I have always loved thrift shops, flea markets, and yard sales. Sure,  high-end antique stores are great. But everything in them has already  been curated, cleaned up, and marked up.
What intrigues me is finding a gem among the cast-offs and  transforming it into something special and beautiful — changing its  context by wanting it and appreciating it.
Over the years I have developed a pretty good eye, so that I can spot  a color, a shape, a glaze; and know instantly that I’ve just found  another treasure.
Usually I’ll buy it, sometimes I won’t. I’ve given many things away to family and friends. But I always take a picture.
And now I’d like to share these things with you, one day at a time.
photo: Small wooden bowls are plentiful and cheap.  Most of them were originally snack bowls or part of a salad set, but  they’re great for change, keys, bobby pins, jewelry on your dresser. The  woods are beautiful and feel so nice to the touch. They’re mostly made  of teak, walnut, or monkey pod wood.

I have always loved thrift shops, flea markets, and yard sales. Sure, high-end antique stores are great. But everything in them has already been curated, cleaned up, and marked up.

What intrigues me is finding a gem among the cast-offs and transforming it into something special and beautiful — changing its context by wanting it and appreciating it.

Over the years I have developed a pretty good eye, so that I can spot a color, a shape, a glaze; and know instantly that I’ve just found another treasure.

Usually I’ll buy it, sometimes I won’t. I’ve given many things away to family and friends. But I always take a picture.

And now I’d like to share these things with you, one day at a time.

photo: Small wooden bowls are plentiful and cheap. Most of them were originally snack bowls or part of a salad set, but they’re great for change, keys, bobby pins, jewelry on your dresser. The woods are beautiful and feel so nice to the touch. They’re mostly made of teak, walnut, or monkey pod wood.

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