Tuesday, August 1, 2017

$23...

So there's this vintage shop on N. Killingsworth Street that I drive by all the time. Finally, after 2+ years, the stars aligned and I stopped to check them out. Guess what? I was there within their normal business hours but they were closed. Turns out there was a vintage "market" going on across town, and they had a booth there. Damn. In my perfect world I would have got back in the car and gone to the market. However since I had to be home in less than a half hour that wasn't possible. Making lemonade out of lemons, I walked across the street to ReClaim It! I visited this place once years ago, right after they opened. Truth be told I didn't really remember much about that visit, so my expectations were low. That's why I didn't take a photo of the building, and instead I'm sharing a screen shot from Google maps...

And here's what I came home with, yes, for $23...(OMG)...was I lucky I stopped in there!

My visit was just a quick walk through, but at the prices they put on things I just picked up almost everything that caught my eye, like this deep ladle...

Which I thought might look good bent over one of the tall shady cylinder planters. Nope. Don't like it.

This is better. I had to bend it again (one or two more times and it's gonna break) but I think I like it here...

Sweet! ($3)

This tile piece looks like it might be the bit cut out for an exhaust fan in a kitchen remodel?

I had just planted up a fern in a piece of repurposed metal (from the ReBuilding Center), and knew it might need something to catch drips. Problem solved! ($2)...

The tall metal square has so many possibilities...

Especially since it has this handy nail hole, should I want to hang it.

For now it's tucked under a formerly hanging Tillandsia orb, which over the winter ceased to be a perfect circle and didn't look good hanging any longer...($3)...

I have to admit this can, well my heart might have just jumped out of my chest when I saw it. I was afraid there wouldn't be a price tag on it — you know, the NFS great store fixtures tend to be labeled with?

Bumps and bruises were plentiful, but I couldn't help but see shades of the vintage zinc barrel that I'd had a crush on for years and years (here, here, here and here). I know, those were some amazing rose-colored glasses! But instead of a price tag of over $100 this one was only $15. Ya. $15...

And it was intact!

No doubt I'll find its ultimate purpose soon, but in the meantime was called into action as the base of a refreshments table for a recent tour group that came through my garden.

Weather Diary, July 30: Hi 91, Low 59/ Precip 0 (day 44)

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27 comments:

  1. Great purchases! On the pic with your red table, galvanised round can in front, on top right a prickly spike plant, what's the name? I bought one for 50p but I had no name! Is it an aloe?

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    1. That's a Haworthia, I'm not organized (or smart) enough to tell you which one it is...

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  2. Great finds! What serendipity.

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  3. What great purchases. I love all the metal in your garden and different sources ways you have re-purposed them. The ladle is so cool.

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  4. Cool stuff and fantastic prices. I'm impressed that you found uses immediately for each piece. You're the bomb.

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  5. Super cool finds! I like the ladle in both places. The tile... that took imagination! I have a thing for zinc/galvanized metal too. You scored big time!!!

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  6. Those are awesome finds. I think I like the garbage can and the ladle best. You did well in re-purposing them. Congratulations and I hope you go back!

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  7. Nice finds -- although the zinc garbage can brings back memories of having to lug those to the street every week... :)

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  8. ReClaim, ReBuild... you have the best places to check out, plus you consistently find unexpected treasures. Portland has it all when you have the eye for cool!

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  9. Congrats on your great finds! I love what you did with them.

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  10. I continue to be in awe of your creativity. I wouldn't know what to do with half of these things even though I love the look.

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  11. Funny ...I just bought a new galvanized trash can ,thinking I would fill it with water so I could dip my watering cans in rather than filing with the hose . Nice idea , but the can leaks at the seems ...boo .
    I like yours better !

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  12. thanks for teaching me what to look for in a vintage trash can. the design is more crisp and pleasing than a new one. the handles are also much lower. i recently was gifted a newer used can, but i was not fussy for free. looking forward to painting mine.

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  13. Oh, the noise of those cans when the garbage guys emptied them! Looks great as a table. Now you just need a gray granite circle to make a permanent table.

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  14. Shopping with you must be an experience - you see the promise in things that I'm afraid my eye would just pass over. Your use of that metal ladle is genius!

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  15. Love your finds and boy do I wish you would accessorize my garden.

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  16. Lucky finds! I love all that galvanized metal.

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  17. You have a great eye for what will look good with what and where.

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  18. I love finding treasures like that. So much so that I'm not allowed to go shopping at Goodwill without a chaperone anymore. :)

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  19. Drive-by shopping. Just think what you could accomplish with more time.

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  20. Good shopping work. The tillandsia holder-ladle is an excellent example of clever repurposing.

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  21. Clever use of the ladle.

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  22. That old trash can is exactly like the ones I remember we had when I was young, we had 4, one for trash with a lid and 3 for garden waste. Back in the day the garbage man came into the back yard to pick it up and dump into his bin.

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  23. Loree, I swear I've seen those same trash cans for $100 recently -- well done! And I love what looks like your encaustic tile trivet too.

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  24. Wonderfully resourceful, Loree. Love that barrel!

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  25. Serendipity strikes again! You are a regular lightning rod.

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