tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79680525213423941072024-03-14T10:53:12.148-07:00Yard Sale SnoopProwling for thriftacular vintageToronto Yardsalerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665905682609904488noreply@blogger.comBlogger560125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968052521342394107.post-68156343497814565862014-10-05T08:07:00.001-07:002014-10-05T08:07:22.178-07:00Some New Finds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello everyone. Since my last post, I've been back to a busy school year. I'm teaching dance and phys ed to kindergarteners this year along with some Primary students. It's a totally exhausting day! I'm determined to get back into thrifting mode both for myself and the booth. Marty is A-OK. Thanks for the kind words.<br />
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Here is a crusty old brass blowtorch I got at auction this past summer for $7.50 + tax. I couldn't believe that nobody else wanted it.<br />
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I tried out Bar Keepers Friend Spray and Foam Cleaner and although the blowtorch is still marked up with age, I was able to get some of the rust and grime off it.<br />
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Yesterday, I went to one of those Mom-to-Mom sales in Dundas. Last year, there was a couple selling vintage goods and I got some cool pieces from them at a very good price. This year they were back and for $12, I got this charming Ohio Art Co. tin watering can and the corn cob pipe below.<br />
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I've never actually seen a corn cob pipe before. I only know it from the song "Frosty the Snowman." That's it for now. Have a swell week.<br />
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<br />Toronto Yardsalerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665905682609904488noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968052521342394107.post-24949642267983284812014-08-16T09:02:00.000-07:002014-08-16T09:02:50.064-07:00Marty Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Marty has snugs with Stella (pre operation)<br />
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Thank you for your kind words about Marty. He fully recovered from his sickness after he escaped. Unfortunately, a few days after his recovery he somehow found two Nerf bullets that my son had put in a container with a lid on it! He swallowed both, spat up one and the other one did not come out. My son felt guilty although he had done his best to put away all of his small toys.<br />
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He underwent emergency surgery to remove the bullet. It's been a very dicey week with his health. He's wearing a collar and is quiet tender still. The good news is that he's starting to get his energy back and he seems to be on the road to recovery.<br />
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I've still been thrifting, but I've been very worried about Marty all week, so I'll try to catch up with my thrifting adventures soon.<br />
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All the best,<br />
ErinToronto Yardsalerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665905682609904488noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968052521342394107.post-24371685026259136202014-08-01T20:57:00.000-07:002014-08-01T20:58:20.955-07:00Woodstock Mega Antique Mall<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
We had been wanting to go to the One of a Kind Antique Mall in Woodstock, Ont. for some time. It's the biggest antique mall in Canada - or at least Ontario. It did not disappoint. Woodstock is a really pretty town with plenty of old architecture. The antique mall was overwhelming in scope and the prices were very low. Get thee there!</div>
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I've never seen many old waxed cartons before - certainly not in such good condition. I bought all of these containers for the colour, graphics, and condition.<br />
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Tee Pee Yogurt was made in Toronto. I should ask my mother if she remembers this brand. It looks sixties and there is no French on the packaging - which all products in Canada have included as long as I can remember.<br />
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Each piece was less than $5!</div>
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Pure Canadian and Quebec honey.</div>
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I love this tiny ice cream container. I remember similar containers with a pull tab on the top. You'd eat it with a little wooden spoon. I can't believe that someone saved this and that it was never wrecked. This cost about $3. I'll treasure it.<br />
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I have a smaller Holiday Pipe Mixture tin and I've never seen any since I bought that one in Indiana years and years ago. Again, the artwork and condition could not be better. Talk about romanticizing smoking! I think this was $16.<br />
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I loved the two-tone colour scheme of these Melamine s&p shakers. They cost $5 for the pair.<br />
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Earlier in the day, we went to the big Bibles for Missions thrift store in Woodstock where I got these pretty snack bowls for $2. I really like the cursive writing.<br />
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I also got this swell mid-century candle holder for $4. It looks Danish.<br />
