Donna | March 22, 2011
This Heirloom Weiman Quality Table from the 1940′s has me perplexed. We discovered it over the weekend and have been trying to find out about it’s purpose. It must be a serving table of some sort because of the round brass carrying handle on the top. Perhaps it was carried from the butlers pantry to the [...]
Donna | March 14, 2011
This Surfboard-looking beach chair brings me images of relaxing at a quaint beach cottage, taking it easy and listening to Jimmy Buffet tunes. It has just the right patina to make it work. Add a cold Land Shark Ale or better yet, a Pina Colada for refreshment. Just need to complete the scene with palm trees and our tropical Florida breezes and [...]
Donna | February 23, 2011
It pays to look first…. At a recent garage sale my husband bought two retro looking nightstands and sat them on the front porch for me to see when I arrived to open up in the morning. They were a little rough. My first impression was UGLY! Tom thought that he could refinish them, maybe in [...]
Donna | February 9, 2011
Isn’t is funny how something in present day can trigger a flash back to something from your childhood? That just happened to me this week. I was out in the garage doing the laundry. Yep, wish my washer and dryer was inside, but alas, it’s in the garage. Here comes my kitty, Pinky, cautiously tip-toeing [...]
Donna | November 21, 2010
Growing up I would watch mom make Pumpkin Pies from scratch each Thanksgiving. She’d start with a farm fresh neck pumpkin, peel it, cut it up into chunks, cook it down and put it through the squisher! (That’s what we always called the cone shaped sieve or chinois and had a blast working beside mom squishing [...]
Donna | August 21, 2010
When new items come in to the shoppe I just get the urge to research their origin, manufacturer and artist. Recently this cute little porcelain cat figure dressed in a Christmas or clown suit with Santa hat piqued my interest. The very weird part about this kitty figure is he’s holding a Teddy Bear “mask” in [...]
Donna | June 10, 2010
Brownie points for my hubby! We went to PetSmart for litter and catfood last night and ended up spending a tab bit more than expected. duh…. Hubby Tom was checking out the bird treats and then followed me into the cat aisle while I picked up the kitty food and he noticed at the end [...]
Donna | June 2, 2010
An order of fresh Rhubarb from PA came in to the Amish Store here in Largo, FL this week and I sent my hubby to pick up 2 pounds to make rhubarb pie and cobbler. Here’s how I made the Rhubarb pie. I added fresh strawberries to give it some sweetness and it reminds me [...]
Donna | April 22, 2010
We’re celebrating Earth Day at Quaint Essential Antiques today by planting a new Florida native Tree called Summer Haw or Crataegus flava for all those Botanists out there. It’s just a bitty thing right now but will be a small tree in a few years. We’ll have more songbirds flocking into the yard for the small yellowish berries [...]
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