What I've Thrifted Recently
Plus: What I've left behind
Lately, I’ve been thrifting mostly for myself, rather than to resell.
That’s partly because I’m pretty far along in sourcing for my second book and also because my house is at the point where I can be a little pickier. I’m not trying to fill rooms anymore, but I am occasionally looking for specific things that solve specific problems (a pendant for my dining room, for instance, which I recently sourced and shared here).
But every now and then, I’ll come across something so charming that I buy it even if I have absolutely no use for it!
Because here’s the thing about thrifting or shopping vintage in general: so many of the pieces you see only cross your path once.
So if you talk yourself out of buying a vintage lamp, a weird handbag, or an incredible light fixture because you don’t have an immediate place for it, you might spend the next five years wishing you’d brought it home.
The pieces below are a mix of things I bought for myself and things I bought simply because I knew I’d never see another one quite like them. (And if you live in Northeast Florida and need a great chandelier like the one below, let me know because I have no place for it!)
And because half the fun of thrifting is appreciating great finds whether or not they come home with you, I’m also sharing a few things I left behind (or, in one case, arrived too late to buy).
xx,
VC
THE OBJECT: Vintage Wallpaper Roll Lamp ($60)
This is the third such lamp I have come across in recent years and I ran across the store when I saw it.
The base is a vintage wallpaper roll stamp, the kind that was used to create the pattern on wallpaper years ago. I love pieces that tell a story or lived a different life before becoming something new, and it’s especially fun when something references design history in a literal way.
I previously had a floor lamp-sized wallpaper roll lamp and sold it and currently have another tabletop (but very large, like the one above) version. But my other one is a darker wood and I love the color of this one.
