Serendipity Vintage Furnishings

Goodness, Summer is almost over!

Sadie — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:36:25 +0000

A very quick summer here at the shop and at home. The weather has been peculiar to say the least but better here than in most of the rest of the country. Suddenly we find ourselves face to face with Labor Day weekend and the start of a new school year in just a few days!

Everyone have a safe weekend!

Take a needed holiday American workers! We appreciate you!!

Pretty places to write, use your laptop, dream…..

Sadie — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:57:34 +0000

Looking around today, I found two gorgeous desks in very different styles but both are special!

We hope you like them too!

Glazed cottage white desk

This one is done in black and has a beautiful drop front.

The drop front closed

Nice, large work surface

And, painted to coordinate with the first desk, a French Provincial style chair with pretty pink seat.

Love the pattern

Have a wonderful weekend – ours should be very pleasant!

P.S. As always, click on the pictures for a larger view.

Shelves

Sadie — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:36:58 +0000

can be filled with very interesting things. Look what I saw today:

on an old Victorian shelf

inside an old Chinese armoire

in a rustic pink floor shelf

another pink shelf full

on a little two shelf piece

and in a tiny kitchen bookcase

Have a great weekend!

Pennsylvania House Writing Desk

Sadie — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:59:41 +0000

This came into and left the store so fast I think only 3 people got to see it unless others read the Craigslist ad for the few minutes it was listed.

Great style and it was gorgeous painted satin black!

Love the fact that there were so many little drawers, paper trays behind two little doors and a full size drawer below the fold out writing surface. The surface is supported by slide out bars so it is really sturdy enough to use for a laptop.

Cute drawers and doors!

And there is a lucky young lady in town who will be using this in her Paris style bedroom!

~ Enjoy and our thanks! ~

Garage Sales!!!!

Sadie — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 16:57:52 +0000

When they are good around here they are GOOD! Lately I haven’t seemed to find too many in that category, but…….

Everything with the exception of the shoeshine box and gate came from one awesome sale!!

Soon to be seen in either our Etsy shop or the store-don’t miss them

New Looks in the Shop!

Sadie — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:17:27 +0000

Take a peek – Miss Lula and Miss Estelle were very busy ladies over the weekend. This is just a sample!

Cute French Provinical nightstand/cabinet

Adjust-o-Matic and Acme dress forms looking for new homes!

Love, love, LOVE hatboxes!

One of several delightful display shelves!

Back to work – more smalls to find new homes for……

Welcome Friends!

Sadie — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:18:36 +0000

Couldn’t pass up this delightful little sign the other day. A newer piece but so pretty!

We usually concentrate on strictly vintage or older but sometimes one of these sweet little pieces just sneaks in…

and contrasts nicely with our antique/vintage pieces!

Love the chairs and the details of these treasures from the past!

Happy Wednesday!

Happy Birthday America!

Sadie — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 03:08:50 +0000

May you all have a safe and wonderful 4th of July!

Remember why we celebrate and thank a member of the Armed Forces for their devotion to our nation.

Many thanks also to those who are no longer with us-we appreciate your service and sacrifice more than you know!

Florentine Treasures from Italy

Sadie — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:13:00 +0000

All of us are attracted to vintage Florentine treasures – from chandeliers to candelabras to little boxes and trays. Every now and then we find something truly unique in our experience and of course I have to buy it!

Can you spot what I thought truly unique?

Unless I am fooling myself – and some of our collector customers – it is the set of pink Florentine salt and pepper grinder. I almost left them behind because I wasn’t aware of pink items. Then I found the mark on the bottom and realized they are truly Italian and the real thing

Here is a closeup

A box of coasters which sold before I could post this blog entry!

A sweet little chest!

The weather is finally terrific for painting and we should be getting a number of new things next week to share! My mom is visiting from Kentucky and this is the last day I will be in the shop until the middle of next week so have a wonderful weekend, everyone!

P.S. Be sure to click on the pictures for a larger view.

Vintage Betty Crocker Cookbooks

Sadie — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:16:17 +0000

Does anyone else out there love vintage cookbooks as much as I do, I wonder? I have dozens of hardbound ones and probably hundreds of the little paperback booklets from almost every company under the sun. I love them all!! One of these days I would also like to have the space to show them all off at once.

My favorite of all are Betty Crocker cookbooks. I have used the same one for over 30 darn near forty years. Actually the current book is the second of the same cookbook because the first one fell apart. This one was given to my husband by his Home Ec teacher mom when he moved out and has handwritten instructions for his favorite roast recipes inside the cover.

showing her age already on the front cover

we've used this recipe forever!

the cookie pages used many, many times

falling apart - again!

clear tape on the spine is holding her pretty much together still

And the point to my post is: I found a new-to-me looseleaf version of this same cookbook recently and I bought it with the intention of replacing old reliable seen above.

she's lovely!! and so clean!! and her pages are flat!! and the recipes are the same!!

I couldn’t do it! I cannot get rid of my faithful friend! This one is too clean and doesn’t hold the same memories.

So ….

Miss Lovely Shiny Version (in loose leaf, no less) is now available in my Etsy shop. Someone please give her a loving home and make many memories with your family!