Thrifting – Page 9 – Cathy At Home on the River

Fall for Owls

I found these owls during my thrifting trip to Atlanta and I think that they’re just great, so I built a tablescape around them. I used a white cloth and a jute runner and added a vase of dried lunaria, natural bowl fillers from my office, little wooden boxes from around the house, a woodenContinue reading “Fall for Owls”

Wine Tasting Dinner

I found a set of Herend Village Pottery “Vineyard” dishes at a local antique store that has really good prices. I don’t think that these dishes have ever been used–they are in nearly mint condition. Given the name of the pattern, doing a wine tasting dinner with various wines and wine labels and some candleContinue reading “Wine Tasting Dinner”

Child’s Birthday Party

I found these super adorable dinner plates by Gibson–4 at one thrift store and 2 at another thrift store while I was in Atlanta. The blue in the bands is PERFECT with my Fiestaware Lapis bowls. I did tumblers instead of stemware–the larger tumbler is by Duralex, and the smaller tumbler is by Pasabahce. ForContinue reading “Child’s Birthday Party”

Welcome to the 90’s

I found this set of Sango Flair dishes at the thrift store, and then found the water glasses at a consignment shop in Atlanta. I decided to do a 90’s throwback look. I did handblown glass balls in a large silver bowl as a centerpiece because they mirror the colors in the glasses and theContinue reading “Welcome to the 90’s”

Game Night

I found this giant set of dominoes at the consignment store, and I love jars of scrabble tiles (along with upwords, and boggle), so that was the jumping off point for this table. I love using apothecary style jars in tablescapes. I thrifted all the decorations for this table.

Thrift Haul

You may have guessed that I sell dishes and glassware on ebay from all the different items that I show in my tablescapes. So, I do spend quite a bit of time in thrift and consignment stores. People have asked me to do a thrift haul post so that they can see all the itemsContinue reading “Thrift Haul”