There were two estate sales here this weekend, and I found lots of great stuff. Above: Lovely oriental figurines, my latest little passion, $5. My other big find: Eight sealed rolls of 1951 wallpaper for $10. I am hoarding it for my own someday pink bathroom. NEW FEATURE on the blog: Upload your own weekend thrifting finds right now – from estate sales, tag sales, thrift stores, granny’s attic, the dumpster, the sidewalk, ebay, etsy, craigslist or the forum…. Have some more fun and try for some artsy-fartsy photos and show off your treasures to others who weren’t so weekend fortunate to be blessed by the retro decorating gods 
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Those figurines are perfect for your LR! Now I know what else to keep an eye out for — you might be sorry you said something! LOL Hmmmm, when are you going to open that wallpaper store?
What a great feature! Thanks Pam! You inspired me to photograph my finds. I just added them to my Flick page, too!
My mom had that cow pitcher! I wondered what had happened to it. Now I know!
isn’t that funny!! I found it in Cromwell, CT. It was made in Finland and the brand is ‘Arabia’.
I sent my mom the link to your photo and it turns out she has the pitcher after all and still uses it. So, you’ve got a twin out here in PA. Made in Finland and brand Arabia. Yep, that’s the one. I told her I wanted it if she ever decides to get rid of it.
Love the pitcher! It’s designed by Kaj Franck, an amazing designer who worked with Arabia Finland and Finel!
I actually picked it up to put into my etsy shop, it should be there within the next few days.
Wow. I have learned something today! I recognized the Arabia name you mentioned and checked it out. Apparently Kaj Franck was the designer of the “Teema” shape dinnerware back in the day. This is the style that is still being used today for Arabia’s “Moomin” mugs (which I am collecting one by one and hanging in my kitchen). Of course Tova Jannson wrote the beyond-wonderful Moomintroll books in Finland from the late 40′s until about 1970–just the time of our beloved houses–and they are very much mid-century in their spirit. And the mugs also come in fabulous mid-century colors. No wonder I love collecting them.
My mom still has that same cow pitcher!
So does mine! She used to put milk in it and have it on the table every morning for pouring on our cereal.
I need to learn how to use a camera and upload but I just had to report on my yard sale findings this weekend: Hull tulip vase 6.5, Hall canary yellow teapot, Kraftware machine age cocktail shaker, huge round hand painted tole tray, medieval themed pottery chess pieces, Charlie Brown metal wastebasket 1960s, cute atomic plastic christmas decorations (4), large Treasurecraft chip and dip bowls mirage pattern, and two Smokey the Bear comic books 1960. All for thirteen dollars total.
Ohhh, medieval-themed pottery? I’m a medieval junky — I would have scooped those up in a minute!
WOW! lots of great finds. I picked up a Charlie Brown short thermos a few days ago…I was wondering if anyone still collected the gang from Peanuts.
I love those Chinese figurines! And I sooo want those TV tables. I’ve bid on those exact ones on ebay several times and stopping bidding when the price was too high. Great find!
Pink covered dish…. it looks like Russel Wright. nice find. ALSO I clicked on the table from canada and it dissapeared from the slide show. OOPS Sorry I hope I dindt mess something up.
Your Knoll find is amazing! I’m also in Seattle — perhaps we’ll bump into each other at the Goodwill!
Keep it up, everyone – and I’m diggin’ the artsy fartsy photography!
I love seeing the great things that everyone has found! I’ve had good luck with my finds the past few weeks, hope it keeps up!
I submitted my “new” china cabinet- sorry I couldn’t swing any artsy fartsy photography, but the rest of the room is a wreck and @ 38 wks pregnant loading up the china cabinet up is about all I could handle yesterday!
Great stuff!! I had to defend pink bathrooms this morning in Sunday School. A lady was talking about how awful those old bathrooms were, and I jumped in and defended them. She is of the Pottery Barn set, I’m sure.
