Posted by Suzanne McMinn on November 5, 2007 @ 8:04 am
Boonies
Then I got into the shabby chic look on these weathered yellow ones. And I had to have these wash tubs that would make great garden pots, and there was this really cool rusted manual tiller thing that would look awesome sitting in front of my imaginary barn and….
So I went to an auction on Saturday. I’ve never been to an auction before. This auction was actually held at the house/farm, so it was interesting to poke around there. Ralph Vineyard was 82 when he died and he’s distantly and indirectly related to my family. (In this county, who isn’t?) And yet somehow he didn’t even leave me a chair with no bottom. Go figure.
The old farmhouse sits on a hill at a major one-lane road boonies intersection and is something of a landmark around here, so it was fun to walk around the house and farm. I had to stand around and listen to the auctioneer for a few hours before I could even understand what he was saying, and of course the chairs were the last thing they got around to selling off. After I got the chairs, people kept telling me, “Those are great chairs. You can sand them down, paint them, put new bottoms in them.” Like they were trying to cheer me up after this burst of insanity in which I bought three amazingly crappy chairs. You should have seen the blank looks on their faces when I’d say, “I don’t want to fix them up! I wanted them because they are so crappy!!!”
Isn’t it obvious they are perfect shabby chic plant stands???
(Winner from this weekend’s contest draw–#1, Desmond! Email me!)
Posted by Suzanne McMinn on November 5, 2007 @ 8:04 am
8:59
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Shabby chic is cool. I hope you them for a real bargain.
Congratulations, Desmond!
-Kim
9:40
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Congrats Desmond!!
I love the look of shabby chic. Some people just don’t understand though. Hope everyone has a great day.
Leanne
10:43
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I love the shabby chic look! And I think the chairs will make great planters!
1:27
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I guess those people just aren’t very creative in their thinking!
That house looks gorgeous.
Congratulations, Desmond!
2:05
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lol you didn’t say how much you paid for your “collectibles”
2:12
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Too much, LOL! Except that I love them.
2:53
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Ooh, I love them!
Shabby chic is the best. You can literally do anything with that look.
I saw the cutest garden in Brooklyn. They took an old wrought-iron bed (a really pretty one!!!) and stuck it out in the garden. Then they planted different colored marigolds and other short flowers (cockscombs, batchelor buttons, etc…) in tight squares throughout the “bed” like a crazy quilt. Flower “bed,” get it? But it was so cute in the setting. There were also some antique windows stuck into the ground on stakes (different kinds — gothic, farmhouse, dutch…) to frame different views of the garden as you walked through. It was such a cool setting!
And they had your chair planters.
That’s what made me think of it.
3:31
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Do we get to see them when you have them set up?
3:38
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The chairs are absolutely cool! The washtubs are great as planters. I have a tub full of pinks.
4:33
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Becky, that garden sounds amazing!! It should be in a magazine. Those are some really good ideas, too. Thank you!
4:34
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Alice, yes, next spring when I have planters ready for them and put them on the porch, I’ll definitely be posting pics!!
5:06
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Congratulations Desmond!
The chairs look great for plant stands, are you going to keep them yellow?
Have a good day!
1:02
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Well…..duh! Some people just don’t get it. Love the chairs…….the crappier the better!!!
I love your site!