Hi girls. Hope your weekend was good, ours was busy with kiddos things and digging garden beds but it seems that early Saturday morning has become a time when Mr Beach Cottage and I go out for a coffee and some breakfast and a tad of vintage hunting.
This week we found ourselves a good few treasures including a lovely old vintage trunk, a scruffy old weathered watering can and something that's been on my Most Wanted List f o r e v e r some old Australian flags.
Oh and Mr BC got his hands on the camera…and while Grumpy Old Beach Cottage Woman has certainly been abundantly in residence over the last few days, I did manage a few smiles…
Mr BC being male could not see a use for this as we already have ahem a couple of others dotted around this old cottage filled with flowers…I of course heartily disagreed and said something along the lines of, one can never have too many weathered objects about oneself and there were all manner of things I could use it for.
He was not convinced (as if he wears the trousers anyway), so I pouted like a child (always a good card to have up one's sleeve) until he picked it up.
Next we came across a real garage sale, we were at this point more interested in coffee than treasure but this one was on the way to the beach and so we stopped and it turns out this one was one of those sales that is almost guaranteed in this occupation to turn up treasure.
A couple of older patrons were in charge who had done just what it says to do on the can in this game…they had opened up their garage to sell off some of their stuff (find more treasures at Rhoda's here)…no ridiculously indexed price labels in different shades of fluoro, no bargain buckets, no as-new signs and certainly no money-bum-bag-belts in sight.
Here we found a lifetime of tools a couple of chairs for the new old deck table and The Trunk…hmm…I have to say there was debate over this too.
Mr BC decided in his wisdom to question whether or not we have too many trunks and old suitcases and whether or not it was such a good idea to add yet another to the garage/cottage/piles. But really there was no debate here, it was coming home with me. I wear the trousers.
Then there were the flags.
Yep the vintage dance happened and yep Mr BC really felt it necessary to voice his opinion on these, that perhaps did we really need them. What?? I have been daydreaming about fixing up an old Aussie flag somewhere for a long time Mr BC.
He pointed out that although these were fairly old and made of nice thick cotton and batting, they were in fact so well preserved that they didn't look old or weathered or any of those things that I use to further evidence my argument that I cannot possibly leave something that time has waved its magic patina wand on.
But really there was no deliberation…
We stopped at a few others including a beach house moving sale, promising much but not a vintage thing in sight…
Arriving at the beach we decided to stroll along by the water with our coffee… a lovely morning for it…
Hope you enjoyed the tour, I don't know how long it will be again until I let Mr BC loose with the camera...you can find the outtakes here…
And to celebrate vintage treasure hunting by the sea I am giving a magazine subscription away this week at a beach cottage, (you probably don't need to be a rocket scientist to work out which one it'll be!) comments all week all posts count, just let me know what you think of my scores and whether you'd like to come next time
Sarah it was fun to see you on the hunt for new treasures. I enjoyed seeing the things you found, but I think the greatest score of all is that wonderful beach and ocean in the last photo. You are truly blessed.
Fabulous finds as always Sarah!! Loving the trunk:) Thanks for the fantastic photos of your treasure hunt – so much fun:) Wishing you a wonderful week ~ Tina x
you are so cute, and you crack me up! i had to read your post aloud to my husband as i wear the pants, and tend to put to get my way, AND not to mention you really can never have too many weathered objects around the house! love your blog!
Your post made me laugh re: who wears the trousers! I am reminded of an auction that we attended a fews year back-no surprise, I operate on emotion and someone I love operates on logic. Happily, that day, emotion won and I scored the vintage Tiffany flask and antique market baskets!
So cute! You and your finds! Hmmmm, I wonder what it would take for me to drag my hubby out on a tresure hunt. Now if it included bikes….maybe. By the way, I love the water. So miss it where I live in the high desert.
