Eccentricities II at the Mission Road Antique Mall

It's been a busy two days getting the expanded space painted, stocked and styled. Whew. I'm tired, but really excited about the way it came together. I finally have a place to showcase the great black chippy church window I've had for some time now.

And this great little corner cabinet was sitting on top of something else instead of mounted as it should have been. Much better.

My giant basket was hanging across the isle in the first space, but I've replaced that with an old chandelier. The basket looks cool stickin out of the wall. I thought I'd funk up the space with my mannequin, also. Not sure how she's going to go over, but I sure love her!

Suzie and Gina's architectural salvage piece looks awesome on the chocolate cabinet and the burlap draped under it pools onto the floor over both sides. Nice.



I relocated my chalk horse. It will be fun to have so much room on both sides. I can actually squeeze much more in which means more shopping soon! November 9th is dealer work night and the original space needs some TLC. I just didn't have it in me today.


Check out the robin's egg blue cosmetology book from the 60's. It gives tips about being agreeable, having good posture, and keeping hygiene top of mind. Ha!

I wasn't sure about letting go of my gray lockers, but it's fun to keep things circulating. Now my living room is about empty - again.





And these pics aren't from my space, but from a dealer down the way who has some really fun stuff! LOVE this bust!




Thanks to the dealers who stopped by to give me encouragement and compliments as I put everything together. I am having the best time at this mall!!!

Chocolate Cabinet

Last weekend's project was to FINALLY paint this glossy cream cabinet. My vision was chocolate brown and I intended to keep it, but I need it for my expanded space in the mall.

Tah dah!!!!! I love the way the chocolate looks against the glass pulls. Whew. Sometimes the execution of my "visions" fall short. One example of that was the branches I tried to hang over the new space today. I didn't know that monofilament was like a fine, clear hair. That was fun to work with. Needless to say, I didn't hang as many branches as my vision initially called for.

This was the inside of the cabinet . . .

And after, covered with old biology book pages. And if you ever need a hardware guy who really knows what he's doing, go visit Carl at the Ace in Corinth. He cut the shelf for me.

And after the comic book store trip over the weekend, elle, Dash and I stopped off to see Leah at Dream World where elle picked up this fabulous gas stove. They don't make em like this anymore!

I'm pooped. I got the new space painted today and some smaller things moved in. Jason will help with the bigger stuff tomorrow. Pics coming soon!!