Hi everyone...I hope I'm finding you enjoying this beautiful weekend and celebrating Mother's Day. I was at American Home & Garden today and wanted to share some new arrivals with you. Enjoy this shot of eye candy~a short post to make you smile :)
I love these old Adirondack chairs especially with the time worn paint~
Great old iron chaise lounge with Shabby Chic ruffled cushion cover~SWEET~
Lovely old bird bath and Orb~
The cutest Beach House sign~sweet shabby dresser~
Several re-purposed cake plates~perfect for the vintage wedding~graduation and birthday parties!
Amazing old steamer trunk~with the original hangers~
Gorgeous~old and large oil painting~
Sweet Victorian wire antique florist stand and lots of vintage flower frogs~
Hope you enjoyed the tour of new arrivals~come visit us at American Home & Garden soon~
Located at 64 S. Oak Street
Ventura Ca. 930001
Ventura's Best kept SECRET!
Call us if you see something you gotta have at (805) 648-6818
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Have a beautiful weekend~Happy Mother's Day~
xokathee
OMG you know that IKEA commercial where the husband is in the car and the wife comes running...start the car! Start the CAR! Well that's how I felt this weekend when I went to my friend Cheryl's vintage yard sale! Cheryl has AMAZING taste and when she has a sale...well...you just don't miss it! I came home with several goodies, this 8 foot farm table and 7 chairs being one of them....
I love the size and the patina~especially the knotty pine top! I added some of my vintage European bread boards and some of my French enamelware and of course fresh roses cut from the garden~
My next find..was this amazing 3 tier Antique Victorian wire plant stand with the crown....I seem to be collecting more of these lately and it went perfect on the porch with my wire bench purchased the weekend before~
I also found an antique chaise lounge with a custom Shabby Chic ruffled cover (don't have a pic yet) and a lovely yard long of pansies~Such a great day~ Thank you Cheryl for the invite! Your sales are a MUST for me!
Linking up to Kathleen's White Wednesday at Faded Charm...stop by and check out all the lovelies HERE
Linking also to Savvy Southern Style: Wow Us Wednesday HERE
Also Linking to French Country Cottage~Feathered Nest Friday HERE
Linking to Cindy's Romantic Home ~Show and Tell Friday HERE
Last but not least joining Common Ground for Vintage Inspiration HERE
You can also visit my favorite vintage/garden/antique store and BEST kept SECRET in Ventura CA American Home & Garden~ at 64 S. Oak Street, Ventura Ca. 93001~Where I have a booth space!
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Go take a visit...you will be in AAHH~
Have a beautiful week~xok
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Doesn't it make you happy when Spring rolls around..? Having a cottage garden you know when Spring is here. The roses start blooming like crazy and the Iris pop up everywhere. Probably my most FAV time of the year! Still cool enough, that you can enjoy all the blooms... before Summer comes. My garden is best viewed and enjoyed in the months of April, May and June....the Summer months are still pretty but the Spring months are breathtaking! I love decorating the garden with antique and vintage garden pieces. I love flea market gardening...I'm at a flea every week, sometimes 2 times a week..and right now I'm crazy about French wire garden pieces and Victorian Plant Stands~Here is a recent Flea Market find~PS you can click to enlarge any photo!
Yes this was a keeper! I just happened to be one of the first ones at the market and just about died when I saw it. As I was asking the price another woman was pointing at it and I knew I had to scoop it up!
Here is another flea market find...going back about 5 years...I found this beauty..a green 3 tier crowned plant stand. The watering can is from Germany...I collect those too...:)
I love decorating the garden with TRUE antique garden pieces. Here is another Victorian Bench I picked up at a flea market in Oregon, while I was at a horse show...luckily there was room in the trailer for it to come home!
I titled this post Roses and Iris...I guess I should show you some!!
Roses and Pride of Madera...I just started some white Iceberg roses on the arbor...still haven't bloomed yet..can't wait!!
Another Pride of Madera (varigated) just starting to bloom. I love their blue color. In the background another flea market find an old rusty garden arbor bench with dove bird statuary. I try to match the Adirondack chairs to the colors in the garden...on a future post I will show you my PINK Adirondack chairs!
