Some people love new, modern things. They want the newest, best thing all of the time. Well, no disrespect to them, but I love old things. Oh sure, I love all of my modern conveniences and I love new clothes and all of my high tech gadgets. When it comes to decorating my home, I think I like a mix of old and new. I love adding vintage pieces to our home. I like to think there’s a story behind each and every piece. With new stuff, you’re making the story up as you go. There’s no history to it. I like knowing that someone else cherished a vintage find.
This weekend, The Hubs and I went to our favorite vintage and antique store solely for the purpose of finding some inexpensive plates to make this:
And I did find a set that I loved. A 1940s tea and toast set from Steubenville. I came home, grabbed my glue and some cheap Wal-Mart candle sticks I had and yet, when I started looking at the set and began thinking about permanently gluing them to some cheap mass produced glass candle stick…I couldn’t do it. Here’s what I did instead:
I tucked a small jewelry gift box underneath the largest plate to elevate it and arranged the rest on top of my dresser in what I felt was a nice looking arrangement.
The toast plate holds the perfumes and body sprays I use regularly. (I chucked the rest.)
The saucer holds some nail polishes and creams.
The tea cup holds some small samples of expensive perfume that I generally get for free since I’m not a big perfume person. The samples are the perfect size. The little bottle in the middle came from my mother’s jewelry box. I don’t ever wear it, but I do smell it occasionally. It’s a nice reminder of how she smelled as I was growing up.
It was only $8.00 – for the entire set. I chose grey because we have grey accents in our bedroom. I just did a major clean off and reorganization of the top of our dresser that I will share with you soon and I wanted a pretty way to display some of my girly items. I just couldn’t wait to show you my sweet little find. I imagine some other woman, from a time long ago, using the set to enjoy breakfast in the quiet before she begins her day. Maybe that’s silly – but it makes me smile.
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I love old and new combinations too. And all of those for $8? Awesome!
So funny — I did this project this weekend too! Well, I actually did glue a Goodwill candle stick to two Target plates. It was adorable! Maybe you could get the cheaper Target plates for this project instead?
cute, cute finds. you kick my butt at the good deal finding!
I love old and new! I probably love old more though. If it weren’t for my independence I would probably fit better in the 1930’s-40’s than now.
Love that set you found! So classy.
I finally found two aluminum?, tin? trays I like for a tier project but now I need to find a sturdy, tall candlestick. Too many projects that I am missing just one element to complete it. Blah!
My dresser is always disorganized and I could use something like this. Great finds! I am a new follower from Christina’s Adventures. I am co-hosting the Terrific Thursday blog hop and I would love for you to link up at http://www.messforless.net/2011/11/terrific-thursday-blog-hop-week-40.html
Great way to organize and a good deal too – win, win! I haven’t see the candlestick idea before, I might try it. The top of my dresser is a mess!
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This is a very pretty idea! *I* am now your newest follower.
We’re just doing a major reorganization of my vanity space, and have been blogging about it over at Addicted: http://addicted2containersandspaces.blogspot.com/
I hope you’ll follow me too, and post your comments and links to your blogs!