Oh, the dilemmas of yardsale finds! I guess y’all probably figured I’d keep that bedding, right? Well…you’re right, I’m keepin’ it! I’ll take my time and slowly build some things that go with it and when the time is right, that room will get a makeover. It will be fun to see what else I can come up with in black and white from yardsales. I can totally see those black and white Staffordshire-like dogs in there, can’t you? AND, what color will the walls be…that’s to be determined. Maybe aqua like the inspiration pic, we shall see what hits me.
Do you all know about Bloglines yet?? I just started using it in the last couple of months (after Kat shared with me how wonderful it is) and WOW, does it save a lot of time with blog surfing. All you do is go here to Bloglines, register yourself, and then start adding your favorite blogs to your Bloglines. Once you have them all set up, you can save so much time by doing this. I used to just click off of my blog to check out what was new on your blogs and that wastes a LOT of time. This way, I can click on my Bloglines page and instantly see all the updates on my favorite blogs. Only the blogs that have new posts are shown. You can read them right on Bloglines OR click to go directly to the blog to see more. The ones you don’t get to will still stay highlighted and active until you click on them. Can you see how much time this saves? I love Bloglines! I’m sure there are other methods out there too, but this one works great for me. I have about 35-40 blogs saved right now and this is a wonderful tool to utilize. Try it, you’ll like it!
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One recent Friday afternoon, I met up once again with this Gracious Southern Lady down in Jemison for some antique browsing. We met at a big antique mall there and walked it, talking all the while. Judy found a few things and I came home with only one little creamware vase for my collection. We meandered on to downtown Jemison, where we found this cozy little antique spot where we chatted with a very nice gentlemen who owned the place.
It was very picturesque and perfect for snapping some photos to share. Lots of rustic things all around and the brick wall was a perfect backdrop.
Vintage shabby painted pieces were all over the place.
Columns and shutters looking for a new home.
Along with some pottery pieces yearning to join someone’s collection.
I adored this old built by hand table with the vintage green and white harlequin vinyl attached to the top. Isn’t this quaint? It would be a perfect potting bench outside, for only $45 a great deal. This brought back memories of two little side tables my dad built from scratch when me and my sister were growing up, that looked a lot like this piece. We didn’t have a lot of money, so he took a couple of old laminate pieces that he found for the tops and fashioned us some side tables for our bedroom. Later on my mom added a fabric skirt on them to hide the board games and books. I still remember those tables to this day!
Bird cage and wicker, great combo.
Who doesn’t love leaded glass windows. I sure do!
More brick wall
This cozy chippy white dresser was a neat piece too. We didn’t buy anything here, but enjoyed looking.
And we stopped by the Smoky Hollow Restaurant for some much needed lunch. I got the veggie plate….fried green tomatoes, cole slaw, green beans….AND
Some homemade onion rings. We girls need our food now, don’t you know, energy to keep going?! Hope you enjoyed shopping with me and Judy. 
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Wonderful “stuff”! Love the pictures.
My son-in-law introduced me to Bloglines last year. It is the only way I can read as many blogs as I enjoy!
Whatever YOU do with the black & white will be beautiful….but my vote would be aqua walls. I definitely will check into the Bloglines. I can see the amount of time it would save because I try to check daily for updates on my favorites. I would love to have a birdcage like the one in the picture.
Hey Rhoda,
I noticed you changed your comment picture. You look great girl!
I subscribe to my blogs and it shows up in my email. It does take longer to download my email because of this. So I’ll check out bloglines. Thanks for the tip!
Brandee 🙂
Girl, you are making me SO hungry with those onion rings and other goodies! Yum! I could gain ten pounds just looking at the pics!
And those brick walls of that shop with all of those neat antique signs! Love it! Makes me want to take a trip over to Vintage and see if the lovely Miss Kim is tending store. Wish you were here to go thrifting next week when life settles down. If I get the chance to see her, I’ll hug her neck for you!
Thanks for sharing this antiquing adventure!
Love ya,
Sheila…on a borrowed computer on borrowed time! 😉
Rhoda…oh my, your lunch looks scrumptious!!! Thanks for the tip on bloglines…gonna have to meander over there and sign up!
Hugz,
Michele
Jamison is great for Antiquing. I love that place. It is also good for berry picking in the spring and summer, peach picking…
What fun, and yum to those onion rings one of my fave things.
I knew you’d keep the spread 🙂
Have a nice week-end,
Kathy 🙂
ps by the way I noticed a new pic of you, I like your hair like that 🙂
i’m gonna sign up, I kind of stayed away as i thought it would be too difficult for me to work out, duh, but i sounds easy and will sure save me some time, I seem to have so many fave blogs lol!
love that antique mall!!!! the chippy dresser would be so good in my bedroom and love the stained glass window
thanks for your comment on my chair and pics
sarah
Thanks for the “tour,” that was some fun stuff!!
Oh, you’re gonna have a blast with the black and white theme–anything looks good painted in either of those colors, so how easy is that?? Can’t wait to see the makeover someday!!
Hi Rhoda:
Man I want to go shopping with you…what a cool store! And lunch looked pretty tasty too!
As far as the photos…it’s really simple and you don’t even need a special program. Just go to photobucket.com and upload your photos for free…then use the edit function…special effects…then click on fresco. And TADA you’re done. I just
e-mailed them to CVS Pharmacy but Walmart works too. If you have any questions just let me know.
Have a great night!
Hey Rho~
Loved the chippy painted pieces, columns and such..yum. So tough to pass by a good bargain.
Um…why yes I do like that picture with aqua blue and damask. You will see why, too! 🙂 LOL
I have been collecting damask goodies for my studio makeover for a year while trying to find DD a house, but I had not idea the aqua would be an accent color then. I LOVE b/w damask with aqua. It will be a fun project for you.
Donna
Looks like a fun trip with your friend.
Love the bedspread. I’ll look forward to seeing your redo.
Life doesn’t get much better than strolling through an antique mall (or two) with a friend and just looking and visiting! I think your little story about the tables your dad made and how your mom enhanced them tells us you had creative parents who made the ordinary look beautiful—I believe they passed that love on to you. Your lunch looked wonderful–oh, my, fried green tomatoes! yum, yum.
yummy!! can’t wait to see the ‘new’ room 🙂
I’ve heard about Bloglines but never got around to doing it. I must!
Looks like a great shopping trip with your friend.
Hi Rhoda –
I’ve been using Google Reader for a couple of months. It does the same thing and I love it. It sure saves a lot of time and I can keep up with my blog friends.
I L.O.V.E. that yellow birdcage. Wish I lived close enough to stop by and buy it!
~Adrienne~
Thanks for the tip about Bloglines…I starting setting my list up last night and it surely is a neat trick.
Oh my, where is this place? Of course I don’t get that far south of B’ham but it looks like it’s worth a day trip.
~Connie
Thank you so much for sharing wtih us about Bloglines. This has helped me keep up with everyone in a much more efficient way! Thanks for sharing!
That was fun! Thanks for letting us tag along. Did you save any of those onion rings?? Probably not. lol. They looked yummy. So did the green beans. Ive never had a fried tomato.
Thank you for coming by to see me. Im hoping to sleep till 8 this monday. lol!