Hey, you and I got similar finds over the weekend (although I already have an old navy flag thanks to wonderful hubby’s navy days that I hang over the tv room door) But I did find a similar suitcase! pop over for a visit. Would love to enter the giveaway too!!
alicia
I am so jealous. Not just at the things your scored, or the fantastic place where you live … but that your husband willingly goes treasure hunting with you. I can get mine out maybe twice per year, and it has to be pretty fast. And that’s just to the fleamarket; he won’t go near a garage sale. I clearly need to get those pants on!!
Sounds like a lovely start to the weekend. Better than mine – holed up in bed with a nasty cold/flu. The only thing I did this weekend was to make up my own bus blind type sign of some of the places I’ve lived and been to, which you inspired me to do! Thanks : )
Miss Sarah,
YOU are cute as a button! I would love to go shopping with you! Wish I lived near you! I too have a love for watering cans. YOu can’t ever have enough, Right??? YOu are so lucky that Mr. BC will go treasure hunting with you. My cowboy refuses!!!! I am going to try and talk him into the Alameda Flea Market, I am going to show him this post, so he can see how supportive Mr. BC is!! LOVE your post. You crack me up as usual!
Have a great week!
Take Care,
Maria
I love your can! Watering can that is. I’m a sucker for old metal anything. The trunk is great also. Might be nice standing up and open and used as a shelf.
Maria, hang in there with your hubby. Mine didn’t used to go with me either but lately he has been asking me if there are any estate sales! So, there is hope for him yet
I’m glad to know my husband isn’t the only one out there doubting awesome treasures. I love the watering can and the trunk. Can’t wait to see what you do with the flags. Thanks for the magazine opportunity!
Hi Sara, what a great weekend of finds you had. I’ve been under the weather a little is the reason for my lack of comments. O but you’ve been busy and I’m so glad to hear you got a hold of more wallpaper!Do I want to come????? Yeah! Call me first though and tell me what you’re wearing cause we have the same shoes.:) By the way, the photo’s on your last post were really stunning. They look like they were in a five star resturant. I also would love to get a hold of that mag! <3 Donna
As always, I am so jealous of your finds. Loving the huge trunk and the battered watering can reminds me of the one I stupidly left behind in Belgium, along with a load of other stuff which we put in storage, that I really, really wish I had brought with me to Japan. I have to try and work on the old man to see if we can’t get some of the “stuff” shipped, I’m missing my STUFF!
By the way, at last I can put a face to the name, the blog and the humour, thanks for that!
Oh Sarah, you seem to manage to find things wherever you go! Love all the thrifty finds and am a bit obsessed with checking out your painting of everything (white is a lovely colour and does go with anything) Keep up the treasure hunting!
Joely – twolittlefishes
I love your gorgeous shopping bag too Sarah! What great finds (I am a sucker for trunks and suitcases – saw a truck on the weekend, very similar to one that my dear husband made me give away and they wanted $150 for it – in an op shop!)
Seems any garage sale that I go to is filled with bad 80′s CD’s, dodgy infomercial exercise equipment that no-one ever uses and a vast majority of ugly black plastic garden pots…………..
I love your gorgeous shopping bag too Sarah! What great finds (I am a sucker for trunks and suitcases – saw a truck on the weekend, very similar to one that my dear husband made me give away and they wanted $150 for it – in an op shop!)
Seems any garage sale that I go to is filled with bad 80′s CD’s, dodgy infomercial exercise equipment that no-one ever uses and a vast majority of ugly black plastic garden pots…………..
You are as cute as your posts!! I’m “losing it” right now with the stress of redoing our beach house we bought…ugh…grr..trying to undo everything 1981 is “getting to me”. Thanks for the inspiration!!
Patti
Dearest Sarah, I’m sure I have told you this before, but let me tell you again how much I love to read your posts ) And after reading this particular one I felt like “wow she is living my dream-life”, sometimes shabby, sometimes stained but still pure, white and true! …By the beach! — Let us not forget about that important detail ) hahaha.
