coming together

Things are finally beginning to come together at my new place. It's essentially been me, myself, and I doing all the packing and moving and unpacking and I've been working 10 hour days so it's been a slow process. I feel like I've done so much work but haven't actually made that much progress!

Over the weekend, my brother and I journeyed to my grandpa's house in Hazel Park (near Detroit) to have a look around. He's in an assisted living place now and there's going to be an estate sale on his house within the next few weeks. It's still filled with old belongings and memorabilia. Lots of vintage things to cozy up my apartment with! I found plenty of basics like dishes and tools but I also found quite a few really neat odds and ends.

I haven't had a chance to take pictures of everything yet but I have some (of particularly crappy quality and technique so I'm sorry for that -- I'll do better next time!)

The thing at the bottom right is a video camera. I plan to have a shelf showcasing all sorts of old cameras.

friday finds

With plans of (hopefully) finding an apartment soon, I went on a little shopping trip this weekend. A few months ago I found some amazing, vintage, tin canisters (the coffee, tea, flour kind) at some shop, but I wasn't as close to moving as I am now and wasn't even sure if I had a job, so I decided to pass them up.

I went back on Friday, hooooping that no one had bought them yet... no such luck. However I did find a bunch of other cool things, so I guess it ended up alright.

Some pretty neat rooster plates. I think it's the polka dots that won me over, to be honest.

Got two of these lovely little soap dishes. 

Found this awesome stainless steel knife set, complete with sharpener.

Corn on the cob is really good, so naturally I needed corn on the cob holders.

Super cute salt and pepper shakers! The leaf on the apple is broken, but hey it was only $1.

The world's most amazing clothes hamper. 

And this super lovely jewelry box. Not exactly necessary but I've been needing a bigger one.

I'm sure I'll be going on more vintage and thrift shopping excursions once I find an apartment to move into, so if I find anything awesome I'll share!

-teddy x