a free gem for Annie!

i just got these pictures from Annie Rouillard, self described faithful blog watcher! Annie took some pictures during Christmas and has kindly shared them with us :)

Annie: "I'm not the designer/photographer most of your watchers are - but thank you for all your inspiration!"

Well Annie, you rock. You rocked the remainder of my 2009 into awesomeness! You also have great taste - I love the wooden folding chairs and pomegranates on your table setting!

glass cabinet was "FREE"

"It holds my growing collection of depression glass (Florentine 2, green) and early American pressed glass (Fishscale, Bryce circa 1880 to match our 1880 house). Also, the Wedgwood china is on the table that was produced in the 50's - 60's."

PS: Annie is on the look out for two more Thonet Bentwood chairs, send along if you see/have them

What a Dame!

Dany from Dame sent me some photos from her new home...it's beautiful! I feel inspired to kick up the style and awe factor in my place.

"We scored the 6 chairs at the SoWa Antiques market this year for 300 bucks, which I think is a great price. I often see 4 chairs but not usually the formal 6 and I specifically wanted the high back chairs, which I don't see often, to offset all the other low furniture in the house."

Crococile tears find mid-century tea cart $125. Matches my buffet beautifully. The buffet has the prettiest wood grain I've ever seen on one of those pieces. I purchased the buffet at Yesterer in JP and they gave me such a good deal on the table that I couldn't refuse.

"Vintage Type chest (I don't remember the cost)/Somerville scored from Crocodile Tears saved from a Union Square Garage. The hutch is a family piece. And the midcentury china is a personal obsession of mine, currently I'm all about Russell Wright. He and his wife were all about utilitarian beauty. I am extremely vexed by anything that doesn't have a constructive use in the home."


Crocodile Tears find - "Vintage Singer Sewing Machine. What a beauty! This is a vintage model 201 and is considered one of the best sewing machines every made by singer. It's the closest to an industrial sewing machine ever made for home use. I was attracted to the compact footprint of the desk and stool and it wasn't till I got home that I realized it was such a fine machine, it came with the original manual and all the original attachments. It was the sellers grandmother’s who apparently didn't even sew. I think it was 90 bucks. I should upload a better pic of the desk b/c it's a beautiful deco piece."

Thanks Dany!

an office of her own!

Jessica is a huge lover of clean lines and white spaces. She keeps her space from looking drab by adding pops of color through tapestries and desk accessories. "I like mid-century style furniture because a lot of it retains a modern feel, with little quirks that show a bit of thought on the designer's part." Next on her to do list: rug, curtains, and hanging JHills prints.

to the left you have Jessica Sutton Graphic Design
to the right, you have JHill Designs

The couch is by Boston Interiors, CL $100. The blanket is IKEA.
The chair is IKEA, CL $40.
The coffee table is glass with paperclip chrome legs, CL $20.
The desk is vintage, CL $80. The chair is recovered with Amy Butler fabric

Lots of lights!!! Ceiling lights are all from IKEA

These desks are the Melltorp dining room tables from IKEA.

The black chair is by Knoll, CL $200.

The white chair is West Elm, CL $80.

The cart under the desk is an old folding medical cart, circa 1970, CL $10.

The Gold Brocade wall calendar is from Shabby Chic Designs - $20?

Purchase post here: jessicasutton.blogspot.com/2008/12/hardly-shabby.html

The desk lamp was my grandfather's GE, circa 1970.

coffee machine will go here :)

The vintage sewing machine table was found in the trash!

intern station! The paintings are by Matthew Paul Corley.

Making a home with Crodile Tears gems!

Welcome to Condomania by Christine!

The sewing chair was purchased at ChopChop for $27 and upholstered with vintage fabric that was once a dress. The colorful swiveling fiberglass Eames chairs are from CL, $400.

Christine says this about her place:

i think i have a strong sense of taste and design but i get overwhelmed by the enormity of choice and the concrete limitations of my space. so i have trouble thinking of the place as a whole and planning it out. i just know that i love color, i love saturation, i want things to be fun, yet anchored in a grander aesthetic dialogue. i dont want it to be an antispetic museum, nor a shabby chic fleamarket, somewhere in the middle. it's clean, organized, a little zany, and a lot functional.

my favorite corners have gems

Here are a few of my personal gems!

Zombie shadow defeating Wood and metal lamp $10, Norman Bel Geddes headboard/footboard and nightstands $150

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I never thought I would have a real bedside table (I used a lucite coffee table for awhile, before that a great shoe box...)

 Danish server $20 (or was it $40?) 6 metal bins $40

Kartell ghost chair $120, vintage sewing table $40

Sidetable $25, daybed $60

Welcome to Acquired Gems!

My lady friend, Jessica, had a brilliant idea! She suggested I create a blog devoted to Crocodile Tears Successes, Victories!

If your heart has palpitated, your fingers feverishly typed a faster than Flash Gordan email to a craigslist seller AND you got a response, picked up the item....well, then you have tasted Crocodile Tears Victory. Sweeter than your first underage kiss!

Now, its your turn to send me your pictures of what you have found using the wonderful and frequently updated Crocodile Tears blog - I will treat your pictures with tlc and post them on Crocodile Tears Acquired Gems.
Please include:

• your first name
• item
• town you live in
• town you picked up the item from
• how much you paid for the item

...a little side story would be nice as well! With all of this said, it is now time for me to clean up my place and snap some pictures.

xoxo,
Keyse