One of the ladies at my church invited me to go with her this week to Bessemer, which is a small town and part of Birmingham, to a place called United Textiles. I had seen their ads many times and wanted to visit, so it was fun to see it in person.
They are known for their large collection of rugs and they do have plenty.
Lamps and accessories are also in abundance.
I really liked this oil painting and at $179 was quite a good price for a large painting.
This bookcase with sort of a rattan inlay was $250 and very pretty too.



Thanks for going with us! Hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. Fabric shopping is always fun to me. Now my creative side is trying to figure out where I can make a few little changes with fabric.
I’ll be at the Deeper Still conference in Atlanta this weekend. Looking forward to being spiritually renewed. I’m using “scheduled” posts for the first time on Sunday and then I’ll see you soon with an update!
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Here’s a little pet peeve of mine that I’d like to throw out there for y’all to think about. As far as comment moderation where you have to type in the letters and wait for the pages to load before the comment is saved, it takes SO much extra time for this feature, I would love to see less of that out there in blogland. I would be much more inclined to visit a blog if I don’t have to wade through the comment moderation with all the extra waiting time. This drives me crazy! Not only the wait time, but trying to read and get the letters right. That doesn’t always work the first time. It takes SO much longer to visit people when so many blogs have this in place.
Please think about removing that feature from your blog if you do have it. The BIG blogs out there do not use this feature at all, so I really don’t see any reason to have it. I’ve never had it on my blog and have had very few problems with unwanted comments showing up. So, just something I thought I’d throw out there and hopefully some of you might agree with me & take it off of your blog. Thanks for listening!
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Oh I love all that fabric!!! It’s so nice to see shops in other parts of the country!
I agree with you about that letter verification thing! I hate it and I’ve never had it on my blog. I feel like I would leave more comments if I didn’t have to do that. Would it be okay if I copied that portion of your post and put it on one of my posts? (I’ll let everyone know it came from your blog) I think it would be really good to get the word out.
Oh Rhoda, I wouldv’e died and gone to heaven! What a great places to shop! Jen R
Great pictures Rhoda.
I think I ate at the Bright Star a few years ago! I had forgotten about it.
I removed the feature you mention from my blog, and so far haven’t had any problem with undesirable comments…hopefully it’ll stay that way!
Thank you so much for stopping by my place. The Bright Star is truly one of my favorites of all time.
Your blog is so pretty and the photos are just beautiful. I sure could use some decorating in my life! 🙂
I am in agreement about the letter recognition. I had it for a while but ended up just moderating the comments so don’t have a need for the letters. I only get strange things every once in a while…no sense in having double security.
I have to tell you…While there wasn’t the selection you had to choose from, our Wal-mart is getting rid of the fabric section. All of the bolts of fabric and any measured ribbon, etc. were 75% off. I got several great fabrics for $1.50 per yard. I would have loved that large fabric store you visited.
Becky K.