My heart is in my THROAT....26 Days to go until THE Shabby Vintage Junk EXTRAVAGANZA.....!!! AND a PS to end the day....!!!

Good Morning Keepers Of The Past EVERYWHERE....!!

Well we've entered the DO OR DIE stage as we enter the final preparation leading up to the SVJ-X....My head is literally SPINNING with everything that needs to be done & this is WITHOUT the MANY projects requiring my attention for my own stall....So it's FULL STEAM AHEAD here at Camp SVJ today....As I type I can hear Mr SVJ banging (& swearing) something (about something) out in his workshop so I won't dilly dally lest the swearing & the banging involve me....hahahahaha....!!

I have  27 projects out on the back deck that I need to FINISH today HOWEVER, I didn't want to become so caught up in everything that I missed out on posting my Sunday Wrap Up....So here again for your viewing pleasure are my Treasures below from the Market & my run through the HR yesterday....ALL GOING WELL, I hope to be able to pop back this evening to discuss my 'projects'....!!

** NB: Remember the gate & the bench are PREVIOUS finds....!! **

GORGEOUS chippy cream wood & metal high chair, camp stool & print plucked from the nature strip....!!

I bought a boxed lot of vintage kitchenalia at the Market this morning....I LOVE this stuff & I use it all the time in various junk projects....!!

Now WHY would you put these out in the Hard Rubbish when we have recycling bins....???

Wire milk bottle carriers that I just need to peel the remaining plastic from & spray with poly....THANK YOU HR Angels....!!!

YUMMY wooden clothes airer....I ALWAYS rescue these from the HR....A light clean & rub with bees wax & Bob's your Uncle....!

Next to gavalnised stuff, red metal stuff & chippy painted stuff....CRINKLY wire stuff is my FAVE....hahahahahaSNORT....!  This bike basket was bought from my FAVE dealer at the Market this morning....!

Oh my FREAKIN HECK....I almost fainted when I spied this gavanised BEAUTY at the Market this morning....I can FIT IN IT with my legs over the side....I know what I'll be doing this summer out on the deck & it involves me, my undies & BEER....OK....Perhaps NOT a picture you needed but I just HAD TO SHARE.... :o) !!

PERFECTLY shabby bird cage....Always always ALWAYS pick these up in the HR when I see them....!!!

GOBSMACKINGLY AWESOME blackboard form the Hard Rubbish....Just needs a clean & we're good to go....!!!

You KNOW I have a THANG for these babies....I paid a bit for this one but I don't have one with drawers so it was a MUST HAVE....!!!

Another typewriter....Now I have THREE....A COLLECTION at last....Scored this one at the Market....!!  And last but by NO MEANS least is a really NEAT handrail....Would make a GREAT ballet bar in a little girls room....!!

OK I must FLY.....I hope everyone is having a TOTALLY JUNKACIOUS weekend....I'll be back....hahahahahahaSNORT....!!!!!!

Cheers for now,
Tamarah :o)

PS:  Remember my living room several weeks ago ....?  Well thanks to the rain this afternoon when I was NECK DEEP in projects outside, it doesn't look as tidy any more....!!

** sigh ** I pushed the dining table up against the lounge , placed a drop sheet on the floor & dragged EVERYTHING (almost) inside....!!

All items have been cleaned....Now I just need to finish, staining, sanding the odd rough edge, spraying with poly (metal items), waxing with bees wax, painting and then pricing....ALL except for that GINORMOUS tub I bought at the Market this morning....THAT's a KEEPER....hahahahahaha....!!

Now before I head off for some much needed R&R (reading all those YUMMY blogs I follow) I just wanted to say HI to Jacinta who left a note on my blog earlier....I REMEMBER you from Friars Town....Please email me at:  shabbyvintagejunk@hotmail.com as I'd like to catach up with you....!!

Cheers AGAIN,
Tamarah :o)

HAPPY MONDAY Shabby Vintage Junkers EVERYWHERE....!!

Good Morning Friends....!!

I hope this note finds everyone relaxed following the weekend break....!! I'm afraid my 48 was quite hectic....So much so that I was too pooped to post last night falling into bed at 8.30pm....!

