November Scott Antique Trip

Oh, Scott's.  How I have missed you.  I have not been to Scott's in at least 8 months.  My mom shops Scott's every month for her clients and has all sorts of great inside knowledge-- so we like to go together. But, she only likes to go on Friday's when it's not as crowded or as picked over.   Attending on Friday requires me to take a day off of work, which I can only do every so often.  However, today's finds remind that it's completely worth it!
I took a ton of pictures to share -- see them below:
 (I forgot my regular camera, so these are iPhone shots.  Sorry!)

 Great light green antique leather settee

I love the burlap and chicken wire combination used for these light shades.

Antique sleds were out in full force to prepare for the holidays.  I adore the one I bought last year -- however, I did have to explain to my husband that he could not ACTUALLY use it during last January's snowstorm.

This booth had a huge array of antique game boards.  These would be perfect framed in a playroom, media room, or kid's room!

I really liked the holiday displays in this booth using just silvers, greens, and brown.  I snapped a few photos that I am going to try and recreate at my house this year.  Antlers (see Leigh, they are in!) and greenery inside a lantern makes a simple, elegant winter display.  My mom snagged a few antlers to use at her house.

We chatted with the gentleman from altered for quite a while -- he makes furniture and decorative accessories all out of church pews.  They are AMAZING.  See those two brown benches in front?  They are from the same church -- the lighter one was near a window.  He makes tables, chairs, benches, vases, candesticks, and more all out of the pews.  So cool!   His website is not up quite yet-- but I have his card if anyone is interested.

I saw these European olive picking buckets -- and it was love at first sight.  (Despite their $59/each price tag!)  They reminded me of our trip to the olive groves during our Italian vacation in May. 

Alas!  They were sold.  Much to my luck, however, several other vendors were carrying them.  I saw these olive buckets carried out of Scott's by patrons left and right.  I purchased my own from one of my favorite outdoor vendors for...$35!  These are selling on etsy.com for $75-$250 right now.  What a steal!

Check out this antique double decanter carrier.  Pottery Barn just added a reproduction of one of these to their new line.  This would make a great Christmas gift for the special man in your life.

How sweet is this antique baby scale?

I'm a sucker for vintage baby blocks.  The booth display spelled my father-in-law's name, Rex.  I had to snap a picture!  (For some reason, Blogger insists on displaying the photo sideways...)

Burlap chests.  Love.

A beautiful seafoam green chest to be used as a sideboard or dresser.  See that white tag?  It says sold.  Merchandise was selling SO quickly today.

Owl andirons for in front of a fireplace.  I bet these sold quickly given the popularity of owls in the design world.

Galvanized table.  Very industrial looking.

Everywhere you looked vendors were carrying vintage suitcases.  A few of these stacked makes a fabulous end table or bedside table.  The cases in this stack ranged from $45-75 -- not bad!

Leigh, this is for you.  You know...in case Ryan 2 doesn't know what to do with his deer feet.  (Seriously, WHO would use this lamp?)

Mom gives her legs a rest among a sea of linen seating options.

Jars, pots, wine casks galore!

I am not always a huge fan of brass-- but there is something about this antique brass light fixture that I just love. 

All of the industrial furniture makes me want another house to decorate...

I thought that this could make a really pretty Christmas centerpiece -- vintage ornaments hung from a lamp shade frame.

Hands reaching to the sky...

I *think* that this is an old dental chair.  As such, I promptly texted my pediatric dentist friend, Leigh, a picture.  We had the following hilarious exchange:

Ashley: This chair looks medical so I bought it for you.  You're welcome.
Leigh: And it looks so comfortable!  Thanks, friend! :)
Ashley: No problem!  If it doesn't fit in your house you can always use it at the office -- it won't scare the kids at all!
Leigh: Perfect!  I'll call it the Magical - not at all for medical experimentation - special chair. 
Ashley:  Hahahaha!

Mantels, pillows, and more olive picking buckets...

I was amazed at the selection of funky chairs.  These remind me of my brother's law office...

Chandeliers...

I seriously considered these cube trunks for $110. 

 Wine racks...

I can't forget to share Ryan's Christmas present for this year -- a smoker/grill in the shape of a bull!  (The smoke literally comes out of its nose.)  I could not stop laughing!  I was also surprised the bull grill was only priced at $675.  Somehow, I thought that this beauty would be priced higher...

Old light bulbs filling the box -- I just thought this looked interesting...

Mirrors, coral, rocking horse....

Deer antlers my mom snatched up for just $15 each.  (She would want me to inform you that deer shed their antlers every year.  No deer were killed for her decorating desires...)

Pretty chair fabric...

Lamps made out of all sorts of repurposed objects -- gears, water meter covers, coils, etc.  So neat!

Last, but not least, how cool are these orb-shaped iron pieces?  My mom wants to wire one as a light and hang it above her family room coffee table.   I love the idea.

