Antique Shopping

As mentioned in this post, I went shopping at my favorite antique store, Avalon Antiques, while on vacation. Although I only bought one item (will post once framed), I loved browsing the store. Here are photos of my favorites:

Love these glasses for drinking or to hold make up brushes, pens, etc

Color inspiration: charcoal gray

I loved both the aqua dresser and rocking chair

DIY Project: glue a candlestick to a pretty plate and you have a platter or jewelry holder!

Color Inspiration: Red table, and the cool wallpaper!

Vintage dresses!

Color Inspiration: loved this turquoise dresser with glass knobs

New Obsession: Candle Wall Sconces

I love the look of wall candle holder sconces. The more dramatic, the better. While browsing in my favorite antique store this past week on vacation (although, I was a bit disappointed on the lack of home items this visit) I came across these sconces and love the big impact they make, as well as the mirrored look:

At Ross I came across these very inexpensive ones ($7 each) and you can always spray paint to give them the color you want.

Here are 2 options from JC Penney. The 1st are similar to the ones found at Ross. They are small and I would hang both together, as pictured below.

 I like the squared shape of these:

I really love these mirrored ones from West Elm ($39 each). These are definitely dramatic enough that they can be placed alone. One could be place on either side of a buffet or hutch or hang underneath each other instead of side by side.