misstayva ([info]misstayva) wrote in [info]retro_homes,
@ 2004-09-23 16:53:00
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Howdy!

Just joined this community, and I thought I'd throw out a few photos of my goods on here... that's what it's for, right? ;-)

These photos are from the home I just moved out of. Haven't really snapped any pics of the new place, but as soon as I do, I will post them!

I suppose you can say collecting is my life. If it's not house stuff, it's clothing! My house (I am proud to say) is immaculately decorated with vintage wares-- including my kids' room. In fact, the beds, dressers and the appliances (have no choice in that matter) are the only new things in the house! Our bedroom is the only un-decorated room... but in Nov. we are going to decorate it in all of this great Danish-modern furniture we ame across. Excited about that! We are also going to redo the kids' room, as well. Right now the theme in there is vintage toys. My mom, who is also a pack rat/collector, just gave me her entire 1940s western collection, which includes knickknacks, furniture, toys and more.

Again, I will post more photos later... Enjoy!






Another view of the living room!


And another!


I totally went overboard with buying lamps (TV lamps included!)... which is great, because our new apartment doesn't have many overhead light fixtures!


Bookcase.


Poodles I recently purchased (I collect those!)


My hamper, decorated with lucite heels, a poodle lipstick holder, vintage beaded gloves and an Enid Collins box purse


Record player, which, surprisingly, still works (being that we use it so much)


Photo of counter in *new* kitchen


A '50s lamp, the $2 radio, and my figurines.


More stuff!


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[info]januarysgurly
2004-09-23 06:18 pm UTC (link)
the pics are great! i love the dress and the furniture.

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[info]misstayva
2004-09-29 08:31 pm UTC (link)
Thank you! :-)

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[info]secretagentglam
2004-09-23 07:21 pm UTC (link)
i love it all. especially the tables. i have a bunch of the tables with the pointy legs like that too. :) I have end tables and a coffee table like that but they are a darker wood. then I have a taller one and a a few round ones and a little dresser with those pointy legs.
i'm jealous of your lamp shades. I can never find any good ones like that.

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[info]misstayva
2004-09-29 08:41 pm UTC (link)
I have a lot more tables that aren't in the house (yet)... I collect all the blonde wood stuff. Not to mention a great liquor cabinet that someone is sending me :-)
As for the lampshades... they're all original with the lamps. I have a few other lamps in the house, as well... but it's still a wreck. No time for anything! Hopefully I'll have some photos soon.

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[info]kittylitter13
2004-09-23 09:58 pm UTC (link)
thanks for posting! glad to see people are enjoying this! and i love your house!!! heheh all the poodle stuff is great! collecting stuff is the best!

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[info]misstayva
2004-09-29 08:42 pm UTC (link)
I am moderator of a Yahoo group with the same theme:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/atomicliving
But sadly, no one ever posts there. You're welcome to join... there are a lot of photo albums full of everyone's stuff!

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[info]kittylitter13
2004-09-30 04:24 pm UTC (link)
i'd join but i've kinda lost touch with the whole yahoo groups and such. livejournal kinda took over all that stuff. crazy.
i'd like to get more people posting in here, i love to look at people's homes and decorations and such.

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[info]bloodredrosie
2004-09-24 10:15 am UTC (link)
Wow, LOVE the poodles! :D

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[info]misstayva
2004-09-29 08:44 pm UTC (link)
Thank you. They are an obsession!

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[info]ex_undertheb380
2004-09-24 11:46 am UTC (link)
the only thing more gorgeous than your home is you! i love it

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[info]misstayva
2004-09-29 08:45 pm UTC (link)
Gracias! ;-)

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[info]flewthecoop
2004-10-09 07:02 pm UTC (link)
I got the biggest kick out of seeing your home...
I plan to put up photos of my 20 years of collecting one of these days.
I personally love the way you decorate, but have you ever sat in your house looked around and said to yourself "Is this a home or a store?"
I do that.
I dated a guy who said my house made him dizzy.
keep collecting I know you will. I will also check out your atomic living page..

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[info]misstayva
2004-10-17 10:22 am UTC (link)
Yeah, it definitely feels like a museum sometimes. Not so much now, that I moved. My last place was a lot smaller, so things were starting to get packed there. Not to mention I got rid of stuff when I left!

What sort of stuff do you collect (era)?

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[info]shawnadammit
2004-10-13 06:36 am UTC (link)
What a wonderful home! You've got wonderful style. I have a question about the old fan. Does it work? I've been wanting one for our kitchen...we want to take out the ceiling fan, and we have no 'hood' for our stove, so we need to do something for 'air' in there. Do they put out enough air to use while cooking?

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[info]misstayva
2004-10-13 11:59 am UTC (link)
It works, but I'm scared to use it. A lot of those old appliances suck a lot of energy (esp. fans), I'm scared of it short circuting. But I had a friend who used one a little larger than mine for cooling purposes and it worked just fine.

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Re: One pair of qt poodle figurines @ eBay
[info]misstayva
2004-10-17 10:20 am UTC (link)
Is that your auction?
Anywho, those are great! Too bad I'm BROKE right now (ugh!)... I'd totally bid on those!

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One pair of qt poodle figurines @ eBay.
[info]girlfiend_sthlm
2004-10-17 07:25 am UTC (link)
You got a lovely home.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=10850&item=7107606790&rd=1

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[info]ringring
2004-10-18 12:54 pm UTC (link)
Where did you get that flamingo?!

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[info]misstayva
2004-10-20 11:26 am UTC (link)
My mom got it for me several Christmases ago. I think she got it from some old junky granny catalog called The Lighter Side. Its a lamp-- dunno if you knew that or not.

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[info]ringring
2004-10-20 11:37 am UTC (link)
I just like the grass it comes with. I have to find one now.

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[info]misstayva
2004-10-20 11:40 am UTC (link)
The grass is separate. I got those at Michael's craft store. They usually have them in the spring. Good luck finding them, though... those seem to fly off the shelves! They are four squares of 'em. It looks really tacky (BAD, not good tacky) without them there.

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[info]ringring
2004-10-20 11:43 am UTC (link)
I'm sort of flamingo crazed, and that is a really neat idea, putting the grass under it like that. I live in an apartment and my landlord won't let me put a flamingo out front, so that would be the next best thing.

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[info]misstayva
2004-10-20 11:50 am UTC (link)
A friend of mine, in his store (which sold kitschy-retro stuff), got one of those shallow metal washtubs, put that really stiff floral foam on the bottom, covered it with fake moss, and stuck those lawn flamingoes in it for a display. That might work!

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[info]tana_louise
2004-10-25 01:53 pm UTC (link)
You have good taste ! do you know any great community on l.j? Im not using this since a long time..Now Iam back and iam kinda lost ;(

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[info]thebabykitties
2005-01-24 10:03 pm UTC (link)
i have the exact same lamp the pink striped one. weirde

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