Thrifted: Mid century modern valet chair

I am so excited to talk about my new furniture piece you guys! (This totally fed my chair obsession.)   I was on my way home this afternoon and I decided to stop into my local Value Village. And boy, am I glad I did!

Purchasing this piece was lots of fun, and kind of scary. When I thrift something I like to know at least what it is, and something of its origin if i can.  Needless to say I had no idea what this thing was. After staring at it for a few minutes I decided to ask an older lady that walked by me to browse the scarves. She said that it probably held pants, a suit jacket and cufflinks in the little tray in the back. She also began to tell me how cool it could be if I was into decorating with unconventional pieces. Then she opened up the seat. I had no idea that it even opened up for storing "shoe polish and things" (that's what she told me).

I was way too excited to get it home and scrub the $24.99 $8.08 off of the leather and wood seat and place it in my living room. I want to use it to create a little book nook by my book shelf. Right now it's serving as a stand for our faux vintage radio/ipod player.

Of course when I got 'er home I had to do some research. It took me about 15 minutes to find out what it was, with the helpful hints of the lady from the store. I just googled "suits stand". "vintage suit rack", "suit holder seat" etc. Finally I found something when I noticed the angle of the legs..."mid century modern suit rack". Bingo. And I just continued to dig around from there. It's actually a mid century modern valet chair.

It's crazy to think that one day someone may find something of mine in a thrift store and wonder what the heck it is. I'm sure some kids today are completely baffled by floppy discs already.

Thrifted and ready for work!

Today I was making a mad dash out the door... it was one of those mornings, so I decided to keep it simple.

Black high-waist tuxedo pants (almost a satin-y material), monochrome cotton floral cami, red vintage boucle jacket, lime green beaded tassel earrings, black pointy toe flats.

I don't typically buy t-shirts or cami's from thrift stores unless I love them. I really liked this particular cami because of how extra soft it was! Unfortunately the tag was cut out so I don't know where there may be more. The tassel earrings were making my day, all day! I just bought them and they won't stop moving long enough for me to take a pic.

• Red vintage boucle jacket- Goodwill
• Tuxedo pants- Value Village
• Black floral silhouette cami-Goodwill
• Green beaded tassel earrings-Angie's 

Indigo Jeans and Red Blouse... Thrifting Success!

This week has finally come to an end... well almost. I finished up with some great finds and I'm super happy!  Let's start out with my awesome mommy jeans.  In my last post "Monday Thrifting Adventure" I talked about the retro jeans that I wanted specifically vintage high-waist, bell bottom.

I found something similar and better than I imagined... AH! They have an interesting white rope detail around the waist and back pockets, they're a dark indigo and they're really durable. I'm so happy because I started thinking about buying these on Yoox.com.

 Glad I didn't.

• Red striped vintage blouse- thrifted Goodwill
• High-waist vintage jeans- thrifted Value Village
  

At two different Value Villages I sifted through thousands of jeans before I found them... for $3.50! Unfortunately VV doesn't have fitting rooms and I cannot buy jeans that I haven't tried on. 
Annnnd I did not follow my own rule. WEAR LEGGINGS when I'm on the prowl for jeans!
Which brings me to....

Defined:  The Changing Tent Maneuver

I ended up having to cleverly morph into the jeans in the open. Basically if you've never done it before this move is a LIFESAVER!  For those of you who don't know this is how you do it. 

1. Find a long, bulky prarie skirt, you're gonna need some room in the tent. (And a mirror) lol
2. Put the skirt on over your jeans, waistline just above your belly button.
3. Now wiggle out of your jeans and slip on the other pair (all under the skirt of course)!
4. Remove hideous prarie skirt
5. Look in the mirror....love jeans/hate jeans
6. Put prarie skirt back on, and Repeat

After I've worn these jeans around a bit I can tell why our parents were horrified by the low and extra low rise jeans that became trendy.  However, I find these vintage jeans much more "sexy"... they give you curves where you have none! Trust me... better yet, go find some!