I realized a few days ago that I forgot this blog's six months birthday. Or is it anniversary? How does that work? It was last Tuesday. Oops.
At least I have a good excuse. A ten hour drive home from visiting D's parents in Northern Arkansas.
Trip highlights include estate saling in a big red barn...
A scenic drive which landed us in Eureka Springs, AR...
Photos borrowed from Google.
and Carthage, Missouri.
Both beautiful places. I was partial to Eureka Springs, D to Carthage. We went looking for that last house (the one just above), because it was for sale at a craaaaaaaaazy low price, but never found it.
We stopped at several antique/junk shops and here are some of the goodies D and I wanted to take home.
Compasses from WW1. (These were D's picks.)
A wrist compass from WW2.
A dress form.
A rusty old lantern from New York Central.
A couple of old fans. (I really wanted these.)
While I didn't run off with any of the items above I didn't go home empty-handed.
I scored a couple of chairs at an antique shop in Eureka Springs. (Seriously, I loved that place!)
Chair #1.
Love the shape, the upholstery, the caning, the paint color, but hate the gold speckled faux finish.
I'm going to live with it as is for a while and then I plan on painting it a similar color and antiquing it—which I think is what the previous owner was going for—in a more natural looking way.
Chair #2.
Love everything about this chair also, except for the stain color.
It's this dull 70s shade. Ick. I haven't decided whether I'll sand it down and stain it another color or if I'll paint it. I'm going to live with it as is for a while too.
Isn't the fabric fun? I've been drooling over that fabric for months (years?) at Ballard Designs. I practically sprinted across the parking lot when I spied the chair. (They were both outside.) And I almost passed out when I asked the price for both. Just about what you'd expect to pay for a chair leg at Pottery Barn, if one could buy furniture in pieces.
The best part was packing the SUV for the ride home. It took a lot of maneuvering to cram the chairs alongside the pillows, my camera bag, both of our laptops, my one suitcase, D's golf bag and his three suitcases. Yes, you read that right. He took three.
It was an enjoyable vacation, but I'm always happy to go home.
2 comments:
****jumps up and down*** I want the Coke thing from the estate sale and that first white chair...
Beautiful area and great pictures. Nice houses..I'm guessing too rich for my blood...
Unfortunately, all the good stuff in that barn belonged to the auction house (including the Coke sign).
Eureka Springs is not a cheap place to live (for the South). But I could buy a big ole house in Carthage.
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