Ronni McCord Murden's prettynpync

Stay tuned for the after later this week!

I’ve added some bottles to the shop that were found under the floors of a building undergoing renovation on Hull Street.  All the bottles were Artificial Caraway Extract (not sure what that tastes like but I’m pretty sure they were consumed for their alcohol content), some have labels most don’t.  All of the bottles were made here in Richmond, Virginia, by The Burton Brothers.  $1 EACH

All the books I have are now on sale and I have many more books than are shown here in the photo. I’m going to try to replenish the supply every couple of days, let me know if you’re looking for something specific and I’ll check into the supply! 2 for $1

of some chairs and stuff around the house.  I’ve put some items up on Craigslist this evening in hopes of clearing out the house a bit.

http://richmond.craigslist.org/fuo/1090490296.html

http://richmond.craigslist.org/fuo/1085949001.html

http://richmond.craigslist.org/fuo/1085923389.html

Some may say that I have a chair problem.  They would be right!  There’s more, check out the selling section on my flickr page.

The cool thing is that the neon is still intact.  The problem with that is the tubes are sticking out the back, about 6 inches, so I can’t hang it on a wall.  The R will have to find a place on a shelf or something.

Here are the ones left behind . . . 

If you’re interested let me know and I’ll pick one up for you!

I found this awesome lamp while on my lunch break, I was so excited that I quickly ran it down and put it in my booth.  Everyone was immediately in love!

The base is chalkware and pretty heavy, the lampshade is made of fiberglass that hasn’t been coated so it’s very fragile.  

After looking around on different websites I was able to find out some background on the company along with some photos of other amazing lamps made by Reglor.  

Head over to Cold Harbor Antique Mall if you think this should be in your house!

Scored a 16″ illuminated floor globe by Cram’s this weekend. According to the timeline at Omniterrum, this globe dates from 1960 or 1961. Egypt and Syria are shown together as the United Arab Republic (1958-1961), French West Africa has dissolved (1960), and Tanzania is still identified at Tanganyika (until 1961).

Some of you may know that I love magazines, I have many piles in my house as I type this, it’s a sickness I inherited from my Mom.  I usually go through them after awhile and tear out the photos I want to keep for ideas.  I have a file box full of these “ideas” torn from many a magazine.

Since the closing of Domino magazine, which is a real downer, I’ve checked through my stash and I have 21 perfect condition issues.  I’ve decided to put them up for sale over on eBay.  I’m not much of an eBay seller but I’m going to give it a try, wish me luck!

I recently scored a great cache of vintage hats from Richmond retailers past Thalhimer’s and Miller&Rhoads. I’ll be putting up photos of them over the next 2 weeks & adding them to my Etsy store if anyone would like to get themselves a snazzy hat to wear around town or just to add to your collection.

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I’ve come across a couple of really great vintage wool winter coats from Miller & Rhodes and Berry Burke and they’re in great shape!  And if you’re interested in Mid-Century Richmond styles, check back in a few days because I’ve got some very cool surprises to share.

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I sold the American of Martinsville coffee table last week, so I had some space to fill at Cold Harbor. John helped me move a new china cabinet up on Sunday, and that great buffet is displayed better now. I got an absolutely huge load of books (over 600!) this past week (thanks Sarah), but haven’t been able to really get into them yet (next week!).

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