new goods at Motley Junket ~

 I popped in to Heritage Square Antique Mall on Friday with a truckload of treasures and to give Motley Junket some lovin'!  I was flyin' solo, so I didn't take in any big pieces of furniture, but lots of interesting smalls and such.

The china cabinet got a new look with a smattering of vintage grey Harkerware dishes (just a few left, most are SOLD)....

 

Isn't that grey color just fabulous?

A couple of rusty white vintage wire baskets....

This unique scale is still available!  I layered in a myriad of new goods in this section including a set of wooden Munising bowls, a Roseville 1 gallon crock, jars filled with vintage dominoes (SOLD), a crackly crazed ironstone tureen, aqua basket (SOLD), and several vintage pottery planters....

This vintage french provincial nightstand stayed in "as found" condition.  I thought it's chippy paint and naturally worn patina was just right as is! (SOLD)

A heavy old music stand with cast iron base (SOLD) and an oh-so-hard-to-find florentine tray....

 Stacks of boxes and a few vintage "horsey" finds....

This corner went very white....

 An old metal tulip chair....it looks mostly white here in the photo, but up close, you can see layers and layers of old paint in yellow, aqua and even orange!  I also took in a fresh supply of bagged vintage shred.  Neat grain sack pillow (SOLD).

Unsure of its age, but check out this cool propeller clock!  It is marked Made in France!  A fabulous addition to a little boys room or a gift for the family aviator!  It rests inside a vintage bushel basket filled with treasures on top of an old ice cream chair....

vintage chalkware dog (SOLD) and handmade safety pin beaded basket....

This shelf got filled with vintage whites.......pottery, enamelware, planters, milk glass and a great old tool box too.....

vintage printers drawer in fresh white......so great for organizing little bits in the office or craft room.  I use one in my bedroom for jewelry storage!

Heritage Square Antique Mall is open on Sundays from Noon to 6:00.  If you are looking for a fun way to spend your Sunday, you will not be disappointed with all the great booths you'll find here!  Every style, every look, every kind of collectible you might be looking for all under one roof!

~ keep dreaming ~

Polly

Shabby Apple jewelry giveaway NOW CLOSED ~

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED AND THE WINNER HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED!


Hello all!  I have great news!  The kind folks of Shabby Apple contacted me with an irresistible offer!  Shabby Apple is an online dress boutique selling women’s dresses, casual dresses, skirts, and women’s apparel.

My readers all get a chance to win one a fabulous piece of vintage jewelry from Shabby Apple!

I chose a whimsical necklace, aptly named Unlock The Queen's Castle.  Don't you just love it?!

The antique brass vintage reproduction keyhole pendant is suspended on an 18" antique brass chain.  I think this necklace would add the perfect amount of vintage charm to any outfit!

For an opportunity to win this necklace, you just have to do a couple things and leave a comment here letting me know you did so.  You get 4 chances to win!  

Leave a separate comment for each of these that you do!

1.  Like Shabby Apple on Facebook.

 2.  Become a follower here at Motley Junket.  Of course, if you're already a follower, just leave me a comment letting me know!

3.  Like Motley Junket on Facebook.

4.  For one more chance to win, visit Shabby Apple and come back and tell me what your favorite item is!

The winner must have a United States shipping address.  If you win the necklace, there are no exchanges.

In addition to the opportunity to win Shabby Apple's Unlock the Queen's Castle necklace, they are also offering all of my readers 10% off any purchase made at Shabby Apple in the next 30 days.  Just utilize this code when you checkout:  "motleyjunket10off".  

So have fun visiting the Shabby Apple website and oogling over all the vintage eye candy!  And don't forget to swing back by here to place all your entries to win!

This giveaway is open until Thursday, March 1 at 9pm EST.

Best of luck to each of you!

~ keep dreaming ~

Polly

 

old bench for the laundry room ~

 We are anticipating decent weather the next two days here in Central Ohio!  50 degrees today, 60 degrees tomorrow!  Warm enough to drag this old bench into the garage and get its makeover going!

