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Showing posts with label antiques. Show all posts
Showing posts with label antiques. Show all posts

May 8, 2011

Happy Mother's Day Blogland!

 Happy Mother's Day to all of Blogland. I hope you all have a wonderful day. I wanted to share with you all my day out yesterday. The Hubs & I went to an antique consignment shop here in Uniontown called Dusty's Attic. Wow...I have never drooled so much in my entire life (okay, maybe when I was teething as an infant). So many wonderful things. I know the Hubs & I were in there for a long time. Here are some of the cool things in the store.


 Lots of this stuff was way out of my price range right now. They were running a special yesterday. All red dot tags were half off.


I have to tell you.....I wanted everything!

 
 There were antique dressers & tables & chairs. So many wickedly awesome things to tempt me.



Somethings were reasonably priced & then others were like....eek, what the heck are the vendors thinking!?!?!? But when you are in an antique shop, you find that.


There were also newer crafted items for sale.


Did you notice there are no freaky questionable dates on the photos? Yea, I finally figured out how to turn the date off!


I could not even begin to tell you how many antique dolls were on sale. 


The antique dressers were so totally cool. I wanted them all but I sure don't have the soace for all them.


I thought this was pretty cool. Not as cool as the price tag said it was though!

I did find a lamp for the living room that was awesome & it was a red dot tag to boot!





Here it is sitting in the corner of my living room. The table was my Great Aunt Eva's. I inherited it after her death almost thirty years ago. I have two of those and the coffee table that matches. (more of those at a later date)


Here is a close up of the base. The shade is in good shape but could use a little umph to it. Not bad for $4.50. 
Now to find more deals like that would make me a very happy camper. If the weather will ever get better I am sure the yard sales will start in full force. It rained yesterday (again). The nearby town of Dunbar was having a community yard sale but the weather was funky & not many people had anything out.

The Hubs has a another day out planned for today. He is taking me to Ohiopyle State Park. Photos will be up tomorrow as long as the weather cooperates. Signing off to head out to breakfast (or Brunch looking at the time). Have a great day Blogland. I am gonna try to have one myself. 
(wish me luck)





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March 27, 2011

Heritage Village, Largo, Florida



 Yesterday the Hubs & I decided to take a break from packing & headed over to Heritage Village in Largo. Maybe a 20 minute drive from our house (closer once when we lived in Largo). We have been on this area since 1997 & had never gone to Heritage Village. It's a case of taking something for granted cause it's right in your backyard. Heritage Village is chocked full of historical buildings & houses from different areas around Pinellas County. It is free but they accept donations to help keep the place going. We had a blast & I wanted to share our day with you, my Blogland Peeps!



 To your left upon crossing the bridge into Heritage Village you come up to the Williams Park Bandstand.
 This is a reproduction of the Bandstand that was built in 1894 in St. Petersburg.
 This was awesome & I would love to have this as a gazebo!



 Here is a photo of yours truly on the steps of the Safety Harbor Church that was built in 1905.



Here is the Hubs standing behind the pulpit of the Safety Harbor Church. That is the original pulpit & railing.



 Here is the church from the outside.



 This sweet piece of property is the Plant-Sumner house. Built in 1896 this baby had electricity, running water & indoor plumbing. This was a dream house for most people back then to be sure!


 Here is a shot of the fireplace mantel. Loving the brickwork here.


Dining Room in the Plant-Sumner House.


Loved this mirror & the old victrola was actually working!




Had to get a shot of the bathroom wall cause in the house we are moving to it is almost just like this!. Hubs was able to better describe the house to me using this house as a reference cause the floorboards & framework are very similar. Most of the windows in the house we are moving to are the original windows, full of bubbles & imperfections!


Love the dresser on the left. I remember that my grandparents has the same type in their house. I sure wish I had that stuff now....Scavenger hunt to start for me in PA.!


We thought this antique baby walker was too awesome!



The Child's bed & chair were drooling material to be sure. I was mentally making up a "shopping list" of items I'd love to have.


So loving the corner closets.


Now I am really into antiques but I am very happy that our kitchen is a bit more modern than this one!

This old ice box would probably work in our kitchen in the house in PA. It was not made for a whole lot of today's full sized appliances (sigh)



Feeling the bake ware though. Don't you just love the old stuff? 


Hubs chillin' on the porch of the Plant-Sumner house.


Next on the agenda was the House of Seven Gables. This place has 13 rooms & was built overlooking Clearwater Bay. It was built in 1907.



I could really get my groove on in a crib like this people!


I just love everything about this place.



Front of the House of Seven Gables


Master Bedroom in the house.

More Master Bedroom


Master Bedroom Dresser


This bedroom belonged to the family seamstress who actually lived in the house.


Uber creepy dolls in the child's room


Formal Living Room



Shot of one of the plants in the Garden For The Blind. The plants are very aromatic & descriptive captions are given in Braille.

Next on the tour was the McMullen-Coachman House. This is the oldest structure in Pinellas County built in 1852, in what is referred to as "Cracker" style


 This house has a breezeway through the middle of the house & large gaps in the walls to allow breezes to flow & cool the house. Hubs was worried what the mosquito ratio was per person in this house.



This is actually a good sized cabin.

Shot of the kitchen area


Fun shot of the Hubs "playing" around the Caboose.


The Hubs playing "tourist".


Heritage Village garden


Wickedly awesome shot of a tree covered in Spanish Moss


The Boyer Cottage built in 1878.


A peek inside the one room Boyer Cottage.



Boyer Cottage




The rest of Boyer Cottage.


There you have some of our day. My camera batteries conked out on me. There is much more to see at Heritage Village than I was able to show you. So glad we finally made it there. Again please ignore the date on the pictures. Still trying to figure out how to turn that off on the camera. After we left Heritage Village, the Hubs & I headed to Quaker Steak & Lube for some wings & chili. It was nice taking a break from packing & seeing some of the sites we should have seen long before now.








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