New consignments have arrived...some momentarily!

Eileen and Yvonne had a lot of fun this morning rearranging everything to make room for another big, new consignment. When the truck arrived in the mid-afternoon, the new pieces had barely come through the door when alert shoppers snatched up about half of them. We love it when that happens!

Here are some of the interesting and beautiful items that remain for your consideration...
(Please see our craigslist ad for current pricing and availability.)
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~ This beautiful, mahogany-toned, wooden china cabinet is relatively new, in excellent condition.
Graceful lines, subtle carving. 5'7" wide x 19" deep x 7' tall.

~ The vintage wool blanket is probably from the 1930s.
It's 62" x 78", thick and warm. The pink roses are in reverse pattern on each side. 

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~ We have a 1999 art calendar from Teatro Italiano featuring 12 prints of Commedia Dell Arte' characters in period costumes, suitable for framing.

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~ These 6 Chinese plates have beautiful floral patterns in an aqua palette.
The plates come in pairs, 8", 9" and 10". Discount available for multiples.
They make a stunning display on the vintage cherry-wood china hutch that came in last week.

This Lewisburg hutch can be see in this craigslist ad: http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/hsd/3022604082.html

Thanks for looking! We hope you'll visit again soon. 

Come for tea and shop for a treasure.

Antique side chairs: Queen Anne meets shabby chic

(UPDATE: These chairs sold 12/3/2011)


Lovely new consignment: a pair of antique chairs, refinished in roses of captivating charm:

The springs in the seat cushions are in great condition, and tell us these chairs are not reproductions but vintage.
Shabby chic refinishing and tasteful reupholstery give these sturdy Queen Anne-style side chairs a beautiful extension on life.
$125 each. SOLD
www.thelivingroominkenmore.com

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 :^)

Our new blog header

After many late nights chasing pixels, our logo is finalized, so good-bye to the blog banner with a photo of the beautiful cream rose from our garden:

and hello to our new banner, based on the big sign that will go over our shop:

We're hoping Sign Up Sign Company will be able to fit us into their schedule to come on Monday. Larry Ormbrek will actually bring the vinyl lettering and graphic and lay it out on the floor of The Living Room. Saves us trying to find a way of lugging a 12 foot by 4 foot sign board to his Bothell shop. Thanks, Larry! He and his wife, Susie, have been great to work with.

It was Laurie Sperry's really terrific idea to put our 3 target retail areas (furniture, art, tea & treats) on the window signs, rather than the overhead sign, since over the years, our specifics may morph, but our overhead sign will stay the same. Thanks, Laurie!

I was thinking about those 3 target markets:

Furniture relates to physical, practical necessities...

Art relates to the tug of beauty on our emotions and spirits, whispering...

Tea & treats relate to fellowship with other people...

Of course, all 3 overlap quite a bit, but there's me, categorizing and always looking for ways that the natural reveals facets of God's nature to us.

Love to you!
Katie