Hardware...the earrings and necklaces of furniture....

One thing I adore about vintage furniture is the hardware...When at an auction or estate sale don't look past the pieces that are damaged or in terrible shape....remember--check out the hardware..you can pick up some great vintage hardware really cheap off damaged furniture....Funny story--at a recent estate sale I was digging thru an old dirty garage that had some water damaged furniture stored away in the back corner....I spied an old dresser that everyone else looked beyond...There were 2 men in the garage with me when I spied her and said wow--she has GREAT KNOBS!!  The both looked at one another and one said wow---we are glad you said that.....you might have been upset if one of us shouted that out --maybe misunderstand what we were talking about!!  We all three had a laugh....check out this awesome handle on this vintage chalk board I picked up recently....The patina one this piece is beautiful.....

Love this board! 

The color reminds me of grade school.....

 and a reminder.....my sale is right around the corner!!

and this little beauty will be there.....

Auction Finds..

With my sale right around the corner...I decided to go to ONE MORE auction to pick up a few final pieces to paint for the sale....

 if you watched the weather at all this weekend you know there were storms all over....and it POURED during most of the auction...

It was so difficult to see pieces like this sit in the rain all day...

check out this great door with a sliding track--it got a lot of attention....it did not come home with me...I tried - but it went for about double of what i was willing to pay...

This little washstand had me at hello....minus the laundry basket of "goodies" parked on top of it!   

 at the end of the rainy, muddy day...........

I started collecting my finds......

a great frame to make a chalkboard out of,

a really cool chair,

my little washstand,

a little half circle table............ 

and a couple of really rough benches...

that after some sanding and a little Annie Sloan Duck Egg Blue Chalk Paint...they might look a little like this!   I posted the "how to" link under the pic if you are interested!  Enjoy!

Chris

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