| Wanted to share my fun new find with you today! I went to a very interesting estate sale a couple of weeks back. It was the estate of a wealthy doctor in a tony neighborhood in Nashville. The home was built in the late 1960’s to early 1970’s, and it was furnished and decorated to the hilt of that era. I mean gold foil wallpaper, sunken living room (and sunken tub, of course), high-end art. No expense was spared – it was the biggest and best you could get at the time. But then they never touched it again. Not since 1972. A total time capsule – I was walking around with my mouth hanging open. I love that kind of crazy stuff. The bad news was everything was overpriced, no matter how hideous it was. |  |
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But, under a table I found this fab lucite magazine rack. Not a cheapo plastic knockoff from IKEA (no offense, IKEA, I love you), but a real-deal high-design model circa 1970. It was $11. SOLD! |
Now, before you think that $11 was a little high to pay – I checked ebay today (just out of curiousity) and found several similar vintage models for $250 and up! Now THAT’S a bargain. And my decor magazines have never looked so good!
| The winner of my latest Prize Giveaway provided by Mimi’s Garden Florals will be announced at the end of this week. It’s a cool set of retro drinking glasses from IKEA. |  |
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Glenn was called last year to rescue Koi from an Estate sale pond. We got 30 or 40 koi from that rescue. They were free just took our crew and a whole afternoon. But it was worth it. The biggest Koi are valued at $500. Love a bargain!
You are talking about MY house, with the 70’s vibe…. yep, I’ve got the sunken living room and sunken tub. But when I got it, it was full of 80’s country charm. Hearts, ducks, navy and rust. Uh, it doesn’t still look that way, though. Glad for your neat find!
Michelle, you have a sunken living room and tub???? do tell!
i spotted your awesome magazine rack the second i walked into the room! so jealous! if you ever tire of it, you know where it would have a happy home…. 🙂
and btw, i linked to your blog last week on FB! and i didn’t even know that it would help me win those cute little glasses!
I love “time capsule houses”! I remember being a teenager and visiting my dad at work. He was doing construction on a time capsule house. I walked in the front door and got this weird feeling. I literally felt like I had stepped back in time about thirty years! It was so bizarre! But cool too.
Really $250… what was our ebay login info again? 🙂
Phil, I didn’t even think you read my blog!!! You must miss me up there in Canada 🙂
I was just learning about decorating in the 70’s and remember well the brown-gold-green color schemes. We called them “earth tones”. The newer version is so much more inviting.