Vintage Ritters Sale this weekend!!

Mark your calendars for a great sale that is coming up this weekend. Vintage Sale at Ritters Green House - 10120 N. Division, Spokane. Saturday November 6th - 9AM to 6 PM and Sunday November 7th - 10AM to 5:30 PM.
There are going to be over 27 vintage vendors, handmade goodies, great Christmas decor and gifts, delish food and drinks and alot more.
We will be there with some special finds we saved just for the show. We have also been working on some gorgeous French Inspired, one of a kind, Christmas stockings and decor.
The shop will also be open for exploring. Please come by either the show or shop and find yourself some special treats.

How do you find all of this great stuff?? We go pickin'!!

.People ask us all the time, "Where do you find all of this great stuff?" I usually tell them that I shop all of the time and that I am lucky to have a husband that does demolition and we find great stuff left behind. What I usually don't tell them is exactly where or in what condition we find things in.
It is hard for me to leave anything with any potential at all behind.....which means, I drag home almost everything. Call the Hoarders Show now.
I also hear all the time about how my customers would like to have a store like ours. What they don't know is that it is not as glamorous as they might think. But, I love what I do and know that I am blessed to get to dig through the barns and deserated places to find previously adored orphans.
It is like a treasure hunt everything single time we got out. Sometimes we find gold... sometimes just fools gold.
My hubby says that we should use before and after pics for our tags...that way our customers will know from which there orphan came...everyone loves the story. I am sometimes afraid that if my customers actually knew...they may not take anything home....lol.
Here are some pictures of our last Pickin' adventure.

It is usually a nice , long drive in the country with some great scenery.

 

And then you just get to it. Scouting out the overall pickins and then going through all of the piles for smaller goodies.

Look at that gorgeous carving on the back.

This chippy beauty is already sold.

Now over to the house and other out buildings.



 

The shelf and cute little black and white cart have also been adopted.

This is my sweety. He loves searching for treasure as much as I do.

Is that chicken....ummm, yes it is. It cleaned up mighty nice though and is ready for a new home.



So there you go...the glamorous life of a junk junky.

 

By the way, you can see some of the things that I found at the Ritter's Vintage Sale!!

 

November 6th and 7th.

Over 26 Vendors with great vintage and one of kind handmade gifts, furniture and home goods!!

We have been busy, busy.

It has been a crazy time. Autumn seems to be a busy time for vintage lover's!! Not complaining. We have been working hard to bring some great goodies to the store. We started out with this cute little desk that needed some lovin.

After alot of sanding, we ended up leaving the top natural and just covered it with some poly. It turned out so cute and is ready for a new home.

Please forgive the terrible setting. This is in the workroom.

I  love to see what customers do with the pieces that they choose from us. Recently a wonderfully talented photographer came by to see what we might have for props. He bought a Paris, chic hatbox. I thought, what a nice added something to a glamour photo...boy did I underestimate.

Let me show you the wonderful work he did with it. 

The gorgeous head was not included.

Gary Peterson happens to be the best Wedding Photographer in the area - obviously, he is also very talented as a fashion photographer.

You can take a look at this other amazing work at http://garypetersonphotogaphy.blogspot.com/

We also have been working on goodies for some upcoming shows. We will have some updates and peeks very soon.

By the way... come by tomorrow and mention our hatbox photo and get 10% off your purchase.

It was a great show!!

The Two Women Show was great fun. The farm is gorgeous, the weather was perfect and the shoppers were happy. This was the perfect show for us. We had alot of great folks that came out to support all of the vendors. There was live music and the most unbelievably, delish homemade pie. I think over the two day show I ate at least half of one myself.

Here are a few pics of our booth. We didn't really have alot of time to take pictures - we basically got cleaned out the first couple of hours and I sent my junk hunk back to the store to pick up more goodies!!

I am ashamed to say that we didn't really get alot of pictures of the other great booths.

At first I went with the French Country look - but by the end of show we went with whatever we could find to fill the space. I learned an important lesson about what sells at the shows and how much more I need to prepare.

Much of the time there were so many people in our booth that it was tricky to help folks...which was nice.