Love that trunk by the way.
Hugs, Erika
Sarah, I am glad that Mr BC got hold of the camera…it’s nice to see some pictures of you, without the camera in front of your face. The more you read a blog, the more you feel like you “know” the blogger, so it’s nice to put a face with the personality. Sorry, I’m blathering on…
I love all your purchases. I especially want to see what you will do with the flags.
Love all your ideas and before I go to bed each night I check your blog!!! I am slowly transforming my beach bungalow into a white shabby heaven and your ideas keep enlightening me to keep going. I love your watering cans. would look great hanging off the deck with some lovely gardenias growing in them after they were painted white. Maybe with butchers hooks?Love your trunk too. A place for keeping treasured linen maybe? Thanks your blog.
Nic
I would love to tag along and do the dance and have a laugh.. I know what you mean when you walk in and you know straight away whether there are going to be some treasures and the heart races with excited when you spot one.
Shame your just a little too far for a Sunday drive. What do you intend to do with the flags? I like the way Canadians and Americans have their flags flying from their houses. I think I love the idea of the patriotism but then not sure about really liking the look. I do love our flag but not sure about decorating the house with it? I’m sure you will come up with a unique special idea, you usually do. Great trunk, or port as we call them in Queenland.
Sarah, I was a little bit green over here when I saw that trunk…I think it was a fantastic find! So far, the sales on this side of the world have been a bit anemic, but I am sure it will pick up.
?, Susan
Babe, just inform Mr. BC (since he hasn’t clued in to it yet), that his role in these outings is simply to ‘carry stuff’ and to ‘look hot’, and to leave the decision making to you! I went on a junkin’ expedition this weekend too!!
We’ve been on March break here in Canada so I’ve not made time for blogging, not my own or reading any- But oh it’s nice to back and seeing what you’ve been up to.
When I saw the photo of the garage sale – I thought I hope she buys those white folding chairs…and you did yay. Its great to see you in a few photos, I realize myself I’m the one always taking the photo and never in them – good for Mr.BC to snap a few.
Oh I have to tell you – we went to Florida, Disney World for march break and in the U.S. airport we stopped for some magazines to read on the plane and guess what I spied – “Coastal Living”. I read it cover to cover, LOVE IT. My husband travels to the U.S occasionally and now when he does I will ask him to bring back the latest copy. Thanks for sharing I would have never known about the magazine.
Ah yes, The flag. We dawn the Canadian flag outside our house from Canada Day (July 1st) to the end of Autumn and love it – great find for you.
When will we see some photos from the old camera? I too love the “view finder” technique but have yet to try it – will you share tips once you experiment a bit?
Guess I could have emailed, a little long winded…
have a great day – JoAnna
I am so glad you gave Mr.BC the camera. It was great seeing pictures of your sweet face (instead of being partially hidden by the camera)! The trunk was PERFECT! Vintage suitcases are so very hard to find anymore and I would of grabbed that in a heartbeat. Garage sales are just starting here and I’m hoping to find some fun, old things for my farmhouse.
my husband says the same thing to me everytime i bring home another vintage suitcase. that trunk is a GREAT find…so glad you brought it home with you.
kathi
Sarah,do you have any advice for me on how to get people to read your blog? I’ve just converted my blog to a decorating theme? Any help is sincerely appreciated.
(I can’t shorten the name of it, though, too complicated to go into why).
Seriously awesome vintage finds! Thank you for allowing us to come along on the adventure. It is so refreshing to know that other white-paint loving, vintage-eye shopping, happy-go-lucky women have husbands who voice absurd objections Hubbies: we love to spend time with you and we love that we have treasure hunting & decorating in common. However, do not voice absurd objections. It just slows the process. Haha.
Hey, we’ve got a trunk just like that! Well, it used to be like that, now it is painted white and lined with pretty wallpaper! Love the flags too… glad you seem to get your own way all the time – a girl after my own heart! Men have no vision, do they?
