time-worn interiors

Happy Birthday Amanda

2009-11-11T09:34:00.007-05:00

My oldest daughter turns 29 today!

Oh my goodness, I think that means I am getting old!

Happy Birthday Amanda!

This is Amanda's fiance, James!

She is getting married Dec. 4th,

they are running off to get married!

Although she's never been married,

she doesn't want a wedding.

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Note: My other daughter, Chef Sarah

is getting married this Friday the 13th!

She is getting married at the court house!

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Theothertheresa

Never Enough!

2009-11-10T09:58:00.005-05:00

Doll Heads

Country Living magazine quoted me saying.....

I just love stuff, period!

and that is the truth! I love so many different things it would be hard to list them all! I love different textures and mixing all kinds of styles! Here are a few of my favorite things!

Books and Iron Frames

Clocks

Alabaster Grapes

More Clocks

Bird Nest with Eggs

Crowns

Coral and Drift Wood

Old Watches

Rust

Theothertheresa

What about this?

2009-11-08T14:28:00.003-05:00

Why is it when your decorating for yourself everything is so much harder? First of all, as dealers we go through tons of furniture every year. Then when there is something you want to do for yourself it feels like you don't have anything that you really want to use! So far this is what I have, but I'm sure this will change several times as I get things that I like better. I tried using all white, but the furniture disappeared into the porch.

This bench in the left hand corner is so cool, but it is very uncomfortable, so I know for sure it has to go! I have another bench I am going to try in it's place.

These iron pieces behind the large table I have kept for myself for about 5 years, but I'm not sure if I really like them! It nearly killed me to put them up cause we had to drill holes in that new aluminum trim! Keep in mind everything will look better in the summer when I can have some flowers on the porch!

These chairs are out of my dining room, I bought some for the porch, but I didn't like them either! I think I might be to picky!

The porch faces the South and we get a lot of wind, so I have to choose things that are heavy won't blow away!

Theothertheresa

New Roof and Porch

2009-11-07T12:02:00.003-05:00

Let me start by saying I have been waiting 15 years to have a covered porch on my house! This summer we had to have a new roof put on our house and it was the perfect opportunity to build the porch. I am so excited to finally have it finished! Now I have an outdoor room to decorate! Actually I have been working on decorating the porch for the last couple of days, and I can't wait to show you the results! Stay tuned!

We took all the railing off so when you set down there is nothing obstructing the view! One rail left to take down!

Here's Spencer checking things out!

Theothertheresa

More Dealers from Tailgate

2009-11-06T14:43:00.004-05:00

There were some great dealers set up in Wilson Hall with us at the Tailgate show! Most of these dealers I know from the old Lakewood show in Atlanta. They have some amazing talent! Hope you enjoy their booths!

Top and bottom pics: Peg and Jon of French Vanilla

Top and bottom pics: Robert of Splurge

Top and bottom pics: Kara of Studio F

Top and bottom pics: Lu and Joe of Quintessential

Lu and Joe are news friends we just met at this show, they have a shop in St. Louis, I can't wait to go there and see the store! It was fun getting to meet new friends and visit with old ones.

Theothertheresa

French Giveaway!

2009-11-04T16:08:00.004-05:00

My good friend Jackie of

Bliss Farm Antiques

is going to Paris to shop at the flea markets in a few days! She is bringing one lucky blogger back something from France! Get on over to her blog and leave a comment so you can get your name in the hat for the drawing! I hope Jackie has a great time there!

TOT

Home Again!

2009-11-01T17:09:00.005-05:00

I have all kinds of things to report! We had a great show, got to see old friends, meet some new friends and sell bunches of junk! Oh, I mean treasures!

We got to see several old friends that we used to set up with at the old Lakewood, even got to see Cindy of The Plum Tree, she bought a great store counter from me for her shop! Thanks Cindy! Seen a couple of blogger friends as well and of course they supported our cause also.

Taylor Swift was in our booth, but I didn't even know who she was! Sorry Taylor!

Sadly we found out the Nashville Fairgrounds is closing down June 2010, it will be torn down to the ground. The Tailgate show will be held there again in Feb. 2010, but will have to find a new venue after that! I am very bummed that I won't be able to go the Nashville Flea Market after June! It concerns me when I hear about shows closing down, makes me worry about where we will be selling our wares!

I wasn't to sure what to take to this show since it is mostly country (primitive) stuff, so we took a few white things and a lot of industrial. We sold most of the industrial and a few white pieces.

I couldn't resist taking a picture of these two cute dogs, their mom and dad were parking the trailer and they were keeping watch!

Theothertheresa

Projects Completed

2009-10-26T12:13:00.003-04:00

Before

Do you ever have those projects that you buy with good intentions of working on right away, but.....they get pushed to the back of the building? Then 2 years later you come across them and say....oh I forgot I even bought those! We have been trying to clean out our building for about a year now, and we just keep pulling out things that need some TLC.

