This weekend was crazy town busy! Friday I watched the first of the 10ish Cards games I'll watch all season - I'm a fair weather fan - quite literally! I'm not interested in actively watching the boys during a St. Louis summer. No amount of beer makes sitting in your own sweat cute.
Now that the Cards are officially in the playoffs (tied with the Nationals as of yesterday!) I can embrace the game in my own special way - ridiculous watch parties with lots of red! Stay tuned for that.
Saturday D and I got up and met our friends X and N for the Tri City Garage Sale. This is an annual event that I try to hit but missed last year as it was the weekend of our wedding.
Over the years I've gotten some SUPER bargains - all our dining room chairs which I painted and recovered, plus a table which I gave to my sister A, my desk, a vintage steamer trunk for D's side business (more on that in a minute), and tons of fun zhushing elements.
Well despite my furniture hall of year's past, this might be THE GREATEST YET, even though we only spent about $30. Enter, the 49 star flag!
holy scary outfit, k. good thing that flag is amazing.
Not to get all Antique Roadshow on you, but the 49 star flag was only made for 8 months - 8 whole months!! - from when Alaska was inducted as the 49th state in Jan of 1959 and Hawaii was inducted as the 50th state in Aug of 1959. The best part of this find? It was only $10. Amazingness. I'm planning on making this the center of our den redo which we're hoping to start on in December after we make a final push to finish up the upstairs and main level.
Other exciting finds of the day include: a gigantic clock, a vintage globe, an antique printing set, a stately planter in need of some TLC, a sassy metal orange bookcase, original Ball Mason jars, and a brand spanking new projector screen which we'll put to great use. We also picked up lots of colorful vintage books - always a fun find and great bookcase maker!
the cornwell hall
X was much better than I at immediately finding homes for all her new treasures and snapped this pic of the bookcase, globe, some books and mason jars all zhushed up in their office.
look at that zhushing! love it!
The rest of the weekend was full of unexciting things like painting outlet covers and bathroom trim in preparation for my family coming in a few weeks. I did take off Saturday night to visit D and his brother J at Grove Fest, a neighborhood festival where they were promoting their side business, 314 Threads.
the booth was looking pretty messy at this point as we were huddling like crazy to stay warm.
That's it! Back later this week with some spray paint transformations and holiday projects!
xoxo,
KC
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