The entire farm was gorgeously - it that a word - decorated with fall color. It was a perfect weekend.
The Two Women are having a Christmas sale....I think I may just have to spend some time with them again.
They have a great little shop on the back of the farm with vintage goodies, handmade jewelry and lots of terrific gifts. Stop by on the weekend and check it out.

On with the Show!!! Two Women Show in Spangle, WA!!

I am so excited to say that I am going to be doing my very first vintage sale!!! I had the pleasure of meeting two of the sweetest souls - Dianna and Fielding Chelf. These two women were gracious enough to take time from their busy schedule to visit my little shop.
Dianna and Fielding put on the Two Women Art and Antique Show in Spangle, WA - twice a year. The fall show this year will be held September 11th 10am - 6pm and September 12th 10am - 4pm. There is live entertainment - Irish Dancers and the Wylie Family Band, Great Food and lots of wonderful vendors.
It is never too early to start your holiday shopping! This is wonderful fun for the whole family and is just a few minutes from downtown Spokane.
Come on out and enjoy some autumn, country air and fun!!
Click on the link at the right to take you to the Two Women Page for more information.

I will be showing some sneak peeks of what you can expect from Orphaned Decor in the next few days....also, let you take a look at what the outside of our building is shaping up to be.....stay tuned.

Leslie

Don't Judge a Book/Building by it's Cover?

The first of July, I will have been in my little store for a year. I have special things planned for my anniversary...but more about that later.
When you open a shop, there are many things to consider, size, traffic and mostly location, location, location.
I live in the neighborhood that our shop is located in. I love the neighborhood. A mix of older homes and neighborhood businesses. Nice lawns and gorgeous old buildings and homes. Growing up in the neighborhood, our shop was a square dance store for years and years. Gorgeous costumes and crinolines were everywhere.
The building that houses our little shop is on a corner, which is nice for parking and lots of room for me to be able to set goodies outside to entice customers to come inside and visit. Sometimes my girls (customers) will playfully curse me because I have put some sweet something outside that they just couldn't drive past. I also hear about how their car just swings around the corner when they try to drive by.
I also hear several times every single day..."I have driven past your store forever and today I decided to stop." Or " I drive by here all the time and I JUST saw your store." They are surprised when I tell them that I have been here for a year!! I hear how the inside of the store is so much nicer than they thought it would be. I always feel complimented when I hear that.
Last week I was across the street and looked back at our shop...It was more than sad. I guess what they say about love being blind is true. For one moment I saw the shop as others must see it. It is a cute little, non descript building with a god AWFUL paint job. The large area in the front where I thought I didn't really need a sign...well, I do. Nothing about the place says...please stop and visit.
I have over 35,000 cars drive by a day. I need to make the outside reflect all of the hard work that I do on the inside to make special things for my customers.
So being that I just renewed my lease for another year, I am changing things up.
Inside and out. I am adding additional sales space in the downstairs area....and well... you won't recognize the little building in just a few days.
Now, I am ashamed to say...this is what it looks like now....
BEFORE


Please visit in a few days to see the AFTER.

Farm Chicks Sale!!

Everyone in junk land knows that the best show ever is taking place this weekend in Spokane. I was fortunate enough to have been invited to the legandary Farm Chicks Show. However, with everything going on with family and life in general - I was not able to participate in the festivities at the Fairgrounds. That isn't going to stop us having a great time though at Orphaned Decor. After you stop by and visit all the wonderful vendors at the fairgrounds, stop by and visit Orphaned Decor for more vintage, handmade and handpainted goodies. We have brought in some gorgeous new goodies and have Farm Chick inspired displays. The best things are that we have free close parking, free refreshments and if you mention this posting - you get 15% off your entire purchase. We are located just 5 minutes from the fairgrounds at 2030 N. Hamilton.

1. Head north on N Havana St/Spokane Interstate Fairgrounds toward E Olive Ave
Continue to follow N Havana St 0.8 mi
2. Turn left at E Mission Ave 2.3 mi
3. Turn right at N Hamilton St
Destination will be on the right

I hope to see some of your great finds and meet some new friends!!! Come and relax, shop, eat, drink and be merry!!