Thursday, November 3, 2011
They have charm and utility. Form and function: the perfect design formula...
behold, the vintage wire basket!
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
This vintage, locker basket is just the fit. Hang it up or place it on a shelf. Wire baskets store onions and potatoes in the pantry and organize crafts and office supplies. Metal baskets go every where from bathrooms to laundry rooms. Buy it
here at my Etsy Vintage Shop and start your own organizing project.
Love this office: wire baskets look great hung on the walls with the mix of empty frames. Not sure why the fire extinguisher needs to be so close to the work area??
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(photo credit: Country Living) |
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I used this green, vintage basket to hold extra toilet paper in my daughter's bathroom. Found at Old Luckettes Store.
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
Nice spa feel from Apartment Therapy.
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(photo credit: Apartment Therapy) |
Sideboard made into double vanity. Love the vintage wire baskets underneath.
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(photo credit: Decorpad) |
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(photo credit: I heart organizing blog) |
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(photo credit: Better Homes and Gardens) |
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(photo credit: Decorpad) |
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Basket upcycled to coffee table.
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(photo credit: Country Living) |
Learn how to make this amazing pendant lamp
here.
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(photo credit: Ashley Ann Photography) |
More wire / metal baskets from Muraca Design Shop.
Vintage metal wire wall shelf:
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
Vintage industrial metal tray:
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Accessories,
Home office,
Laundry,
my Etsy shop,
Pantry,
Shops,
Vintage
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Sunday, September 4, 2011
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
A feast for design eyes, always. I made sure to be there on opening day this time. Prime picks! This Design House has the Belgian style which has been holding strong for a few years now. Love the pale or painted woods, the grays, the slate blues, the rustic vintage feel.
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
I went to my first Lucketts Design House back in March. Similar Belgian decor, but all new furniture, rugs, hides, lamps and chandeliers, and very unique accessories and art pieces.
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
Every item is for sale and is take same day. I picked up the coat rack in the back of the picture above. It's a half coat rack, meant to go flush against a wall. How fabulous is that?? Putting it in my foyer my daughter and I to hang (only our sweetest and most worthy) bags and raincoats.
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
Saw this rocking bed at High Point Market last spring. Takes a special room and a unique client to make this purchase. Love, love the black bar stools in the back of the room.
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
And this bust.. of Mozart?.. I've been into marble, plaster, and chalk busts lately. Thought he was pretty cool, but a bit angry, or maybe just deep in thought....
And the deep, metal framed mirror. I'd be hard pressed to not love everything at Old Lucketts Design House.
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
.... And that's just the Design House! Then there's all the outside vendors....
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
Lovely linens, bottles, baskets... vintage heaven!
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
Found these Wonder Bread "movie props"...
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
...after the outside vendors, there's the main Old Lucketts Store, separate from the Design House. The Store is open daily, where the Design House is only open on scheduled weekends.
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
Loving these horse head lamps!
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
Hope to post soon with my Old Lucketts finds..... already planning the next trip up the road!
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Design House,
Shops
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011
I've just returned from a trip out west to Seattle and Victoria, British Columbia. I was over due for a visit to my sister's home in Port Orchard, just outside of Seattle.
Part of our time was spent antiquing. It's always a thrill to have new hunting grounds. I found this octagonal frame with a reproduction print of A Muse by Marcantonio Raimondi, an Italian Engraver (c. 1480 – c. 1534).
These lovely Colonial Silhouettes in birds eye maple frames were found in the same shop as the octagonal framed print on Bainbridge Island, just west of Seattle. The labels on the back show they are from C. & A. Richards in Boston, Mass., a company that imported from Germany in the early twentieth century. My sister and I agreed they needed to come back East.
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
This artichoke metal finial I found in a vintage shop in Tacoma, Washington. Not sure if it's all that old. I love all things artichoke shaped.
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
So those were a few of the items I was able to fit in my suitcase on my flight home. The rest of the finds will be arriving by mail.
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
After my finds in Seattle, I had the bug to continue the hunt back home. Yesterday, I came across these wonderfully, whimsical bookends. The shop tag read "black walnut turned bookends 1966".
It wasn't until I got them home that I realized the original label read "profile in black walnut". And as I read the label, I suddenly saw the profile of the face. Too cool!!! Is it Abe Lincoln? My google image search didn't turn up anything similar.
The original label also reads "patent pending copyright Sam Kalainov, 1966". No google image luck there either. Love them still.
Travel pictures....
I had such a great window view across the country. I took this picture of snow capped mountains. Just seeing snow in August was a first for me! The temperatures in Seattle and Canada were in the 60's. What a treat!!
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
Look closely at the cloud line and you can spot Mt. Baker. We stayed with my nephew and his wife in Bellingham, Washington, near Mt. Baker the day before we caught the Ferry to Victoria, BC. We were planning a drive up to Mt. Baker, but the roads were closed due to 30 feet of snow. What???
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
On the International Ferry to Canada through the San Juan Islands.
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(photo credit: Muraca Design, Inc.) |
Victoria, British Columbia. The Empress Hotel...
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Victoria's Parliament Building... and lots of horse drawn carriages.
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August in Seattle and Victoria is amazing. Getting out, walking the streets, taking in the sights, antique shopping, eating local foods... all in cool weather.. now that's a vacation!
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Shops,
Travel,
Vintage
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