My world...my house and studio. Colorful, quirky, fun and one of a kind. I love to show it off and it is interesting to see a person's reaction to it. (OH MY GOSH!..is often shouted when entering my studio door). I posted the other day about my blogland blind date and meeting Crystal.
She did a post about her visit. It is fun to see it through her camera and her eye.
Pop over to see her post HERE! Thanks for the peek into my world Crystal. I sure love living in it.
Happy Day.
I bought these two pin back numbers a few months ago at a sale. They are pin back buttons and not sure of their original use. I had never seen anything like them before and bought them.
I finally figured out a project to do with them. I decided that my cabinet of curiosities needed numbered doors and these were dandy for that job.
I needed numbers one thru six. I found the TWO at the Alameda flea market. I bought the FIVE in Astoria, Oregon at an antique store. I found a FOUR and a ONE in my stash, but hope to find something a bit more exciting in the future.
I added the numbers to my cabinet doors. It has been awhile since I showed my cabinet and I add items to it often...it is one of my favorite things.
DOOR ONE
A hodge podge of quirky, unusual finds.
A pair of vintage ornaments with tiny scenes inside...I love how I can display treasures like this year round in a safe spot.
Door TWO.
The perfect spot to display an old Magic Slate as a backdrop for other treasures.
The elephant was my grandmothers. I added old paper parasols.
Door THREE
Hey! It is me in the cabinet...
Where else can a tiny lone doll roller skate live?
Door FOUR
Door FIVE
Door SIX
I LOVE this cabinet and it is so much fun to add new treasures to. It is fun to have a quirky spot to display all my vintage finds. My dad and my husband built this cabinet. If you missed those posts, you can read about it here or here.
I LOVE this project. It turned out exactly like I had it in my head!
So I ended up with 6 compartments of various widths. Each is 3 inches deep except the last cabinet which is a "dummy" cabinet. It hides the electrical wire,so is not as deep, but perfect to show off vintage items on original display cards. I painted the doors a pale pink...the same as our bedroom walls in the adjoining room. I got the glass door pulls a number of years ago in various colors. I have been waiting for the perfect project for them.
I gather and collect alot of random things. Items that I just like and make me smile. I have never had a spot for them, but this cabinet is perfect to display this hodge-podge of finds.
Door number ONE
Door Number TWO...one of my favorites
I love the vintage Magic Slate as a background...just add a couple of storks and a old metal kazoo to the mix!
This elephant belonged to my grandmother.
This is one of my favorite things in the cabinet. They were all random things that I had no spot for, but too cool to part with. The tiny silver metal holster on the right is printed with "Roy Rogers" and I have had for years tucked in a drawer. The "Rodeo Stunt Rider - Good Luck" pin was a Raisin Bran giveaway (Raisin Bran printed on backside). I attached the stunt rider pin to an old leather toy holster I had and added a old plastic cowboy. I wired magnets to each of the holsters and attached them to the metal tape can, which I nailed to the cabinet. I now have a cool spot for a couple of old nifty vintage items.
Teeny tiny harmonica and doll found in basement of estate sale.
Door number THREE.
One lone doll roller-skate.
Vintage spun head cowgirl with a couple of oversize mushrooms, old kool-aid packet and some old glass doll bottles.
A collection of handmade dolls.
Door number SIX (sorry about the glass glare)
This is the shallower cabinet so the items displayed here are a bit different, as they have to have a narrower profile.
My vintage pin-back collection.
My favorite candle holders on original cards...those graphics make me swoon!
Vintage doll clothespins on original card (thank you Melissa)
So that about wraps up today's tour. I know this cabinet will be a constantly changing spot as I find more goodies and change this and that. Love this little hodge-podge cabinet...LOVE!
You may remember when I went to San Francisco earlier this year that I went to a tea shoppe called "Crown and Crumpet". I was completely smitten with these little cabinets they had filled with tiny, vintage items. Here is a photo to jog your memory.
It was chock full of fun stuff.
I wanted a similar cabinet at my house in a bad way...
We have a short wall on our upstairs landing and I asked my Dad and my husband if they could do this project, using this wall.
They were going to put each little compartment between the studs in the wall..it would be shallow, but I was pretty sure it would work. Luckily they agreed to it.
My dad is an engineer so he does everything with a plan.
Tom and my Dad have done quite a few projects together and it is really nice to have them work side by side.
We did run into a couple of problems with the project. First off, we didn't realize the wall was lathe and plaster. It made it much more difficult to open up the space. Second, there was an good sized electrical wire that ran through one of the spaces. We did not know it was there. We did not have power to the back of our house until an electrician was called in. This actually was a good thing as the electrical wire would have been in the way, so we had the electrician move it to a better spot.
I didn't really help with demolition. I had the idea in my head and put in my two cents about how to do it. I also did all the painting.
The boxes were finished off.
I painted the whole cabinet with a clean white color and we made shelves to fit. I ordered glass fronted cabinets for each of the 6 little compartments.
Leaving this post as a teaser...wait until you see the finished project tomorrow!!! I had SO much fun adding all my fun vintage items once the doors were on (which are painted pink with mismatched glass pulls). Can't wait to share....
