Have you ever been on a mission to find something? Not just anything, but a Spanish Revival style light fixture for my breakfast area. I made a trip to San Francisco(the home of Spanish Revival) to see my daughter and begin searching through flea markets and antique shops...
Lynne Rutter sent me to Big Daddy's, a treat in itself, where I began to feel like Goldilocks...this one was beyond fabulous but, too big.
...equally fabulous, this was a gem, but too small....
This one made my heart flutter,( a prop from a theater) but was even bigger than the first one!
I ended up with a great piece from the Alameda flea market and tried to ship it home with a few other things, but was too fragile for most shippers to consider.
I ran and bought practically all the bubble and plastic wrap one store had and mummified my iron fixture for its plane ride home with me!
I watched it go down the conveyer belt at the airport check in and prayed it would make it home in one piece....
It did! Here it is one plane ride, one shuttle and one car ride later heading home to be lamped and add glass.
I choose seedy baroque glass and kept the piece as is for aesthetic purposes.
Here is the final results. A rescued iron fixture that is almost 100 years old, now electrified and brought back to use. I love owning things that have a story, do you have some wonderful stories about your collections?
Lynne Rutter sent me to Big Daddy's, a treat in itself, where I began to feel like Goldilocks...this one was beyond fabulous but, too big.
This one made my heart flutter,( a prop from a theater) but was even bigger than the first one!
I ended up with a great piece from the Alameda flea market and tried to ship it home with a few other things, but was too fragile for most shippers to consider.
Here is the final results. A rescued iron fixture that is almost 100 years old, now electrified and brought back to use. I love owning things that have a story, do you have some wonderful stories about your collections?