I hope you enjoyed the garden tour today! I'm linking up with on of my favorite linky parties at Fishtail Cottage...Thank you Tracie for hosting such a fun party! So hop on over to Tracie's and see all the other garden party animals HERE
Also linking to French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday...click HERE to see the fun!
Find me at Show and Tell Friday at Cindy's Romantic Home HERE
Linking up to Cedar Hill Ranch Cowgirl Up Linky Party HERE
And last but not least~Chic on a Shoestring Decorating~Flaunt it Friday HERE
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You can visit my "other" flea market finds at American Home & Garden in Ventura CA. where I have a booth space! (Ventura's BEST KEPT SECRET)
64 South Oak Street
Ventura Ca 93001
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Thank you for coming to visit today~I really enjoy your comments and would love to visit you also~
xok
So much to share this week~two posts~and two White Wednesday entries! I love it~so to get started the May issue of Jeanne d' Arc Living Magazine will be at American Home & Garden and Agoura Antique Mart today....and here is a sneak peak of the cover and inside. Don't forget the new price of only $13.95..
Always such beautiful images and always without advertisements~
I'm loving Spring at American Home & Garden the store looks amazing and full....and changing everyday! We just re-did the window and look who found a new place to hang out....
(click on any picture to enlarge)
Snuggie thinks this is a perfect spot for him this Spring~ he can see and greet all the customers as they come in. He just curled up and was loving be admired by all walking by the window~
In the window we added an iron sofa and chair set with custom ruffled cushions, iron fleur de lis fence, shutter window box, vintage iron table, wicker chair ~ you gotta come see it~you're gonna love this window!
I'm loving this double wash sink on castors~what a great coffee table..with loads of storage! Look at the old perfectly rusty bicycle basket~perfect for your books and magazines!
Here is one of the best industrial carts I have ever seen~look at that color! Perfect for out in the garden or even used as a kitchen island~and can you spy the old wooden seed box up above? I could find a hundred uses for that piece! Can't not mention the 1/2 wall French bottle dryer rack~
Have we got a sink for you!!! This is an AHmAZing double zinc sink from an old dairy! Perfect for a greenhouse or a mud room, or even just a garden statement piece! I personally have one of these sinks here for my garden and LOVE it! Charley is building me a green house for it.
OmG~so many great pieces are here now~hurry in things go very fast around here~
Joining the great linky party again this week over at Kathleen's Faded Charm...a first for me... two post this week to join in the FUN! Hop on over and check out the other entries here
Also joining My Romantic Home linky party for Show and Tell Friday click here to follow along and see the other entries!
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Come visit us at American Home & Garden (Ventura's Best Kept Secret~where the dealers shop)
64 S. Oak Street
Ventura CA. 93001
805-648-6818
If you ever see anything you LOVE~give us a call!
Have a beautiful weekend lovelies!
xok
PS..we all appreciate your time and your comments.....thank you!
This morning I was caught by surprise! I found an email from a lady who wrote a comment on my HGTV Rate MY Space. She was very sweet and asked a question about the rocks in my garden. The funny thing is I had forgot all about my rate my space page! I had put it up over 4 years ago! It was a nice surprise and made me go back through and look at my pictures...it is amazing how fast a garden grows. Back four years ago, I didn't have a blog, I didn't do facebook, I wasn't an antique dealer, so I shared my pictures on HGTV Rate MY Space. It was so fun to read all the comments and see all the gardens. So it was a nice surprise that someone found my page again! If you would like to see it click here. I would love it if you would leave a comment and rate me...
You can also click on the other albums to see my kitchen and my more garden photos.
Today I was planning to do a new post on the garden. Seeing it is Spring and everything is blooming like CRAZY around here! :) We had a down pour the other night...and it left my flowers and garden so happy:)!!! Here are some pictures of the garden yesterday...
my koi pond Iris (hard to see, but had to show you how hardy this plant is!)
A better shot of the koi pond with multiple Iris' blooming...You can click to enlarge the pictures :)
You can see I love to use Iris and Rose combinations...
