Category: Thrift
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You can own Chloe Sevigny's fridge! Since my post for the auction last year was so complicated to write (Housing Works has so many gosh darn great links for their web site and Flickr sets) that I've decided to get to the point and paste an excerpt from the press release I received: "Starting Tuesday,…
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There's a fun vintage online shop out of San Francisco I found via Craig's List. It's called (Re)Acquired: objects found + dignified. Here's a sampling of the items on offer: silver deer, $35 cream colored table, $55 vintage tapewriter, $15 for me I like the little stag head, $15 Who is this mystery person selling…
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Marcel and I were invited to "excavate" a barn, and in fact a whole mountainside property, in Saratoga, California. It’s just 10 minutes from our house, but it felt like a world away. It’s the estate of a Japanese family who immigrated to San Francisco in the 1920s. They started a farm in Sunnyvale in…
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Today is the first time in ages that I went thrifting without an agenda or schedule. It’s such a pleasure to experience unforced treasure hunting. Everything is a bonus that you didn’t expect! And today was a day of great deals. Everything in my area is so overpriced. It’s a Beverly Hills wanna be. So…
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Just wanted to share a smattering of the treasures I thrifted today in San Jose… The little wooden Japanese fisherman is about two inches tall; probably 1950s. The fabric is a silk Ikat; $1 for three yards! And the vintage candy tin is marked "Western Germany". I love the color. After…
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One of my favorite elements of being a thrifter, treasure hunter, and digger is that it's always changing, always new. You can go to the same shop each week, but the inventory has completely changed for you to discover it all over again. Then taken to the next level, discovering new shops when you travel.…
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This lovely Spanish doll was gifted to me by sweet Ingrid! You can see the Tea Party where she gets to meet some of my other dollies on my Flickr. It’s worth a gander, even if you don’t especially have a soft spot for dollies (what kind of person are you?!).
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Check out my finds today, from an estate sale, over at My Flickr!!
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Above is my contribution to Blue Tuesday. I was delighted to find this article on the Marie Claire Maison site showing various small living structures: a treehouse, a yurt, and la roulotte immobile (gypsy caravan) to name a few. There is a company in Saint Remy de Provence, Les Verdines, that refurbishes gypsy wagons and…
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I caught a glint of sun on the windowsill over my kitchen sink, but it was fleeting. Shortly after snapping this shot it poured buckets and the wind it did howl. It's forcing me to postpone some of my furniture projects. One that I'm really looking forward to doing is a silver foil…
So Sylvie 