Serendipity Vintage Furnishings

One Year and Counting!!!

Happy First Anniversary to us-we opened our doors one year ago to our very first customer and then waited and waited for more to arrive.  Now they arrive frequently and often in groups who follow one another around and chat up the merchandise to each other.  Sales abound and the compliments are many!

How fun and how blessed we have been!  In honor of this event we are having a two day sale in the store and everything will be 20% off.  We mailed out hundreds of post cards last week to those on our mailing list and we hope for terrific response.  The weather will be VERY hot and there are some other outdoor events scheduled-thank goodness for air conditioning!  I, for one,  will enjoy NOT being out in the hot Oregon sun.

I will have to add pictures later since I didn't take any today while we  were busy tidying, rearranging and  just having fun!  Thank you to our faithful customers and to those who discovered us just today and yesterday.  We were interviewed for the local paper last week and many have searched us out since the article was published.

Pictures Fascinate Me.......

probably because I am not the least bit artistic although I do appreciate art, I think.  For instance, the way the birds below are framed and those frames reverse painted to resemble birdcages are amazing!  I am not sure where the artist would have gotten the inspiration to paint on the glass to accent those lovely birds.  Most effective......

These two are wonderful and I do love the frames!  I believe they are front and back views of the same property and I would love to visit and walk that path.  (We have never figured out what that light switch is for but it does NOT accent the pictures.)

This last one just charms me.  I want to visit the building, explore what treasures are stored behind those fabulous doors and envelope myself in the fragrance from the flowers!!

Happy July Everyone - Enjoy your summer!!

Hooray for the Red, White and Blue!!

There is just something uplifting about red, white and blue in any sort of combination!  Very special when it commemorates the birth of our nation.  We are just getting started decorating for our 4th of July and wanted to share-enjoy!!

Spring Is Here - Finally!!!

And should stick around until summer begins which is even better.  What a difference a few consecutive hours of sunshine makes in the world around you and in the attitudes around you!

In honor of Father's Day, below is a picture of one of the rare masuline areas in the shop.  (I know, but there are two gentlmen chalkware figures on the right....surely they count!)

To fathers everywhere - have the happiest of Sundays and enjoy your children!  This is our son's first Father's Day and we thank him and his wife for little Natalie!  Grandchildren are just wonderful!

Sunny June? Still Not......But We Had One Nice Day

After posting on Saturday about the bright spot in the store, Sunday was very nice and I enjoyed it immensely!  I am sorry to report it was a one day event and we are back to not very lovely, so instead of working in the garden on this day off I decided to share new things in the store.

A more tranquil desk set -

A lovely antique dresser and mirror

Beautiful Frenchy dresser

Oriental screen and closeup

Enjoy!!

Sunny June .......... NOT

Okay..I am a former Alaskan lady and I have embraced the sunshine in Oregon for the past two dozen years and been grateful not to have to shovel the white stuff in the winter anymore.  However, I am now reduced to looking for bright cheerful spots in the shop to approximate the glow from our non-existent sunshine (and complaining loudly and often about the lack of light!).  The most cheerful spot I could find today is below.  I love these colors more and more although I don't live with them at home.  Pardon me, I think I will have to go upstairs and pretend it is sunny!

And I am still pretending not to notice I have been tagged by a little imp of a friend.

Until she bugs me about it again, I am postponing my answers. 

A Shining Light on a Dark Cloudy Day

We were expecting to have a lovely, sunny Memorial Day weekend but our forecast has changed dramatically and rain is expected.  After last week's very hot temperatures, this is not the happy medium for which i was hoping.

Here's a bright corner in the shop that is cheery in spite of the cloudy exterior.

We love chandeliers and this is one of the most beautiful to gaze at across the rooms-enjoy!

The Patio is Open - Just in TIme for Mother's Day!

Seems to have been a long time since I posted!   The days have flown by and here it is May and almost Mother's Day.  Our best wishes to all Mothers - mothers by birth or mothers by heart.  We love all of you and wish you each a happy day filled  with love.

Our long narrow "patio" is finally in some semblance of order.  When the plants are added it will be more colorful but at present we hope you all find it interesting and perhaps somewhat inspirational when it comes to your own outdoor haven. 

We didn't have a particular theme - hard to define with eight participants.   Here are a few pictures to browse and more items will be coming in frequently!

 

Just an aside - everything in the store not already on sale will be 10% off Saturday only in honor of our mothers!

Earth Day

I have never seen my sentiments expressed better by someone else.  Thank you so much, Karen from A'Musements for your words!

Be Present, Be Aware, Be A Custodian of the Future

                                                

       There is no special date to be aware of our plight.  No significant time to start caring.  No greater urgency than the peril of the planet.  Help...anyway you can, in every way you can.  Stand for something, do better, be better.  Give an hour of time, for every year you've lived, to help the environment.  Treat your children and the world's children, to clean air, pure water and glaciers to cool them in the heat.  Start today.

Since I couldn't find a way to express this any better, I have borrowed your words.  My very sincere thanks!

                                                

       There is no special date to be aware of our plight.  No significant time to start caring.  No greater urgency than the peril of the planet.  Help...anyway you can, in every way you can.  Stand for something, do better, be better.  Give an hour of time, for every year you've lived, to help the environment.  Treat your children and the world's children, to clean air, pure water and glaciers to cool them in the heat.  Start today.

Since I couldn't find a way to express this any better, I have borrowed your words.  My very sincere thanks!

Spring has Sprung ...

in spite of the recent weather setbacks here in Oregon.  Our weekend was lovely (DH and I were at the coast for our anniversary) and now we are ready for a new look in the shop!  To help that illusion of spring last until it really gets here are some new items for you to enjoy.

Love this table and chair set

And the pretty things on it!                                        

This lovely vintage glass coffee table adds to that lighter feel.

Come see for yourself what spring has brought to the shop-you may be surprised at what you find. 

This lovely little thing paid Grandma a surprise visit last Thursday - she is now five months old and wanted to check out her inheritance!  (Seems to have been a little overwhelmed-LOL!)

Natalie Nicole

Happy April! ~S~