My reader is FULL of exciting posts from all my FAVE bloggers which I'm ITCHING to investigate alas, they will have to wait until I return home from work this evening.... ** sigh ** PESKY day job....hahahahaha....!

Speaking of work, yesterday was my day to share a stall with my Friend Lyn at the Market so I was up at 3am to get ready, get to the Market & unload & move my car to the vendor parking area in order to be out of Lyn's way when she arrived....!!  This was all said & done by 4.30am which meant I had several hours to run around shopping until I needed to be back at the stall to open up....Funnily enough, I didn't find ANY Treasures until almost 7.30am when I was heading back to the stall....!

Now this YUMMY perfectly chippy red metal fire hose cupboard was found on the side of the road on Saturday afternoon....It had RED BACK spiders all over the back of it.....yarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....HATE those things....For my US readers, these spiders are thought to be related to the Black Widow & the female has a NASTY bite to contend with....

Mr SVJ is going to help me put a couple of shelves in this piece & of course it needs a GOOD clean & after a spray with poly it will look DELICIOUS....!!!

There she is....NASTY little BE-ATCH....!!!

Moving along....For your viewing pleasure are the smalls from the weekend....Aren't they PERTY....hahahahaha....  :o)

Sweet little Apprentice tool tray & red & white Willow tin....BOTH found on the side of the road....LOVE vintage Willow & haven't seen this particular pattern before & of course being RED I couldn't leave it behind....!

Galvanised BEAUTY....I've not seen a galvanised basin before so I was HAPPY to find this at the Market yesterday....And the gavalnised basket originally from Authurs Dairy, was found in the HR on Saturday....  :o) !!!

Sexy SEXY galvanised basin....

TO FREAKIN DIE FOR Florentine lamp base....I found one of these ten years ago at the Market so when I stumbled upon this one yesterday I was OVERJOYED....Now I have TWO in this shape & style....WOOHOO for me....hahahahaha....!!!

The patina on these two wood pieces makes my heart ACHE....Just SENBLOODYSATIONAL....They're old hat block pieces & will be GORGEOUS as display pieces at the upcoming Shabby Vintage Junk Extravaganza....!!

The spool is another AWESOME piece & is currently home to some very fine copper thread....LOVE the scone/bicky/donut cutter thing & the whisk & the hearth brush are VERY droolworthy....!!

Love love L-O-V-E this industrial light fitting....And the rope is for Mr SVJ to use in a new cat scratching post for those little vandals, Baxter & Harley who have RUINED their old one....!!

Well I must be off....The walk to the station awaits....!

I hope you all had a HAPPY & SAFE weekend & I look forward to catching up with your adventures tonight....!!!

Cheers,
Tamarah :o)

WHY would you buy cheap CRAP manufactured overseas when Treasures like these abound on the kerb....???

Hello Everyone....!  I hope you're all having a splendid weekend....A SPECIAL G'DAY to all the lovely Junkers in the US celebrating the 4th July....I hope your holiday weekend has been happy & SAFE....!

Alas, I'm a little under the weather at the moment so I won't stay long....Just wanted to pop in & share my HR & Market finds....I hope you like them....!!

Narrow bathroom cabinet rescued from the HR....Just needs a new piece of ply in back, some wallpaper & a couple of shelves....TOO EASY....!

This is a blind roller rail from an old tram I found at the Market....The blind has long gone however, it'll make an AWESOME teatowel holder for the kitchen....!

DELICIOUS Axminister carpet....I scored this long narrow piece from the HR....PERFECT as a hall runner OR I could have it cut in half to make a couple of rugs....

Found five of these shabby rusty metal chairs on the kerb....A good clean & spray with poly & 'Bob's your uncle'....!

I'll cut a piece of wood to make a top for the little wrought iron piece at the bottom of the pic....GREAT bedside or small coffee table potential there....!

The wardrobe these mirrored doors came from was HUGE....Couldn't fit the thing in my van however, the doors were easier to work with.... :o)

Sweet old oak clock face, couple of garden tools, hardware & a NEAT old stapler....ALL from the HR....SCHWING....!!

