Thursday, October 15, 2009

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It started with the pink dogs.

I had stopped at a drug store the other day and noticed the Salvation Army store next door. It had been a while since I stopped in, so ....

The first thing I noticed was a framed picture of two dogs. They were springer spaniels and had faces sort of like my dog, Bailey. I liked the print but the matting was .... pink.



I figured I could buy the print and have it reframed. Now that I have it home it is temporarily hanging on a yellow wall. Within a few days I will love it or hate it -- but for now they are my two pink dogs!

While in a picture mood, I grabbed these two HUGE prints. They must have come out of some office. Here they are on two chairs I pulled out of my kitchen and rolled into my dining room.



As with the pink dogs, I can't decide whether to donate them to the local Legal Aid office or keep them. The strange thing was, that for some reason, the people in the store did not realize these two prints with identical metal frames and identical mattings and done by the same artist actually went together! They were in two separate parts of the store!

Here is a real treasure. Look at this vase!



I liked the colors and I liked the fact it is sturdy. I might put a plant in it. Not sure yet. I have to let things sort of ferment for a while.

This little rolling cart was actually a great find!



As with most things in life, it looks a lot better when it is dressed up or being used. Looks a lot better this way, doesn't it? And I love the wheels!



But please tell me what you think of those pink dogs.... it might take a while to get used to them! At least there was not a matching one with cats!

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Marge said...

The picture of the dogs is nice, but I, too, would wonder about the pink mat. However, it doesn't look bad at all on the yellow wall!

However, I love the pottery pitcher! I'm always on the lookout for pottery pieces, and check the thrift shops in town on a regular basis so I don't have to pay full price at the big stores.

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Maureen said...

As an artist, I've always liked pink and yellow together, and as someone who sells other painters' work, I say buy what speaks to you and keep what you love. So, since they're already on the wall, I think the dogs are there to stay. Can't tell how you feel about the others, they could be donation material but they are nice too.

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Oh,I love to look for treasures at thrift shops, garage sales, used book stores, etc. And I think you found some really nice things. Love the pitcher! I do like the picture of the dogs, but must admit I don't like the pink.

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I love the picture of the dogs, but I would change the pink matting. There is too much pink shade in the picture (some of the leaves and foliage), and pink can tend to look cloying. I love the frame, however, and I think a forest green matting would really complement it, especially next to that frame. Forest green would pick up the forest green colors in the picture, and make it look more "autumny". Just my humble opinion. :-) The picture itself is wonderful.

I like the New Yorker magazines in the little rolling cart, and the pottery jug on top of it looks as if it was made to sit there.

Small City Scenes said...

Great find at the thrift. I like the dog print and the pink mat is ok for me. I think it picks up the fall colors in the scene and brings the dogs out as a focal point. It is funny how we all see things different. No Jo thinks the pink is too much and would like a forest Green which I think would be too dark and you would lose the dogs.

I love little pourer, as I call some pitchers. I even collected them for awhile. Your find is quite good. The rolling cart is nice too but the other pics--no.

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larkspur said...

The dogs stay; the pink's gotta go!
(My mom always used to say some people's taste is in their mouth)

Nice frame. A light brown mat, like the one dog's ear, or a light rust, like in your header. Try some samples in the frame shop and go for it.

Be very proud of a fabulous find!

Leslie: said...

Love all the pictures but the pink really DOES need to be changed - perhaps to a shade closer to the colour of the wall, which would "pop" the dogs out! Also, I love the pitcher - right away I thought "milk jug." And the rolling cart is perfect.

Hilary said...

I'll bet that you know by now what you're doing with the paintings/matting. That pitcher is very nice and looks pretty good on your new cart. I love garage/yard sales for this exact reason. It was these kind of finds that I first blogged about. Fun post. :)

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Loved the dog picture and the cart, especially the cart.

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