This is so fun, I really love seeing what everyone found!
I’m happy I got to participate this weekend.
A Danish modern floor lamp we found at an estate sale. The previous owner had covered half of each of the shades with tin-foil. We’re hoping that a soak in some soapy water will rid the shades of their ‘tan’ line. It’s in great condition!
I was going to mention the pink bowl looked like Russel Wright, but sophista-tiki beat me to it. I have a sugar bowl in white that’s exactly like it. I think I found the bowl in a thrift store, or maybe a garage sale, long ago, and probably spent no more than fifty cents for it. It would be nice to be so lucky to find the creamer for the same price!
Sorry, my pictures are more fartsy than artsy and I was attempting to behave this weekend (though I did “have to” buy an entire box of vintage cookbooks because they were selling stuff by the box) My practical finds: a vintage clothespin bag complete with clothespins and a birthday present for my dad. I love the little ship wheel ceiling piece and the compass detail on the fixture.
oooh, cara, i like that light fixture. i’ve also added you to the blogroll — but i need to “re-roll” it. will do that, this week.
Aww, thanks Pam! My house and I feel so honored to be accepted into the blogroll despite its age. I am a bit out of place in all worlds with my eclectic taste but I figure why fight it!
Lisa, I love the TV. How are you using it? Converter box? Cable? Satellite? VCR? DVD player? How did you make the connections? Tell me please so I can be on the lookout for a similar piece of history. Thanks!!
Lisa, love the tv! I was wondering who is the maker on the figurine you have sitting on the tv? Is it Hedi Schoop? Thanks, Rebecca
Thanks! You have no idea how excited I was.
@Bev Thomson: I bought a converter at Radio Shack that has the two forked ends to screw into the back of the tv on one end, and a coax cable thing on the other end. You can see exactly how to do it at this website: http://www.ehow.com/how_5746158_connect-vcr-vintage-television.html
I can hook up pretty much anything to it now by running it through the VCR/DVD combo, which is attached by that transformer converter I was talking about. The bee’s knees.
@Rebecca: The figure is marked “Kim Ward” at the bottom, with the number 4, and from what I understand that was the name “onetime Schoop decorator Katherine Schueftan” used when she started her own line; I found that at Goodwill, would you believe.
What an awesome idea for sharing weekend finds!
I picked up the paper towel/waxed paper holder from the Habitat for Humanity ReStore and the first thing I thought about was to come here.
We’re remodeling our kitchen and this blog has inspired me through every decision. We had a huge discussion as to where to put the paper towels and my wife and I were very happy to find this piece.
I simply cannot look at any more of these “upload your thrift finds” features, Pam, or I will need to go back to rehab. : ) I had almost cured myself of my acquisitive “issue” and then you went and started this irresistible series. Damn. I feel a binge coming on….want to go shopping?
ahem, margaret…. “issues”?… i am in serious denial…. hows about you come shopping in my attic, basement, garage — or even under my desk?
This may sound like a really dumb question, but are finds from auctions okay as well? I only ask because I just discovered a local auction house in my city and got some great vintage stuff for really cheap and I would love to try and upload the pictures but I don’t want to violate any rules/guidelines.
Sure, Starla, join the party!!!!! I forgot about auctions!
Love this feature Pam! And again, I was thrilled to see your site rank so high on apartmenttherapy.com. You’re a wonderful ‘archivist’ and ‘curator’ and it’s much appreciated!
Awesome! I will try to take some pictures of my finds and upload them asap.
Love the items–sorry I couldn’t participate. I was helping my cousin move from her 1947 house…..they have lived in the house since 1947—lot’s & lots of vintage stuff is now in my garage!! (Her family never threw anything away!)
I got a plaid metal picnic basket that matches my thermos (amongst a boat load of other items). We will be having an estate sale next month -
Pam, I have the presidental figures just like these in a box in a closet. Although I have probably lost a few through the years, I had them through Nixon and I think my mom bought them in 1969.