Let's Talk Vintage #97: A Funny Story From the Shop & A Few New Pieces

Welcome to "Let's Talk Vintage!"

 

 

This week I'm sharing some of the "new" items

we worked on and some of the

things we found to sell in the shop.

 

 

This vintage, bamboo desk is my favorite piece this week.

Maybe it's because I love the coral so much.
I think it will brighten up any room it is in...

but would love to see it in a bedroom,

sun room, or perhaps a kitchenette!

Where would you use it?

 

While you are pondering this ... I have a

funny story to tell you about the "RELAX"
word sign you see in the photo above.

 

A few weeks to a month ago I re-arranged

the shop and was happy with my results.

 

Photo courtesy of Primitives by Kathy

 

I used a few of my "word sitters" like the

one above, on a bookshelf,

and was pleased with how it looked.

 

A few days later I noticed one of the words

was missing. Hmmph, I thought. I don't

remember selling one of them. I'll ask the hubs.

Nope, he didn't sell any when he worked.

Now I was really starting to wonder if someone

stole it from the shop. You never know, so yep,

I was going there! I looked in our sales book

and in the sales reports on the computer.

No "RELAX" sign was sold. Hmmph I

thought. Maybe I forgot to ring it up and it went

into a bag without paying for it. Well, then that

is my own mistake and glad someone got a

good treasure that day!

 

Totally moved on and put it behind me.

This past weekend my hubby worked the shop

so Bebe and I could go to her Nutcracker audition.

 

He sent me a photo of the coral table with the

"RELAX" word sitting on it. The one that

was missing was a pretty beachy

aqua color. But somehow, this

other new one matched the table.

 

So I said.... where did you find another
"RELAX" word sitter? (Texting, of course.)

 

He tells me it IS the missing word sitter 

and that he "found it" outside the back door.

He had used it to prop the door open

while he brought a piece of furniture

inside that he worked on. Then he says

 

"It kind of got ruined from being out

there so long that I painted it with

your coral chalk paint."

 

I'm like.... "WHAT????????"

Oh my word!!!!! I can't believe it.

I tell him the color looks weird now,

blah blah blah. So, it was moved

to another white table in the shop.

 

A few hours later I receive a text.

It SOLD.

 

Always the way, isn't it?
 I can't make this stuff up!

 

(And BTW, Bebe won the roles

of a mouse and a polichenelle! Yay!)

 

This antique Royal Typewriter made

it into the shop this week. Love
the industrial style of the early 1930's! 

 (I use the "water mark" from my other shop's blog as it saves me a ton of time, which

is limited! Thank you for understanding!)

 

And this big 'ol steamer type trunk was

a fun find ... oh the stories it could tell

of travels taken! The hubby varnished

it and the color of the wood really

pops now!

 

Thanks so much for checking in with me

and my shop updates... time is very

hard to come by anymore so I do

appreciate your visits and link ups...

because I know you all must be

busy as a beaver too!

 

 

Let's see what you've been up to.

 

Here are this week's features:

 

 

Joyce over at the Quilted Nest

shared her kitchen reveal.

Love her vintage farmhouse, yet

new, style!

 

 

and Diane at Deanie's Stash

shared her junkin' treasures

with us ... because we all know

how much we love a good 'ol treasure!

 

(photo courtesy of Records and Vintage)

 

and Vintage Eve's shared the back-story

of Mid-Century Modern. Great post. 

Totally cool! Thanks so much for

linking up!

 

 

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