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What's in YOUR Drawers?

Chris brought home these card file drawers a few weeks ago from an auction. I saw a photo of them on the auction's website ahead of time, and asked Chris to bid on them if they were less than $20 for all three. I figured that I would clean them up, maybe re-paint them and sell them in the shop or use them in our office/studio/guest room.

Chris didn't even look in the drawers before he bid on them and won. When he brought them home, we looked inside and saw a bunch of random junk.

Handles, curtain hardware, keys, extension cords, a container of Metamucil...

that, ironically, is labeled "Wood Plugs".

But as we kept digging though the junk, we found more and more gems.

At least twelve cast iron and brass hooks:

These remind me of tribal masks. Or freaky rhinoceros skeletons.

Heavy door handles:

Here are some escutcheons and drawer pulls, including that beautiful brass Eastlake bin pull on the top left.

 

Chris read this post before I published it and asked me "What the hell is an escutcheon?", so I am linking to a definition.

These two-inch-high cast iron escutcheons swing open to reveal the keyhole:

Fancy dresser drawer pulls: (I love the ornate set that is painted light aqua.)

This would make a nice handle for your naughty panty drawer. Every time you think of wearing that sexy g-string, you are reminded that you will surely burn in hell.

This one has little crosses all over it.

Yes, that's for the giant-grandma-panty drawer.

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Since we are talkin' panties, I thought I would share some of the Google keywords that have brought people to my blog. Inadvertently, I assume.  I've shared some wacky keywords in the past, and they always beg the question: MR. GOOGLE, WHY ARE YOU SENDING THESE FREAKS TO MY BLOG? I know that some of these words are in my blog posts, but c'mon....

 

♦ vaginal diagram of a goat

♦ a horse made of lemons

♦ the allisons who started the thrift store movement [From here on out, I'm totally taking credit for the existence of thrift stores.]

♦ "her maxi pad"

♦ peter put your nappy and your pink plastic pants on

♦ old lady who makes molds of actors penis'

♦ amish men get freaky

♦ my excellent metal lawn chairs need a little refreshment [I love that they used the word "excellent" in their search. Must be a very optimistic person to think that a website contained those exact words.]

♦ antiques orgy

♦ aprons matron fetish-vintage

♦ homemade sex videos of women of boyertown last ten years [That small town is close to where my sister, Erin, lives. Do these people know something that I don't know? Erin, you slut!]

♦ arab circus poster looks like penis

♦ why does my cork board stink

♦ he saw me in sanitary napkin and belt

♦ chenille dander creates mucous in my lungs? [Note to self: never snort a vintage bedspread]

How to Clean Vintage Globes (even if you hate to clean)

Here is a peek of part of my globe collection. These are in my bedroom.  My neighbor Teresa always busts on me about having globes in my bedroom. It always ends up with some joke about Chris playing with my globes.

Every once in a while, I make the grave mistake of looking too closely at the globes. That's when I notice the dusty haze. I usually ignore it, but after a few years, it really starts to build up. Like sometimes, I totally think that my globes are the kind with the bumps - those topological ones. But then I'm like, "Those aren't mountains, dummy." They are all just plain old tin globes with an unholy amount of buildup.

In case you haven't figured it out, I am not all that obsessive about cleaning. In fact, I'm downright lazy. I like to take shortcuts whenever I can. I've found that the easiest way to clean the globes is to use the brush attachment on my handheld vacuum cleaner. It gets rid of the dust way faster than a rag and it doesn't blow the dust around everywhere.

You're welcome.

Speaking of globes and maps, my son Finn's bedroom was one of the rooms featured on Ohdeedoh (which is the Child's section of Apartment Therapy), in a post titled Map Decor in 20 Inspiring Kid's Rooms. I am a huge fan of Apartment Therapy, so this was such a pleasant surprise. And, as you can tell in that blog post, I actually cleaned his room when I took those pictures. It must have been a lunar eclipse or something.

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So, have you heard about the Country Living Magazine Blue Ribbon Bloggers Awards? You can submit your own blog, or nominate your favorite blogs in ten different categories. The best blog in each category is selected by a panel of judges.

Today, I reluctantly strapped on a set of vintage globes and nominated my own blog in the Collecting category. I know it's a long shot, considering that I'm a bit more, um, bawdy than most blogs about collecting.

In order to bring some relatively unknown bloggers into the spotlight, one of the submission requirements is that your blog has never been featured in a national print publication.  So, after almost five years of blogging and wishing that a magazine would mention my blog, I guess I'm kind of glad that I've been overlooked.

Am I nuts for thinking that I could get picked? (It's okay, you can tell me the truth.) Have you submitted your blog or nominated any blogs for the awards?

Happy Fourth of July Weekend!

I hope all of you in the U.S. are enjoying the long weekend.

We are celebrating Maeve's 7th birthday with a sleepover and my attempt at the cheesiest patriotic birthday cake ever made...

Making blueberry-filled ice balls for our neighbors' patio party, with berries straight from my brother-in-law's family farm...

Remember my Christmastime cranberry & mint ice balls? I used the same molds. 

(By the way, "blueberry-filled ice balls" take too long to say. Let's call them Blue Balls.)

And, we hit a yard sale or two this morning. We scored an oh-so-apropos 48-star flag. But, our favorite find is the metal "No Grab-Ass Around The POOL" sign.

It makes me want to build a pool, just so I can hang the sign. Come to think of it, our neighbor mentioned that she's going to have a kiddie pool at the patio party - I hope she doesn't mind if I bring this sign.

P.S. I made a Pinterest board with some of my favorite red, white and blue finds that have been featured on my blog. Are you using Pinterest? Let me know, and I will follow your boards.