Tag: thrifting

Silver Rim

Bad news, my friends.

I haven’t seen Mad Men but I know it’s insanely popular. The bad news part is that in my searching online for glasses like I blogged about recently, they’re all labeled “Mad Men Chic” or something like that. Meaning people (other than me) want these. Meaning the price will go up and they’ll become more scarce. Man!

Oh well, I found several:

Still hoping to stumble upon some of these at a thrift store for like a dollar apiece, however :)

On the Lookout

I had a dream that all of my silver eagle glasses (given to me by my grandparents) had been broken. Woke up distressed, but realized that aside from the one that Mosey broke a few months ago (glass cleanup + sticky lemonade cleanup is the worst) and the one I discovered last week with a giant crack in it, they are still A-OK. But I adore the design. My parents have some with an “L” on them they said I could have but transporting glassware from CA to KS is tricky business.

A couple of months ago I saw some similar ones at the local thrift shop (I think they had an “M” on them). When Mo had his fateful run-in with the bedside table I rushed over to the store to snatch them up but they’d been purchased, obviously by someone with a keen eye for style like myself.

That said, please be on the lookout for glasses like this, with a thick silver band around the top:

If you see any, pick them up for me and I will pay you back ca$h money!! They usually have a letter monogrammed on them (mine are the only I’ve seen with an eagle). I don’t care what the letter is–I think it would be fun to have a mishmash of monograms. Please help me build my collection!

Just Like it Should Be!

The title of this post has two meanings. First, when I start a project and show it to you here on MFS, I should finish it up and show “after” pics before you forget about it altogether–which, thanks to the miracle of Memorial Day, I actually did!

Second bringing poor, abused pieces of furniture into my house and making them look like they were meant to: after a couple hours’ worth of TLC, this sad coffee table looks much, much, better–more than the $20 (0r was it $10?) we spent for it Sunday at Goodwill!

Before:

After:

Naturally, some things didn’t disappear–like that giant water ring, but look at that wood shine! It’s much, much, much better. This took 4 applications of Watco Teak Oil–look how gorgeous it is! Now for a shot of it in the living room…

It doesn’t go with the couch we currently have in here AT ALL, but I should be getting a MCM style vintage couch from my grandma’s in Illinois soon! This will look KILLER with that.

Alas, for now, we put the black coffee table back into place temporarily so it will be a more dramatic change when the couch and table both debut to the public together.

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