Flea finds 4- Bits and Bobs

Our homes need bits and bobs to create an individual look.

Flea markets are great places to find weird and wonderful objects for walls and mantles. 

Look for old things that you can't buy in Home Interior shop and that no one else will have makes it unique.

A wooden pulley block looks great anywhere and could be used as a door stop.  

We found these great pieces on the beach in Miami last year. 

A beautiful coconut and a broken off sponge brings back memories of holidays in a bathroom.

My husbands African Tribal masks are a growing collection. 

Some came from a tour to Tanzania 

and one I found in New Yorks Housing Thrift works for $6.00 !!

Old glass cloches can be pricey.Look for ones with clocks in like this one I found upstate at a flea.

I removed the clock and painted the base. 

A lovely way to display anything and can be changed easily .

Another Portobello road London find in a junk shop for £50 probably off a Royal Mail delivery van.

These scales just look great in a kitchen off a local Stoop Sale for $10 .

Old wooden Hunting Boot trees were off ebay.

A good idea to glue the separate pieces together as the are very heavy.

Cow skulls look great in a kitchen you can buy faux animal heads now if not into the real thing.

http://www.brooklynflea.com/

http://www.brimfieldshow.com/

http://themarketnyc.com/

http://www.hellskitchenfleamarket.com/home/

Flea Finds 3 - Armoires

This armoire was painted a pale color.

I had some old fabric and attached inside of the chicken wire.

Burlap was added that inside the doors for jewelry.

This armoire became a TV cabinet hiding all those unsightly things.

This has a weird story.. A neighbor was throwing this gorgeous piece out that he had custom made for his pets. 

It was so heavy that I had to get my 2 men and a van to bring it home.

It wasn't in great shape but with a lot of love transformed it into a functional linen cupboard.

Originally a horrid gold / brown dresser.

Just a bit of paint again.

This desk was found at a Flea upstate. It had a snake like plastic fabric all over it. It took a while to strip the gooey stuff off revealing an aged look.

Believe it or not originally a gloss white armoire.

Painted in a lovely pale duck egg green.

Functions as a larder/ china cupboard in a kitchen.

Flea Market finds 2. Mirrors

This beautiful dressing table mirror came with the dressing table .

I bought it near Portobello Market for £100 before moving to 

New York.

It's still one of my favorite pieces.

Of course it got a lick of paint and I recovered the stool with some vintage French fabric.

This mirror I found upstate. 

It's a good size and perfect for reflecting the light and making the space seem brighter and bigger.

Two separate finds. 

The mirror was originally a dark wood.

I also loved the antique look the glass already had with age.

I started aging mirrors myself a few years ago, a little messy and a little like cooking getting the glass to look naturally old, but this mirror was perfect.

The dresser was covered in a high gloss white paint which I immediately stripped with paint stripper , sanded and added a lovely pale grey paint matching the mirror in the same color.

These two pieces were both in a Thrift store in New York. 

I immediately fell in love with this farmhouse dresser. 

Didn't need to do anything with this at all.

The large over the mantle mirror above did however need a coat of mat white paint.

This was attached on a white wall behind it and looks like part of the original house.

I nearly crashed my car when I spotted this fantastic mirror outside a junk shop.

I had been looking for a special mirror for a while to go in a bathroom.

Flea Market finds. Bedroom dressing table

I found this ugly kidney shaped dressing table at a flea and put it to good use in this Teen bedroom makeover.

I gave it 2 coats of China white with an underlay of grey and some sanding and new handles.