Treasure hunters

We hit up Sydney Antique Centre on the weekend. It's been around in one form or another for decades. I've been wanting to visit, FOREVER. I could have spent all day there, I do love a good treasure trove. I don't even need to buy anything, I just love looking at all of the things. I did about four laps of the whole place, each time spotting something new, so many stories in that place.

The Little one and her buddy George wandered around wide-eyed playing make believe, asking a million questions and charming the staff. Rich, well he's a patient man that husband of mine.

We went looking for a dresser/drawer for our master bedroom, we didn't have any luck finding one but we did come home with a beautiful old globe. 

Average photo but you can see he's looking right at home!

Do you love hunting around antique stores? What kind of things are you always on the lookout for?

Belinda x

Woman's World

I've said it before, if there's one thing I'm really rather good at, it's shopping. It may actually be a bit of a problem but that's beside the point (!) One of my all time favourite things to do is shop for vintage. It always has been. It was born out of necessity, hitting the charity stores and markets for great clothes on a checkout chick's budget as a teenager. These days, in addition to the Thifts (yes, I've wholeheartedly adopted this Americanism) I've also got a stack of vintage and antique stores on high rotation as well. I will drive out of my way to visit a store I've heard about or driven past, or I'll spend hours scouring Etsy or my favourite online vintage stores. I just cant resist the urge to hunt for treasure. This particular kind of shopping takes patience and perseverance. Two things that I wouldn't normally use first to describe myself but it's finds like these that keep me hunting.

Last week I popped into a store near to where I work that I had caught my eye driving past. To say I was thrilled with these purchases is an understatement! It was emotional, we'll always be together (together in electric dreams)

So I bought two of those chairs, one now lives on our patio in the filtered sunlight and the other sits beside a little girls bed for story time. That beautiful vintage Mexican bedspread is soon to be laid out on her bed for the warmer summer nights too. 

Then there's Woman's World, the self proclaimed "bible" for the woman "who cares" and is as vital to her as her femininity. This beautiful hardcover tome published in Melbourne, has guidance for the modern '60's woman on everything from buying a car, business etiquette, domestic bliss and grooming to sports explanations and how to address important people "May it please Your Majesty..."

It is one of my most favourite finds ever. It now takes pride of place on the bookshelf in the dining room, at arms length for reference and giggles during (or preparing for) dinner parties.

Hope you're having a lovely week!

Belinda x