Another Sneak Peek...

Things are really hoppin' around here in preparation for the Tumbleweed Cotillion in Reno...Wanna' see what we are up to?

Mr. Deb has been busy busy busy - he located two old Victrola cabinets, and has totally repurposed them. The one above is the smaller of the two, and he has set it up to be our cash wrap station in the booth. It has a plethora of storage so it's perfect for that: The center lid lifts up to conceal an area that used to hold the turntable - now it will hold sales books and the charge card machine. The side doors open to reveal slots for Victrola records - but we'll put bags and tissue in there, plus it sits up high enough that our picnic basket with munchies and my tote bag of necessaries will fit beneath.

Oh, and the pi'ece de resistance: Mr. Details hooked up a tiny speaker to his MP3 player and put it inside the old grammaphone cone - that's the ivory area behind the black grille above. When he turned it on and chose some Gershwin tunes, I swear it sounds exactly like what music coming out of there sounded like in ought-six. AMAZING guy!!!!!

He also took some legs from one table, a leaf from another, and edge banding from another, and created this stunnning sofa/entry table.... ok so it's not stunning yet....look below.....

NOW it's stunning! Behind it is the second Victrola cabinet, retrofitted to be...wait for it...a mini bar! The top lifts to reveal a serving area and a sunken ice bucket. Inside all of the doors are wine, libation, and glass storage and even space for a small refrigerated wine storage unit. The man is brilliant!


Chairs waiting for their upholstered seats... and they have tables to match but for some reason Deb forgot to get 'after' photos of the tables...sheesh... plus there's a dresser and more tables and more chairs and.....

... And a Bit of the Little Stuff....

I found this old book of organ music from 1889 at a thrift store. I just love the tattered page edges.... and these are cotton paper, so they are soft and flexible - not crispy and crumbly.


They are going into vintage paper packs along with all this good stuff... plus I found some old player piano rolls. I was going to cut them up and add the paper to these packs, but decided to keep them intact. They could be cut up and used for crafting or scrappin', or let whole and used as a window shade or a table runner or wall art... very cool.

OK, I need to get movin'! This morning we go over to Faded Elegance and empty out our two booths for 'the big move' - which we'll miss while we are in Reno. When we return, we'll hustle to get our stuff into the new store before it opens. Later today, it's pack & load the trailer. And bless His heart, it's lookin' like God sent some sunny blue DRY skies our way... ahhhh. Thanks, Dad! ;0)