Corners of our Home - Where we sleep!

i don't know what my problem is...but every year it gets worse and worse...my obsession with bedding. one of my favorite things is slipping into bed into clean sheets. it is one of the most soothing things after a long day on my feet to slip into a comfy bed and *finally* exhale. i also get bored very very easily with my bed spread - it changes now like once a year. i'm not promising this will stay, but it is making my heart so happy right now that it just might last more than a year.

i have been looking for a vintage quilt for a while. i have sorta picky tastes and don't care too much for anything too flowery or girly...which pretty much counts out more than 89% of vintage quilts. we made it out to the flea market last sunday (bobby had a little cold so we ditched church) and i saw this quilt hanging when we first came in and my heart swooned. i asked the vendor how much and it was a lot more than i wanted to pay...but totally what it was worth...retail...but i don't want to go to the flea market and pay retail!

i tried to give it up...but found myself obsessing over it during our whole trip. i couldnt let it go and the whole time kept thinking how sad i would be if we left and it was gone...so to my delight i saw it still there at the end and squealed a little. my husband the amazing barterer asked me how much i wanted to pay and i told him and then like 2 minutes later he came back with my quilt! what? he is magic...that and it was the end of the day and people were starting to pack up...which is the 2nd best time to go to the flea market.

i am so in love and love how i can totally the look of the bed around with different pillows and maybe a throw. The underside of the quilt is exceptionally gorgeous too, and a couple times i have turned it around and kept the bed made that way as well.

i know that the pattern is rather bold and perhaps not to everyone's liking, but it is just about perfect to me. yay for flea market finds!

little reader vintage

i forget how i came across this darling little shop...but i saw this amazing cowboy shirt and knew a certain cowboy would look just dapper in it! my brother took this photo, and you can't really see how amazng the details are...the original photo is on the right. the original listing is here (only $7!)

Check out more of her kiddo vintage goodness here!

isab vintage high chair

or...alternate post title: holy crap! the most awesome-est garage sale find evah!!!

on our way to church this morning i happened to glimpse a yard sale and made bryan do a u-turn...even though we were already 10 minutes late...even though it was a crazy busy street and a pain in the booty to make any sort of turn...because i spotted this...

we never bought a high chair for bryson...we used the clip-on the table-portable thingy since our space was limited. i knew that a high chair would come in handy with the second child, so, with bodie i looked and looked and looked my entire pregnancy for a vintage *wood* high chair - simple enough right? notsomuch...i never found anything that was both functional and aesthetically pleasing, so we bought a new one. And, while i love the Anka high chair for its compact-ness and aesthetic beauty - there are certain annoyances...like that you need both hands to pull the tray out...and that the tray only goes in front - food ends up everywhere if you have messy eaters like i do...so anyway...

about 2 months ago i was at this warehouse of sorts that sells a lot of vintage furniture and they had this to die for teal blue and wood vintage high chair...for $200!!!! what??? but it was seriously gorgeous...

anyway...i saw this baby and was like, no way - this is in amazing shape..."$5!!!!" the owner said...what??? uhhhh.....okay! and then i made B pile it in the back of the car and off we went!

i still am not quite sure what i am going to do with it...i may just use it instead of our other one, since our other one is getting small-ish for bodie...or just keep this one in the kitchen and the other in the dining room?

or...get it re-furbished and sell it? i just am having such a hard time with it...it is too beautiful to sell...and at $5? come on....

oh...did i mention it converts to a walker?

there is a separate vinyl liner that connects to the bottom piece and the top chair comes off...

i haven't attempted it yet...no need to really, but the owner said everything worked. it looks like it was rarely used. the only visible wear is the paint is chipping off the metal and rusting a bit.

i had to share...this type of find almost never happens! this and my $5 kitchen table will go down in my personal history as our best!

The Score

i wouldnt consider myself a "thrifty" person. i don't cut coupons (anymore...i found that i end up buying stuff i wouldn't normally) and i don't hunt around for the cheapest gas (my FIL is the king at that - he knows all the cheap gas stations in San Jose) i just go wherever is closest to me about to run out of gas...and i don't hunt down the sales (i dont really even shop anymore, so that is irrelevant anyway) but i still love finding stuff at garage sales, thrift stores and flea markets. i wasn't raised this way...but i think it started in High School. My husband is also an amazing negotiator, so he loves that sort of stuff too.

when we were up in San Jose for Mothers day we came across a "block sale" i pictured a couple families all piling their stuff on one lawn, but no...there were like 10 houses all on one street having yard sales! so awesome....some of the stuff we found
*an awesome kitchen table $5...yes...you heard right, $5
*a brand new wetsuit for Bryan with the tags on $20
*a backpack carrier circa 1990, just like the one i LOVE (i wrote about it here) - $3
*2 queen size coleman air mattresses - new/no holes - $5 each
*a sit-up bench (for bryan...i have no business doing sit ups right now) - $10
*booster seat for grandma's house - $2

Plus...my favorite yard sale was this sweet old man who was cleaning out his parents old property. This is who i got the stuff in the picture above. i got the wagon on the first day, but not the stuff in it...i kept thinking about it and on Sunday my FIL convinced me to drive over to see if it was still there. He gave me everything in the wagon for $25...in case you were wondering...they are 2 old gas cans, a ship light (that works! its a red light inside), an old lantern, and 2 seed sacks with this really cool graphic. Still not quite sure that i know what i am doing with any of it, but i didn't want that shopper's remorse...and at $25...come on...i could sell one gas can alone for that on ebay!

i love the history of things like this and the stories and the character. the wagon belonged to the old man and he had it when his kids were growing up...they were telling me all sorts of stories about it, like tying their dog to it to make a dog sled...and now we get to make our own stories with it too!

Vintage Items Up in Shop!

Thanks to my trusty little mannequin, I was able to post up more in the vintage shop! i love the little boy embroidered numbers...too cute!

totally rad

i found this whilst thrifting this afternoon. how supremely awesome is this? he is a mini pseudo rebel now! the best part is that the thing is stinking brand new - no one has worn it. i am pretty sure it is vintage, but there are no tags to speak of, which is a shame, because if someone is making them i must have all of them!