Rehoming Retro Homewares, Recycling Retro Homewares or Reusing of Retro Homewares. What do I call it? All these terms seem to apply to some other category of things, eg garbage is recycled, pets are re-homed, re-use is used for almost everything. I was not sure what to call this blog entry. If you have any better suggestions, please let me know. So, what I was thinking was… how incredibly satisfying it is to rehome an item… I purchase an item
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Mid-Century Glass Makers Article
Mid-Century Glass Makers Article entitled “Mid-Century Glassware: Glass Makers and Designers”. As I add items of stock to the Shop, I hope to add Articles about stock items, the makers and designers. My third article is about Mid-Century Glass Makers. I have included information on the glass makers I have become ware of in the last five years including Iittala Finland, Pukeberg Sweden and Lasisepat Mantsala Finland. Follow this link to the Article Mid-Century Glassmakers Article
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Tips for Buying on eBay: Retro Homewares
Tips for Buying on eBay. So many people ask me how I get such great bargains on eBay. Even people who have bought and sold on eBay quite a bit, don’t realise how eBay works. eBay provide great on line buyer tips http://pages.ebay.com.au/help/buy/tips.html but they are quite general and relate to new as well as retro goods. Tips for Buying on eBay Anyone buying second hand items, particularly retro homewares is usually looking for something quite specific. Retro Homewares are
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Flea Market Finds in 2016
Flea Market Finds or Trash and Treasure Market Finds are my favorite bargains. I love the variety, the jumble, the walking and the chatting. If the seller doesn’t appreciate what they have, and I do, then I feel the most satisfaction in giving the item a new home and making sure it does not end up in land-fill. Look at some of the things I found this year to add to my collections. Flea Market Finds in 2016 When I
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Vintage Australian Plastic Makers Article
Vintage Australian Plastic Makers Article entitled “Bakelite Canisters and Bessemer Plates”. As I add items of stock to the Shop, I hope to add Articles about stock items, the makers and designers. My second article is about Vintage Australian Plastic Makers. I have included information on Company History and Product Range where it has been available, and also Prices and Availability, and Plastic Development. Some of the plastic makers and brands included are Marquis, Duperite, Vogue, EON, Sellex, Ornamin, TAMCO,
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Retro Adrian Franklin Great Book
Retro: A Guide to the Mid-20th Century Design Revival by Adrian Franklin Retro Adrian Franklin. This is a great book from one of the presenters of the ABC 2011 Series “Collectors”. Adrian Franklin is an entertaining and informative writer and I am really enjoying this book published in 2011. I was at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney last week with my daughter and after flicking through this book, I had to bring it home. If you want some insight into
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Op Shop Finds in 2015
Op shop finds can be made by anybody and everybody knows somebody who keeps finding bargains at their local charity shop or their local trash & treasure market. I believe that if you keep hunting… yes it takes time… you too can be that person. Look at some of the things I found last year to add to my collections. Op Shop Finds in 2015 I picked this piece up for $3 because I liked the shape and the interior
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Bakewells Pottery Sydney Article
Bakewells Sydney Pottery Article As I add items of stock to the Shop, I hope to add articles about stock items, the makers and designers. My first article is about Bakewell Brothers of Sydney Australia. I have tried to cover off History, Product Range, and Prices and Availability to the best of my knowledge. Some of the product range covered includes Beulah Ware, Newtone Art Ware, Trent Art Ware, kitchen pottery, bowl, jugs and canisters. Follow this link to the
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New Website 2
New Website 2. Thank you for visiting my website. This website is closer to being ready for visitors. The ABOUT page, COLLECTING page, and CONTACT US page should all be working. The SHOP page is still a work in progress but you should be able to select categories and look at the few products I have listed. I am working on some issues with shipping and payment but if you really want to buy something I have listed you can
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New Website 1
New Website 1. Thank you for visiting my website. My name is Cheryl and I have a passion for vintage homewares. I am sorry but this website is not really ready for visitors yet.. you could tell… right… If you think my website is a mess… you are right… I am creating this website as I learn and there is a lot to learn. I am using a template, so it will take a while to get all the template
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