Yard Work...Booth Work? That is the Question....



UPDATE:  Glass door cabinet and table are now on lay-away.



I have two of these porch railings...yes, they are standing up and down...took up too much room laying down.

UPDATE:  Green iron bed has sold.

UPDATE:  White Cabinet has sold

When it is just tooooooo hot to work in your yard, what do you do?  You work in your booths!  You still sweat, but not nearly as much.  20 days over 100 degrees here in Fort Worth...UGH!  I LOVE the summer, but even I am over it.  My yard looks like crud but the booths look good.  Stay cool everyone!

The Weird Room...Where Bloggers Create!

Some stuff I have started putting together for a show I have been invited to do...exciting details to come!

In the fall, I would like to change out our front booth (currently blue and green) to more browns and earthy colors.

My motto is that anything in mass can be a cool display!  I bought a box full of old gloves and then this weekend bought a bag full of child's red bow ties (this is just a few of them).

We decorate a lot with pearls and I love great old buttons. 

Don't have a clue what do do with all these buttons, but the look cool!

I want to do a display with some old black metal frames I bought and thinking about using these black trimmed platters with them?  Who knows.

I am thinking this is toooooo formal for me....we will see where it ends up.

You know all our booths have to have a vintage dress!

Already buying stuff for Valentine's Day!

Some fun spring collections!

Always buying for the pink booth!

And of course, the red booth.

I love these old mailboxes for storage.  Not for sale LaurieAnna!

Earrings, brooches, drawer knobs....just odd and ends.

Always have to have a supply of flash cards!

I love silhouettes!

Back to a lot of anything makes a good display...tons of old wooden door knobs.  Who knows what I will do with these???

I love this old cabinet and did not have the heart to sell it.

It now is where the odd and end pieces wait for a display!

It is a very junky room!

Most important thing for these middle aged eyes!

Well, I have seen several people participating in Karen's Blog Party about where bloggers create @ http://mydesertcottage.blogspot.com/.  I decided that although I can't compete with most of the rooms I have seen, I would humbly participate.  I am not sure I would say I create in this room, I really just stage there.  When I bought my house, it had what was considered a kid's playroom.  You have to go through this room to get to the two guest rooms.  Since I don't have kids or need a playroom, I was stumped what to do with it.  I thought about using it as a comfy TV room for guests outside their guest room...then thought about some type of library, but never really came up with a good fit.  So it got dubbed, "The Weird Room".  When I started in the junk business a few years back, I decided this would be the perfect room to stage my next booth set-ups.  As any of you know who shop at Lone Star, I love to change out our booths often and I decorate by color.  A booth usually has the same color decor (thus the blue booth, the pink booth and the red booth).  I tend to do small vignettes in this room to get my creative juices going and store the larger pieces in the garage.  As you can see by the pictures, I have several color themes going right now.  Setting these vignettes up helps me  identify gaps and be on the look our for pieces that will finish out a booth or show.  Sometimes when I buy toooooo much stuff, it just becomes a junk room for storage and I have to spend a weekend cleaning it out!  There you have it...my Weird Room!

Red Industrial Stuff....

The small Tom's rack on top of the larger Tom's display case is sold.

-Chair Sold-

I was telling someone last week that our sales in the red booth had slowed down...and that is usually a signal that it is time for a booth re-do.  So Mom and I spent the day rearranging and bringing in some new stuff.  I have since had to rearrange twice as the sales have been GREAT!  It is amazing what a little freshening up can do.  I went in this afternoon to fill in some holes and decided I better post pics ASAP before they change again.  I LOVE the red industrial stuff.  I was chatting with the girls over at Three Ring Cottage and they asked if this is what my house looked like.  It actually doesn't, so maybe this is why I love buying stuff for and decorating this booth...it is an outlet for me!

My Suitcase Obsession...

This wonderful set is in my bedroom.



I love this white set...they will probably end up at the mall some day. -Update:  Suitcases Sold-



I use these as a table in one of my guest rooms.

This was my Grandfather's suitcase and his name is scratched on the bottom...I LOVE IT!

This one is in the game room.

Have you ever walked around your house and realized that you have a particular attraction to certain items, colors or collections that you did not realize?  As I was cleaning this weekend, I realized that I have a lot of suitcases.    Not sure what sparked this love or interest, but I have them in several rooms....and have several sets at the mall.  As a child, my Dad was in the military and we moved a lot...could this be the reason for my love of suitcases?  I travel a lot with work...could this be it?  I buy lots and lots of stuff and need the storage...yep, I think we have found the reason!  Whatever my infatuation, I do love the look.