Thrift Store finds

I shop thrift stores on line and in my area for items that I know are
great things that someone else has given away. I sell them on  my Ebay
store, my Etsy shop and in my antique spaces. I find all kinds of treasures.

Three beautiful Botanical plates.

Five yards of a beautiful cotton floral black fabric.

Hand crafted in the USA.

A gorgeous glass egg Stork in gold with jewels.

 A beautiful hand painted real egg in an Asian display box with glass and silk fabric.

An Anniversary Clock that chimes and is on my desk, I have always wanted one of
these. This guy is mine and is not being sold, at least for now.

One mans trash is another mans treasure.

New Season of Bravo's Southern Charm

With the new season of Bravo's southern charm starting April 3rd.
I get to see the beautiful historic home of Patricia Altschul designed
by the Prince of Chintz Mario Buatta.
Who cares about the
drunken antics of the shows characters when we get to see this beautifully decorated
home.
 I f you have ever been to
Charleston, you have seen this house when you do a carriage ride tour, but now we get
to see the inside.
The colors are stunning
in every room.

And her beautiful bedroom in blue and white by Manuel Canovas.
This is how to live
in beauty and luxury.

Ebay Retro Furry Vanity Stool Before and After

I bought a furry retro gold vanity stool on Ebay because I wanted
to create my own stool after seeing this stool on West Elm's website.

So this stool is covered in Mongolian Lamb and runs around $200. I found this
stool on Ebay for $25.00.

 The fake shag fur on top of the stool was nasty and possibly contained some
bugs and the foam was yellow and old. Pricing on Mongolian Lamb Fur for the
top was outrageous and a fake fur version on Fabric.com which was reasonable, but
I came across a beautiful Vervian Discontinued Fabric Sample and I thought, free and
pretty, so I could save some money. I purchased foam blocks from Walmart along with
gold spray paint to give it a clean look and this is what came out........

Please excuse the Hall rug, I was trying to take the picture in the brightest spot.

Natuzzi Showroom in High Point North Carolina

Earlier this month, I went down to High Point with two colleagues to do some training
at the Italian Natuzzi Furniture Show Room. The show room is designed by an Italian
designer named Mario Bellini and is in the shape of a ship.

The inside of the building is hollow in the middle like a hull of a boat and the center has
breeze ways crossing over several times on all three floors.

 Stunning views of the High Point market place from the forth floor.

The Natuzzi company was founded in 1959 in Pulgia Italy Pasquale Natuzzi and he
is still running the business. The Natuzzi Italia line is still made in three small factories
in Italy and the Natuzzi editions is made in other countries. The company treats their own
leathers and has their own style of stitching and dyes.
The higher priced line is the beautiful Italia group with clean lines, soft treated leathers
and a very European feel.

Very realistic back light window views, accessories and lighting.

Natuzzi's new tufted line, one of my favorites and my favorite chair.

The Natuzzi Editions is a lower end line for the company with a lot of the style
crossing over with the designs, but more affordable.

Here are pictures of beautiful bed room sets, leather headboards, the Re- Vive cahirs and
cool mirrors and chairs.

The show room had a cafe and set up meals for us at least twice a day, here are pictures
of the room and the meals being set up.

The food had and Italian flare of coarse and was very good.
The newest piece to the Natuzzi line is the Re - Vive  relaxing chair.. Here each of us
gets to try a chair and learn more about it's over 200 piece mechanism.

New Re - Vive chair with wooden sides and a stylish white leather version.

Before or trip ended, we were sent on a mission before we received our diplomas. Here
we are on assignment studying the different pieces on the floor, even Scarlett and I testing
out a sofa. Fun time had by all.