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Please say a little prayer and keep a warm thought for our cat Marty. All of our cats are indoor felines, but he disappeared for a couple of days last week and has since been very sick. He was hospitalized today and the vet is concerned that he may have been poisoned while outside.<br />
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On a happy note, our new kitties seem to be doing well. DJ is always on the move, but wee Stella is always up for having her photo taken. Here she is in one of her many cute poses.<br />
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Thanks as always Linda for the lovely comments. You deserve an award for blogging and commenting. Much appreciated! I'm glad you've got a kitty to love.Toronto Yardsalerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665905682609904488noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968052521342394107.post-4491554805818785012014-07-25T19:57:00.001-07:002014-07-25T19:58:59.060-07:00Love Cats<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Above: Duncan holds two-month-old Stella. Possibly the cutest kitten known to humanity.<br />
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Four-month-old DJ (the cat was actually named Duncan so he's DJ for Duncan Junior). I love the "Kindly set me down" look on DJ's face.<br />
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We've set Stella and DJ up in the upstairs bathroom until all cats get to know each other.<br />
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Above: Stella and DJ have snugs on some pillows. Ahhhh...<br />
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Meanwhile outside the bathroom, Kiko gets increasingly stoned on the catnip ball spinner while Marty watches on in horror. "Steady on old chap."<br />
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"Catnip. Where have you been all my life."<br />
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Marty peeps under the door to try to catch a glimpse of our newest family members.<br />
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Alright, here's the story. On Tuesday, it was very hot in Ontario. My family had converged in Dundas for a picnic. We left a few windows open. Marty managed to pop through a screen and when we got back, Ken noticed Marty high-tailing it away. My family circled the block shaking cat treats and calling his name. No Marty. I blanketed the neighbourhood with missing cat signs and we kept the search party going. It was difficult sleeping that night, and the night after. On Thursday night I went out on the porch as I'd forgotten that I'd applied paint remover on a step stool. It was around 11 p.m. when I started scraping paint off under the light on our porch. I heard meowing and it was like something out of a made for TV movie. "Marty - is that you?" I could see the silhouette of a light coloured cat on our neighbour's front lawn. I slowly crept closer as I pulled off my rubber gloves. He kept rolling on his back to get his belly rubbed. I finally got close enough to rub his belly and as I did, I grabbed the scruff of his neck and brought him in, much to the amazement of Ken, Duncan, and Kiko who harassed him for the rest of the evening.<br />
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Earlier yesterday, we had gone to look at some kittens up for adoption and fell madly in love with Stella and DJ. Someone had found Stella the day before with her little head stuck in a fence. DJ was getting passed over because he's not a wee kitten anymore. He's a very fun cat and we've never had a black cat before.<br />
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So that's how two became four. I hope to have happy updates in the future. Thanks for reading!Toronto Yardsalerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665905682609904488noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968052521342394107.post-33599259570513619842014-07-23T12:09:00.001-07:002014-07-23T12:13:36.598-07:00Duly Noted Mother<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/d_etS1xT7j8" width="480"></iframe><br />
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My mother pointed out that I mistook George VI for Edward VI! in a recent post for a 1937 coronation glass I recently bought. The correction has been made. I'm afraid I get the royals muddled all the time. It might help if they introduced some new names occasionally - Prince Chester.<br />
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Thanks mama. Now back to Downton Abbey.Toronto Yardsalerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665905682609904488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968052521342394107.post-53839277192750987392014-07-20T10:15:00.001-07:002014-07-23T12:02:54.413-07:00Salt 'N Peppa's Here<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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For $1, I got these three salt and pepper shakers (sixties 'made in Japan'), the atomic age egg cups, the funky seventies flour sifter, and the 1937 King George VI Coronation glass. Woo-hoo! Start the car!!!!<br />
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I bought this Kathie Winkle tea pot at the Aberfoyle Antique Market last week for $15. I just had to have it. I've never seen any of her tea pots before. Sometimes I wonder if she's still alive.<br />
