I am still looking for a few furniture pieces for the cottage and found a couple of little tables at two different yard sales over the summer. I bought a little side table at the annual Surfpines neighborhood yard sale just north of Gearhart on Fourth of July weekend. It was painted with a flat grey paint – it may have even been some kind of chalk paint – and I knew I would need to paint it some nice beachy color when I bought it for…
A few weekends ago, we – Susan and Natalie (my sister and my niece)and myself, ventured up to Astoria for the Fifth Annual Vintage Flea Market on the waterfront River Walk and to check out this year’s Sunday Market which runs every Sunday during the summer in downtown Astoria. What a fun day! First stop was the Vintage Flea Market which started in front of Astoria Vintage Hardware and extended on down the wharf. I wrote about this great store awhile back – we got our “Toilet”…
There is something about spending time in an old cottage that makes you want to fill it with old things. Beautiful old things. Like English ironstone and blue transferware and comfortably worn quilts. In the case of an old beach cottage then there are also things like vintage Pendleton blankets, old fishing creels and historic seaside photos. I have found myself keeping an eye out for “beach cottage” items in my travels. Now…I will admit it…I am a longtime fan of…