This is my favorite spot to look at in my house |
I'm not sure what pulls me to the things of the past. I often stand somewhere close my eyes and try to imagine what might have been in that same place a 100 years ago. I love old time music, the big band era along with the sound of an old record player needle on vinyl with a sweet woman's solo voice. If I was a size 4, I would surly be buying clothes more often in vintage shops.
My favorite thing to do on a free day is to browse thorough thrift shops, vintage and antique shops. Even if I don't buy anything, it is cheap therapy for the day. I am drawn to beautiful dishes, cups and saucers, jewelry, old purses, LOVE old coats and just looking at the display of beautiful old things, did I tell you I love old coats!!? If I were to dream, I would have my own shop in a little old house, where I could sit among all these cute old things with a story behind every item, listen to old music and bask in the delight of it's treasures. I wanted to share a few of my favorite spots to go to, maybe you can add a comment of your favorite places too. I love the Funky Junk Sisters Website . I could sit all afternoon and catch up on good stuff there!
Stores:
(503) 222-5160
Ragtime:http://www.raysragtime.com/
Stars Antiques Sellwoodhttp://starsantique.com/
Village Merchants
Below is a few other places I like to frequent for browsing "Therapy".
Stores:
3 monkeys :811 Northwest 23rd Avenue, Portland, OR 97210
Ragtime:http://www.raysragtime.com/
Stars Antiques Sellwoodhttp://starsantique.com/
Village Merchants
3360 Southeast Division Street
Portland, OR 97202
Magpie
520 Southwest 9th Avenue
Portland, OR 97205-3280
(503) 220-0920
American At Heart
Oh, I think we could be great friends. :) I love to look at antiques, but Andy doesn't want any in the house. I boxes of my great-grandma and grandma's hats. I used to wear them all the time when I was younger. I even had a vintage sweater that I wore a lot. It wasn't cool back then but I didn't care.
ReplyDeleteI know how much you all love to hand churn butter like in "ye ol' good ol' daze!" :) I had the opportunity to do this at Knott's Berry Farm in Los Angeles! After five minutes, I thought my arms would fall off! NOT gonna do that again!!!! FACT: It takes about 1 hr. to produce one white blob of gobbledy-gook (stick of butter)! So that's my "ye ol' good ol' daze" story! :D
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