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Through Kijiji, I bought this vintage sixties Kodak Brownie Light Holder. The 8 mm movie camera would screw to the top of it and two flood lights would screw into the front to illuminate the subject of your movie. I'm now on the hunt for the movie camera that goes on top. It looks so cool when you see it put together.<br />
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For $20, I also bought this amazing Junior View-Master bakelite projector that is operated through light. I just think it looks so stunning. It's hard to believe that goods used to be made to serve a function, but also be so stylish. Unless you pay for designed items, it's hard to find that nowadays.Toronto Yardsalerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665905682609904488noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968052521342394107.post-56485645789026400952014-07-20T09:07:00.001-07:002014-07-20T09:11:23.175-07:00RIP James Garner<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ufAilKMW6Fs" width="459"></iframe><br />
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Barely a week goes by that I don't buy something from Kijiji (a Canadian online Classified company similar to Craig's List). Lately, I've been buying items for our booth, but when I saw this beautiful Niagara Falls motion lamp from the 1920s, I just had to have it for myself. It looks beautiful lit up at night, but it's so old that I don't want to leave it on too long in case it melts.<br />
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I bought this nifty C-I-L oil colour tube display box at a country auction in Dundas yesterday. I paid $30 for it, which may seem like madness, but I love commercial art and I'm sure I'll use it. Check out the handy storage at the back.<br />
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I also bought a very cool vintage floor lamp at the auction, which I haven't taken a picture of, plus this Bakelite phone, which looks very old. It will be sold eventually, but I can enjoy it for now.Toronto Yardsalerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665905682609904488noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968052521342394107.post-46795438763948641922014-07-01T18:07:00.005-07:002014-07-01T18:39:06.553-07:00Oops - Happy Canada Day!My last post was ranty and we're so much more than a nation of masochists. This is what we're all about...<br />
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I had thriftacular fun at the St. James Anglican rummage sale in Dundas this morning. We had to get up at 7:30 (ugh!), but we came out with lot's of goodies. I didn't even take pictures of everything. It was a classic rummage sale, including a plant and bake sale. I've got perennials growing in our garden that I bought for a song last year. I love that they were dug out of someone's garden just for the sale. </div>
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I got this cool vintage light and another similarly cool one for a fiver.<br />
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I've never seen kiwi bird egg cups before. I got them along with a bunch of other things for $3.<br />
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English Pyrex Chelsea gravy boat for half a dollar.<br />
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Twee Japanese egg cups as part of my $3 bundle.<br />
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Pastel coasters, also part of the bundle.<br />
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Hello there,<br />
Sir Thrift-A-Lot asked me if I've got a blog going for our Vintage Booth at Valley Antiques in Dundas, Ontario. Yes, I finally do. Check it out at <a href="http://twocatsvintagedundas.blogspot.ca/">Two Cats Vintage</a>. Besides exploiting my cats in the name of commerce, you'll find some fun things we're selling.<br />
Thanks Sir Thrift!<br />
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Hello there. I love, love, love living in Dundas. We have an old community centre just heading out of town that houses frequent country auctions. I put in the winning bid recently on this amazing "egg" teak lamp. It's a lot bigger than it looks in the picture. Now we just need a teak credenza for this to sit on.<br />
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I met a really cool Pyrex collector in Hamilton via Kijiji (Canada's answer to Craig's List - but with much better layout) - named Kim. She figured out who I was through this here blog. Talk about a close knit thrifting community! She sold me this cool Barbed Wire divided dish. I've always wanted this pattern. Now I'm on the lookout for a clear divided dish lid.<br />
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I met another Pyrex lover through Kijiji who lives in Mississauga. She was kind enough to meet me at a GO train stop and sell me a few pieces, including Golden Hearts. Again, I need a lid, but the day will come. It's funny buying Pyrex in a parking lot in West-end Toronto, but at least I'm not buying crack in a drunken stupor.<br />
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Kim also sold me these lovely Butterprint casserole dishes which are on display with my other Butterprint bowls, etc.<br />
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Between Friday evening and yesterday, I went to four church rummage sales between Burlington, Dundas, and Hamilton. The best one was in Dundas, but that may have been due to the fact that I got there pretty much when the doors opened. Those Dundasians are like a rabid pack of lions at a rummage sale I tell you!</div>
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Big red Cinderella Pyrex bowl - $2!</div>