BE STILL my rapidly beating heart....Babumpbabumpbabumpbabump....This galvanised bin is seriously SEXY HR junk & will now live in our loo holding loo rolls....!!!

I often find lamps in the HR but this one is a RIPPER....LOVE IT....!!!

Poly has long flown the coop but I'm sure I can find a use for this galvanised beauty....

Three pink glass 50's light fittings....!

GOBSMACKINGLY DIVINE cubby scored at the Market....It's the PERFECT green....PERFECTLY distressed....PERFECT size....PERFECTPERFECTPERFECT....!!!

VERY happy with my finds....Now I'm going to go have a look at yours....!

Cheers,
Tamarah :o)

CONGRATULATIONS....It's a GIRL....!!!

How do Everyone....??!

I'm afraid I'm well & truely under the pump today so I'm getting my Sunday Wrap Up out early in order to get back outside to work....!!

Below are my Treasures from the Market this morning....!

6 x YUMMY Agee bottles with their AWESOME zinc lids....!

Lovely old oil lamp base will look GORGEOUS as a vase & TO DIE FOR pastel blue & pink tin....!!

YUMMY wood stool with chippy red top....** sigh **

Another AWESOME demijohn....!!

And here she is....My NEW arrival....hahahahaha....I was a TAD worried about introducing a girl to the 'pack' but they seem to have taken her under their collective 'wings' & there have been no territorial disputes....As yet....hahahahahaha....!!

And last but by NO MEANS least this FABULOUS galvanised tin....purrrrrrfect....!

I may be back this evening with a further update but we'll see how we go....!!

I hope EVERYONE'S had a BRILLIANT day....!!!

Cheers for now,
Tamarah :o)

Thrifted Treasures on a rainy day when I SHOULD be otherwise occupied....!!

Happy Saturday Everyone....!

Before I begin my Saturday Finds post I would like to say a BIG THANK YOU for all your messages of encouragement & enthusiasm for my Junk....I can't tell you how it makes me SMILE to have you drop in & say HI....It really has been such a THRILL for me to find a community of like minded people & I'm looking forward to sharing many more junkin' adventures with you....As a matter of fact, Mr SVJ has a digital video camera & I have plans to show you some VERY interesting....STUFF....hahahahaha....!!

Well it was a wet old day here in Melbourne & I spent the majority of it on the road looking for Treasures....Mind you....When I left the house this morning, I was JUST going to 'do' the op-shops in my local shopping strip & head back home to tackle all the washing of junk, fixing of junk & storing away of junk that I'm behind on....However, as my deck outside which is the ONLY place I can carry out MOST of these activities is UNCOVERED, when it started raining cats & dogs I was provided with the PERFECT excuse to continue on with my Thrifting Adventures....hahahahaha....!

Behold my bounty.....Remember you can click on my pics to make them bigger....  :o)

GORGEOUS linen poinsetta teatowel & crocheted trim....$1.50 for the pair....!

1960's childrens book illustrated by Kazue Mizumura....$1.00  GORGEOUS vintage icecream scoop & butter curler....$1.50 for the two.

Milton Bradley bingo game....$1.50....BINGO....!!  Sweet leather 1940's-50's purse which I don't think has ever been used....$1.00

6 x sweet travelling fold up coat hangers....$1.00 & Cotton Witchery top NEVER worn & originally $39.95 for just $5.99....SCHAWING....Oh & see that THICK & THIRSTY Sheridan towel underneath with NO SIGN of wear....A TINY $2.00....WOOHOO....!

2 x sweet white teapots....One each for Mr SVJ & I for afternoon tea on a Sunday out on the deck....One is VERY FAINTLY stamped MADE IN FRANCE & has an imprint of a number....The other has just a FAINT imprint of the number....$3.00 each.... ** Happy Dance **

And another vintage childrens book from the 60's....!

Well that's it for me TODAY....I'll be back tomorrow with the Sunday Wrap Up....I have my fingers & toes crossed the HR gods are smiling down on me....HEAVEN knows where I'm going to put any more stuff....Maybe I should be wishing the STORAGE GODS were smiling down on me....hahahahahahaSNORT....!!

Wherever you are, I hope your weekend has been enjoyable thus far....!!!

Cheers,
Tamarah :o)