Whew!  That was a lot.  Based on the responses to my previous post, the next posts will be about My Fall Decor, What I Want for Christmas, and a DIY Wall Unit.  I also plan to post a Pinterest recipe I made for tomorrow's UGA football game against Auburn.  Go Dawgs!



DC Girls Weekend

Last week, my mom and I headed to DC for our annual (well, this was the second year) Girl's Weekend with my Aunt Lynne and cousin, Lauren. We hosted in Atlanta last year -- so it was our turn to travel!

We spent most of our time antique shopping, eating cheese, drinking wine, thrifting, crafting, eating more cheese, drinking more wine, and -- oh yeah -- dodging trees that Hurricane Irene dropped on my aunt & uncle's roof. Check out my pictures from the weekend:

(I will go ahead and apologize for picture quality in advance. We seemed to have a lot of trouble with camera batteries...most of these are iPhone pictures.)

We started out at G Street Fabrics where we found this amazing chalkboard oilcloth fabric. We bought a few yards to cut in thirds long ways and use as table runners at parties. How great will it be to label the food on the actual runner?

Next, we headed to JoAnn's (to get crafting necessities-- part of every good girl's weekend!) and to Goodwill where I found a horse & rider painting (for just $16!) to add to the yet-to-be-started gallery wall in our den.

We refueled with a stop at Cheesetique -- a gourmet cheese boutique / wine & cheese bar. We all had our favorite cheeses and specialty items, but I have mention the Fig & Brie Crostini. Creamy brie, Prosciutto, fresh figs, and a drizzle of honey? AMAZING. Atlanta needs one of these. Stat.

After that-- CRAFT TIME! We made wine bottle gift bags out of old sweater sleeves. The idea came from a Grey Likes Weddings Pinterest pin. We ended up making 12 bags in about 30 minutes!

To wrap up Thursday, Uncle Peter took us on an evening monument "driving" tour. He said driving. We walked. (Honestly, it was refreshing and beautiful to walk around at night.) The best part was getting to see the brand new MLK memorial up close without all of the crowds -- very powerful. We also saw the FDR Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Memorial...

And the WWII memorial. I had not seen this in my previous trips -- and I am glad I first witnessed it at night. It's mesmerizingly beautiful.


Friday, we were up bright and early to head to Leesburg, Virginia for antiquing and wine tasting. The first stop was Lucketts, a store I have been DYING to visit since first hearing about it on Pure Style Home. Love. That's the only word to describe it. I only wish (kind of) that we had driven so that I could haul furniture home. Aunt Lynne bought the picture frame below for just $3! We hope to replicate this photobooth scene at a certain someone's wedding at some point in the future ;)

Before I ever set foot in the store, I fell in love with this sideboard piece. I fell in love with it even more when I saw the price tag. $289! Velvet in the drawers! Are you kidding? Ryan is lucky we didn't drive, or this would have made it's way back to Atlanta to go...somewhere.

Next, we headed to a wine tasting and lunch at Bluemont Vineyard where we had...wine and cheese!
After lunch, we walked through downtown Leesburg and visited Cottage at Leesburg, Four Shabby Chicks, Bees Keeper Cottage, among others. I bought antique maps of Georgia and Tennessee (the hubby's home state) to add to the developing gallery wall in the den.

That night, we packed up a picnic and headed to the Air Force Memorial Concert at the base of the Memorial itself.

Saturday was full of rain as Hurricane Irene descended upon DC. We stayed local and visited the largest, most organized thrift store I have EVER been to in my life. Aunt Lynne and mom bought random items to spray paint black and use for decorative accessories for Halloween as seen on Domestic in the City. Sound weird? I thought so. But check out this 50 cent toy house...perfect for inexpensive DIY Halloween party decor!


Next, we visited Celebrity Delly in Falls Church for lunch and hit up a few more shops. We ended the afternoon celebrating Lauren's friend's birthday at a bead party at Potomac Beads in Old Town Alexandria.


...followed by drinks at a Speakeasy above Eamonn's where we sipped classy cocktails. Of course, we did have to knock on the unmarked door under a pirate flag when the blue light was on to get in...

Then, it was off to bed. Only to be awoken at 12am to a transformer blowing. Thanks, Irene. And then again at 1:30am to THIS:

That's right. Two 100 foot oak trees fell on the house. (Yes, we are all okay. Thank goodness.) Surprisingly, there was very little damage to the house. Probably because Lauren and I held up the tree for Aunt Lynne and Uncle Peter:

With no power throughout the city on our final day, we were left to capture photos of the weekend's loot.


What are we going to do with all of that stuff? Let me show you:

Aunt Lynne used her antique child's potty chair to hold a flower pot on her front porch.

Mom hung the clipped wall piece (adorned with photos and cards) above her library table and used the antique vise to display books.


...and then we flew home to Atlanta-- where there was electricity and hot showers for all. I can't wait for 2012 Girl's Weekend!