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Rustic hand made shoe shine kit with leather strap - $5!<br />
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Conch shell - $1<br />
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Tupperware cake dome - $2</div>
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English cream and sugar pottery - less than a dollar!</div>
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Montreal Expo 67 drinking glasses. They cost less than a dollar. Sadly, I discovered that each one has a hairline crack, but they will still look good on display in our china cabinet.<br />
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New Fiestaware mug - $1!</div>
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Totally eighties curling mug - $1. This was more than I would have paid but I also got the Fiestaware mug, a really cool Japanese cup and saucer (not pictured here), and the scale below all for $4, plus it's all meant to raise money to help the church, so I feel the opposite of ripped off.<br />
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Bowling nut mug - less than a dollar.<br />
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I got this glass for less than a dollar...<br />
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I found this vintage cocktail shaker at the Value Village in Waterdown for 2.99!<br />
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The Tom and Jerry made in England mug came from the Burlington church rummage sale and cost less than a dollar.<br />
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We needed a kitchen scale. Ken found this 'Made in West Germany' scale at one of the Hamilton rummage sales for $1. I love the colour. It reminds me of my seventies childhood. </div>
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This vintage CN Tower glass says, La Tour CN on the other side. It was found either at the Burlington or Waterdown Value Village for a dollar. On the back is the recipe for their Top of Toronto cocktail.<br />
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These vintage French onion soup bowls were $1.99 for the pair at Value Village. </div>
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I'm sorry for the lack of posting. It's been a combination of my busy work life, an incredibly cold, dark and dreary winter, and a slower pace of thrifting that I haven't been compelled to take photos of my thrifty finds. Today was the first real springy spring day. Finally we have sunlight and I'm ready to spring back into blogging. Thanks for checking in. </div>
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My son joined a youth bowling league in Dundas and as a result, my husband and I have taken up ten pin bowling. Ken has started to collect bowling paraphernalia. Above is a Mexican bowling pin he bought from someone in Guelph via Kijiji.<br />
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My awesome father gave us this old railroad lantern recently.<br />
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Vintage treasures sit happily together on top of the fireplace.<br />
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These are antique blowtorches. One was from Southwarks Antique Mall in Cambridge, the other from Valley Antiques in Dundas.<br />
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We bought the milk can on a Maritimes road trip many years ago. Awesome father gave me the wooden pulley and Ken bought me the wooden folk art cat at Valley Antiques.<br />
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Ken bought this Brunswick bowling pin at Valley Antiques this afternoon for $16.<br />
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My son Duncan started collecting vintage pop bottles. I picked up some old bottles from local pop companies today at Valley Antiques. The Sky Hy was $6.<br />
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The Majestic bottle came with the Texola case and the two pieces only cost $5. I'm telling you, you need to come to Valley Antiques. The variety of vintage treasures and the prices are quite fantastic.<br />
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Before Christmas, we bought this old British Rail sign at Valley Antiques. <br />
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We'll be putting something under the sign in the future.<br />
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This retro medicine cabinet came from Ikea. We haven't hidden the wiring yet for the lighting, but you get the idea.<br />
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Here are some of our funky glasses we keep in it.<br />
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We bought this beautiful reproduction of a Dundas map (circa mid 1800's) at Valley Antiques.<br />
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Our teak china cabinet holds many of my Pyrex pieces.<br />
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This piece was one of the first items I have won at auction.<br />
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Last week, Canadian Tire had a sale on Kitchen Aid mixers, so we finally got the orange mixer we've been wanting for years.<br />
