A Good Night's Sleep

Hi to all!

You may have thought that I fell off the face of the earth, but I've been busy working, and also spent some time doing this:

That's right, I drove down to OC last Friday.  This is actually light traffic for LA.  I went down for my nephew's fiancee's (my new niece!) bridal shower, so I was able to visit (briefly) with family.  I would have liked for it to have been a longer visit, but I had to get back to work a 12:00 noon shift on Sunday.  Such is the life of one who works retail.


In my off-time, I've been working in the garden, working on my bathroom redo, and working on cleaning and fixing up my bedroom.

I collect a lot of stuff that is best housed in a bedroom: vintage costume jewelry, hats, and purses.  Additionally, I inherited a lot of cool vintage things from my mom: gloves (that I can't wear because her hands were so tiny - but I can't bear to part with them), more purses, more hats, a dresser set, etc.  So, since the only rooms you've ever seen in my house are the living room and kitchen, I thought I would share a few photos of my still-incomplete bedroom:

I LOVE my art deco vanity. It didn't have the original vanity stool, so I'm always on the lookout for an orphaned one.

I inherited my grandmother's bedroom furniture (bed, dresser & nightstands).  My mom said that Grandma bought the set in 1948. In the photo below, you can see from the image in the mirror that I forgot to clean the junk off the top of the little chest that's next to my bed.  Oh well, at least the bed is made.  I can't say that that's always the case.

You can never have too many purses - even though I don't have much money to put in those purses these days : )

Just in case you're wondering, yes, I do actually use my purses. 

And you can never have too many poodles:

And you can never have too much pink:

And you can never have too many puppies:

These are the only puppies I can have right now.  After doing some research, I figured that it will cost about $150 to adopt from the local SPCA.  Of course this includes all the shots, spaying, microchip and dog license, so it doesn't seem unreasonable, but it's going to take me a few months to save for it. So I'm putting all my spare change in an old coffee can.  This dog will be paid for with rolls of pennies and quarters.

A few more images:

I just love this fan.  It was my mom's.  On the side of it is printed "Made in Occupied Japan." 

I don't remember where I originally saw this idea to use old jewelry as tiebacks for curtains.  Both sets of beads were my mom's.

Eventually, I would like to get rid of the metal closet doors (they just don't look right with the vintage stuff).  Also, I'd like to have a shelf made to fit over the closet so I can display my old hats.  Right now, they're stored in hat boxes.  I also need to figure out where the dog's bed is going to go.  My bedroom is pretty small, and I'm already using up most of the space.  Maybe I should just give the dogs (because I already know that I won't have just one) their own room. 

Hope you enjoyed the bedroom tour.  Hope everyone has a great weekend (and a safe one, too!)  Thanks for your visit, and for your comments.  I always enjoy reading them.