Shabby Good Furniture

At the Feathered Nest Market

There is always a great selection of furniture every time I stop in at 

The Feathered Nest Market in OKC.

Find them on Facebook - here.

As usual, anything turquoise catches my eye.

I showed this piece the other day. I love how the shabby way this is painted makes the details stand out. 

More turquoise. This is a very glamorous vanity, indeed.

My friend, Jill who I was with this day loved this chair.

I do like the way they made it over.

Isn't it fun?

I thought the paint technique on this piece was interesting. 

Just a gray wash over the existing finish. 

Super easy and I do like the way it looks.

This one stopped me because of the drawer pulls.

Aren't they sweet? 

Simple white...always good.

Pretty little metal frame.

I loved this clock. I need this clock. I usually avoid clocks.

My biggest flaw is that I'm late to everything and clocks don't help...they just make me feel bad about myself.

For real...I avoid them.

Another turquoise piece. This time a buffet.

Ok, another variation on turquoise again. 

I would never look at these tables in their original finish. 

I would consider them way too gaudy but put a little aqua paint and highlighting on them

and now they are fabulous!

Mom and I are hitting up the new Homegoods today in Norman.

I am very excited that we finally have one. 

Mom just popped in the other day to make sure it was worth me making the trip.

I already knew it was worth the trip.

But she had never been in one.

She called me from the store saying,

"I'm at Homegoods! You will love it!"

I was like, "You were suppose to wait to go with me!"

She said, "Oh, I just peeked.. I just wanted to make sure it was worth your drive and it is!"

So we are going today after I get off work.

I feel so lucky that I have my Mom and her health is good.

Last year at this time she didn't feel good at all.

We are so lucky that open heart surgery last December fixed what was wrong with her

and she is back to doing all the things she loves to do.

I ran into a friend at the store the other day who is not so lucky.

Doctors told her that they feared she would die immediately on the table if they tried 

to fix what is wrong with her heart. 

Hard to believe in this day and time that nothing can be done for her.

Yes, I am so lucky that my Mom's heart was fixable.

This giveaway is still going on...

Win a $100 Gift Certificate to use at

Just go to my post about it here and enter.

I'll announce the winner Tuesday, October 8th.

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Halloween Decor in Store

Let the Haunting Begin!

I recently made a trip to

The Feathered Nest Market in OKC.

Lots of Halloween going on there.

A trip around The Feathered Nest got me in the mood for Halloween.

I'll be back tomorrow with photos of furniture and other items in the shop.

But today, I just wanted to do an all Halloween post.

Now here is a question for you...

I adore a chippy white finish on furniture.

This is one of the pieces at Feathered Nest right now.

Oh...yes that chippy white finish is sooo good.

Why, oh why, is it so bad on windows?

Do you think I could start a fashion of having chippy windows?

I'm still cleaning up these windows...before I can paint anything.

Thanks for all of your suggestions the other day on what to do.

I was told by several that a paint gun was the way to go.

I'm a little hesitant though because one of my neighbors caught his house on fire with one!

What was suppose to be a little do it yourself turned into a complete 

upstairs do over because of a house fire started by the heat gun. 

I've been busy this week unloading and opening Christmas stuff for the store.

I'm so NOT into Christmas. 

Actually, I'm feeling holiday decorating burn out already and it hasn't even begun.

I'm working on a Halloween craft or rather trying to come up with some Halloween craft

that hasn't been done before.

That is pretty hard to do considering anything new gets passed around on Pinterest 

at lightening fast speed. 

Also all the stuff in the stores (like Hobby Lobby) are copies of stuff that bloggers have created.

Burlap and velvet pumpkins are everywhere in the stores this year.

Mass produced.

Everywhere I turn I'm seeing blogger's ideas ripped off.

I don't mind creating something and having other bloggers copy and make their own version

but it's another thing to see large corporations ripping off our ideas.

What do you think?

Oh..don't forget my give-away that is going on...

Win a $100 Gift Certificate to use at

Just go to my post about it here and enter.

I'll announce the winner Tuesday, October 8th.

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Introducing Old New House

New Sponsor

http://oldnewhouse.com/

I've got a new sponsor on MVL!

One sure to fulfill some of your Mod Vintage dreams!

You'll see an ad for Old New House over there on my right column under sponsors. 

Old New House began in 2010 on Etsy but they've recently started a stand alone online store.

This is a family run business by Melissa and Dave.

With great care and attention to the finest of details.

Melissa and Dave hand select every single antique and vintage piece that you see in their shop.

They also design and craft every new original piece completely in house, and with 

their own hands, in New York.

Read their story here.

Out of their New York location this couple handpicks and creates one of a kind, vintage inspired items 

for their store.

I've selected below some of my favorites from their current collection.

Handmade pillows made from vintage persian rugs.

Notice the wonderful mid century chairs also for sale in their shop.

Very nice...the real deal...vintage mannequins.

Notice that industrial cart?....they make their very own in miniature.

They have super good antique maps. 

The real deal vintage eye charts.

I'm partial to this lamp. It would fit right in my house.

A quirky vintage eye chart...notice it says "No Smoking" over and over and over?

Here is one of their miniature industrial carts. 

This one perfect for hauling around your ereader or ipad.

I can't resist this shabby one..see the little dachshund wrapping paper?

Look at the real working details!

What a great place to rest your iphone!

Since this Old New House is a new sponsor...

of course we are doing a giveaway. 

Next Tuesday....October 8, 2013

I'll announce the winner of a $100 gift certificate 

to use at Old New House.

Four Ways to Win

Register to win by simply...

1.

Go to  

http://oldnewhouse.com/

and come back here and tell me which of their items you'd like to own.

2.

Register on 

http://oldnewhouse.com/account/register

and come back here and tell me you did so.

3.
Like them on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/oldnewhouse

and come back here and tell me you did so.

4.

Blog or Tweet or Pin or Facebook or Google + about Old New House and come back and tell me you did.

5.
one more way to enter...follow me through
Google followers or follow me on Facebook and or Pinterest and come back and tell me you did.

That's five ways to enter!

Make sure you come back and leave a comment telling me you did each thing or I won't know.
You get one entry per thing you did if you come back here and leave a comment telling me you did each thing in a separate comment.

Oh...let's do 6 ways...

I'll give you extra entries if you Pin or Blog or Facebook or Tweet or Google + about this again and come back and leave a comment later in the week too.

So you could enter every day for the next week if you wished.

Thanks!


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