Mid Mod Mom and Fab

Mid Mod Mom is featured this week on Fab Vintage! Come and check it out! Some of our animal figurines are also featured on a multi-seller Menagerie sale. What a week!

Thrift Finds: Slow week

Well, here we are, June 15th!!! Where has the time gone? I guess it is true that time flies when you are having fun! I am grateful every day for the opportunity to do what I love. It is a good life!

I have been busy photographing and measuring most of my inventory as we are getting ready to go on vacation to Colombia for five weeks and I plan to keep the store open and the listings coming. My sweet husband will be in charge of shipping while he is in California. I think we can make it work!

I did not go thrifting much this week but I managed to find a few beauties. Let's take a look:

Great pair of small ceramic bowls made in Italy. Gorgeous gold finish on the inside, signature reads V520/9 Italy. I have to research some more to find out if there is a specific designer behind these.

 A Blenko glass owl bookend designed by Joel Meyers. I have another one in inventory so I will sell them as a pair.

Hartstone wine chiller. I love this object! I love its shape and the practical design. Already listed in the shop.

Modernist stainless steel salt and pepper set. Simple and beautiful.

A Japanese cryptomeria wood owl carving. These figurines have a following and they have a very particular look. I have a frog of the same style listed in the store.

My best find of the week, a gorgeous Finel teapot. I love Finel enamel and I have a small collection of the bowls. I better list this cutie before I get too attached.

A Lapid of Israel mug. I really like the mid century look of the Lapid pieces and I pick them up whenever I see them.

Four roly poly spaghetty string glasses. Fun and retro! Love the colors on these.

That is it for the week. Tomorrow is the Long Beach market and I might go early so that I can be back in time to celebrate father's day. We will see if I manage to get up early or not.

Sharing this week with  A Living Space, Remnant, Apron Thrift Girl and Sir Thrift a Lot.

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Thrift FInds: A little knowledge goes a long way

 Hello,

This was a great week for finds! The store is doing a little better and I feel confident that somehow I will be able to list and sell all of my recent finds! I am trying to get enough inventory to make up for the five weeks that I will be in Colombia without thrifts and estate sales. It is going to be a difficult time for a thriftaddict as myself.

First two finds came from the local thrift stores. The cast iron candelabra is signed I, Nilsson. Stigtomta (a region of Sweden?) I believe this is an amateur piece, but I really like it.

 Glass bowl designed by Zsofia Kanyak for Rosenthal Studio Line. Beautiful shape and detail.

Friday I drove 1 1/2 hours to a fantastic estate sale in San Diego. I left my house at 2:30 AM! I was confident I was going to be one of the first people in line. I was #6! Several of the dealers in front of me had arrived the night before! There were many things worth the drive, but I was hoping to get a couple pieces of furniture. After chatting for three hours with the dealers in front of me, it was clear that they were there for the furniture, so I decided that I would try to get one piece of furniture and then I would focus on smalls. I am glad I had a back up plan because the piece I wanted was gone in seconds! I came home with lots of goodies. Let's take a look:

Cathrineholm is always a favorite, and this time it was no exception. Look at it! A covered pan, a skillet, and two plates with handles.

Soon after I got all the Cathrineholm I went after this Dansk Fjord flatware. I love it so much! It has been on my wish list for a long time. Husband loves it too, we are considering keeping the set, but we also know that it is a good seller. Decisions, decisions...

There was a full set of red Dansk kobenstyle, but the only piece I got was this small pitcher. I almost got a small paella pan, but my bag was already full and I needed to move to the living room fast to get to these:

A set of four dinner plates by Marshall Studios, decorated by Jane Martz. These are so light and beautiful. It will be hard to let them go! Small jar or bud vase in front is also a Martz piece.

Before I left I stopped by the patio and picked this extra large studio pot. A lovely piece.

Before heading home, I stopped at the nearby Ocean beach for a nice walk and was pleasantly surprised to find a couple of antique malls nearby. I picked this Arabia wall plate by Helja Liukko Sandstrom. Pretty.

I had enough finds for a week, yet husband teased me that I was missing out on a great community garage sale near us. Dutifully I drove to it but found nothing worth my time and effort. Dissapointed I went for a short drive to try and find other garage sales. I was rewarded when I spotted these two beauties. I knew they looked like "something" yet I wasn't sure. I took a closer look looking for marks, but there were none. I asked about the price and she said $4 for the large and $2 for the small. I knew this were worth the $6 dollars she was asking, and that I could always keep them (I like them a lot). Then I remembered that my friend Jessyca had favorited a similar item on Etsy, so I browsed and confirmed that these are Lotte lamps. Worth every penny!

The moral of this story is that you better trust your instincts and that you should follow people with impeccable taste!

Sharing this week with  A Living Space, Remnant, Apron Thrift Girl and Sir Thrift a Lot.

Apartment Therapy House Tour

A dream come true! Mid Mod Mom's home has been featured on Apartment Therapy! What a treat! Thank you Bethany Nauert for the wonderful pictures. See more of our home here.

Thrift Finds: Teak Galore

Hello friends of the vintage find,

I did not post last week because I didn't have time to thrift or post. I was getting my FAB sale ready which is always a lot of work, and I wanted to finish by Friday. I was able to do so which freed my long weekend for family and friends.

This week I made up for all the lost thrifting time though. I had to go to Los Angeles to run an errand and I stopped at one thrift where I found this beautiful Upsala Ekeby Bellis plate. My first find in this wonderful mod pattern. Listed here.

I also found this signed silkscreen entitled "Mistake of the Flesh" I am still trying to discern the signature. Isn't it great?

On thursday I went to a local estate sale with my neighbor's daughter. She really enjoys going thrifting and I was happy to have the company. I didn't find much for the store but I found a keeper. The bird on the right came from the sale, the one on the left was the first find that I decided to keep. How could I let them go? They are so beautifully crafted. Made in Denmark, maker unknown.

On Friday I went to a mid century estate sale that had gorgeous furniture with prices to match. I focused on the smalls and came home with this good looking teak Dansk bed tray.

Small Dansk staved teak bowl.

Organically shaped carved teak bowl, in the style of Emil Milan and Taverneau. No marks.

And a set of teak candle holders.

Saturday was a good day for garage sales, my first and best find of the day was a handsome teak bar cart. Seen here. It needs some TLC but it will look gorgeous when I am done with it.

More teak from garage sales! A late production Dansk tray and a sowe bowl. Wow, that was a lot of teak!

This tall vase is another keeper. A Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg hand decorated vase from the Karneval series. I found it last week when I took a break from all the FAB listing and went late to an amazing mid century sale in my neck of the woods. People camped out since the morning before the sale, and they came all the way from LA. I am glad I missed all the craziness, even more so because I found this beauty! How is it that it was still there waiting for me? Well, it is damaged. It has a long crack and it wouldn't be good for resale. I offered less money than they were asking for it, and my offer was accepted! I have included two sides of the same vase in the picture bellow. Fantastic, right?

Sharing this week with  A Living Space, Remnant, Apron Thrift Girl and Sir Thrift a Lot.

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