Finally Feeling Better

Wow...3 days down, no fun.  I am ready to do some MAJOR tinkering.  I did get a chance to meet a darling student who is moving to AZ.  She is doing a survival trip, so she is clearing her whole place...full of funky vintage.  She is young and cool, so these weren't her mama's antiques.  They were specially picked by her to represent her eclectic style.  I bought 2 1960's wood lounge chairs, a VERY old school desk that looked more like a table with a drawer.  When you pull the drawer, it looked like the old school desk top that opened up for storage...but if you didn't know it was there, the piece simply looks like a table.  I also got a funky triangular wood end table, and a small scale vintage vanity with mirror included.  It will be fun to make these gems!  I promise, promise I will post pics and stories as I get to working on them.

Oh...also, I bought crystals galore.  If anyone has some creative ideas for using them, let me know.  I have hundreds :)...sparkly.

So tomorrow I am hoping there will be fun pics and cool projects to follow.  For now, I am taking one more day off to recoup from this lousy flu!

Came up a bust at the thrift store...

Well, sad to say, I only found one thing at the thrift shop...another lamp.  I HAVE to stop buying lamps...lol. I seriously love watching how quickly they can transform into ANYTHING you want.  This one has a fleur de lis on the top, so I think I might do something vintage french with a blue base, maybe an electric teal.  Maybe even crystals hanging from it.

SADLY, I am grounded to bed.  I have all the symptoms of strep throat, so the hubsy has banished me to the bedroom until I get much needed rest.  So for now, we will all have to just imagine what this transformation will look like and wait and see.  Until then....

Off to the thrift store...

Hey all!  I am off to the thrift shop.  I am in need of vintage plug in lamps for reworking, but I am almost open to anything.  That what I love about a great thrift store...you really never know what treasures you are going to find.

I will most definitely post the results.  See you later!

Here we go...let's blog!

So here is my first blog....I just finished the coolest lamp and wanted want to share the before and after of this vintage goody...

Before...lovely darling...

after...sophisticated chic