Vintage Piano Bench with Storage

We recently picked up this old solid wood piano bench. Estimate that it’s from the 70s. Stripped, sanded and refinished it with antique jade stain. We then recovered the cushion with some heavy furniture grade vintage fabric. Perfect accent piece for a living room, dormer or the end of the bed and provides storage. SOLD!

Defining “repurpose”

So we’ve haven’t been having the best luck finding the Jacobian/French Provincial buffet that we really want to use as a tv console. It crossed our mind that the dresser we just finished could serve this purpose in the meantime and we kinda like it. Makes a great accent piece, has plenty of room for storage. And brings a ton of character and interest to the room. But don’t get me wrong, it’s still available! Sold

Handmade Vintage Kitchen Cart

Recently found this old hand made kitchen cart. Wasn’t much to look it. Naturally distressed white paint, but solid. Cleaned it up, sanded it down and gave it a couple fresh coats of deep red “berry” paint. On small casters – all in solid working condition. 24″ W x 27″ H x 16″ D. SOLD!

The 54 GMC Shop Truck

Another slow moving project…54 GMC half ton pickup. 5 window. Buy some stuff so I can get this thing on the road!

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Hart’s Place

We were on a little road trip to Roanoke recently, in no hurry at all and traveling up Rt. 360 in the Chesterfield/Richmond area this huge stained glass window caught our eye out in front of this old general store. We quickly pulled a u turn and headed back. Glad we did. The shop is called Hart’s Place. An unassuming old general store front, turned out to house about 15 rooms full of antiques. No junk either. This guy has nothing but the good stuff. The front room probably had 60 old metal lunchboxes. Among the other killer items were tons of advertising, a pretty good vinyl collection, furniture, quite a few old ice boxes, tons of old toys and collectibles, glassware, some nice stained glass, bicycles — it went on and on. Wish I had taken more pictures. The main building was an old general store, another newer out building, and the third building used to be an old motel room. The owner was super cool and everything was priced very reasonably. Unlike most antique shops…Oh, and did I mention the full size Bob’s Big Statue front center in the main shop?

If you’re in the area or passing through, you should definitely check this place out. Hell, it’s even worth a special trip!
http://www.hartsplaceva.com/

Vintage Shotgun Cleaning Outfit – Tin Box

Cool tin case from a JC Higgins shotgun cleaning outfit. Sold only thru Sears Roebuck. In very good vintage condition.
Tin measures 13.75″ long x 2″ wide x 1.5″ deep. $8

Round Steel Frame Mirror – Vintage

This is a vintage mirror we found recently. Deep set with thin walled steel frame. 26″ in diameter. Glass is in excellent condition and steel frame has nice patina. Has 4 points for mounting on back and is ready to hang. By the way, it’s not easy photographing a mirror – but these pics provide a pretty accurate portrayal. $65

German 1930s Baby Tub

We picked up this really unique item at a shop in Amelia County over the weekend. Enamel porcelain baby bathtub and stand from the 1930s. These were used a lot in Germany and this particular one was made in Hungary. This thing was so cool we had to have it. Now just have to decide whether to use it as a planter or somewhere to store cold beverages while entertaining guests…NFS.

Vintage 60s Red Glass Hanging Lamp

We picked up this really cool vintage hanging lamp/light fixture up near Floyd, VA on our recent trip. It was filthy and wasn’t working, so we cleaned it up, rewired it with a 12′ cord and added an inline switch. Glass is deep red in color. Brass colored (probably not real brass) top cap. Approximately 10-12″ in diameter. Just get a hook and chain to hang it from the ceiling, or could hang from a stand. Super cool and very unique. $100

Shabby Chic Dresser / 3-Drawer Primitive, Distressed

We took a little trip up to the Roanoke area recently and came back with a car load of great finds. First off, we picked up this 3 drawer antique dresser in Amelia, Virginia on our way up to the mountains. This thing had great bones but was in really rough shape. We brought it home, sanded the entire thing down and gave it a few coats of antique jade stain and finished the top in a dark brown “kona” stain. It was then hand waxed with a couple coats and finished off with new hardware. Turned out pretty nice and if we hadn’t grabbed it up when we did, it would’ve probably just stayed outside and rotted away. We’ll post a couple finished pics after it was polished up. SOLD!

Here are some before and after pics.