Gingerbread house finds vintage

Gingerbread house finds

Last week we were fortunate to spend a couple of days away at my favourite charity shop stomping ground. There were lots of bargains to be had. We had our first visit to a carboot sale in years (mainly because they start too early in the morning for my husband!) which was a lucky accident. Amongst the bargains I picked up some toys for Edward and a lovely footstool. I’ve been on the lookout for a footstool for ages.

The seller told me the stool was Victorian with an original cover but I’m not so sure. The veneer is a little chipped and the cover is definitely recent so I am glad I bargained over the price! I’d love to make my own cover for it, perhaps with a bit of Cath Kidston inspiration.

 

When I took the stool apart found it quite obvious just how recent the cover was as there was a handwritten message written on the wood. I shall be trying not to feel guilty when I remove it!

 

 

 

I also fell in love with a number of vintage flanelette children’s nighties in a charity shop whilst I was away. There were a few on the rails but I just picked two as I’m not quite sure what I”m going to do with them! They have been embroidered with animals and are just so sweet. I was thinking of re-using the flanelette into a comforter for the Second Baby as it is so soft.

My final find was a spool of vintage ribbon. The local Red Cross shop has set up a special haberdashery area full of wool and patterns, whilst the buttons and notions have all been expensively re-packaged. I couldn’t resist this red ribbon, definitely too good to use!

Linking up with Flea Market Finds, nifty thrifty things,  magpie monday, thrift share monday, and nifty thrifty tuesday

11 Comments

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    cathy
    October 2, 2011 at 4:11 pm

    LOVE the stool. So dainty!

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    mrsbellers
    October 2, 2011 at 6:58 pm

    That was a bit naughty of him telling you it was the original cover!! But at least you can replace the cover without feeling guilty!! sounds like you found some good bargains!!

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    Cyndy
    October 2, 2011 at 8:48 pm

    Vintage ribbon, that is indeed very nice! Surely, it would be good to use.

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    Lea
    October 3, 2011 at 11:26 am

    ooh I like the cover. maybe you could make it into something else or pop it in a hoop. It’s a great little stool, I’m sure it will be even lovelier with a revamp.

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    Liz Burton
    October 3, 2011 at 11:51 am

    Oooh I hate it when sellers try and flannel you that something’s really old!

    Still, it is lovely – 2nd stool I’ve seen today on Magpie Monday!

    The ribbon’s gorgeous too – imagine a whole haberdashery section in a charity shop – heaven!

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    ChrisTea And Cakes
    October 3, 2011 at 2:15 pm

    Loving that little foot stool, should look gorgeous with a bit of Cath on it. I’m always so stoked when I find haberdashery items in charity shops as they’re always so expensive elsewhere, great finds and I look forward to the transformation of the foot stool soon! 🙂

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    Faith Hope and Charity Shopping
    October 3, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    Honestly, some people are so full of crap aren’t they? I’ve been sold a ‘vintage’ dress which on closer inspection at home I’m pretty sure was modern. It’s a nice stool though, and vintage ribbon is always special.

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    Minibreak Mummy
    October 3, 2011 at 3:00 pm

    The footstool is great! It might be worth a look in the Cath Kidston ‘Stitch!’ book to see if there’s a suitable design or something you could adapt.

    And I’m really jealous of you having a local charity shop with a special haberdashery area! That sounds fantastic!

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    Five Go blogging
    October 3, 2011 at 4:49 pm

    Some lovely finds you have there, particularly the footstool. Shame that there are people out there who think they can fob you off with the original victorian story!

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    Mel (MilkChic)
    October 3, 2011 at 10:51 pm

    It’s a lovely footstool – and so much the better for not being fooled 🙂 I love the vintage ribbon too. I always struggle to cut into vintage haberdashery so I have a large collection of things I could use, but never do…

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