Showing posts with label hat box. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hat box. Show all posts

Monday, December 5

New to the Shop This Week- Vintage Storage Solutions



No matter what kind of vintage treasure you need some storage for, whether it be dresses, linens, toys or just bits and pieces..I think we've got it covered!



All kinds of vanity cases, suitcases, doctors bags and gladstone bags, from the rusty and crusty to immaculate inside and out.





This has to be my personal favourite though, a 40s case with bakelite handle. We most often see these with the handle in front, which would have been a school case. I think this may have been a beauty case, as the handle is on top and there is a little mirror inside the lid.




Lovely old hat box. We have another which I forgot to photograph, a cardboard one from Myers at Coorparoo with the original recipients details, dating it to 1968.

Ladders. Kitchen or garden, I don't think I need to say any more!


More  baskets than you can poke anything proverbial at.













Old washing machine tub, ideal for a bonfire or perhaps a herb or cottage garden.






This one is designed as a picnic basket, but I think it would great as a sewing basket or to store haberdashery items, as it has 3 layers with lift-out trays and lots of separate sections.





Collapsible clothes airer, somone has thoughfully covered the wooden rails with plastic tubing so the timber doesn't deteriorate, maybe that's why it has lasted so well.

Monday, March 7

Fresh Finds & New Faves...Collapsible Hat Box

How cool is my new collapsible vintage hat box?! Check it out!


It goes from this....



...to this in 2 easy moves. I love it!


It's made from sturdy vinyl-covered board and still has its original handle and tassel. As shown above, you simply push the bottom up or down as required, and the whole thing folds flat.The lid sits comfortably inside the frame and the base has a type of 'ledge' to sit on so the box holds together beautifully.


Sue picked this up for me while out buying on the weekend. I think I should let her go shopping more often! We bought 2, I am definitely keeping this one but the other one is available for sale.
I'd love to know if any of my readers have one of these or have seen them before (Vix?), as I never have, and would love to know more about them!

Saturday, October 2

Fresh Finds

A few fresh 50s finds to show!


One of my favourite kitschy 50s things is polka dots!



So this little trough vase has a new home atop my kitchen dresser, making friends with my other 50s stuff. It's way more black than the green its masquerading as here.



I love the shape of this yellow glass candy jar, but as yellow really isn't one of my decorator colours (this is what I'm telling myself because I'm aiming for a scheme, you see) I can't keep it .



Wig box in outstanding condition, complete with interior peg.



And I think this one is my favourite! Colours diluted courtesy of flash photography.



Signature to base. At least this one has enough black in it to be allowed up on the kitchen dresser!