Found treasures...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's funny how a little "shopping" next door at my parents will always yield a treasure or two.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Look at this wonderful tole tray that belonged to my grandmother. I am SO loving blue these days. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6akYWfZPlcSLGZRw9xXr1STMiBUxsuHL7bobZ40E0Dno_0FgJpeAFALbLe0k-4krJf4y08dADhVZJ3ZiQbOGY51W7NzYXmhjVHgrCIooILaEsX3a_wXn1o5vKFnFfIA815jq7jynSayk/s1600/toletray.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6akYWfZPlcSLGZRw9xXr1STMiBUxsuHL7bobZ40E0Dno_0FgJpeAFALbLe0k-4krJf4y08dADhVZJ3ZiQbOGY51W7NzYXmhjVHgrCIooILaEsX3a_wXn1o5vKFnFfIA815jq7jynSayk/s1600/toletray.jpg" /></a></div><br />My mom had given me this brass-plated tin platter a while ago and I put it in the storage. Then, while watching an episode of "I Love Lucy" I noticed she had one in her Connecticut home on the mantle. Hmm. I remembered I had this one so I pulled it out. These were made in England so it does fit the English cottage style I have fallen into, but not sure where or how I will use it yet.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjrdGkEeSg96RVedBijo3cBXci58SBwPmWImgT-a7dRj8peOjTmXoHtoX4a1LMa2kirXLY6vzIgymp_Kf9jjIHtxUNxVTOs7xap6Zccmdp8ztMqWkgrGXA9RtLptXrXYFWZkAAog7CQ8A/s1600/toletraygold.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjrdGkEeSg96RVedBijo3cBXci58SBwPmWImgT-a7dRj8peOjTmXoHtoX4a1LMa2kirXLY6vzIgymp_Kf9jjIHtxUNxVTOs7xap6Zccmdp8ztMqWkgrGXA9RtLptXrXYFWZkAAog7CQ8A/s1600/toletraygold.jpg" /></a></div><br />I found the measuring tape in the guest house. I can only assume my grandfather dropped it there when they were dismantling the old house around 1960. The colander and the other tin piece were in my parent's basement.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmDc7abfcZAAZiJc0kJWaH04KxNJnAk_BoKIHDVbZadplBEUl25ypLAOBoiIpaEHbZXcXn27a0KZF42TAC9lZ0FtalVvd8LgBFKs9Tm9ogl6EZlYJcPUGaQAWkgVj2-asv24t0jsPRgRo/s1600/tolemeasuringtape.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmDc7abfcZAAZiJc0kJWaH04KxNJnAk_BoKIHDVbZadplBEUl25ypLAOBoiIpaEHbZXcXn27a0KZF42TAC9lZ0FtalVvd8LgBFKs9Tm9ogl6EZlYJcPUGaQAWkgVj2-asv24t0jsPRgRo/s1600/tolemeasuringtape.jpg" /></a></div><br />Finally, a trip to the Goodwill yielded this amber lamp for $5. It has a night light in the middle part, but not sure I will keep that when I rewire it. I love it! I'm thinking 1970s.  Not sure what form it will take after I take it apart for rewiring, but I can't wait to do something with it.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgMu5KsOz58ZDgqRrLhg6iQCpfG0g5pzsTpAMJa94E6q8H8E8gf6IntyxAt-kH0-NebKtKwIS7mKHfIoYOjeYgmeqGHm-udFEHZulYk5p49IKa2q-AO_lxwXJT9zDShb24rdi5f-n_r9w/s1600/lamp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgMu5KsOz58ZDgqRrLhg6iQCpfG0g5pzsTpAMJa94E6q8H8E8gf6IntyxAt-kH0-NebKtKwIS7mKHfIoYOjeYgmeqGHm-udFEHZulYk5p49IKa2q-AO_lxwXJT9zDShb24rdi5f-n_r9w/s1600/lamp.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today I will be cleaning, and also finishing a little painting with the gray paint I showed you last week. Happy that now I have found what to use on those glaring white french doors:-)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anita</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

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It's funny how a little "shopping" next door at my parents will always yield a treasure or two. Look at this wonderful tole tr...

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