Happy Birthday Amanda

My oldest daughter turns 29 today!

Oh my goodness, I think that means I am getting old!

Happy Birthday Amanda!

This is Amanda's fiance, James!

She is getting married Dec. 4th,

they are running off to get married!

Although she's never been married,

she doesn't want a wedding.

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Note: My other daughter, Chef Sarah

is getting married this Friday the 13th!

She is getting married at the court house!

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Theothertheresa

Never Enough!

Doll Heads

Country Living magazine quoted me saying.....

I just love stuff, period!

and that is the truth! I love so many different things it would be hard to list them all! I love different textures and mixing all kinds of styles! Here are a few of my favorite things!

Books and Iron Frames

Clocks

Alabaster Grapes

More Clocks

Bird Nest with Eggs

Crowns

Coral and Drift Wood

Old Watches

Rust

Theothertheresa

What about this?

Why is it when your decorating for yourself everything is so much harder? First of all, as dealers we go through tons of furniture every year. Then when there is something you want to do for yourself it feels like you don't have anything that you really want to use! So far this is what I have, but I'm sure this will change several times as I get things that I like better. I tried using all white, but the furniture disappeared into the porch.

This bench in the left hand corner is so cool, but it is very uncomfortable, so I know for sure it has to go! I have another bench I am going to try in it's place.

These iron pieces behind the large table I have kept for myself for about 5 years, but I'm not sure if I really like them! It nearly killed me to put them up cause we had to drill holes in that new aluminum trim! Keep in mind everything will look better in the summer when I can have some flowers on the porch!

These chairs are out of my dining room, I bought some for the porch, but I didn't like them either! I think I might be to picky!

The porch faces the South and we get a lot of wind, so I have to choose things that are heavy won't blow away!

Theothertheresa

New Roof and Porch

Let me start by saying I have been waiting 15 years to have a covered porch on my house! This summer we had to have a new roof put on our house and it was the perfect opportunity to build the porch. I am so excited to finally have it finished! Now I have an outdoor room to decorate! Actually I have been working on decorating the porch for the last couple of days, and I can't wait to show you the results! Stay tuned!

We took all the railing off so when you set down there is nothing obstructing the view! One rail left to take down!

Here's Spencer checking things out!

Theothertheresa

More Dealers from Tailgate

There were some great dealers set up in Wilson Hall with us at the Tailgate show! Most of these dealers I know from the old Lakewood show in Atlanta. They have some amazing talent! Hope you enjoy their booths!

Top and bottom pics: Peg and Jon of French Vanilla

Top and bottom pics: Robert of Splurge

Top and bottom pics: Kara of Studio F

Top and bottom pics: Lu and Joe of Quintessential

Lu and Joe are news friends we just met at this show, they have a shop in St. Louis, I can't wait to go there and see the store! It was fun getting to meet new friends and visit with old ones.

Theothertheresa

French Giveaway!

My good friend Jackie of

Bliss Farm Antiques

is going to Paris to shop at the flea markets in a few days! She is bringing one lucky blogger back something from France! Get on over to her blog and leave a comment so you can get your name in the hat for the drawing! I hope Jackie has a great time there!

TOT

Home Again!

I have all kinds of things to report! We had a great show, got to see old friends, meet some new friends and sell bunches of junk! Oh, I mean treasures!

We got to see several old friends that we used to set up with at the old Lakewood, even got to see Cindy of The Plum Tree, she bought a great store counter from me for her shop! Thanks Cindy! Seen a couple of blogger friends as well and of course they supported our cause also.

Taylor Swift was in our booth, but I didn't even know who she was! Sorry Taylor!

Sadly we found out the Nashville Fairgrounds is closing down June 2010, it will be torn down to the ground. The Tailgate show will be held there again in Feb. 2010, but will have to find a new venue after that! I am very bummed that I won't be able to go the Nashville Flea Market after June! It concerns me when I hear about shows closing down, makes me worry about where we will be selling our wares!

I wasn't to sure what to take to this show since it is mostly country (primitive) stuff, so we took a few white things and a lot of industrial. We sold most of the industrial and a few white pieces.

I couldn't resist taking a picture of these two cute dogs, their mom and dad were parking the trailer and they were keeping watch!

Theothertheresa

Projects Completed

Before

Do you ever have those projects that you buy with good intentions of working on right away, but.....they get pushed to the back of the building? Then 2 years later you come across them and say....oh I forgot I even bought those! We have been trying to clean out our building for about a year now, and we just keep pulling out things that need some TLC.

We have been doing a lot of industrial furniture at shows lately, so I thought this metal dresser, desk and side table would be a good addition to our booth in Nashville. Even I was surprised at the results of how the pieces turned out! The first picture shows the dresser and side table. I didn't take a picture of the desk, but it had several coats of paint on it....blue, green, brown, black, red and white! It took several coats of stripper and a lot elbow grease to get these pieces to this point!

Well, my youngest daughter showed up about the time I got the desk finished, dresser was already done and she had a fit over the pieces! She bought the dresser at a discounted price and I told her the desk could be her Christmas, she was elated!

Suddenly it was back to the drawing board to find something to take to the show! We pulled some more things out and got them finished in time to be loaded! Come on out the the Tailgate Show at the Nashville fairgrounds Oct. 30th and 31st and check out the goodies!

After

Theothertheresa

Check this out!

Photo: Property of Brocantess

My dear friend Marcy has a new blog called

Brocantess!

You must go check it out! Oh my gosh, I'm so excited! She travels to France several times a year and she has great taste in decorating! Please leave her a welcoming comment and tell her I sent you!

Theothertheresa

Who is it?

Can you guess who this is, fast asleep in our humble little abode? Was it the light or was she cold? Why in the world did she have her head covered up?
TOT

Update: Yes, it's Lauri! I don't think she likes the light! Sweet Lauri is not a morning person!

It's a Party

It's a Flea Marketeer Party hosted by Flea Market Style Magazine! I'm supposed to show a picture of my favorite junk store find. These religious statues rank right up at the top of my all time favorites.

Join in the party it sounds like tons of fun!

Theothertheresa

Sweet Pea

Here's Mrs. Sweet Pea (Shelly) adding up all those sales she had at Marburger! Shelly had a great booth, I wanted to by everything! She comes up with some really cool stuff and I love the ways she puts it all together! Hope you enjoy the tour of her booth.

Theothertheresa