I found this old girl at a yard sale last summer for $40.  She is solid oak and HEAVY!  Currently painted black and upholstered in a silky black and cream striped (and water stained) fabric, she is screaming for a new look!  There is also a fabric pad that attaches to the back.

I bought her with the intention of utilizing her in my laundry room / mud room.  I'm thinking she will be perfect for shoe storage underneath if I can find baskets big enough for Mick's shoes.  

She has been sitting in the space for a couple months now, as is.  I just wanted to make sure she wasn't too big for the space.  We bought our wall paint over the weekend and plan on getting started on that this week.

 

She got her first coat of primer this morning.  Covering that black should be fun!  I had read that Zinsser primer is good at stain coverage, so I'm trying that brand for the first time.  So far, so good!.

Here is a photo of my laundry room now. Well, some of the accessories are different, but you can see the light green wall color and the cottage style.

I'm going in a little different direction.  The white cupboard you see to the left is gone.  I will be replacing it with a vintage industrial gym shelf full of locker baskets.  We also have purchased a vintage industrial style sink to replace my plastic wash basin.  And IKEA Lack shelves for the wall above the washer and dryer.  We'll see how it goes over the next couple weeks!  Stay tuned!  And, please wish me luck!  The vision doesn't always match the final product!

Also, I am on the search for grey and white or tan and white quatrefoil fabric for the bench.  Anyone know of an on-line source for it?  I have my heart set on it, but have had no luck thus far.  I may have to resort to Plan B, although I don't know what Plan B is yet!!  

I found this quatrefoil rug on Pinterest that I love......

source:  http://www.shadesoflight.com/dhurrie-diamond-soho-trellis-rug-3-colors.html

However, this room gets a TON of traffic, so I'm not sure it makes economic sense.  I would like to find fabric exactly like this to use on the bench.  Any tips on where I might find this fabric would be appreciated!

~ keep dreaming ~

Polly

my kitchen ~

 I don't think I've ever done a blog post of my kitchen before so here we go on a little tour!

This first photo is taken from my dining room....

 

Not sure if you can see it very well, but that Paris Market sign hanging in the middle of the windows is my latest find at Primitive Blessings Vintage Gift Shop located in Orient, Ohio.  Just love Pam's shop and the treasures I find there!

I placed an old dresser at the end of the island for additional storage and in the hopes that the cream paint would break up all that dark cherry wood!  I have been begging my husband to let me paint the island to lighten things up in here, but as of yet, he still holds firm and emphatic on NO.  What do you think he would do if he came home one day and the island was painted?!?!?!

 Here is my old shoe cart filled with ironstone and our new refrigerator.  My old fridge broke on Christmas morning....yep!  Thank goodness we had an old beater fridge in the garage to move everything to so we didn't lose any of our leftovers or Christmas food.  We really struggled with buying a new fridge.  First off, they are sooooo expensive.  I had no idea!  Plus, there are so many options.  Then, once we finally made a decision on one, it turns out, it was discontinued!  It took us over 2 weeks to make a decision.  I did not enjoy going to the cold garage every time I needed something out of the fridge!

 

This house does not have a pantry, so I use that tall section of cupboards over there as my pantry.

Aside from the new refrigerator, we have made no changes to this kitchen.  The lighting, countertops, cupboards and remaining appliances are all original to the house.  I have tried to give it a touch of our personal style by accessorizing with french farmhouse things.

until next time,

~ keep dreaming ~

Polly

credenza love ~

 Last fall, I spent the day at The Springfield Antique Show looking for treasures.  If you haven't been and you are local, it's a must-go!  It's a very large outdoor venue with hundreds of dealers in every style and aesthetic you can imagine.  I am really looking forward to their big show this Spring!