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My wonderful parents gave me this church pew for my birthday. It was originally attached to a wall at one end, so my dad bought two pews so that he could have the end piece attached to the end that was bolted to the wall. I love it and so does Kiko and Marty who are now frenemies and occasionally good buddies.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by. I promise to embrace to spirit of thrift blogging and blog more heartily as the better weather arrives.Toronto Yardsalerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665905682609904488noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968052521342394107.post-56236526700479389732013-09-22T18:52:00.001-07:002013-09-22T18:55:04.865-07:00Photos From Our Booth<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been super busy with the start of the school year and co-running an vintage booth with my husband. It's also been super fun. I'm now a Canadian picker. We've had so many adventures in picking already. I've got to start blogging about it. </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXINknbMapm4OXOtt03wLBY-RlLvDZzXS90WI9VLe6JxEoZI9H-3Vr06mufj5ZmSyY3JxmDTmjnPyyzzv8yMGdYiVyG91PgjuSRklv5OA7nJCy1bXQH8Nb4eoOlhz2SO9JrrIRla4i3hs/s1600/IMGP2100.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXINknbMapm4OXOtt03wLBY-RlLvDZzXS90WI9VLe6JxEoZI9H-3Vr06mufj5ZmSyY3JxmDTmjnPyyzzv8yMGdYiVyG91PgjuSRklv5OA7nJCy1bXQH8Nb4eoOlhz2SO9JrrIRla4i3hs/s320/IMGP2100.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the meanwhile, if you live in Southern Ontario - please come to Valley Antiques in Dundas (a charming little town to the west of Hamilton). I suggest coming on a Saturday. Stroll down historic King Street. While you're there, pop into the bakery in the old postal office and treat yourself to something yummy. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Walk a block south to Hatt Street and stop at number 64. Valley Antiques is in the old foundry building. It's a wonderful space for an antique mall. Inside, it's brimming with booths filled with just about everything you can imagine. The prices are pretty good too. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After you've stocked up on vintage treasures, have a pub lunch at the Winchester Arms, or swing by cycling café Domistique. Later on, walk down Melville street to see all the gorgeous Victorian homes. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As Valley Antiques has only been in operation for just over a month, we're trying to get the word out to out-of-towners, so tell your antique loving friends to check it out and tell their friends, and so on, and so on...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two of the milk cans outside are ours, including the massively distressed one below, which comes from a farm in Hagersville. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Above and below are images from our booth taken a week ago. A few items have sold since then, but most of the objects in the photos are still available. We had a big antique mirror hanging where the school posters are now, but it sold. I'm looking for another one.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks for looking!</span>Toronto Yardsalerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665905682609904488noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968052521342394107.post-56081176297892054282013-08-17T09:57:00.000-07:002013-08-17T09:57:07.663-07:00Moon Deco Pyrex & Exciting News!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello again,</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Above, you will find my new Moon Deco casserole dish. I just think it's the coolest Pyrex design ever. It was also my most expensive single purchase, but there is a story...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were at the Southwarks antique mall in Cambridge, ON last week. My husband came walking towards me with the dish in his hands and asked if $28 was a fair price. I almost grabbed it out of his hands. "Yes!" The truth is that I don't know what's a fair price, but I do know that at another booth at the same place, the exact same dish has been sitting on the shelf for at least a year. The seller is asking over $80.00 for it. To me, that's grocery shopping money. I was going to treat myself to it down the road if I came into windfall money, but who knows if that day would have come, or even if I could have ever justified spending that much on one piece of Pyrex. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The moral of the story once again is that you have to keep on looking because you just don't know what you'll ever find.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My exciting news is that my husband and I are opening an antique stall in the just opened Valley Antiques mall in Dundas, ON. Our booth will be opening September 1st. We've amassed a pretty eclectic mishmash of old objects, which I will blog about soon. I don't think the manager has a website for it, but if you live around southern Ontario, why not spend an afternoon and take in all the charming old goodness it has to offer. Valley Antiques is on Hatt Street in the old foundry building. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ta ta for now!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A little bit Edward Gorey, a pinch of gay Paris - a real thriftacular treasure. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Despite sleeping in, I still made it to a moving sale in the old part of Dundas, where we live. These sales don't happen too often. Duncan and I breezed by and the nice folk sold me this beautiful wrought iron shelf for only $1!!! Considering that we got there a good two hours after it started, I'm wondering what treasures I missed due to tardiness. