Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Great new pieces!
Monday, November 18, 2013
Today I'd like to share a story of what it's like on one of our treasure-hunting trips....we did an all-over-San Diego County roadtrip two weekends ago
We started out with tons of traffic on the way South going through the beach cities (nightmare) so we had a late start by the time we made it down. Our first stop was Ocean Beach where I picked up an old rusty birdcage I found on Craigslist and discovered a cool mecca of vintage stores and a super cute diner where we had breakfast (at 1 pm). We also bought a huge (over 5 feet tall) thick wood frame that was all dirty and gross but had really neat fleur-de-lis carved into each corner. Apparently, in its former life it was part of a coffee table (glass was in the middle) but in its new life at the Ginger-Owsen home, it is now a beautiful giant chalk board (soooo cool – I love it!!!).
Next up was an estate sale at an East El Cajon trailer park. Yup, we know how to travel in style....and it was a total bust. They marked everything up 5 times its actual value so they could say everything was 50% off, meanwhile you are still paying 2.5 times its actual value. The only thing they had that I really liked was some beautiful vintage silverware (entire set in pristine condition) that they were asking a mere $450 bucks for!!! Oh, but I forgot to mention, it was half off, what do they think this dumpy trailer park is…..Saks Fifth Avenue!??!?
Next up was Julian for some Mom’s apple pie – can you say super YUM???? Well, we couldn’t because the line was literally around the block – the biggest line for apple pie I have ever seen in my life. Not sure if they were slipping diamonds into that pie or what, but we went across the street to Apple Alley and had back-alley apple berry pie. Since we had made such a long trek for the pie, we also bought a whole one to bring home, which Joel has promptly eaten half of BY HIMSELF. Yeah, that back alley pie was actually really good,
Next up was back down highway 8 to Viejas casino. They must have seen us coming, because Joel lost $100 bucks on blackjack in record time. I broke even on about 10 minutes of slot play when he showed up with a sheepish look on his face. We headed over to their Asian restaurant which was surprisingly good, so the stop was not a total loss. Headed home from there.
On Sunday I promptly took my old birdcage, sanded, painted, sanded some more, waxed and made it into the most beautiful birdcage lamp ever!!! I have been wanting one for a long time and now it perfectly fills a (formerly empty) corner in my living room.
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| Before...a rusty mess with lots of potential |
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| After, hard to see the Edison bulb light, but it's in there! |
After, didn't get a before on this one... but it's huge - over 5 feet tall.
Thursday, October 17, 2013
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Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Great New Pieces and Exciting News
Hey everyone, we have
some great new pieces available and some exciting news to share. New pieces are
pictured below and the exciting news is that we will soon have a retail store for you to
visit. We will be leasing space in the new Vintiques to be opening
the first week in November
in Orange. Located near the Orange Circle, this new store will be a blend
of antique, vintage, reproduced furniture and home decor. Hope to see you
in November. In the meantime, we'll be at Irvine Flea on Sunday, October
6th.
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013
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