All this antiquing has worn me flat out. We are so far ahead of where we thought we were going to be on our list, we are blown away. But I'm also bummed that I'm not finding some of the things I want. But I've only just started, I've only looked in a few places, so I really need to just slow down And, as since I'm new to this, I have to realize it's not like running in to Target and picking up some lampshades that will work - nooooooo, the antique stores just may not have what you have in mind that day, or the next three.
So I have to be patient. I have a little stuffed turtle attached to my purse - his name is Noah. He is to remind me to be patient. I have a bigger version staring me in the face next to my laptop. They mean well, I know they do. Let me just say we are at a point where we agree to disagree! Kind of where God and I are most of the time - I pray for patience...He gives me more stuff to learn how to be patient. There's something wrong with that picture, me thinks!
At any rate, I'm clearing up clutter here and there from the decorating, and find once again the sewing room is the DANGER! DANGER! WILL ROBINSON area, but at least it's contained. Lots of the stuff is in containers and a result of all the bits I pulled from those magazines during The Migraine Month. Those containers are easily pushed under the sewing tables. And once that is accomplished, I'll be able to start sewing again! That migraine really set me back!
I'm gonna take the day off today. Hubs is golfing, it's nice and quiet, a friend is swinging by for a few minutes this afternoon, but otherwise, I think I'm gonna read until a nap occurs and I will be quite happy about it.
Antiquing is an adventure - and right now I need a vacation!
Thursday, May 09, 2013
Tuesday, May 07, 2013
And So It Continues
I came home from bible study and running a couple of errands just in time to see our 'new' couch and love seat, end tables, coffee table, and wall hanging being delivered. It's like we've moved into a whole new house without having to move at all! The poor cats are still trying to figure out what the heck has happened, but with a bit of time, they will get used to it.
The wall hanging needs to be hung yet, but the living room is looking mighty fine. My Gazelle exerciser is folded up and out on the patio, which doesn't help me a bit - the whole purpose of it's ease of use was to have it open and at the ready - but the living room looks so nice without it, we are wont to put it back in. I'm sure that will change in a day or so...there is just no other place for it to be.
And poor Molly is just beside herself because her very tall cat tree has been removed from the premises, as well. It does need to be replaced, as it has seen several cats' activity through the years. We will get her a shorter one that she will still be able to sit atop and feel she has some height and is above the world.
We were both so exhausted after all the activity today, we took long naps. But I think I want to continue our quest tomorrow for another end table for the library, and the table and chairs we are looking for for in front of the bookcase, as well as the settee/loveseat for in front of the window seat. Right now we have the old gray one in a slip cover and have given the gray couch to my Pop, so it would be nice for him to have the matching love seat, as well. I really want the 'right' loveseat for the library anyway - we are just making do, as it is.
The owner of Bubala's in Atwater, where we got our latest purchases was along for the delivery today, so I invited her in to see what we've done with all the things we've gotten. She was quite pleased, and seemed quite taken with my quilts, which quite pleased me! So our adventure continues, but not without a good night's sleep!
When I laid down for my nap, I had my iPod plugged into my ears listening to the soundtrack to Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" and woke up to "The Best of Yaz" - so that was quite fun! If you haven't heard either, I highly recommend both pieces of work. Yaz is from the '80s and is techno and about as unusual as it can get. And Danny Elfman outdid himself on the soundtrack for "Alice." Just saying. :)
The wall hanging needs to be hung yet, but the living room is looking mighty fine. My Gazelle exerciser is folded up and out on the patio, which doesn't help me a bit - the whole purpose of it's ease of use was to have it open and at the ready - but the living room looks so nice without it, we are wont to put it back in. I'm sure that will change in a day or so...there is just no other place for it to be.
And poor Molly is just beside herself because her very tall cat tree has been removed from the premises, as well. It does need to be replaced, as it has seen several cats' activity through the years. We will get her a shorter one that she will still be able to sit atop and feel she has some height and is above the world.
We were both so exhausted after all the activity today, we took long naps. But I think I want to continue our quest tomorrow for another end table for the library, and the table and chairs we are looking for for in front of the bookcase, as well as the settee/loveseat for in front of the window seat. Right now we have the old gray one in a slip cover and have given the gray couch to my Pop, so it would be nice for him to have the matching love seat, as well. I really want the 'right' loveseat for the library anyway - we are just making do, as it is.
The owner of Bubala's in Atwater, where we got our latest purchases was along for the delivery today, so I invited her in to see what we've done with all the things we've gotten. She was quite pleased, and seemed quite taken with my quilts, which quite pleased me! So our adventure continues, but not without a good night's sleep!
When I laid down for my nap, I had my iPod plugged into my ears listening to the soundtrack to Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" and woke up to "The Best of Yaz" - so that was quite fun! If you haven't heard either, I highly recommend both pieces of work. Yaz is from the '80s and is techno and about as unusual as it can get. And Danny Elfman outdid himself on the soundtrack for "Alice." Just saying. :)
The Porters and Their Antiques Road Show
I recently battled a four week stint of migraine induced by anxiety and stressed. Still waiting to see my nuerologist for further instruction, but the most wonderful thing happened last Saturday. After being in complete misery for four weeks to the day, I woke up with absolutely no sign of migraine at all. I couldn't believe how good I felt! It was marvelous!
