I keep thinking that one day I'll run out of thrift store finds to share with you but thankfully we're not there yet! This week I'm sharing some of my glassware. I picked up the glasses below quite recently while the pitchers are part of my vintage glass pitcher collection. Yeah, I collect a lot ;)
Grant and I are off to Banff for two days and then we'll be nerding out Saturday at the Calgary Comic Expo. I cannot tell you how badly I need this weekend away. I love roadtrips! What are your weekend plans?
Happy Tuesday everyone! Today I'm sharing a vintage Jetliner red suitcase I thrifted about a month ago. The outside is a little worse for wear but the inside is in pristine condition. I love the lining inside the suitcase. So dramatic! I have a few other pieces of vintage luggage that I use fairly regularly. I found that they store and transport my camera equipment well. Do you collect vintage luggage?
And hey if you live in Edmonton, I'm organizing a vintage sale Saturday May 18th! Here's a link the Facebook event!
Happy Monday! This week I'm trying desperately to reset my internal clock. I've been living like someone who works night shifts. Not cool. I'm currently wondering where the heck spring is. Sure the sun is out but it wouldn't hurt for to have our normal temperatures for this time of year. I'm sick of these below zero temps (and I'm sure everyone else in the prairies is too!).
As someone who drinks coffee and tea regularly, I have a but if a mug problem. I love to collect vintage mugs but have also accumulated a small collection from my travels. Here are some vintage mugs I've recently acquired.
Pyrex mugs! I have nearly 30 already but had none in this tea cup shape. The cutest.
Royal Doulton ceramic mugs from 1977. I thrifted 6 mugs for $6. They are in perfect shape too.
I picked up these classic Fire King mugs a few weeks ago. They're the first of their kind I have ever come across in a thrift store, plenty in antique malls though!
I thought I would share a little playlist this Monday as well. Listening to music is keeping me awake today!
Have a fantastic week! I hope it's warmer than mine :)
Hey Everyone! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. I took a break from blogging this past weekend to enjoy a rare 3 day stretch of time with Grant. He normally works 6 days a week. It was such a great weekend! We started it off with an art show Thursday night. Our friend had some amazing photos on display from a recent trip to China. We spent most of Friday sleeping in and working on moving our kitchen around. Last week we replaced the open shelves in our kitchen with proper cabinets. Now we have twice as much storage. We had to fill some holes and repaint on another wall where we moved our hutch. I love the new layout and I'm so glad the open shelves are gone. Later on that evening we headed to our friends' LP release and enjoyed some great local music a few PBRs. Saturday was more sleeping in and finishing the kitchen. We went out for curry at a local favourite restaurant and then came home and watched Safety Not Guaranteed (definitely recommend it!). On Sunday we bought a new microwave and then headed over to the Telus World of Science to get in one more tour of Star Wars: Identities before it left Edmonton. Our Easter dinner was an amazing meal at my favourite vegan restaurant Padmanadi. Grant went back to work on Monday and I took a day to relax. Best weekend in a long time.
Here are a few recently thrifted pieces.
A set of four super cute Fire King bowls. Sadly, one is a bit faded but I love the flower pattern.
I love this Pyrex trio! So bright and beautiful. The 'Friendship' pattern is a new favourite.
Have a great week! Spring has finally arrived here so I'm going to try and enjoy the sunshine and warmer weather.
Last week I finally found the coffee table I've been searching for. It was only $13 at Value Village. It's not solid wood coffee table of my dreams but it's pretty close. When I saw Rachel's coffee table in her living room, I was in love. I did come across a few at the local antique mall but I wasn't willing to spend over $100.
I wanted a two-tiered coffee table so that I could actually display my beloved coffee table books. I was inspired by Emma's yellow coffee table to add some colour to my coffee table. Mint is favourite colour right now so I bought a sample size of paint at Home Depot and foam brush and painted the legs last night.
I finally feel like our living room is complete! Although we won't live here forever it's important to make this feel like our home while we do. I apologize for the poor quality of the photos. We don't have a lot of natural light down here.
