Antique Stores

There's a really cool antique store in my neighborhood that I try to visit a few times a month. Sometimes I just go and walk around the store looking for something that will catch my eye, or some sort of inspiration for my decorating adventures. I stopped by this past Saturday and found a boatload of stuff that I liked. I browsed carefully, keeping in mind that I have a wedding to save for but at the end of the day, I actually made some small purchases!

One thing I got (and it makes me smile every time I see it) is this chair! A couple of my friends have said "I don't get it, its just a wooden chair" but it really isn't JUST a wooden chair. Its the kind of chair I've been seeking out for quite some time now. It has a super cool curved back, and tapered legs... reminding me of a lot of furniture from the 1950s and 60s that I really love.

That room is sort of 'on its way' haha! I like to really look around for furniture and artwork before committing. The living room in my last apartment took me almost 7 months to get to the point that I felt it was finished (I got lucky because it was really small). Anyway back to the antique purchases....

This little box was on a shelf with maybe a half dozen more similar to it.

Sounds silly, but I really spent some time picking out which box I wanted to take home! There was one with red writing, and blue... and they were all different cheese labels I guess but the above box is the one I settled on. I didn't know what I was going to do with it when I got it, but I knew I wanted to display it somewhere. Right now its holding some of the newest music we've gotten (and a few Polaroid pictures).

I bought some other cool stuff, but I don't have pictures that I'm happy with just yet, so those will have to wait for another post!

Lastly, I know I seem like a crazy cat lady, but I have to leave you with this picture of Bella flirting with the camera. It's just too cute to not share.