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Beach Cottage ladies, we have some vintage linen and some wood/twig washed up on the beach today here in Beach Cottage Land….don’t say I don’t keep you entertained now will you . Come on in. So, yep I have posted about colanders on this blog, about things sourced from the side of the road, about [...]
G'day ladies, let's have a Too Easy Beach Cottage recipe yeah? The original place for Too Easy Recipes on the web ;-)
So, after my last salad went down a storm in my inbox, that's here if you missed it, I had to do this one seeing as I make it most weeks.
There is a problem with this salad and kiddos though...it looks, well, it looks, kinda yucky...but once they try it, they'll ask if and when they are next having it....at least that's what happens in this ratty old cottage...but I must interject here that my kiddos are 'good eaters'? ...they didn't get a choice in that ;-)
Now, stop, don't start running and hitting that next on your blog reading list, pulses are your best friend in the Too Easy Dump & Go kitchen for the busy mum, or busy anyone for that matter...that reminds me I must blog the garlic canneloni Go To for when you forgot to do dinner, feel like a bath but have three ravenous young Beach Cottage Kiddos on your hands...another day.
I am almost embarrassed to tell you how easy this is, we have it so much that I always have a couple, make that six, cans of lentils around and a jar of goat's cheese in the fridge...the great thing about this is that it's all too easy to get ready in just a few minutes, but it looks, tastes and seems like you did oh so very much more than that.
You can obviously too change it up a bit depending on what you have to hand in your kitchen, and I must say that is how I settled on this version...because one day when I made it I didn't have enough Parsley in the garden and so I chucked in some basil too, and liked the Summer feel it added.
I think of this as being a rather posh salad, not sure why, because it couldn't really be further from the truth...the great thing is that it works so well for an average run of the mill day, (when I did this for this blog post, it was a hot Sydney Sunday and I did it just simply to go with Rosemary & Garlic stuffed pork, you can see that pork here),
...but just as easily it works on a regular old Wednesday night when you have lost all enthusiasm for rustling up yet another meal, or indeed on Saturday night, when your friends are on their way over for dinner and you my friend, are in your new vintage inspired clawfoot bathtub (that's me in a few weeks time, k?) without any clothes on, a tipple and no idea what to cook for dinner...
I have a complicated and ever-changing relationship with goat's cheese...it never fails me in its performance and it never fails to impress me (you can find out a bit more on what I like in food here if you like) and I kinda collect it...because it's very easy to collect and has a fairly long fridge-life, I love trying out different ones and there's not many things I love more than goat's cheese on sourdough...but I think the best thing about it is not thinking about it exclusively in the toast/salad department...I've stuffed it in chicken and all sorts of things as a last minute and it's been fab.
But let's get down to the nitty gritty of this super salad that makes you look like an angel who has been on her knees all day scrubbing the front step when really you are in the digital world and spent most of ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, howdy, howdy howdy today for a Beach Cottage Too Easy recipe.
If you like cake, cream, sugar and chocolate, make this.
This is, rather than a recipe, a putting it together...as you know I am no dessert maker, but, I do make quite a few sweet things, because, somehow I have ended up with kiddos, who in their roles as offspring, believe that part of the deal, is that not only do I feed them a home-cooked meal with a few homegrown ingredients in there, yes, they also believe that dessert and not the kind that comes out of a packet is included too in this All-Inclusive Deal they call Parenthood.
So, this, for sure, is no culinary masterpiece, but if you are looking for something that is so very easy, dump-able, uses everyday ingredients and at the same time makes you look like you spent hours pulling things together plus tastes good....well, then this is for you.
Best though, you don't make this for yourself, if you have spent the most part of your week sitting on your derriere reading blogs...this my friend ain't low in the calories department...if, however, you are treating yourself to a delight in a mason jar, this is so for you.