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you can see, the shelf opens up, but I'm going to discreetly wire the doors together. I have to get two pieces of glass cut for the shelves and the fancy bit will face the back. It will function as an open shelf for outdoor plants. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It had been recommended that we go to the big outdoor antique market in Aberfoyle, ON. It runs until October only on Sundays and if you like booth after booth of every possible antique you can imagine - this is your place. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A trimmed down and shaven Kenny Rogers checks out treasures from yesteryear. Just kidding. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We saw a lot of things we liked, but we don't have extra spending money this month - plus, it was 30 degrees celsius, which must be at least 120 degrees fahrenheit for all you Americans out there. See - this is the sad truth about Canadian weather. On a day like this, I wish we lived in igloos 12 months a year. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We hope to head back with some spending money on a much cooler day. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chin chin!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> We dropped off some shutters at the reclamation centre in a tiny town called Freelton this week. While there, we had a poke around and found this cool saucepan that was made in Austria. It was only $3. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wish new things were made this colourful. I'm growing bored with the stainless steel look. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Later in the week we went to a bigger small town called Grimsby, which is partway between Hamilton and St. Catharines. I popped into the Grimsby Benevolent Fund, where I found this small Pyrex Butterprint casserole dish, which I don't have. It was only $2! It just goes to show you that it's always worth having a look. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm still obsessed with the colour orange. I found this heavy piece of pottery at the Freelton reclamation centre. It was $2. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm off on my two month teacher's summer, so I hope to do a lot more thrifting, blogging, and skulking around my new home town. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello again. It's been a very busy end to the school year, but I've still been getting out to rummage sales and antique stores. Here are a few gems from the past few weeks. More to come. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Heeeeeeeeer's MARTY! Marty is our new cat. We've had a year of cat heartache, which I don't even want to remember, but we discovered Marty on Kijiji Hamilton. His owner called him Pumpkin. She had found him on the street as a kitten, but she was moving to a place that wouldn't accept cats. He's just over a year old. Isn't he cute?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Above Marty hangs a stained glass window that we found in a not-so-expensive antique store in Hamilton (Molly's Back Porch on Ottawa Street if you're interested). It fits the front window like a glove. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Duncan renamed Pumpkin "Marty" after Marty McFly in Back to the Future. He was a spitfire when we first got him, but he's settled down A LOT since we got him fixed. He'll be an indoor cat, but I'm glad he got the snip ship anyway. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Here's a pretty piece of pottery I found at the local Anglican church rummage sale. It was $1.00</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Teak egg cups. Fifty cents or something super cheap like that. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I loved the '70s egg cozy. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I picked up two London Underground snack trays for $1.00. They're not current, so we'll call them vintage. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's one of two kitchen food scales which my class has been using in our mass unit. School equipment for a lousy dollar. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There were numerous yard sales in my town yesterday. The weather was perfect too. Duncan and I motored around on our bikes on the prowl for thriftacular treasures.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The only thing I found that we could use were these Wiltshire "Stay Sharp" knives. My dad gave me a single version of the large size a few years ago and we're always wishing we had more. I no longer need any sharp knives. </span><br />
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Vintage apothecary bottle from The Cabinet of Curiosities - $3<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After politely scouring a few more garage sales, we stumbled upon Cabinet of Curiosities' sale. This a way cool antiques/oddities store I've been wanting to check out ever since we moved to Dundas. It was everything I wanted it to be - and more. They have everything from antique household items, to a display case full of animal skulls, wicker caskets and so much more. I felt like I was with "my people" when I met the proprietors. Amazingly enough, the man who sold me the items I'm showing here has the same name as me - Erin (yes, Irish female spelling). His teenager son is a budding archeologist/biologist who trolls the woodlands in the surrounding area for bones, bottles and antlers. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check out their <a href="http://cabinetofcuriosities.ca/">website</a> and <a href="http://cabinetofcuriosities.ca/blog/">blog</a> and if you live in Southern Ontario, do make the trek if you like antiques and oddities. