Thrifting for Vintage - Decorate with me

 Hi Friends,

This last weekend I went thrifting. I have found some more treasure at my favorite vintage/thrift store town. I can't wait to incorporate some of these treasures into my home.

Come decorate with me.............

I picked up this vintage converted oil lamp for $7.50, it needed a lot of tender loving care.  The cord was in bad shape, so I replace the cord and socket. I did purchase a chimney, when I was in Illinois

So I'm using the chimney for now, but I have ordered a replacement chimney and galley to hold the chimney in place.  I placed the lamp on a stool in the living room.

This cute "HULL", planter I picked up for $4.00.  I filled it with vintage children blocks I thrifted from my local Budget Center thrift, and set the planter 

  

 on top of the dresser in a spare room that has great afternoon sun for a few of my house plants. 

The rusted Budweiser aluminum can I add with my small barware collection in the den, I paid $1.00.

I've been collecting Budweiser Christmas mug off and on when I find them at a reasonable price.

Come warmer weather I'll be using this faucet that I purchased for $4.00, in one of my outdoor pots. I saw "Nicole Northgarden Thrifter" a  You-Tuber, last summer make a wash tub with broken plate and used a faucet like this. I think it will be very rustic farmhouse touch to my yard this coming summer.

A cute tobacco tin I found for $3.00 at my local vintage/thrift store

Advertising for Maryland Club Mixture Virginia manufacture by American Tobacco Company.

This is going to look nice with some of my other tobacco boxes.

This white platter was a great find at $.50, it has a mark on the bottom U.S.A.. 

 I sat it behind the newly purchased tin and a Sir Walter Raleigh smoking tobacco tin I've had in my collection for some time. Of course a few flower stems to add a Spring vibe 

These super cute copper plate rooster napkin rings I paid 3 for $1.00.  I know, I know, who buys only three? You may ask?  I'm using them around the neck of the bottles.  Tell me what you think.

I put the napkins ring on my green bottles neck

This green vase I found for $1.00, seems to have been painted over and I just wonder if I should strip it  or leave it as is ????

The chicks and bunny are starting to peek there heads out.

I incorporated the spring green vase on top of the hutch to add color into my Spring décor in my living room.  Notice the uneven paint at the bottom?

Look at this wonderful orange plant pot for only $2.00.  It does have a mark on the bottom of the pot  "U.S.A. 4." Not sure what that means but, I love vintage pots like this for plant cuttings from my house plants. 

This past week a co-worker gifted me the Jade plant starts from her mother plant.  I was so excited about this I have the perfect pot for the gifted Jade starts now.

When I saw these three milk glass vase I had to pick them up. unfortunate they have not a single marking on bottom, so I'm not sure if it is real milk glass. I paid $3.00-$4.00 for each.

I have two other vase I've had for some time and gathered all the milk glass vase to made a Spring grouping on top of my hutch

Another great find was this cute little round, double side mirror with a folding stand. I paid $3.00, for this folding travel mirror, and it had Japan engraved on the metal frame.

        Not much marking, but I think this cute milk glass jar was used for cold cream in the past. It is marked H over A logo... "Hazel Atlas Glass Company"?

    I'm grouping it on a thrifted silver plate tray with a few other thrifted treasures on the guestroom vanity.

I was so excited to find this large white pitcher, I believe it's ironstone. I have seen many wonderful ironstone collections displays on social media.

The stamp on the bottom is a single winged lion, Made in U.S.A.  123-4. I paid $4.00

 

I used fingernail polish remover to get the applique off the large pitcher.  I moved the two picnic basket that I found last years at my local thrift store to my living room.  I added a bundle of faux forsythia blooms and tied it with a black/white ribbon. I love this vignette.

 

This cute little Coca-Cola shot glass, I paid $.50. mark on bottom  is a square maybe Illinois Glass or Imperial Glass? not sure

I found another brass candle stick for $3.00. I wasn't able to find any markings on it, so I do not have any history on it.

I placed these two items into this vignette on top my salt and pepper shaker cabinet.

Last but, not least the 15" tall Masonite clip board marked Stem Co Dallas, I paid $.99.  I'll use it to display a bulb print from a blogger I follow

This was a great haul! I hope that I have encouraged you to get out there and go thrifting, you just never know what you will find to add to your collections, at a reasonable price even in a small town.

Thank you for stopping by.

May God Bless You and Your Family,

 I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Decorate with me....... Small Area of the Living room with Some of my Collectibles

Hi Friends,

Today I'm playing around with a vignette on a book shelf in my living room.  I gather a couple of my vintage chickens, some of my gramma's measuring cups, a jadeite salt shaker, a metal recipe box my son Mod Podge way back in high school, one of my brass candle sticks, a couple of vintage cookie, and a dark green depression glass salt shaker.

So lets see how I rearrange these pieces to find the prefect arrangement.

Changed it up a bit by adding a rusty tin for a riser

I'm loving this little vignette I put together for summer.

Thank you for stopping by.  Let me know what you think?  Is it the milk glass vase or the brass candle stick?

Until the next time .....

May God Bless You and Your Family.

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

A Few More Vintage Winter Vignettes in my Den

In my den I think I decorate it more because of the shelving I have.  This is vintage blue lunch box I have added a couple of poinsettias along with a vintage glass door knob.

A Sir Walter Raleigh smoking tobacco tin, I stuck a cluster of poinsettias in it.

This little vignette I went with red berries and pine cone to this King Edward cigar box also, in this grouping  are a couple of my green bottles I just added homespun and a holly sprig

I leave out these baskets  of pine corns all year long I think it give a nice feel to the fire place

This little vignette I had a hard time deciding how to rearrange it.  I think I like the second arrangement the best.

I like the milk glass vases, I think the milk glass lightens up this vignette.

Thank you for stopping by to see what I have been up to at my home.

God Bless You and your family.

I'm Vicki, a Colorado Junkett