Broome Closet Booths At Ridge Antiques

Hey ya'll.

How are you doing on this cold Monday?

 I realize many of you are hunkered down in snow, ice, and cold that I cannot imagine. 

I pray you are safe and warm.

Since I last showed you our Broome Closet Booths we have acquired a third booth. 

We are busy. And blessed.

Lots of images to follow. 

If you stay with me you are a peach.

Beth painted this French Country coffee table. 

I love it.

Our back booth is chock full of vintage mirrors. 

You know I must have some cloches.

My back is aching from moving this large old dining table last Saturday.

 I feel like I have been moving furniture for days. 

That's because I have been moving furniture for days:}

Please  come see us any time Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Monday.

Ridge Antiques

Highway 23

Ridge Spring, South Carolina

Next post will be about a folk art male bust that I was fortunate to find.

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joy and peace

Olive

Elegant Home Office Details

Welcome back to The Talented B's office. 

Let's get into some of it's finer details today.

Which teacup do you prefer?

 Brown or blue?

 This sweet garden angel is on the floor by the window.

 Do you prefer the white lamp? Or the lamp with the black shade?

Please tell us in the comments. 

B has yet to decide so let's help her.

B sources her fabrics from all over the place. She is also thrifty in buying fabric. These drapes are the exclamation points in this room. There is another window but I did not get it in the images.

She found this vintage swiveling office chair at an estate sale and had the seat covered in faux leather.

B wallpapered the back of the secretary.

 It makes the vintage pottery pop. 

I repeated this image as I love this composition of dishes.

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happy hunting

Olive

Elegant Home Office

The Talented B has redecorated her office. 

 It is an elegant and fun space with pops of blue. B is an excellent and skilled thrifter and this room is an example of her skills. Most of this furniture was found at garage or estate sales.

  The drapes were custom made.

The secretary was found at a garage sale.

We will talk about the different lamps, placed on this table, on the next post. Her friend, Olive, composed the wire cloche. This mirror is more blue than it looks. I apologize for not being a better inside photographer.

Olive also wants this lamp (another garage sale find). 

I love it. I have asked her to leave it to me in her will.

 You all know how I have a thing for lamps.

I buy them, sell them, keep them too.

B had the vintage bird print re-matted and framed.

 The love seat was also a thrifty find.

Wait til I get the rest of her house photographed y'all. 

This is only the second part I have been able to get done.

It is also noteworthy that I called her at 7:55 AM this morning and gave her five minutes notice that I was coming over with the camera. You want to be my friend now don't you?

You can see her porch here.

On the next post we will get into the details and ask you for some help in this room.

In Olive Out news we are eyeball deep in getting CC ready for Korea. Plane ticket bought (that was a hoot and a half), tuition, and more money than I care to think about have been wired over there.  I am a tad crazy to tell you the truth. More on this later.

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Olive

Italian Mirror

We hung our large  Italian mirror over the buffet. 

I am quite proud we got around to this task as we are covered up in Darling Mini Wee's and our Cindy Lou kitten.  Not two foot from this buffet the house is a bonified wreck but you will never see it.

The often seen funeral baskets have pride of place there in the center, Joe's mother's foot stool is on the left with a newly acquired bust from the Peach 23 sale. I obtained the vintage glove mold from that sale as well.

I wish all of you a lovely Sunday. 

We are taking the Wee's to church then having a birthday lunch for Joe.

In other good news CC has been accepted at the Korean University and we are in a flurry of activity obtaining insurance, a visa, and a plane ticket. 

She is thrilled. 

joy and peace

Olive

Peach 23 Yard Sale: The Goods

The Peach 23 Yard Sale was something serious my peeps. Question is was it a yard sale or a marathon? It's a little of both and I did not make the finish line. Not even after six and a half hours and thirty miles. How about that? Read more about the sale here.

The French bust may have to stay with me for a time. The white chippy plant stand was $5.00. The cream hutch was $5.00 too.

An old crazed English bowl with a Cotswold cottage on it that could not be sweeter. It was $6.00.

Carolyn Westbrook's 2012 book for $2.00. I am really drinking in the pages of this book. It is staying home with me and the bust.

 Donna {who actually posted over the weekend}and I could have arm wrestled over this triptych. It's a Florentine religious piece and it is staying here for a spell too. I have built a collection of Florentine pieces recently. Repeat after me. Olive Is A Bad Seller.  We have acknowledged that and can move on.

This Italian mirror is my find for the day at $10.00. It is missing the corresponding left leg, shown here, but the seller is looking for it. I am going to see her later today. It may be seen in my dining room for a spell. I am horrid.

Was getting up at 5 A.M. worth it? Was having no coffee {screaming headache} worth it? Was coming home hyped up and exhausted worth it?

Yes To All Of The Above

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Happy Monday

Olive

Junking Finds

 Joe and I basically filled the pick up truck with Shabby Chic items, on Saturday, from one persons moving sale. Not shown are five Simply Shabby Chic (Target) tablecloths that I have already ironed and have ready to sell. I am keeping  two of them. I also washed and ironed six white drapery panels. I may keep those as well. I am an awful seller.

 I ironed for three hours yesterday, cooked garlic bread and bought dessert for twenty teenage boys (Joe helped), and fell in bed exhausted. Four hundred volunteers assisted in feeding, housing, and transporting three hundred kids to our 180 Weekend at church. One of those kiddos was my nephew and we are extremely proud of him. 

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joy and peace

Olive

Forsythia Arranged

Good morning friends. I trust you had a good weekend. Joe and I have been relaxing at our yellow house where our forsythia is now blooming. We braved the rain or were idiots {depending on your view} and went to estate sales on Saturday. We bought a rug which has created an enormous snowball effect that I will share later.

The buffet was the logical location for this tall twiggy forsythia. The rusty yet elegant vase was a gift from a stranger at a garage sale.

 Joe is making lemon pancakes and bacon for brunch. Yes, I am spoiled rotten.

Anybody else stunned at Downton Abbey's season finale?

 I could pinch Julian Fellowes but I suppose that is the reaction he is going for.

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joy and peace

Olive