Summertime in the Four Seasons Bathroom!

Our ONE bathroom is completely painted in shades of white.  

It is also completely stucco.

  

From the walls to the ceiling & archway to the counter... stucco.

We'd have to jack-hammer to change anything in there...

So, to liven things up a bit, my DD Julia & I devised the Four Seasons bathroom idea.

Seasonal changes are echoed with a different color scheme represented by towels, a shower curtain, throw rugs, a different picture over the reading rack (our one open expanse of wall), & accessories appropriate to the season.

...Welcome to Summertime, where the livin' is easy and the season is breezy (and hot)!  Also, where we use light blues, sea foam greens, LOTS of white, sunny yellow, and turquoise to evoke the seaside.

The shelf my handsome husband Noel made for me from iron brackets we picked up at Warrenton.

The whole thing is mounted on a simple wood frame with shelves made of  cream-colored Corian pieces recycled from a job he did years ago. 

He also found the glass & fluorescent light fixture out at Warrenton one year; it doesn't completely match the one that came with the house, but it's close!

A blue Fenton powder box.

The little fishes in glass were a gift from my youngest sister.  

 Terracotta sun ornament, palm tree tiles, & the fish-in-a-rum bottle are from my next youngest sister, Tamara

 (I have 3 sisters.)  Lucky me!

Blue glass star hanging ornament from my youngest sister

 & the wire fish from Tamara.

Vintage flower-etched medicine cabinet with glass shelves 

& the white enamel gas wall heater are original to the house.

Shells and candles gathered over the years... The plate holding the candle is Laurella by Universal from HH Noel's Aunt Muriel.  Early American Prescut (EAPC) relish bowl by Indiana Glass, Co. holding the shells.

Milk glass dish from my mother, Joey.

Mancala, anyone?

Glass knobs on the cabinet doors and the linen closet were there when we bought the house!

Dig that crazy commode, y'all!  

White wood floors covered in pale-colored Indian dhuri throw rugs.  

The shower curtain was supposed to be more blue than green but with online shopping... c'est la vie.  Oh, well!  I like it!

Care for something to read by the deep blue Mediterranean Sea?

Or, would you prefer to swim?

Thanks for dropping by!

Linking up with:

Kate at Chic-on-a-Shoestring for Flaunt It Friday! 
Sophie for Flea Market Finds at Her Library Adventures 

PS - We also think it will help us to remember what we do with it from 
season to season!

MCM - Mid-Century Modern Goodness!

These past two weeks have been very exciting around here at the Texas Treasure Box!  Tuesday, May 29 heralded the arrival of the long-awaited Morgan Portable Building to house my office and business!

(I nearly had a fit over this)!

We have been really busy installing parquet-look vinyl flooring and starting to move into the building.  I needed a new computer desk.  So on Friday I went over to our local charity thrift store and found this...

An unsold - just waiting for me Mid-Century Modern Desk!

They had it labeled as a sewing cabinet, but they were wrong!  It's a desk!  Of course, I took the pic this morning and the desk is sitting in front of an East facing window...so bright!  Maybe I'll take a pic tonight and add it later...at least you can see the cool MCM lines.

It almost looks like it could be an unmarked Heywood Wakefield because of the inset handles.  It only has a marking of A-601-8  63 for identification...so I'm thinking that the 63 means 1963...pretty neat and what did I pay for this you might be asking...well, how does $15.00 sound?  I'll take it!

Update! Serious Update!

I just found my above image Googled into images for 
Westnofa of Norway furniture!  

Remember my Westnofa Siesta Lounge Chairs I told you about here?

See a couple of Ebay listings here and here!

I'm thinking that the handles are the sameor at least, very similar! 


So maybe I have an unmarked Westnofa desk!  

This could be extremely cool!

I'm so excited...I could just spit!!!

Yes, I believe I'm going to sell it!

I had a bunch of books and a few odds & ends in a basket up at the check-out counter and another basket slung over my arm when I decided to take a last look around and OMG!  Look what I spied!

More Mid Century Modern goodness!  And they match!  Which is weird for me to care since I'm probably just about the most un-matchy person around...but so pretty!  

And now you are probably wanting to know just how much these two babies were marked...Well, get ready for this...$4.00 bucks each!  I've already seen just one of them listed on Etsy for $119.95...ONE!  

Well, I'm not going to sell these...I just like to impress my handsome husband Noel with my stupendous shopping skills!  

This pic is in my dining room in front of another East facing window...hence the brightness also.  One of my goals this year is to improve my photography skills but for now, what I do is what I do!  8-)

Now here is a little something I picked up last week...I just couldn't let this one pass you by...

A vintage silver plated Oneida Champagne bucket!

Priced at $20.00 - it's one of the most expensive items I've bought at this shop...but it was calling my name...I just had to answer!

(Photo taken in my Four Seasons bathroom as it is the only relatively uncluttered white room in my house)

I have emailed photos to Oneida as instructed by Customer Service and they will try to identify the year and pattern for me... 
I'm guessing 1990's sometime...we'll see!

 ~ Breaking News! Just heard back from Oneida with this:

"This is the COUNTESS holloware pattern.   The Countess collection was introduced to the market in 1982 and discounted in the late 90's."

Linking with:

Sophie for Flea Market Finds at Her Library Adventures
Selena for Thrift Share Monday at Apron Thrift Girl
Rhoda for Thrifty Treasures at the Southern Hospitality Blog 

Do you know what this is?

Do you know what this is?

You can have a couple of guesses…oh, several junk rooms in my house?  

Well no, but wait!  You already know that among other things, I’m a bookseller…so…several book rooms in my house?

Actually, no…it’s one room in my house…my office…yes, that's right, it's a view of just every angle I can take whilst balancing on piles of stuff…and there is even a shot of the closet…

Now, this room is 10 feet by 10 feet…hmmmm…no wonder it looks crowded…because frankly, it is. I can barely move around in it ... makes it incredibly hard to work… I know you know what I mean, right?

Oh, look here!  What's this?

Can you guess?  Oh, you're so smart!  That’s right! That‘s the new Texas Treasure Box studio!  On the road in front of my house... just about to drop right into this empty spot ...

right ….here!

Isn't it pretty! ~ Oh yeah, uh huh, uh huh! Got me some ROOOOOOM!

14 X 28 =  392 square feet of room!

292 MORE square feet of room than I currently have AND

I'm going to be able to get my guest room back!

Now here is the image that lured you in... 

A vintage silver plated Oneida Champagne bucket!

(Photo taken in my Four Seasons bathroom as it is the only relatively uncluttered white room in my house)

I have emailed photos to Oneida as instructed by Customer Service and they will try to identify the year and pattern for me... 
I'm guessing 1990's sometime...we'll see!

June 8, 2012 ~ Breaking News! Just heard back from Oneida with this:

"This is the COUNTESS holloware pattern.   The Countess collection was introduced to the market in 1982 and discounted in the late 90's."

Linking to:
Kate for Flaunt It Friday at chiconashoestring