Vintage Weddings.

With wedding season approaching I wanted to remind all the brides-to-be and wedding planners that Abode offers wedding rentals.  We're talking doors, dressers, chandeliers, chairs, you name it.  Call or stop by to ask about our policy.

I snagged a few photographs from the wonderful website Once Wed just to get your brains brewing with the vintage wedding goodness.   

Love is in the air!

A little obsession

never hurt anyone...right? 

  

First off the colors are uuuh-mazing.  And B, loving how it's made to look like cross stitching.  So in love...can't function properly.  

Vintage table cloth, $18.  

Butcher block tables.

Perhaps it's the country girl in me, but I just LOVE the look of a good butcher block table.  You can scratch 'em up, even use them as cutting boards, and it just makes them look better.  And we just marked our butcher block table with white legs down to $149.  Get into it. 

(SOLD! I'ma miss her!)

Home is wherever i'm with you.

I've been loving the song Home by Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeroes since I saw them play in Chicago this summer.  If you've never heard it, have a listen.  And yes, their band is THAT big. 



It's a great little love diddy and I adore the way they define home as being with the one you love.  SO, I found the below video to be so unbelievably cute I couldn't stand it.  What a great tune for a father and daughter to sing together.  I'm sure she's gonna be a regular Joplin in no time with a great dad like that. 

 

I hope every one is HOME with the ones they love tonight.  

Clothes make the (wo)man.

Naked people have little or no influence over society.  -Mark Twain



Don't worry, we've got you covered. 



Gray Calvin Klein tank $9, Jones New York Sweater in Rust $15

Turquoise necklace made by a local artist.  Comes with earings!  $59

Gold tipped cowgirl boots $25

Snag the look for less.

The January 2011 Anthropologie catalog is a hodge podge of retro and gypsy inspired glamor.  I'm obsessed.

(It was tough for me to get my hands on a lot of the images from the catalog, so click here to see more of what I'm talking about.)

But if you're anything like me Anthro's prices are a bit... ugh.  So i'm here to show you how to get this glamorous retro feel for less with authentic retro items found at Abode.  Here we go:

We have several retro side tables and desks starting at just $22. 

Retro knick knack bottles.  Adore them.

Love this decanter and these pink martini glasses.  So chic! 

Mod dresser on sale for only $40!

Set of four retro martini glasses $16.  Vintage martini kit $15.

The fabrics in the catalog are all very bright, travel-inspired pieces.  Like these vintage floral curtains with birds. 

Art deco mirror and vintage artwork starting at $22.  Art deco floor lamp only $35.  Tiffany inspired lamp $99.

To die for, but at this price you won't have to.  $35

Caught in action.

 

This vintage sequin butterfly top from Abode was spotted downtown on this very fashionable girl.  Total babe.

Kick start your creativity

January kicks my butt.  I find it a challenge to bust my routine and create something new.  Check out this storque posting on etsy - I love the concept of making something new everyday!  No matter what else is going on in the world climbing into the world of ideas sounds so appealing.

Abode has the goods - all creative components (wallpaper books, fabric and collage ephemera) 50% off this week!

Girl overboard floundering at sea . . . throw me some scissors and glue!

There will come a time

when you believe everything is finished.  That will be the beginning.  -Louis L'Amour

Wow.  What a week we had at Abode!  If this is any indication of what kind of year it will be, bring it on 2011!

We sold this retro diner table and a whole lot more, so if you have items (especially furniture) you've been waiting to consign, this week would be the ideal time.  Feel free to email us at abodeabode@gmail.com with photos of your items before bringing them in so we can make sure they are the right fit for our store and schedule the perfect time for you to stop by!

I'll leave you with some cupcake themed inspiration found out there in the blog world:

 

This delightful man cut out pictures of his guests and placed them on top of cupcakes at a dinner party.  Great idea, or GREATEST idea? I'm kind of obsessed. 

 

Head over to Relatively Reagan to steal  her recipe for pumpkin spice cupcakes AND her brilliant idea of sticking them in a jar.

Love it.  Love all of you. Be sure to stay tuned into our blog and emails next week as we have a fun little give away to announce!

Funky tip.

Fill a cool bowl with photographs and place it on your coffee table for guests to rummage through.  You can use vintage photos, family photos, or even Polaroids you snapped yourself.  It's just as fun to peruse through as any coffee table book and you'll get bonus points for originality. 

Book page wallpaper.

I saw this image of a very stylish room with walls covered in book pages and I swooned. 

  

Earlier this year I did my own little book page wall but I made it 3d.  I sewed the pages together using my sewing machine and then looped them around and around, pinning them randomly to the wall.  

But now my interest in book page covered walls has been re-sparked and I'm thinking...could I make a "headboard" out of book pages for over my bed?  Hmmm...

UPDATE: Just got the best idea from some of our ridiculously creative customers!  They suggested using pages from vintage children's books as wallpaper in a nursery.  We love it.