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Peaches To The Beaches 

A yard sale from Perry, GA to Brunswick, GA? Ummm..yes, please. Friday the 13th, Saturday the 14th of March and over 200 miles of garage sales! Tonya and I set out for Perry on the 12th so we can get a head start in the morning. We have very few requirements for sleeping quarters on our little adventures. Our trip to New Jersey was budget minded and we have since found we love dinky little motels. As long as they have a front porch and chairs we can bring outside, we are happy. We make a little fun drink and sit outside playing on our iPads. So what if repairs are needed while you are there. We’ve got it covered. Macgyver ain’t got nothing on us! A safety pin will fix a broken toilet! 

  
We started the morning in a little bit of a fog and kinda chilly but quickly warmed up with some coffe and the excitement of our first stops. I was looking for a low dresser to use as a tv stand in my living room and things to sell in the Antiques Capitol of Georgia Festival that was coming up in the next few weeks. It was slow and go for awhile but by lunch I had managed to fill up the bed of the trunk, including my little dresser that I found for $10!  (It’s buried under the tarp, but more on my dresser makeover later.)

After lunch in McRae, the yard sale sites became fewer and fewer. We did come across a big field where many different people had set up tables and decided to stop. I scored a saddle I had been wanting for a long time and even the ditch with water couldn’t stop me from getting it to the truck.

   

 We made it to Brunswick and stayed on beautiful Jekyll Island for the night. We got up the next morning and saw all the neat things Jekyll Island has to offer. Like this beautiful beach with giant driftwood trees and old plantation style homes with art exhibits. 

   
    
    
 The yard sales weren’t as good as the day before so we went back to the motel and hung out on the porch. HAPPY!

All in all it was a great experience and we had a blast! Looking forward to August when we get to do the Longest Yard sale.   Stay tuned! 😉

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Vintage pinch pleat curtains

Four simple words that bring me so much joy. I have two pair in my booth right now and they’re just hung on nails in the wall. 





No rods or hooks-just flat on the wall. My booth is mostly mid-century goods and the panels give just the right touch of retro flair. I’ve been dabbling in different ideas for curtain rods and hope to get my curtains hanging appropriately soon. 

In the meantime, I have been redecorating my living room. I’m tired of my jungle theme. Tired of the giraffe pictures and elephant statues. 

It’s been that way for more than 10 years and time for a change. All the furniture had to come out to refinish the hardwood floors and it was a perfect opportunity to start with a clean slate. My dingy sand colored walls are slowly transforming to a lovely shade of light grey-blue and my mantle now showcases recent vintage finds.  

I’ll have to stick with my brown micro suede sofas and oversized chair and ottoman but they go with the flow, for now. 

I have always done my decorating by picking a focal point and creating from there. So to be honest, the entire inspiration of my redecorated living room comes from a beautiful pair of pinch pleat curtains I found at an estate sale. They were buried in the back of an old barn under piles of old rugs and bedspreads. They were wrinkled, musty smelling and  look more like old sheets than a pair of curtains, but they were perfect to me! I took them home, washed them and hung them on my windows, on my freshly painted wall. It was destiny. Or fate. Or whatever….they were meant for my living room!

 I didn’t want to use the traverse rods with the tracks made for pinch pleats, so I found a way to hang them using the rings with clips. I took the clips off so that the little loop was at the bottom of the ring. Then I used the drapery pins in the pleats and hooked the pin through the loop. Since I have blinds on the window, I won’t be pulling the curtains back and forth, but I can if necessary. Tahdah! 

Now to finish painting my walls and find an old dresser to use as a console for our majestic 65″ TV. I will show you the finished project just as soon as I get it complete. Thanks for following me!

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Just another rainy Thursday

I spent the morning whipping up another appraisal report. It’s been raining for 40 days and 40 nights and I’m in serious need of some sunlight. I met with a friend for lunch and after catching up decided to hit some of my favorite thrift stores in Covington, GA and hopefully brighten my day.

Ever since my sister-in-law, Pam and I went to the Country Living Fair in October I have been on the prowl for chenille. Not just any chenille, vintage chenille. The old kind, all one color with old designs and the furry little Pom Pom ball trim. I don’t know why, exactly, except that it’s pretty. And hard to find. Pam told me about a certain LARGE chain thrift store that you can shop online. After checking it out (it’s an auction site) I found a few listings for vintage chenille bedspreads. I put a bid on one for $6.99, just to see what happens. The bid ended 01/14/2015 at 5:30 PT and I set a reminder on my phone. I was the highest bidder…until 5:29 PT when magically another bidder came out of the blue and beat me by $1.00. REALLY?! Enough with that site. Especially after I found out shipping would be another $12.00. I’ll find my own chenille.

Back to my thrifting trip…on my way to Covington, through rain drops and fog, I spotted an estate sale sign. Oooooo yay! It was in an old house built in the 20’s or 30’s (which was also for sale) and it was full of fun, unique things. Most of it was too expensive for my budget but I went through each and every room. I had my eye on some antique picture frames in one of the bedrooms when out of the corner of my wandering eye was a chenille bedspread!

All white with a beautiful white design and tiny white Pom Pom trim all around. I didn’t even haggle the $15 price tag. It was nicer than the one I lost on the auction site. It was also cheaper and better yet…

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I had it in my hot little hands. Love-love-love it! I don’t know what I’m going to do with it yet but you can bet it will look pretty draped across my bed for now. Or a chair. Or a sofa…

I found 2 large boxes of vintage items at one of my thrift stores and only paid $25. I think I’ll list a few items on my Etsy site and display them in my booth for all to admire. Check out my Etsy site at www.etsy.com/shop/Knicknaques and my Instagram at Knicknaques to see all my latest goodies!