Is it Spring? Is it St. Patrick’s Day? Valentine’s Day? You guys, I don’t even know right now… I mean I know what the calendar says, but my brain is just so DONE with Winter. The other day I was trying to set a St. Patrick’s Day themed table with some Limoges dinner plates that I’m thinking of selling in advance of the holiday – here’s a sneak-peek, I can’t wait to show you the rest!
… but hard as I tried I could NOT stay focused. The whole thing kept over-stepping the intended holiday and venturing into a general Spring theme. Well you know me, I just rolled with it – and I love the finished table but it left me feeling just a bit guilty that I didn’t give poor old St. Pat his due. Maybe I will set him an Irish tea table just to make it up to him!
But I digress – already. Anyway, I went thrifting (of course!) this weekend and a stop at my favorite consignment shop proved very fruitful indeed because the very first thing in the door that caught my attention was this gorgeous silk floral arrangement – which immediately hopped into my cart and insisted on coming home with me at full price. The audacity!
Ok, all is forgiven, it’s just so cheerful and Spring-like – I immediately set to work changing up the vignette on the blue washstand so it would be the first thing you see as you walk in my door, too!
I styled it with a few other thrifted items, including this pretty “Paris” clock –
A sweet little silver tray holding seasonal antique postcards – can we please bring back the habit of sending these beautiful vintage cards to each other as correspondence? Who wants a pen-pal?
A tiny butterfly print –
… and my also-thrifted-this-weekend magazine rack, holding a collection of recent and specifically “Splendid Spring” back issues of Victoria – the magazine that doubles as a decorating accessory!
Funny aside about the magazine rack… when I first picked it up, I couldn’t figure out what it was for. It appeared to be two metal lyre-shaped andirons (for a fireplace), welded together for some unknown reason. I quickly surmised I could figure out a way to turn it into a gilded magazine rack, and for less than $10 I of course snapped it up.
Later, I was doing a bit of research into the piece and quickly learned via Google Lens that it is, in actuality, a magazine rack from the 1970’s. I admit I was a bit disappointed to think that I was not, in fact, cleverly re-purposing something, but I was definitely amused to realize that my instincts for its use were on target!
I picked up several other wonderful things this past weekend which of course I’ll be sharing – along with my St. Patrick’s Day/Spring Tablescape – in future posts! Have you found anything amazing while thrifting lately?
