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Monday, July 30, 2012

Thrifted Treasures - Tiffany Blue Tufted Tub Chair!

Hello All! Here we are at the end of July - isn't that crazy!? It's amazing how the time flies. I *love* Fall but the end of summer means the busy season at work. The busy season at work means a long work day but the days start getting shorter [boo :( ] so I can't say I'm anxious for that. Ah, but cooler weather will definitely be welcomed! Good grief has it been HOT. It's more the humidity that's so unbearable - either way, I can't help but dream about snow! LOL!

Dan and I thrifted locally this weekend and I'm so excited about my find of the day. Here it is:

Look at all those tufts! It still has its tag stating it came from the Lord & Taylor in Falls Church, Virginia. I did a little research and found the high-end department store opened in Falls Church in 1965 but was later changed to an outlet for the chain to try and revive sales. Unfortunately it didn't work, and they closed their doors in July 1992. This darling chair was at SALVO. It's vinyl, it swivels and rocks! It's incredibly comfortable...all for $25. I had first considered getting it reupholstered in a gray twill to match the master bedroom but now I'm not sure I want to change it!

Here are the other finds:

1950s pink plastic "Baby" cup. I found this at the GW outlet and thought it would look cute in my craft room to hold buttons.

I found this at our GW for $2. There's no mark other than the silver plate is stamped "made in England." It's heavy, pretty cut glass so it's sitting on my buffet :)

The Hazel Atlas Mason jar and vintage glass Christmas bulbs came from the GW outlet. I found the jar first and when I came across the bin with hundreds of the bulbs in all colors, I grabbed the jar and filled it up with teal and whites ones.

I also found this hunk of milk glass at the outlet:

Since housewares are so cheap there, I decided to take a chance and see if I could make this into a lamp.

I'm on the lookout for green/pink (watermelon!) glass stemware but these sweet pink/blue cups are so pretty (at a $1 each at GW) they made the cut :)

I found Siesta Ware mugs a few months ago (HERE) and since there was only 4 of them, these will round out the collection nicely: