Amsterdam Thrifting Tour
This week I had a short thrifting tour, only one shop, but quite interesting.
This charity shop is my favorite because you can really find gems within tons of crap!
First this cupboard, I really liked it…really… but I’m trying to be practical here. It was too high for the corner where I should put it…I can’t cover half of the wall with it, it would make the room even smaller. So I had to say goodbye to the little treasure. 🙁
The other thing that caught my attention was this 8os(?) sideboard. Again…As I showed you during my most recent thrifting tours, slowly, pieces from the 80s are popping up in the stores. I know, in ten years I’ll probably regret all the 80s triangled furniture that I’m not buying now but I really can’t stand them at the moment 😉
Lets go to what I bought. The Fokker dishes set…someone told me that they were from an extinguished airline company’s dining board set; then highly desirable and rare…collectible.
I never heard of this brand/company, but I never heard of many other famous things in the past, so…did anyone know anything about it? Please show me the light at the end of the tunnel!
The small green glass pen holder -or at least that’s what I’ll use it for- match perfectly with my 50s glass ashtrays and my Mac, love it.
I’m really proud to introduce you to my new teak salad bowl! I think it is stunning, specially for 2,50 euro, and I can’t wait to have the first dinner to show it off to my friends! 😀
The last one is a really funny find…this potholder is exactly like the one my mom had for years and brought me back to when I was a child. Strange eh? It’s just a potholder! Anyway, they had tens of them and I took three for each shape: rounded, squared and oval. I don’t know what I’ll do with them but I couldn’t resist. Any idea?
Let me know what you liked more of my findings just leaving a comment.
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OK, OK …. first, love the sideboard/cupboard in the first picture, shame it was too big for your needs. Second, the potholder – a blast from the past ….. mother dear had one of these too, exactly the same – except ours was used to stand the tea pot on!
Today I’ve bought a green glass item so similar then yours! Didn’t had a use for it yet, but now I’ve put it next to my mac also, for holding pens. Great idea! And that salad bowl is truly a gem.
I know!! I left my heart there with it 🙁 such a pity!
About the potholder, my mom had the same as well! That’s why I bought not one but nine ! 😀
I really don’t know what I’ll do with them, though 😉
Thanks for stopping by!
Ciao.
Good to hear that I inspired you 😉
If the object is nice you can always find a use for it!
Thanks for stopping by.
Ciao!
I’m also convinced that the 80s will be the next era to have a revival. There are some really funky pop-artish, graphic looking things about, but like you, I just don’t want them at the moment. We’re really going to kick ourselves at some point! Emma
Good to hear I’m not the only crazy one!
Maybe we could just buy some small thing…what about this? 😉
Ciao.
My grandmother has the same potholders, too. She’s still using them 🙂 I always get very sentimental when I see things from my childhood. Maja
Hey Maya,
I understand what you mean, I have the same…that’s why I bought them 😉
Just a curiosity…in which country your grandma lives? Because I was very surprised to find those potholders in the Netherlands considering that I was sure they were typical Italian! 😀
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Hi Marco,
lovely potholders! My parents are still using them at their house in the countryside. You know the kind of place where you dump stuff that’s still usable but out of fashion. Luckily for me this has saved some midcentury armchairs that I’ve rescued.
btw lovely blog, found you through Apronthriftgirl.
ps non so perchè ti rispondo in inglese 🙂
Ciao da Milano
Antonella
Ciao Antonella!
Some objects have more a sentimental
value than an economical one…like those potholders. That’s why I bought them, basically.
Apparently they have a
Similar meaning for many of us! 😀 That’s really cool…same object, different people, same memories 🙂
Thanks for your kind words about my blog and to reply in English; so
also the non Italians can understand 😉
I hope to see you around here soon again.
Have a nice weekend.
Ciao.