left after removing carpet - paper - and 2 layers of linoleum................
It's the underbacking of the last layer of linoleum - and it's sickening to get rid of -

The only redeeming factor is that it IS in fact a teeny tiny room - ( we still have 2 other rooms - one of which is large - with floors like this to do )
That " fur " gets scraped off by dampening the floor with hot water...............one little section at a time.  I'm not sanding ( maybe lightly - but I'm not doing the whole sanding of the floor with an industrial sander ) this floor will be painted white like the rest of the upstairs.

But it's a cute room - tucked under the rafters - with lots of charming details like that window - and the slanted ceiling and the alcove and that tiny Alice in Wonderland door !
It can accommodate a double bed and 2 dressers quite easily or a dresser and a little reading alcove and BECAUSE it's so small I can afford to add a little luxury to it without breaking the bank.
So I've been looking at wall paper for one of the walls - not sure if I want to go with a vintage themed
( both selections found on Amazon )

or a toile ( the toile melts my heart to be honest with you ) but I love love love the pale yellow against the blue flowers too !

Anyway - big plans for a little space are in the works..................

Oh and I'm doing a " walk " for Cancer tonight - just in case you thought I was lazy.............
From 6 p.m. until the wee hours of the morning...............

Have a wonderful weekend everyone -
Much love,

Partying over here !!!
I Should be Mopping the Floor                           Knick of Time                          Miss Mustard Seed

The Grackle

Just when I thought ducks mating in my pool was my absolute limit  (you can read about that here ) I discover this?

I'm not a bird person -
I was traumatized as a little girl when I sneakily watched " The Birds " while at a sleep over at my grandmother's...............
They scare me to be honest with you ( but by now you know that pretty much anything scares me )
and sometimes they even disgust me.

BUT if they keep their distance I can certainly appreciate their beauty...............( am I the only one that thinks this one looks a little evil?  Like he and his friends could start attacking a woman in a phone booth or something? )

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John says - They're quite stupid really
Suzan says - Why?
John says - Well they repeatedly come to the pool with food in their mouths to wet it - then drop it in - stare at it for awhile and fly off
Suzan says - Uggghhh - I think he just tossed a slug in the pool..............

And we watch in fascination as one by one these " stupid " birds drop their food into the water - look at it for a minute and fly off.

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We laugh at how ridiculous they are - ( it doesn't take much to entertain us - a glass of wine - a bit of cheese and a flock of stupid birds is all it seems to take to have a rollicking good time around here )

Until this particular conversation happens.

Guest says - Do you have Grackles in the back yard?
We say - Yes we do
Guest says - Interesting fact :  Grackles don't like to have dirty nests so they carry their $HIT in their mouths and drop it off into bodies of water.

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So I did what anybody would do - I googled Grackle - and discovered that they're actually cleaning the nest of their babies droppings - information here
Completely uncivilized if you ask me, but stupid?  Nah - not so stupid at all -
The 2 humans however, laughing their fools heads off just may fall into that category.

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And so I'll repeat
I'm not a bird person -
I was traumatized as a little girl when I sneakily watched " The Birds " while at a sleep over at my grandmother's...............
They scare me to be honest with you ( but by now you know that pretty much anything scares me )
and sometimes they even disgust me.

The moral of this story?
$hit happens.
Daily.
In our pool.....................

Now excuse me - I'm off to tackle grackle schmackle
But I'll leave you with a little " bird " music from one of the best
Hit it Leonard !



Oh and the pool is officially ready - we high fived each other today ( and I almost fell in )
If you don't mind a little bird surprise splattered all over you, come on over for a swim!
Have a great day all !
Much love,

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