There is one slight drawback to recovery for me - when I feel better, I'm like a racehorse let out of the chute - full speed ahead and there's no stopping me. My husband knows of this full well and while he will gently warn me, he also knows it rarely does much good. Having been cooped up in the house exept for the occasion doctor visit or medical test, I was raring to go and do something fun.
So we did. We hopped in the car and went to Turlock where we went to two estate sales and then had lunch at the Bistro downtown and then visited two antique stores. Well, the second antique store held us captive for quite some time. Not only is Trinkets to Treasures beautifully laid out, there is a tremendous number of items to choose from at incredibly reasonable prices. We went into the store to just look around, mainly for tables and chairs for our library we recently remodeled. What we came home with was a fabulous dining room set with four chairs plus two captains chairs in a style we'd always wants for a price we couldn't pass up. In addition, we found a unique coffee table and reading chair for the library we fell in love with. That was Saturday.
Today, we went to Bubala's in Atwater and picked out a curio, and end table and discovered the most unusual green leather reader's chair we'd not noticed when we were there before, and a sweet brown velvet foot stool to go with it. That was the first run down there. While we were looking at other things in the store, we went into one of the rooms where we knew a set of chairs had been and had seen they were moved into another area so we were curious to see what she had put in their place. We fell in love the with couch and love seat that were there. We really didn't think we could pull it off, so we pretty much dismissed the idea and brought home most of the items we could, knowing we would be back for the curio cabinet once she had gotten it emptied.
Well, we talked and looked and rearranged,,and talked some more, and we figured out how we could pull off getting the French Provincial love seat and matching couch and the wonderful metal artwork that I had had my eye one the first time I'd gone into the store. So when we returned to the store to pick up the curio cabinet, I told her we were getting the set. She gave me this great big hug and it will be delivered tomorrow. We are going to be giving away and/or selling a lot of pieces of furniture to make this work, but that's OK - it's time for a change. We are about to tear out our carpeting in the living room and replace it with wood laminate and these two pieces just happen to have wood trim around the front. It's going to look wonderful. There's also a coffee table and two matching end tables she gave us a great deal on, as well.
All these things, ALL these things, we haven't spent more than $1500 on! and our house has taken on such new life and character and we have had such fun going to these places and looking at al these things. It's been wonderful. I've always appreciated and respected antiques but they have never been something I ever thought I wanted in my home. I have several that have been in my family and are very dear to me, but what has transpired over the past few days has taken on new meaning to me and a life of its own. We are in love with these old things!
Tomorrow things get delivered. Who knows what will hapen on Wednesday! We only got through two of the stores in Turlock and there are a lot more and we still need an end table and a few other odds and ends. Our Antique Road Show may not be over just yet! And that's just fine with us!
As soon as we have everything in place, I'll post pics here so you can see all our treasures!
There is one slight drawback to recovery for me - when I feel better, I'm like a racehorse let out of the chute - full speed ahead and there's no stopping me. My husband knows of this full well and while he will gently warn me, he also knows it rarely does much good. Having been cooped up in the house exept for the occasion doctor visit or medical test, I was raring to go and do something fun.
So we did. We hopped in the car and went to Turlock where we went to two estate sales and then had lunch at the Bistro downtown and then visited two antique stores. Well, the second antique store held us captive for quite some time. Not only is Trinkets to Treasures beautifully laid out, there is a tremendous number of items to choose from at incredibly reasonable prices. We went into the store to just look around, mainly for tables and chairs for our library we recently remodeled. What we came home with was a fabulous dining room set with four chairs plus two captains chairs in a style we'd always wants for a price we couldn't pass up. In addition, we found a unique coffee table and reading chair for the library we fell in love with. That was Saturday.
Today, we went to Bubala's in Atwater and picked out a curio, and end table and discovered the most unusual green leather reader's chair we'd not noticed when we were there before, and a sweet brown velvet foot stool to go with it. That was the first run down there. While we were looking at other things in the store, we went into one of the rooms where we knew a set of chairs had been and had seen they were moved into another area so we were curious to see what she had put in their place. We fell in love the with couch and love seat that were there. We really didn't think we could pull it off, so we pretty much dismissed the idea and brought home most of the items we could, knowing we would be back for the curio cabinet once she had gotten it emptied.
Well, we talked and looked and rearranged,,and talked some more, and we figured out how we could pull off getting the French Provincial love seat and matching couch and the wonderful metal artwork that I had had my eye one the first time I'd gone into the store. So when we returned to the store to pick up the curio cabinet, I told her we were getting the set. She gave me this great big hug and it will be delivered tomorrow. We are going to be giving away and/or selling a lot of pieces of furniture to make this work, but that's OK - it's time for a change. We are about to tear out our carpeting in the living room and replace it with wood laminate and these two pieces just happen to have wood trim around the front. It's going to look wonderful. There's also a coffee table and two matching end tables she gave us a great deal on, as well.
All these things, ALL these things, we haven't spent more than $1500 on! and our house has taken on such new life and character and we have had such fun going to these places and looking at al these things. It's been wonderful. I've always appreciated and respected antiques but they have never been something I ever thought I wanted in my home. I have several that have been in my family and are very dear to me, but what has transpired over the past few days has taken on new meaning to me and a life of its own. We are in love with these old things!
Tomorrow things get delivered. Who knows what will hapen on Wednesday! We only got through two of the stores in Turlock and there are a lot more and we still need an end table and a few other odds and ends. Our Antique Road Show may not be over just yet! And that's just fine with us!
As soon as we have everything in place, I'll post pics here so you can see all our treasures!
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