Towards the very end of my junket, I came across a dealer who had some cute pieces of furniture she had painted and made over.  I had been looking for a storage piece for my office and in the back of my mind, I knew I really wanted a mid century credenza.  However, I was also a little weary that a mid century piece might look a little out of place amongst all my shabby style furnishings.  I spotted this cool credenza that had been shabbied up with cream paint and distressing and I was smitten.  But, I was by myself, and driving through the crowds at the antique show to pick it up was not appealing to me.  So, I walked away from it and TRIED my darndest to wipe her memory from my mind.

Fast forward two weeks later.

I'm perusing Craigs List still on my hunt for a storage solution.  And there she was!  I had to do a double take, but I was certain it was her, and she was local!  And still available!  We picked her up the next day.  

I've been using her in my office since then, but yesterday, I got into the rearranging mood and switched her to my foyer......

Our home is a traditional four-square, so our foyer is tiny.   I have really struggled with it over the years, but I think I've finally got it right!

 I find it interesting that by placing a large piece of furniture in a small space can really open it up!

It is also a very dark space, so utilizing a painted piece and the mirrors helped to lighten and brighten and make it more welcoming.

I kept accessories to a minimum.  My friend Lynda at Happenstance Home found one of these fleurs baskets at Joann's a long while back but I had not been able to find one here.  Our little store finally got some a couple weeks ago.   I added some hydrangeas and hung it by the door.

 Everything else was shopped from the house.  I've had this chunky alabaster lamp for years.  The flowers on the shade were cut off of a thrifted shirt.  You can find some fun embellishments on clothing!

 So tell me, what do you think of the combination of a clean-lined mid century piece of furniture with my more shabby french farmhousy accessories?  Kinda quirky, I know, but very me!

I started a credenza board on my Pinterest page that you can view here.  I am now on the hunt for a credenza to fill the empty area in my office.  It just so happens that I found one last week while thrifting with a friend, but I didn't buy it.  With bated breath and fingers crossed, I will swing by there today and see if, by chance, it is still there!  Wish me luck!  Otherwise, I'll be on the search, and you know what, it's always fun to have something to search for!

Until next time......

~ keep dreaming ~

Polly

more vintage goods have arrived ~

 Mickey and I got "my other booth" all gussied up with a great assortment of vintage goods over the weekend. 

 cool industrial stacking bins

 

boxes of vintage vocabulary cards

little footsool updated with paint and a number stencil

vintage basket filled with tiny nests

I found this basket already painted in this sweet pale aqua

wire rack filled with creamware, ironstone, and alabaster

 mirrors and frames
yard long white mirror (SOLD)
yellow mirror (SOLD)

 I used Martha Stewart's "cornbread" to transform this vintage Syroco mirror (SOLD)

(so sad that Home Depot is not carrying her paint line anymore.  but they will mix her colors for you.)

 love this shelf!  rusty crusty white and distressed.  perfect for a porch!

this antique gesso frame was updated with pale aqua paint

antique parsons bench in weathered black

lots and lots of vintage flash cards

vintage Hanson scale

big old books

Booth C004 at Heritage Square Antique Mall

~ keep dreaming ~

Polly

25 things ~

I am home with a bit of a head cold today and I don't even have enough energy to take pretty pictures.  Perfect timing for me to participate in the 25 things linky party at Perfectly Imperfect!

1.  I'm not one who full-out belly laughs at TV or movies, but The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men (when Charlie Sheen was still around) give me such chuckles, they are both an every day guilty pleasure here in our house.

2.   I left the corporate world in 2006 when my Dad became terminally ill.  I was able to spend some time with him before he died.  Since then, I have been caring for my Mom who is chronically ill.

3.  I used to love the color purple.  As a matter of fact, my old boss called me perky purple Polly.  Fortunately that purple phase has passed!

4.  Cooking and baking are of no interest to me.  But I have really been challenging myself over the past several months to get more into it.

