a house in the hills

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Bedroom Bargains

Out and about the shops this week searching out bargains for decorating

I stumbled on this gorgeous mercury glass bottle, while I had my nose pressed against a gorgeous gift shop....it has sweet beading and a glass stopper, perfect for my white bedroom AND it was ridiculously cheap

I also ventured into Laura Ashley and was gobsmacked at the prices of their bed throws BUT a nice shop assistant said they had slashed some for an interior decorators order and I could have the one left for half price.. YAY...in duck-egg blue

The antique mall I haunt (Pedlar's Market) yielded a very old dilly bag-probably for travelling.

One side is mongrammed and the other side embroidered , probably to reuse at a later date.

It has a stain but that doesn't worry me ...I LOVE IT!

I found these also- a pair of old bookends. The portraits are curved.

A good day's bargain hunting!

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Monday, February 25, 2013

This Week's Update

It was another stinking hot week here and I can't wait for Autumn to arrive. I walked up to the Salvo's on one slightly cooler morning.

I found a great white ironstone tureen and a couple of recipe books

Mr Postman didn't let the heat stop him from delivering a couple of goodies I found from scouring the world for rockbottom priced books for my Victorian red binding book display

Morning sun in our entrance hall

Picking herbs from the vegetable garden

Friday Lunch with fresh figs, proscuitto,feta,basil with honey and mustard ,olive oil dressing

Clematis

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Sunday, February 17, 2013

This Weeks Finds

I called in to the Animal Welfare op shop on Saturday morning and found some great things

A large heavy vase/urn ........perfect for my white collection

A couple of embroidered linens

The post bought another book for my collection of red bound Victorian collection. I found this online for $5

by the same author as the last one I bought . These sorts of books written for children with a religous them and usually given as Sunday School prizes

My long awaited ruched pillowcases also arrived

And ...I know Autumn is getting close with the opening of our first Clematis

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Sunday, February 10, 2013

Thrift Finds

Timing is everything.......it always pays to pounce when you see a donation box being sorted and yet to be priced

A huge long piece of vintage ivory lace ...it's been cut from a larger piece

A very collectable pair of Arabia Finland egg cups from the 1970's....would have loved all 4 !

Two more King Penguins from the 1940,s to add to my collection found on the Net

Sascha insisted on being in this week's post!

Monday, February 4, 2013

Change of Life

This week marks my the beginning of new adventures ahead for me. I resigned from the Public Hospital system and I'm taking a break for a while. Lots more changes will happen along the way

My Library colleagues presented me with a beautiful vintage illuminated world globe which had been in the archive room for decades ( circa 1960s) Perfect for my old library catalogue

On the holiday monday Mr VL and I took a trip to the Fisherman's Markets at Port Adelaide and I found some gorgeous old books with sweet frontpieces which I enjoy collecting .These 2 were Sunday school prizes