Shopping local, non-mall? Come to The Living Room!

A little sampler of what you'll find at The Living Room Consignment & Tea

I hope your Thanksgiving Day was a blessed day for you. Now that you can move again after eating all that turkey, consider a relaxing stroll through The Living Room. We have quality consigned items of all sorts (furniture, home furnishings, collectibles, art, tea...). And we're open the Friday after Thanksgiving, if you want a respite from the malls.

Turkey Platters, China, Glassware for Thanksgiving

We have what you need for your Thanksgiving Day table. In fact, if you need the table, we have that, too.

Remember, your food bank donation is an instant 5% off coupon:
1 donated item: 1 item 5% off, no limit

Autumn weather calls for a fringe jacket in rusty, autumn suede

Look for this stylin' Western leather jacket on ebay this week!

Oh, and don't forget the boots:

Texas brand leather boots, cowgal size 4.5 D, on ebay this week.

If the links get broken, search eBay for:

"Vintage Western leather fringe jacket Interim tawny golden suede"

and "Texas vintage leather cowboy boots"

See ya there!

The GWTW Lamp Goes Chimeric

Here's a happy update to a recent post. Cynthia brought in an interesting piece of lamp that fits perfectly on the vintage parlor lamp base.

Here we've set a small cup with a tealight on the existing socket, but you could use a standard-base decor light bulb.
What do you think?

4 game bird portraits from the 1940s

These four shadowbox diorama game bird portraits were painted by Joseph Q. Whipple in the 1940s for Abercrombie and Fitch Co., NY, back when they were a sporting goods store.



Even the nameplate on the back is intriguing.

That original price sticker showing $6.50 for one of these framed collectibles in ~1940 corresponds to about $120 today. Starting bid for the entire set of 4 on ebay this week is much less!
 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180753299653

Lamplight for cozy evenings

Antique Cast iron cat door stop ($58) contemplates vintage cast glass lion in GWTW lamp base ($38)

I learned yet another phrase to describe a portion of this world's temporal treasures: GWTW, as in anything related to the book and movie "Gone With the Wind", as in this case, Victorian-style, double-globe, glass lamps. So much to learn, so little time :^)

Well-bred cards for dog lovers

Liz Marshall arrived with a charming assortment of greeting cards for dog lovers. I know better than to try to photograph cards in plastic sleeves, but couldn't resist sharing a little glimpse of these personality-packed cuties (not sure what that last breed is):