Vintage Chalkware Baby Statue With Removable Diapers
This vintage chalkware piece isn’t as creepy (or racist) as these vintage chalkware babies, but there’s still something creepy about the “hair” spray-painted on it… It reminds me of the old...
View ArticleA Bouquet Of Doorknobs
I found this pretty way to display vintage door knobs at Exit 55 Antiques (Fergus Falls, MN). I love how they look like a bouquet when grouped in the old silver vase. For a collector of antiques and...
View ArticleWhat Is Mid-Century Modern?
If you’ve spent any time talking with other collectors, antiquers, dealers, or folks who just enjoy watching the plethora of collecting shows, you’ve been hearing an increase in the term “mid-century...
View ArticleMeet Bruce & Beth
A pair of vintage pottery figurines — Asian dancers of some sort. As you can see, from the markings on the bottoms of the pieces, his name is “Bruce” and her’s is “Beth”. Both Bruce & Beth were...
View ArticleVintage Pin-Ups For The Nursery
Once upon a time, brightly-colored graphics on pressed layers of cardboard in the shape of characters from nursery rhymes, Mother Goose stories, and other childhood tales covered the walls in baby...
View ArticleFriday’s WHY IN DESIGN: how to incorporate antiques into your modern home
What do I collect? And, how can you collect and incorporate antiques into a modern aesthetic? I love anything for tabletop – like plates, sugar and bowl sets, tea sets and vintage cutlery, salt...
View ArticleVintage Paint By Number Metalware
Combining two of my favorite things, vintage metalware wastebaskets and vintage paint by numbers, what’s not to love about this 1950s paint by number Tole Craft Wastebasket! Frankly, I had no idea...
View ArticleCollecting The Kind Of Molds You Do Want In Your Kitchen
When I saw this jangle of vintage copper molds at the thrift store today, I was reminded of my aunt Vicki. When she was alive, her entire kitchen was decorated with them. It began, I believe, as an...
View ArticleCasual Vintage Holiday Table Centerpiece Using An Old Wooden Drawer
As I’ve said before, I like useful collectibles — and, because I don’t like anything to go to waste, I like to find new ways to make use of old things. Just because something is “old and just laying...
View ArticleLoad Up Your Vintage Sleighs
We’ve all seen those cute vintage Santa and reindeer sleigh sets… And we’ve all seen enough of the old sleighs at thrift shops to know that eventually, like Santa’s sleigh Christmas morning, whatever...
View ArticleUse Vintage Sleds To Carry The Holiday Gifts
I just love the look of old wooden sleds holding the Christmas presents. Sometimes you have more presents than the sled can carry — but a few on the sled looks lovely next to the tree! This is a photo...
View ArticleChristmas Decorating For Collectors Who Want To Show Off Their Collections
The holidays, with all their visitors, are the perfect time for showing off our collections. And what collector doesn’t want to show off their collection?! Instead of replacing your antique and vintage...
View ArticleVintage German Christmas Tree Candle Clips
Before electricity made its way into most homes, Christmas trees had the warm glow of candlelight. The candles were attached to the tree branches via little metal clips. Most often they were decorative...
View ArticleVintage Bronzeware Flatware From Thailand
I found this vintage bronzeware set while helping my parents, Antiquips, of No Egrets Antiques, with their latest estate sale. (Details and photos of this latest sale can be found on their Facebook...
View ArticleTintypes & Seashells
Since we went to that museum auction and got that fabulous antique folk art piece made of tintypes and seashells, I’ve been looking for more… I found this antique frame of nine photos decorated in...
View ArticleHelp! I Was Framed – And Did Not Like It
Pick: Well, Grin, nice find! Those old promotional booklets from WESTVACO Printing and Publishing should be popular. Entitled “Westvaco Inspirations for Printers”, they have a lot of neat advertising...
View ArticleRepairing Broken Or Missing Hangers On Vintage Chalkware Plaques Or Plaster...
When most people hear “chalkware” or “plaster” they think of those funny animal pieces and rip-offs of comic characters — the cheap prizes hawked by carnival barkers. Even at the circus and those old...
View ArticleWays To Display Monochromatic Collections In Your Home
Spotted this at Country Living: Here’s how we recommend keeping the arrangement interesting: • Group similarly shaped items (fluted vases, trophy-like urns) together, but stagger heights and mix...
View ArticleDisplay Photos & Ephemera With Tiered Hangers
Vintage metal skirt hangers are a great way to display photographs, postcards, and other pieces of ephemera. As the clips can be slid along the bars (to accommodate for various waist sizes), you can...
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