This year...I think I will have to start dividing the Iris (Yay free plants)
Last week these Roses were not even blooming. These are my favorite Roses called Royal Bonica. Do you remember my post of those gorgeous cast iron urns? (flea market keeper) :) I have a pair of them and they are across from each other on the driveway.
up close shot of my flea market find...heavy cast iron urn
Another flea market find is my tall bird bath with the little girl..just put her in the garden last week
Isn't she sweet? The birds sure do love her...I love the Rose and Lavender that surrounds her!
So that is my post for today, I will be linking up to Kathleen's White Wednesday to share...be sure to take a look at her beautiful blog...here
Linking up to The Shabby Creek Cottage for the first time today for transformation Thursday here
Hop on over and check out this amazing blog!
Also joining Debra at Common Ground for Vintage Inspiration...OMG this is such a great blog!! click here to visit
Linking to Cindy's My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday here
I'm always on the hunt for beautiful garden antiques...you can find my booth at American Home & Garden in Ventura CA.
The store is full to the brim right now with amazing garden pieces...come in for a visit...:)
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I would love it if you would rate me :)
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Have a beautiful day..
xok
I'm a sharer...and believe what comes around goes around...this week I wanted to share with you my FAVORITE antique store, Monticello Antiques in Portland, Oregon. My daughter Khrystyne was living in Oregon a few years ago and introduced me to this amazing shop. Over the years I've had the privilege to meet Joyce the store manager, Kelly the owner, and all of the crew! I feel at home in this shop...so comforting. This weekend I had an opportunity to visit the Monticello Home and Garden Show which runs thru May 28th. OMG I found some AMAZING stuff....if you get a chance........... go visit!!
I would love to share some of the beautiful dealers booths....They truly just don't get any better than this!!
As you can see...so much eye candy to look at...I had so much fun and bought a ton!
So that is how I spent my Easter weekend, hope you enjoyed the photos! Please stop by and say hello to my friend Joyce here
and tell her I sent you! You will see more pictures of the show on her blog as well!
Thank you to Joyce, Kelly, Darcy, Joe, and all the crew at Monticello...Kathee, Charley and Missy LOVE you!! Can't wait to see you again!!
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Have a lovely week! xok
I can't wait to show you what has arrived this week! So many new garden items...the store is just BURSTING! I hope you stop by this weekend...things go fast around here...Remember the new Jeanne d' Arc Living Magazine is also here with the new price. (AS OF TODAY ALL SOLD OUT of JDA) I will be transferring some from the other store at the end of the week. Thank you for supporting me on the magazine! I will be adjusting the buying for each store accordingly!
The cutest cast iron bath tub ever, with a stenciled pattern in turquoise. Wrought iron bench, wrought iron gate (pair), very old cast iron urn, sweet wooden glider bench. (this gorgeous bath tub SOLD this weekend!)....gotta hurry in if you see something....things go fast around here! If you see something you LOVE...call and let us know YOU want it!! We will make sure it is YOURS!!!
Doesn't Pame look adorable in this tub?? I could see this at my house planted with lavender and Ivy...maybe even some herbs.
Picture of the wooden glider bench from the early 60's in pristine condition...with that color we all love!
Karyn brought in this AMAZING clock...what a statement piece!
Mary brought in some beautiful garden pillows with ticking backs and stenciled fronts..
Karen brought in that gorgeous green stenciled basket...
Just in~ this beautiful Swedish half size bench with the cutest details. Also the iron flower cart is to die for!
Another antique cast iron urn and plinth...
Do you love French enamelware like I do? Well these sets are not only hard to find but don't last long in the store! Karyn has brought 3 sets in these past few weeks and this is her last set! Also we are selling out of the French Atmospheres Book, only 2 left. (only one left of the book French Atmospheres Book)
Another antique European bench...this one is pretty special opens up to store things under the seat. Beautiful green color with amazing details!
Who loves pine?? OMG this piece is to die for!!! Talk about a statement!! (SOLD after one day in the store!)
I hope you have enjoyed the tour today. Always a pleasure to share some "eye candy" with you!
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Don't hesitate to email me at forty4caliber@yahoo.com if you ever see anything you love and gotta have! You can call or visit the store at :
64 South Oak Street Ventura, CA 93001
