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Light it up

Monday, June 1st, 2009


I found this 70’s brass ball light at a junkyard by my house for $7. I’ve tried cleaning it up, but it had been sitting outside for awhile and suffered a bit of wear and tear to the brassy finish. it works great though.

Its sort of floated around the house not really feeling “right” anywhere and I didn’t really think of putting it in the master bedroom since it wasn’t part of a pair. I slammed it on the nightstand since I desperately needed a reading light and ended up really liking it with the crazy glam chandelier. A pair may be overkill though and I’m not sure if I need another bedside light…

I do need a headboard. I’m thinking a long and lean finished plywood panel…hmmmm.

So the other thought is having a totally different type of light. Is it really fussy to have two totally different lights next to a bed? I was thinking of doing some sort of wall mounted black Bauhaus style industrial light on the other side.


Like this.

Or this

But you know “inspired” by. There is no way I’m buying a lamp for like thousands of dollars. I’m looking for something in the price range of 10’s of dollars.

Ebay

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

Normally I’m an Etsy kind of girl, but sometimes I stray over to Ebay to pick up a few things I can’t seem to find thrifting. I really hate the whole bidding process (I’m so impatient and it stresses me out) but if you stick with it sometimes you can get a great deal.



Mid Century Adjustable Candle Holder
$14

I’ve been dying for an adjustable accordion candle holder for my coffee table. This one expands to about 3 feet and is 11 inches tall. I’m waiting patiently for it…

Vegetable Afghan Kilim Rug (10×3 ft)
$20.50

This is a victim of the great Kilim (or is it Kelim?) hunt. Finally, I got one – its going to be a runner for the entryway.

This is really turning into a blog about shopping and I am the worst guilty consumerist. I did the whole Mint thing to track my spending…yikes. Over the last 3 months I spent the same amount on vintage crap for my house as I have on my mortgage. I always thought I was pretty thrifty…but it I guess it adds up. At first it looked like I was super charitable since all the thrift store shopping got listed as “Charity”. I fixed that and now my pie chart just looked like two big dueling colors: Mortgage vs. Shopping.

I need to go on a better savings plan. If I want to do any big ticket renos (which really I don’t, its probably not worth it in the long run in my neighborhood) thats going to be the only way without going into more debt.

Poop. Being fiscally responsible sounds boooooring.

Thrifty!

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

Here are a few more of my thrifty finds from this holiday weekend.

Pair of Blenko double spouted water carafes with labels. These would be my first Blenko buy. I’m really starting to get into vintage glass stuff…its so shiny!

Michael Lax Copco pan. This would also be my first Lax piece. I’m not too hot on the orange.

This is a little Copco tea kettle…I think. It had a little Copco brochure inside of it, but its not marked otherwise.

I also got this Red Wing graphic ceramic container. It’s in great shape, and I like it in the kitchen, but I’m not sure what I’ll end up doing with it.