Friday, 21 August 2009
Toothbrush pot
My mum made this pot back in 1995 when she was taking a pottery class. It hung around the house for ages until I appropriated it and took it to uni with me and it's been mine ever since. It spent the last 4 years as a pencil pot until this year where it was reassigned to the bathroom and now holds toothbrushes. What a marvelous little pot, I salute you!
The sideboard cometh...
Andrew and I were back in Inverness this weekend for his folks 25th wedding anniversary and while we were there, the in-laws took the opportunity to clear out the summer house into my car! Not that I'm complaining, we came away with 2 wool blankets, 2 bedside tables and a sideboard and Rod and Viv were happy to reclaim some space so everyone won.
The sideboard is definitely worth blogging about though, it's lovely. I'm not sure how old it is, it came from Andrew's late grandfather's house and must be at least 20 or 30 years old. I feel like a proper adult with alcohol in the side cupboards and 'the nice cutlery' in the drawers!
The sideboard is definitely worth blogging about though, it's lovely. I'm not sure how old it is, it came from Andrew's late grandfather's house and must be at least 20 or 30 years old. I feel like a proper adult with alcohol in the side cupboards and 'the nice cutlery' in the drawers!
Antique Swedish spice pots
I've been meaning to write about these for over a year now. Last July 2 of my friends got married in Sweden, in a little place about 2 hours outside of Stockholm. It was a really lovely day and has definitely set the standard for weddings from now on!
I spent about 3 days in Stockholm with my mum before the wedding and we did some browsing in the old town, where we stumbled upon this amazing little antique and vintage shop. It was literally *bursting* with items, I could have bought half the shop but in the end I settled for these 2 little spice pots. The shop keeper dated them from 1910 so I live in fear of breaking them, they came as a set of 4 and I really regret leaving the other 2 behind now. They were the equivalent of £10 each though and as a penniless student I couldn't really justify £40 on spice pots! I will probably live to regret that in the future when I go on Antiques Roadshow with them and am told they would be worth £10,000 if I had a full set but as I only have half....a fiver. Still, we buy these things because we love them, not because they're worth anything.
I spent about 3 days in Stockholm with my mum before the wedding and we did some browsing in the old town, where we stumbled upon this amazing little antique and vintage shop. It was literally *bursting* with items, I could have bought half the shop but in the end I settled for these 2 little spice pots. The shop keeper dated them from 1910 so I live in fear of breaking them, they came as a set of 4 and I really regret leaving the other 2 behind now. They were the equivalent of £10 each though and as a penniless student I couldn't really justify £40 on spice pots! I will probably live to regret that in the future when I go on Antiques Roadshow with them and am told they would be worth £10,000 if I had a full set but as I only have half....a fiver. Still, we buy these things because we love them, not because they're worth anything.
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