industrial style decorating

Although I would consider only a few pieces of the rusted and crusted furniture in my home, I love the fact that these style of decorating uses old equipments (be it from school, warehouses, office or garage) and given a second life in a residential setting. I love the uniqueness and quirkiness that it brings into a room.

Some flickr photos I found here with "industrial chic" tags.










p.s. I will be updating the shop with some modern and industrial items on Monday.

beautiful clutter

If there's such thing as heaven on earth, surely this is it. I came across these photos a while ago and just had to share these eye candy. It's a vintage shop in Finland, I'm not so sure if they have a website you can purchase from but if given the chance to visit another country I'll go here, I can easily spend a whole week just poking around on all of their colourful vintage goodness.


** All photos are from Wanha Kaarle photo gallery and there's more here.

thank you Etsy for my new find

Prior to opening my Etsy shop, my photography skill was non-existent. The only time I use my point and shoot camera was when someone is celebrating their birthdays, the holidays or vacations, in other words I only photograph to commemorate a special occasion. And this may sound trite but taking photos of my vintage items as part of my daily routine I become more aware of the simplest beauty around me, all which I use to take for granted. The moss in my front yard, the neighbors chipped white fence, dried fallen leaves, even my shadow had all of a sudden become a thing of beauty.

Prior to Etsy, I would not have seen the potential of this worn out wooden box...



old, chipped, rusty, distressed was all the characteristics opposite to the things I particularly get drawn in...


it has changed since and yesterday when I saw this large army box in the corner of the thrift shop's furniture department, all I can think of was "perfection".


I'll be using it to store some blankets, maybe double it as a coffee table in my basement, and as a photo prop!

So, thank you Etsy because of you I've discovered both my love for photography and for the old and decrepit.