We have been doing a lot of industrial furniture at shows lately, so I thought this metal dresser, desk and side table would be a good addition to our booth in Nashville. Even I was surprised at the results of how the pieces turned out! The first picture shows the dresser and side table. I didn't take a picture of the desk, but it had several coats of paint on it....blue, green, brown, black, red and white! It took several coats of stripper and a lot elbow grease to get these pieces to this point!

Well, my youngest daughter showed up about the time I got the desk finished, dresser was already done and she had a fit over the pieces! She bought the dresser at a discounted price and I told her the desk could be her Christmas, she was elated!

Suddenly it was back to the drawing board to find something to take to the show! We pulled some more things out and got them finished in time to be loaded! Come on out the the Tailgate Show at the Nashville fairgrounds Oct. 30th and 31st and check out the goodies!

After

Theothertheresa

Check this out!

2009-10-24T18:34:00.008-04:00

Photo: Property of Brocantess

My dear friend Marcy has a new blog called

Brocantess!

You must go check it out! Oh my gosh, I'm so excited! She travels to France several times a year and she has great taste in decorating! Please leave her a welcoming comment and tell her I sent you!

Theothertheresa

Who is it?

2009-10-23T16:32:00.005-04:00

Can you guess who this is, fast asleep in our humble little abode? Was it the light or was she cold? Why in the world did she have her head covered up?
TOT

Update: Yes, it's Lauri! I don't think she likes the light! Sweet Lauri is not a morning person!

It's a Party

2009-10-19T21:15:00.004-04:00

It's a Flea Marketeer Party hosted by Flea Market Style Magazine! I'm supposed to show a picture of my favorite junk store find. These religious statues rank right up at the top of my all time favorites.

Join in the party it sounds like tons of fun!

Theothertheresa

Sweet Pea

2009-10-18T17:18:00.004-04:00

Here's Mrs. Sweet Pea (Shelly) adding up all those sales she had at Marburger! Shelly had a great booth, I wanted to by everything! She comes up with some really cool stuff and I love the ways she puts it all together! Hope you enjoy the tour of her booth.

Theothertheresa

Booth Redo

2009-10-13T18:50:00.006-04:00

Sunday I decided my old booth at Bennies Barn had to go! I took everything out of it and started over! I don't usaully have much luck selling white stuff, but I was so tired of looking at a booth I didn't like! I'm real happy with the results.

What can I say, I LOVE WHITE!

Theothertheresa

LEFTOVER'S!

2009-10-10T18:31:00.006-04:00

Leftovers!

Need I say more? This is one of my favorite stores in Texas! It is a feast for the eyes! I wouldn't miss seeing this store for anything. I took these pictures a few day before the party. As you can see no people, so I missed getting to take photos of all my friends.
They stock a lot of dark English furniture in the store now, but you know me I still drool over the pale things! Hope you enjoy the tour!

Theothertheresa

We're Home!

2009-10-06T16:24:00.014-04:00

Photo by: Annie of The Bunny Bungalow

Well it's been a wild ride for the last 2 weeks in Texas! I have never seen so much rain in all my life! As a matter of fact we hitched a ride home on Noah's Ark! My booth flooded on Monday night before opening on Tuesday morning! Then to top it all off we loaded in a torrential down pour of rain for 4 hours! In spite of all that, we had a good show! We had a few of days of fabulous weather.

The highlight of my show was meeting the famous Corey Amaro of Tongue in Cheek! She is the sweetest thing and cute as a button! I have followed her blog for some time, but I never dreamed in a million years I would actually meet her! The first picture is Corey with the 2 Theresa's!

And the slip dress I am wearing is a creation by Gypsy Brocante. I was so excited to find one that actually fit me! You know
Queen size! Go check out her web site, oh I forgot to mention the dresses are really affordable! Update: I just figured out she has a blog as well! Gypsy Brocante!

Here are a few pictures of my booth, hope you enjoy them!

Theothertheresa

One More To Go!

2009-09-18T17:09:00.007-04:00

One truck down!

One more to go!

Craig got the box truck finished today and tomorrow he will load the van! We have more stuff than we thought! I'm actually feeling really good about this load! And I'm getting really excited about getting to Texas! I look forward to this show for 6 months, we call it our working vacation.

I am also looking forward to

Theresa Cano's blog party!

It's a lot of fun and you get to meet people you have only blogged with! She even has some famous guest sometimes! Don't miss it! You'll be sorry!

I can't wait to see all my friends!

Texas here we come!

Theothertheresa

Pile of Junk!

2009-09-15T10:05:00.004-04:00

I know, I know it all looks like junk! But trust me it's NOT! Things are coming together slowly but surely around here! We are going to the doctor 3 times a week and that's taking up a lot of my time, but I'm happy to do it! Thought you would like to see a few things we are taking to Marburger Farms. This first picture is something from a church, I can't decide if I want to part with it or not! Craig had to reattach Jesus, he can do anything!

Alabaster lamps I've been cleaning and rewiring!

This Victorian chaise is another thing I'm on the fence about! I've never seen one like it! We had to do some work on it and remove some of the wire that circled around the back but I think it turned out well! I love it!

