I (heart) Credenzas....

So back in March 2011 my fiancé and I moved from a bachelor apartment (YES, a bachelor) into a 1 bedroom apartment!! We were so excited to actually have a living space separate from our bedroom and even more excited to start from scratch with our interior design!!
We began with kitchen... a makeover post that I will post at a later as we just purchased the finishing touch at a thrift shop ;)
Then we moved on to the living room.
I have so much love for beautiful credenzas so we began shopping around...we went to so  many antique stores and vintage furniture shops and then one day at Value Village I found something I thought would work...it needed a lot of work, and it wasn't EXACTLY what we were looking for BUT it was $4.99!!! How could I just leave it there?? So here is what it looked like....MINUS those fabulous doors...

We bought it without the doors and I figured we could just custom cut something to make doors or leave it open....BUT THEN we ventured into a funky vintage shop nearby and didn't we find the EXACT same unit...but 40$ more in price and WITH the doors...we did some wheelin' and dealin' and bargained with the shop to give us just the doors!! It was then we knew that it was total fate for us to own this unit!!

We took it home and started doing research on how to refinish this fake laminate wood...we thought about keeping it as is but it didn't really go with the rest of our room so we figured out what we needed to do and voila...this is the finished product...

A deep deep dark eggplant color...and all the original hardware! We love love love it!!  All it took is two layers of a special primer and then two good layers of this super awesome color! (It looks a little more purple in this pic than it actually seems in real life!)

So that is my credenza story... before our purchase of the $4.99 unit I was doing a lot of research on the different styles... I fell in love with so many...I'll share just a few...

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An amazing transformation found here

KatchStudios on Etsy 

artandgoods on Etsy

So many wonderful pieces...I (heart) Credenzas!

I miss Summer...

I think one of the biggest reasons I am missing the warmer months, not that it has been a freezing winter though, but one of the biggest reasons is the flea markets/yard sales and garage sales!! No one here in Canada likes to host these wonderful events when the weather gets to be a wee bit chilly!!
So two days ago I went exploring the local 'Antique Malls'...just to get my fix of looking at vintage stuff, not necessarily to buy...They are HUGE...

Old Strathcona Antique Mall, Edmonton AB

I always go with a few ideas of what I specifically want to look for...there are a few figurines I am looking for, I always look for "lots" (bags) of vintage costume jewelry, and my Fiance was on the hunt for more vintage suitcases!! (ps. we are in Edmonton right now and I have no idea how we are getting all the suitcases we have accumulated in the car to return to Toronto...)

Anyway it was a wonderful "fix" and we came out empty handed but still...a fun time!

Vintage Eyes...

So nerdy and cute...
LittleMissShabby on Etsy

I woke up this morning after having some really strange dreams (I think) .... BUT all that kept popping into my mind is this image of a really funky pair of nerdy vintage glasses!

So today I am inspired by that image in my mind and thought I'd share some funky eyewear...

(TIP: if you click on the photo it will take you to the item listing, if you click on the link below the photo it will take you to that shop)

THAYEReyewear on Etsy

ScribbleFitz on Etsy

CollectableSpectacle on Etsy

JunkHouse on Etsy

RockiePatch on Etsy

VintageOpticalFrames on Etsy

BlueprintVintage on Etsy

fivestonesvintage on Etsy

I hope you enjoyed this collection of wonderful VINTAGE EYEGLASSES and SUNGLASSES!

70 mile YARD SALE

So this past weekend was AMAZING!  I was able to attend the annual 70 mile yard sale on Prince Edward Island!! I am talking about 70 miles of yard sale after yard sale after yard sale...And so many great finds!
Many suitcases in many colors and all of them in total for under 20$ TOTAL! (These are only a few of them) Also two wonderful old typewriters.

I think my best find though was two vintage Coach leather bags....One satchel style (1$) and a messenger bag (2$)...they are beautiful and in amazing condition!! Couldn't believe it!

This yard sale may become a yearly road trip of a vacation!