Friday, April 27, 2012

A Brave New Junkin World....

Since we are "notorious Junkers", a friend called to tell us he had inherited some property and invited us to "Junk" our way through it before he bulldozes it to the ground....I must admit, I've never "junked" like this before....you'll see what I mean picture by picture below....



Okay, I'm thinking....I can do this.....
We have our boots on, masks, gloves...it'll be okay...


This is the first thing I saw upon entering....look closely, it's a snake skin...
I ran back out....well, I didn't really run because I would have fallen through the floors that were rotted through...I moved as quickly as possible....


So, after Scott begged, pleaded and professed to protect me I decided to try again...
It didn't get much better....



And so it went, room after room....

However....
Much to our delight and surprise, there was actually some good junk in this old house...
Such as....





McCoy Pottery

And...


Vintage Avon....

And....



Glassware....

And.....


Occupied Japan Ashtrays

And...


Bowl and Pitcher...before....


And After....

Not to mention....


This great old pickle jar....

In addition to.....



This vintage toothbrush holder and soap dish....

Along with....


These cool lights.....

And....


This great old toolbox and gears....

In addition to....


This cute vintage cup and saucers ...that match great with what I already had in the store...
Looks something like this....

And then .....

These lovely hats... that were all wrapped in tissue and in a box nestled in a corner...




And more hats.....






Last but not least from this old place was this fella...."Well hello!" I said to him..."Would you like to go home with me?" and he said "Yes!" I may have been delirious at this point.....

 So, that's the bulk of it from the old house....If Scott had his way, HGTV, The History Channel, or somebody would be following us around filming us junkin all the time! And I know what you are thinking...but we washed and sanitized everything from the old house....not my favorite thing to do btw.....


...
Other things in the store....








This vintage egg basket.....






Of course I have books....but now I have this great size book shelve too....



Cydney and Alley studying for finals....or they could be looking at facebook...but they are suppose to be studying for finals....


After going through the old house, I needed a break...so I headed to the mountains to see my Mama!


And of course when I got there the "apple of my eye" Hannah Raine, was waiting for me!



Mom and I made an old fashion egg custard pie....yum!



My Dad asked us why we put pepper on it...but it's nutmeg!


I like this, don't you?




This is a beautiful table...two leaves, eight chairs, burlap seats....OMG!



Painted china cabinet...with yummy scroll work....



You know the drill.....

You've got to......





Liz

Friday, April 13, 2012

We're still "Junkin" along....

Greetings! I hope you all had a fantastic Easter....we had a great time especially since my Father-in-law, Eddie Farr was feeling better and he and my mother-in-law were able to join us for the celebration....this is them below with all the grand kids on Scott's side of the family.

My sister in laws and I decided to do a little project and have the kids pose for "Now and Then"....



Cydney and Weston....




Alex, Cydney, Weston, Alley, and Logan.....

Okay, so now to business....I have new windows! Take a look!












Here are my super cute new signs!


For when life gives you lemons.....





I love ALL these lakes.....but I'm afraid my heart belongs on Lake Burton....


Oh yeah!


To the moon and back and then some!


My only Sunshine, You make me happy when skies are grey....I'm singing right now....I sound just like Nora Jones too, you know, in an off key kind of way....



This is so me....


Okay, well, this is so me too....





A "Bebe" creation....words cannot express the cuteness...



Just stuff in general....


In case you're having trouble finding "Mr. Right"....he showed up here....



This is not for sale, but I wanted to show it off...it's part of an old gas heater I found in the mountains ...I had Tony cut it down and weld it to this board....I just love it so much I wanted you to see it....It's going in my bathroom for my jewelery to hang on...




New Jewels just in!








Earrings, necklaces, bracelets, I've got the goods!



It's a locket and a watch....lovely....

The doors are open here, the music is on, the store is packed with goodies right now....and remember when you're in Senoia....
It's

Liz