Love these funky chairs,

I think they will look fab around an industrial table!

I have to get the backs and bottoms recovered today.

I can't get enough of these medical tables!

Two cute little tables hiding under the white shelf.

Great little store cart.

TOT

Nap Time

2009-09-11T10:47:00.003-04:00

Clayton has gone to the dogs!

Every time he wants to take a nap

the dogs are right there with him!

This is Spencer, he's a 19 months old.

Little one is Chloe, she's 7 months old.

I've always heard dogs have special healing powers!

TOT

Show Nerves!

2009-09-10T11:13:00.004-04:00

Well it's that time right before a show when I become a bag full of nerves! Actually I've been that way for the last two weeks! I'm having the hardest time concentrating since Clayton's accident! But this is the time when I'm getting all my smalls together to clean, price and tote up! And a survey of all the big stuff starts to hit you! Will I have enough, how in the world am I going to put this all together and make it look good, will it be good enough? You know a thousand questions running through your mind and driving you crazy! And I have so many jobs left to do I don't know what to do next! My load is odd this time, I don't have any big cupboards, but I have a ton of tables, tables and more tables! Hah! My head will finally clear up when I'm driving to Texas and remembering all the stuff I forgot! These are some pictures of the booth at the Spring show!

Clayton is doing pretty good! We found out 2 days ago he has a ruptured disc in his back and that's where all his back pain is coming from!

TOT

Table Garden!

2009-09-06T14:12:00.003-04:00

While I was gone to Texas to pickup Clayton, Craig planted some round top industrial table seeds and they all came up! Looks like we are going to have a bumper crop for Marburger Farms! We will pick them next week and polish them up for the trip!

TOT

Clayton doing well!

2009-09-06T14:02:00.002-04:00

Clayton has had a rough couple of days, but he is feeling better today! He even wanted to go to church today! But he was ready to get back in that bed after church! He still can't eat anything solid, cause his jaw won't open and close. I had to take him two days ago to get some back ex rays, his back was hurting him so bad he couldn't hardly breath! Nothing fractured or broken, so we made a trip to the Chiropractor for some acupuncture! He got some instant relief! Thank goodness! I'll keep you updated from time to time!

TOT

It's a Miracle!

2009-09-03T10:54:00.002-04:00

We are at home! Clayton called me early Tuesday morning while we were eating breakfast and told me to get to the hospital that he was being released! I couldn't believe it! We got his RX filled, gathered him up some clothes for the trip and we left yesterday morning! Was a long trip, but we made it OK! I am so happy to have him home with me! He is going to have a long recovery, Doc says no contact sports, no 4-wheelers, nothing where there is a chance of being hit in the head for 1 year! Doc said one small blow to the head and it could be fatal! He still has a lot of swelling on the right side of his head Doc says will go away soon. When Clayton's med's wear off he starts having severe headaches! This morning at 4:45 am he said his whole body was in pain. He has been on so much pain med's he hasn't realize how bad he is hurt!

Does anyone have any advise on how to make a 19 year take it easy for 1 year? I hope this post makes some sense, it's been hard for me to concentrate the last few days! Again, I want to thank everyone for their concern and the out pouring of offers to help me out while in Texas! There is nothing better than a great group of blogging friends! Thank you so much!

Theothertheresa

Clayton Update

2009-09-01T08:58:00.002-04:00

Clayton is doing much better! He still has long road to recovery, but he is alive and breathing on his own! His skull is fractured in two places, his right jaw is fractured and he still has some bleeding around his brain. The side of his face that is fractured is drooped and he is seeing double. He has had a CT scan everyday and will continue to have them until he leaves the hospital. Hoping he gets moved out of ICU today.

I want to thank all who whispered a prayer for him! I knew I could depend on my blog family to help me out! Continue to remember him, doc says he will need a whole month of recovery. He is coming home with me so I can care of him proper!

Thanks again! TOT

I Need Your Prayers!

2009-08-30T09:34:00.002-04:00

Please pray for Clayton!

My baby boy had a 4-wheeler accident last night. He is in the Hospital in Tyler TX. with a brain injury. He has some bleeding on the brain and he is on a respirator. He is still unconscious. Please pray that he will come through this! I will arrive there late tonight, I can't wait to hold him in my arms! Please, Please, Please pray for him!

TOT

Great Show!

2009-08-23T21:50:00.005-04:00

We had a great show this weekend! You've got to remember when you look at these pictures this is a real Flea Market, no grand productions at this market. And we had a tiny load compared to what we usually take to a show! But we were really pleased! And we were very encouraged cause the crowd was mostly age 20 to 30 something shoppers! This is the age group of shoppers we need in force to get this economy up and running again!

Several bloggers came out to see me, and I was happy to meet every one of you! That is the fun part of this job, getting to meet total strangers that you have something in common with! I want to thank every single customer that shopped with us this weekend!

Hope you enjoy the pictures! It's hard to take pictures without walls or something to stop the eye!

TOT