5.  My biggest vice is Coke.  I've weened myself down to about half of one of the little 7.5 oz cans per day.  Some days I fall off the wagon though!

6.  I am planning to break down and get myself an IPhone this year.  Especially before yard sale season starts, so I don't get lost so much!

7.  My husband and I met in a bar when a friend of his came up and talked to us and told me he wanted to introduce me to his friend.  He thought we would like each other.

8.  We met that night in August, however, he did not ask for my phone number until several other chance encounters had taken place.

9.  Our first date was New Years Day 1998.

10.  We were afraid to fly anywhere for our honeymoon because it was so soon after 9/11.  We made plans to road trip through New York and Vermont.  He planned a different and unique bed and breakfast stay for each almost each night.  It was so memorable and romantic!

11.  Except the one night we had to stay at a national hotel chain.  During my morning shower, the shower head fell off the wall and whacked me in the head.

12.  I am newly obsessed with Ryka brand tennis shoes.  I've never been much of a tennis shoe girl, but those Rykas are literally like walking on air!

13.  I love macaroni and cheese.  Definitely my comfort food.

14.  Our pup Riley girl picked me.  Literally.  I was still working in a large corporate office setting back in 2004.  The local Dog Shelter brought a couple of adoptable dogs in for a community event.  At the end, I was sitting in a chair chatting with my legs crossed and my right leg was kind of sticking out.  Suddenly, this scruffy mutt got loose from her leash and beelined over to me and popped her two front legs up on my leg!  The Dog Shelter Director exclaimed "I think she just picked you!"  I was smitten!

15.  Later that night, we went to the shelter to be interviewed and learn more about the scraggly grey mutt.  Turns out, she had had a pretty rough life and was considered "spaz", "untrainable" and "not house broken".  The husband was not sold and, if I remember correctly, his quote was "if you adopt this dog, it is going to be YOUR dog and YOUR responsibility."

16.  She did come home with ME.  But she quickly won his heart over.  He is smitten too!

17.  My favorite part of not working a corporate job is that I can wear jeans every day and not just on Friday casual day!

18.  I am at a point in life where I would love to move into a ranch home with one level of living.  I hate lugging laundry up and down stairs.

19.  My favorite commercial is the one for Mrs. Paul's fish sticks where the cute little girl is mad because her mom is feeding her minced fish.  "Have you ever caught a minced fish?"

20.  I love pens.

21.  I do not drink coffee or tea.  I have never stepped foot in a Starbucks!

22.  I love it when it snows!  I know I know.  Don't hate on me, but I think it's beautiful and calming!

23.  I recently took that right brain/left brain quiz and learned I'm more left than right.  It was 53% left and 47% right.

24.  I collect vintage letters.....scrabble, anagrams, old stencils, you name it.  I have a file cabinet in my office dedicated to my letter collection.

25.  I rented Contagion today.  Probably not a good idea for someone who's home with a cold!!

That's enough randomness about me.  Your turn!

Visit Perfectly Imperfect and join the fun!

~ keep dreaming ~

Polly

upcycled vintage trays and a message ~

I came across a stack of these vintage metal trays recently.....

 

 I dressed them up with a fresh coat of paint and a chalkboard paint center....

 

 I have several in bright white as seen here and a few in a couple other fun colors that will be complementing my booth for it's new spring look!  They will be available in my booth this Saturday.  Just $8 each!

~ keep dreaming ~

Polly

my other booth ~

Sharing photos of what's happenin' around "my other booth" at Heritage Square Antique Mall....

I am clearancing out quite a few things and they are all marked with red Sale tags!

Booth C004

Heritage Square Antique Mall

1865 Channingway Center Dr  Columbus, Ohio 43232

Hours:  Monday - Thursday 10am - 6pm

Friday and Saturday 10am - 9pm

Sunday Noon - 6pm

New wares coming this weekend!!

Rusty, crusty, shabby, chippy, industrial, weathered!

~ keep dreaming ~

Polly