Catchy Catchalls

I have been doing a lot of getting ready to get organized lately. That means buying things like a new desk, an extra dresser, and adorable little vessels to toss odds and ends in.

I am still working on finding furniture, but these are a few catchalls that I have picked up recently. My favorite is the honeycombed ceramic bee dish. Does it really get any more precious than that?

Um, no, and eventually I will get around to the actual organization part.

Symbol of Modern Living

Here is some real deal vintage porn for you- a Pyrex ad from the December 1959 issue of Ladies Home Journal. My husband came across this gem in our basement stash of old magazines.

We would drink way more coffee at home if I could serve it up in the fabulous "Kaffee Klatch Set," but perhaps my favorite part of the ad is their slogan, "a symbol of modern living."

Oh, and yes, my man was reading a vintage LHJ, hot.

The Dog Ate My...

What do you get when you add that handsome pup of mine and a beautiful Mid-Century sofa?

Bad things, very bad things. So bad I will spare you from having to witness the horror.

Last week we said goodbye to our sofa which was upholstered in this ornate Oriental print. Our dog Barley has a bit of a chewing problem. Over the years he has chewed on more things that I can, or wish, to list, but this was certainly the worst incident. We had not paid much for it, but it was still terrible seeing such a great piece of vintage furniture destroyed.

It was not so terrible that I entertained the idea of tossing Barley out with its shredded remains, or the remains of any of his prior victims. No matter how shitty of a beast he can be, I have long accepted that cool stuff comes and goes, but he is a part of our household until the end.

And yes, we have tried to crate him. Maybe due to his shelter dog past or whatever landed him in the clink in the first place, he hated it, and honestly, I might have hated it more.

I am a softy, but hey, this dog has issues, and how mad can you really be at that sweet wrinkly face and those big brown eyes?

Woodruff Flea

Thanks to getting up ridiculously early this morning I managed to hit all three Drives at the annual Woodruff Place Flea Market before the rain started. Here is a brief recap:

East Drive: A fellow with some great architectural antiques like doorknobs, light fixtures and such is in the 900 block. He also had some excellent news, a marketplace for antiques of all sorts will be opening the first of July on 16th Street at the Monon.

Middle Drive: A fellow with several purchase-worthy lamps is set up on the 800 block. I am kicking myself in the ass for not the buying the mint condition MCM lamp shade he had for sale. Across the street is a sale with a few rough, and therefore pretty gross and creepy, taxidermied animals, pretty sure the same ones I have seen in years past.

West Drive: 800ish block there is a gentleman with a good collection of very old vintage, mostly dresses, but also some underclothes and hats. A lot of it was stained or too old to actually wear, but there were a few gems that probably will not last.

So out of all of this, what did I buy? Only this Napier necklace. In addition to being huge and having a lion, I loved its '70s take on regality and filigree.