Aug
11
Am I Off My Vintage Eames Rocker?
Filed Under Furniture, My Home, Shop Stuff, Vintage | 10 Comments
My amahahaaazing husband has come up trumps and bought me the chair of my dreams – a vintage Eames RAR rocker and I just can’t believe my luck for a) marrying such a wonderful man (yes pass the bucket I know but he really is the best and deserves the recognition) and b) for the find of the (mid) century!! I have been keeping a weather eye out for one of these bad boys for months, years in fact and thanks to Eimear from the lovely House & Home Magazine blog for the tip off, I managed to find this for a snip at €200 in the WildChild Originals half price sale. I received an email yesterday to inform me that the sale is still on guys so hurry and you might find your own piece of vintage heaven. Beware though if you’re paying by credit card, our bank subsequently called us out of concern that our card had been used in a place called Wildchild, bless ‘em. If only they had been so cautious about our spending during the heady days of the celtic tiger.
By the way, that’s a gorgeous Apple Tree Silk Cushion from ferm LIVING perched on top of it there – it’s available to buy from the shop. Oh and please excuse the hideous carpet in the photo, we haven’t replaced it yet because the building work continues….sigh.
Apr
28
I have long been a fan of Garden Trading for their updated takes on things from the past. Their lights, lanterns, garden and kitchen products have a distinct retro feel and provide glimpses of happy childhood memories for me. Take this butter dish for example, my grandmother had one just like it and it reminds me of teatime at her house with hard boiled eggs and sugary sweet tea.
I’m delighted to announce that we are now stocking Garden Trading products at Mabel & Violet and our collection includes some beautiful fishing wall lights and pendants, red and green garden lanterns, floral enamel teapots and mugs and of course the glass butter dish with lid above. The green bird houses have already sold out but we will be getting more in stock soon!
The other great thing about Garden Trading is that, like us, they don’t overprice their products but unfortunately for us folks in Ireland the shipping costs from the UK can be fairly crippling. We hope to add to our range of Garden Trading products over time but if there is a Garden Trading product that you would like that we don’t have in stock, please contact us and we will endeavour to get it for you, so that you can benefit from our more favourable delivery costs to Ireland!
Apr
2
Vintage Suitcase Pet Beds!!
Filed Under Affordable Interior Design, Recessorize, Vintage | 2 Comments
Well this is a novel idea, you know those old suitcases you have lurking in the back of the wardrobe that you just can’t bring yourself to throw out….well here’s the answer! Vintagerenaissance have come up with these great quirky takes on pet beds and have managed to recycle old materials in the process – genius we say not to mention a great “recessorize” idea.
Images courtesy of vintagerenaissance
Mar
25
And another vintage inspired birdcage veil…
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I was just browsing on Etsy…yet again…when I came across this gorgeous birdcage veil. I just wrote a post about the birdcage veil that I wore for my wedding but I just had to add this one too because it is beeeautiful. In fact, if I had seen this one sooner I might just have bought it myself. It’s from Satanica’s shop and her other veils and headpieces are stunning too.
Mar
25
Having just recently walked down the aisle, I am still on the post wedding high that goes with being a newlywed. Despite the air of calm and nonchalance that I feigned while organising our wedding, the reality was that I thoroughly enjoyed planning the whole thing and spent many many hours searching the interwobble for everything that I needed (except the man – nope he was definitely an offline find!) to make the day just perfect. I just love all things vintage so it was no surprise at all that my wedding ensemble was vintage inspired from head to toe. I bought all of my accessories online – the jewel encrusted shoes came from ebay, my Art Deco inspired earrings from Ben Amun (thank you Vintage Glam for finding them first) and the birdcage veil was custom made to my own design by Unveiled Bridal Designs in the States. Thank you Dorene! I elected to have peacock feathers in the veil, despite the protestations for fear of bad luck, because they really picked up the colours in my unconventional green shoes. Why the green shoes? Just look at the photo and I think you’ll understand why I just had to have them and of course I can wear them again and again you see! At least that’s how I justified the expense to myself anyway but if I am to be really honest they are still sitting in their box unworn since my wedding day because they are just way too pretty!
Thanks to James and Shawna, a husband and wife team of wedding photographers, collectively known as AAA Photos. They were great to work with and followed us around all day snapping away without making us feel uncomfortable or remotely like we were being papped!