I hope you’ll join me on my never-ending search for beautiful pieces, with history, for your home. Find my curated treasures, in Booth #154, at the Antique Trove, in Roseville, CA. ~ Barbara
Hello!, First of all, for a really fun movie, treat…and we hadn’t been to the movies in months…I highly recommend “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”! Judi Dench and the entire cast was terrific! While I love to travel, this movie certainly made me want to explore India! (At the same time, “real life” travelers have told me of the poverty and filth, so I’m on the fence about visiting. Have you been?) Anyway, enjoy the movie! We spent the majority of the remaining weekend doing what Mr. Wonderful calls “working on the melon farm, doing honey-do’s!” Isn’t he clever? I…
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Manifesto – man-i-fes-to: a public declaration of intentions, opinions, objectives or motives, as one issued by a government, sovereign, or organization This morning, Marian, at Miss Mustard Seed has one of her amazing, heartfelt posts, that include a personal “manifesto” by a friend/follower, Amy. Marian, herself, has written about her own personal goals and challenges in the past, as well. If you’d like to read a thought provoking post, I encourage you to take a look. Amy appears to be at a turning point in her life. She’s assessing her life as it is and wondering how it would feel…
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This week, I made a great find, at Veranda Antiques, of course! Having 6 sets of china, purchased or passed on to us by family, we certainly didn’t need another, but these were too great a deal to pass up and I love them! Just the dinner plates, TWELVE of them, for $90.00!! they’re great on the glass chargers…and the white chargers. I love the crest and in black and white, they’ll go with just about everything! I’ve been using my blue and white Spode porcelain every day, for years now. Before that, I used a bone china for everyday.…
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Hello there!, Today’s my day, to toil at Veranda Antiques. And of course I always like to check out the new additions to our inventory! Let me show you around. Lora found these beauties. Old candelabras that are turn of the century, and would look great anywhere, especially the garden. I’d guess they were spending their early years in a church. Approximately 4 and 6 feet high. $250 each. Better get them, before I do! Lora also scored this vintage settee, with a string of grape leaves and a bunch of grapes along the back. $425. Of course the Pillows…
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As I mentioned yesterday, Stacey at Conspicuous Design, is letting me guest post at her wonderful blog soon, about decorating for a 4th of July party. I started out yesterday, creating my deluxe paper cone wreath, for the front door! I was so excited, by what 2 hours, a ton of paper and glue could create! I hate to let you down, but today’s paper crafts could have been done by a couple of 2nd graders, at their afternoon Brownie troop meeting! I started out with more paper, cut in large diamonds, folded over into the shape of a pennant…
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Hello, hello!, I just asked my friend, Stacy, at Conspicuous Style, if I could guest post on her beautiful blog. I suggested that I could write about decorating for a 4th of July party and she said “Yes!”. Whoa! Now I have to figure out how to decorate for a 4th of July party! I figure that since I’m going to be making decorations for a party, that we might as well go ahead and have a party! This could be fun, although its not the way parties are usually planned. What the heck! So, to get started, I visited…
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We had a great weekend at Veranda Antiques! Between yesterday’s parking lot sale and customers buying at Veranda, I had better get back to painting and sourcing more treasures! That’s a good thing! We brought my console table, that I painted with ASCP old white, clear waxed, with a bit of dark wax in the nooks and crannies, along with some gold rub ‘n buff and it was a quick sale. 🙂 My cute little bench, with a coat of a fun Sherwin Williams enamel, was a fast sale, and two of my gold leaf mirrors sold yesterday, too! Yeah!…
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Let’s make a deal at today’s parking lot sale! (Seeing a crazy woman with a stop sign will probably keep people driving on by. Kind of scary!) 9900 Fair Oaks Blvd., Fair Oaks, CA 9-2 Today!, Saturday Dawn, who owns a beautiful florist in downtown Fair Oaks, was my first customer! Thanks Dawn!
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It’s 8 p.m., on Friday night. My favorite time of my favorite day. May is a wonderful time of the year, here in northern California…before the string of 100 degree days hit. You may recall, I found this new outdoor umbrella at World Market. The floral fabric is colorful and kinda fun! I’m hoping Wonder Dog remembers that the cushions are not chew toys! The hydrangeas are getting ready to pop. I have four more waiting to be planted. I got the Everbloom this time, that are supposed to have two or three blooms each season. This teak bench could…
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This week passed so quickly, I’m not sure it really happened. The good news is that it started at the Sacramento Antique Fair on Sunday and I found a number of cool things for the shop, including this old rectangular mirror, shutters and large candle holders. I squeezed in some Craig’s list shopping.. Doesn’t everyone need some old paneled doors? I’ve been painting, too! This extra long side table, found at an estate sale, used to be “baby —- brown”. I like the new Annie Sloan coloring much better! I found these two corbels at Thrift Town for $8 each.…
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