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Above and below: The shoe form I purchased at Cabinet of Curiosities for $5. I think it's got a beautiful shape to it. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Above: Kiko inspects a vintage Auto Drome race set (circa 1960s?) purchased at Cabinet of Curiosities for a lousy finsky. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's a perfect song and video to go with the day.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When out for a bike ride with my son, we stumbled upon this mysterious ephemeral tipi some creative person built. The world is full of wonder and mystery if you just get off the treadmill and look around. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had every intention to go to a rummage sale Saturday morning, but I was seriously tired - so tired that my husband and son let me be until I roused out of my temporary coma at 11:30! I don't think I've slept in that late since the golden days of my lazy teen years. I went to a Mom to Mom sale the weekend before (they seem to do a lot of these in the Hamilton area), where I managed to find a few books (nothing worth blogging about) amongst the baby clothes. Since we've moved to our new home, we've been hit with seriously big property tax and insurance bills that have all come due at the same time. Fortunately, we're not mall people and the fact that we're momentarily broke hasn't caused any big problems. I thought I'd share some of the beauty we've been soaking in for free. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> We live in a town surrounded by trees and creeks. It's only a matter of walking about three blocks from our house until we find a babbling brook. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're trying to do as much home seeding for our flower garden this year. I'm so excited to be growing four o'clocks again. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Here's Desjardins Canal, which used to be used for shipping and paddleboat travel to Toronto back in the 1800s. It's been closed off for over 100 years and is now the home to assorted flora and fauna. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today, we hiked along the Rail Trail. I love that Hamilton does such a fantastic job of preserving and creating green space. This trail once had a busy train line along it (TH&B). Now people can cycle, walk, or just hang out and look at all the beauty of Hamilton that so many people don't know it has. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We saw this big wild rabbit in someone's backyard. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In addition, we've been taking advantage of the public library not just for books, but films and CDs. We've borrowed a ton of great movies as well as the third season of Breaking Bad. We're currently working our way through the first season of In Treatment (heavy, but very good), and I borrowed Sufjan Steven's Come on Feel the Illinoise, Neil Young's Le Noise, Television's Marquee Moon, Junior Boy's It's All True, and an album by Whitehorse. The latter two bands happen to reside in Hamilton. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Life is great!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I promise thrifting soon.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Erin</span>Toronto Yardsalerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665905682609904488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7968052521342394107.post-71988934177424667022013-03-29T10:15:00.000-07:002013-03-29T10:15:13.107-07:00Not Quite A Yard Sale<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This morning we went to the local Lion's Club Craft Sale. They were selling books for a buck each and there was a big room filled with local craftspeople. Here's what I came back with...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I loved the cover art of the Blender Cookbook. It reminded me of my childhood. When I returned, we played the game "Guess when it was published?" My husband said late sixties or early seventies. I said 1978, and my son said the eighties. What do you think? Read on...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This book is fairly classy and has numerous French recipes in it. I grew up in the pre-food processor days and we had a workhorse blender with a wide blade that my mother used for everything. In the early eighties (I think), the mother of my best friend Jodie got a Cuisineart, which was a new contraption for the time. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I've always wanted to make my own pate. Maybe this summer, I'll give it a try. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I bought a few other books on the way out and the gentleman from the Lion's Club who took my money told me that his wife donated the Blender Cookbook, which made me feel all warm and fuzzy. So the answer to the publishing question is - 1970!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We ran out of store-bought apricot jam this morning, so I couldn't resist the homemade variety. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We bought two strudels for $12. They are really big and the seller told me that they made them throughout the night, so I think it was a fair deal. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I bought my son an orange fizzing bath soap shaped like an egg. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For a donation to the Lion's Club, a talented man made this wooden Easter egg for my son. We had fun watching it spin on the lathe. It brought back memories of Grade 7 Industrial Arts. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy Easter everyone. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you for the kind comments from my last post. I've been getting a lot of spam comments lately, so I'm trying to get rid of those while not deleting those from the "thrifterhood." </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Voila! We're going to take out the yew and build a rock garden with a different low-growing tree. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">half of the living room. There is an odd mish-mash of pot lights, track lighting, wall sconces, and ceiling fans in the house. We're going to remove 90% of the existing fixtures and put in new pendant lights. The area that the camera faces was once the original kitchen. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The newer kitchen is an addition. The good thing is that it is surrounded by windows (including a sky light). The bad news is that we have to renovate it. The old cabinets are old and rickety and we've actually had to bring in cheap Ikea shelves to temporarily hold Pyrex and other bits and pieces. Please excuse the mess!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Feast your eyes on our mucho grande backyard, complete with play fort, tree swing, and a tool shed. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's the gas fireplace with a whole bunch of stuff temporarily stacked on top. I'd love to have Arts and Crafts style tiles covering this one day. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the enclosed dining room with our kitchen table and chairs in it. We're going to move this table into the corner of the kitchen and I'm hoping to buy a simple wooden dining room table and chairs in time to host Christmas this year. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Staircase with the 100 + year sag that gives it a tipsy angle. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is half of a bedroom on the second floor that will be used for an office and a model train room for my husband and son. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">View of the escarpment from the upstairs landing. I pinch myself every time I look out and see this view. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Stairs leading to Duncan's bedroom/toy palace. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His room runs the length of the house and has two skylights. What I would have given to have a room of my own this size when I was a kid (not that I'm complaining, Mom). </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The end table is now set up for painting, etc. It's so nice not tripping over toys in the living room anymore. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Duncan uses MY Star Wars pillowslip from the seventies. Ah - good times. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I originally started collecting Pez dispensers back in my early 20s. I gave my modest collection to my nephew, who bought more. He outgrew this hobby and passed it along to Duncan. It's a vicious cycle. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The enchanted backyard forest view from the back of Duncan's room. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The pictures I took of our bedroom didn't turn out so well. Our room and the second bedroom on the second floor both have mirrored closets. We're going to get rid of them as soon as possible. There are oodles of closets in this house, which is fantastic. We also have two large bathrooms, which we didn't have at the old house. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So there you have it. Many people think I'm nuts for the hour and 40 minute commute to Toronto each day, but it's well worth it. As Michael Douglas' character said in The Wonderboys: "It's the kind of house you want to wake up in on Christmas day." I'm grateful to be here. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll try to get some better pics up once we're more set up. I also can't wait to do some serious thrifting and hitting local yard sales. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Above: Here's a photo I found of the Niagara Escarpment. This is what I see out my window from down below every day. Magic!)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello there,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you are still reading - I thank you so much. If you are not... well, I guess other people are reading this. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's been sooooo long since I last posted, but I have a very good excuse. After a whirlwind period of getting our old house fixed up and sold, we have just moved into our new house in a small town in the greater Hamilton area. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We've been busy unpacking and now we're putting things away. I've also been working and just came out of report card writing and parent interviews, so I'm well and truly ready for this March Break. I was going to take some pictures today - my first non-weekend day off, but as luck would have it, it's raining. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll be back very soon with pictures and more blogging. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spring is almost here!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All the best,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Erin</span><br />
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