While in an Irish museum we discovered two types of antique zinc tubs like the ones we sell at the Cottage. It was fun finding out how they were used for doing laundry. Irish lace is unrivaled, went looking for some last month while we were […]
Our trip was memorable, so much to see, so much history….and shopping? well it was amazing! Unfortunately as lovely and rare the things we saw were, most were too big to bring home, though we managed to bring some of the great stuff we found.
A rare Victorian garden edger with all four symbols of the British Isles. Usually there was so much conflict between them they didn’t include every symbol in one decoration! A rainy day in Dublin For the avid stukadoor: Three generations of family collected these molds in Ireland
We had a wonderful time in Provence, on our annual Flea Market Tour. Here is a sample of what we saw, and what’s coming to the shop from our finds in France! The weather, the company and our itinerary, were all just perfect, this is the highlight of the year for us. We’d love to […]
This amazing iron piece would make a unique headboard, it’s big enough for a King size bed. Or, it would be equally grand installed as wall art. Its story is as unique and interesting as it looks. It was once an iron transit cover over an elevator from an early 1900’s building in New York City. […]
Large companies like IBM, Ford, AT&T, and nearly all major financial institutions use blue in their brands…Blue evokes trust, strength, loyalty. Other brands use blue for more practical reasons: Facebook’s Mr. Zuckerberg is red-green colorblind, and web hyperlinks are blue because in the early days of the Internet it was the only color (other than […]
These are so amazingly narrow and small but these Victorian-era shoes were what women wore. They are lovely, but I bet it took a while to lace them up! Some were a little easier, a single ribbon fastened them on.
These lovely guilded boxes are just the thing to keep your special pieces of jewelry.
These beautiful and delicate vintage wedding cake toppers are sure to bring their own kind of magic to the centerpiece of your celebration; making the traditional cake-cutting ceremony even more special!
Immortalized in Shakespeare’s words; “A rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.” We love roses so much we have devoted a room to rose art and decor! The flower that represents the romantic side of us has symbolic meaning in many religions and kingdoms. Did you know the rose was adopted as the […]