I first had a version of this when at dinner back in Old Blighty with a girl, I once, in another life, caught the train up from our village to London with...she was a funny thing really...I am not quite sure how we got on...she was kinda prissy and a bit bothered by too much...I would run to the train flustered, having got up late, and she would have a spreadsheet on the train times, if you know what I mean.
Anyway, a few years later when we both had bambinos, I bumped into her again and we met up for playdates and dinner sometimes....this particular night, after a lovely meal she served up little bowls of creamy, cakey fruity stuff topped off with chocolate flake...it was delicious!
She didn't serve hers in little jars like this, hers were in a champagne glass and not quite so layered as these ones, plus she used tinned fruit not fresh or frozen.
Years later when said offspring kept requesting dessert, one day I wangled together somehow these from what was around in the fridge and they've been with us ever since.
Most likely, if you ever come here for dinner, and shock horror, you dont' bring the dessert with you, this, if you are lucky, will be what you will get.
Throw it all together, sprinkle a lil bit of chocolate on the top and the blog reading past-time you so rudely left in order to make this, is my friend, your oyster.
Beach Cottage Too Easy Layered Raspberry, Cream & Sponge Dessert
1 small maderia or butter cake or a pack of cupcakes (or of course make your own)
1/2 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup cream cheese
1/4 cup sugar
8 tbsp fruit
1 x chocolate Flake or chocolate bar for grating
1. beat the cream cheese until it is soft
2. whip the cream until soft peaks form
3. combine & add the sugar through
4. cut your cake into portions
& layer into the bottom of your jar
5. add a tablespoon of fruit
6. layer on top the cream combo
7. repeat
8. grate chocolate or Flake on top
*Beach Cottage Recipe Notes : this is just a guide really, you can use any cream that you have on hand...I have made this with clotted cream (don't even go there unless you want to seriously get these babies on your thighs), with double cream and I have even, in desperate times squirted in that, ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, well I thought it was time for some blogging tips here today, alongside a few nice flowers and shells ;-)
I was recently part of a blogger discussion group over at Kidspot and a couple of hours later had a few questions from girls who couldn't make it to the live chat, one was on my Facebook page and one via email, the Facebook one I will deal with in another Real Girl Blogging Tips post...the email one asked me what essentials do I think every blog needs?
Well I have been around here for a while now doing the blogging thing, so I should know this, yeah and I mused this on my walk by the sea this morning I thought well what do you only need?
...I think it is really very easy when blogging, whether or not you are blogging up there in the lofty heights of the Super Bloggers or you are just dipping your toe in the water, to get side-tracked by 101 million different things that are 'essential' to your blog and if you are someone like me who actually gets a thrill from reading blogging tips then you are in an even worse place because you will find yourself literally buzzing with these essential things to add/do/implement on your blog.
However, walking along, gulping down that brisk sea air today (no sunshine & clouds) I thought you actually don't need any of that professional blogging stuff to be successful...but there are a few things that are pretty much crucial ...and once I started to think about it I got it down to about 5 - these are the only things that you need to concentrate on...once you have read through take a look at some of the big girl's blogs...you'll see that actually they don't have bundles of stuff on their blogs...but they do have all of these...
So here are my top things that your blog must have
1. About Page
There are all sorts of About Pages out there, and if you search on it there are many different tips and ideas for what to have on yours
Whatever blogging platform you use, adding an About Me Page is easy, quick and simple and will do everything to grow your blog.
I like a long-ish About Page, I am inherently nosy and I like to know a bit more about the person but at the least you should have on it your name and where you are located. I also think a photo is good too...over the last year or so I think this has become more important in blogging - if you are hesitant about that as I was, you can try using sunglasses or a behind shot until you get comfortable.
There is nothing worse than stumbling upon a new blog and going to find out more to only be faced with a piddly little one liner About Me Page...well there is something worse, not having one at all!
2. Contact Page
The chances are someone, somewhere will want to contact you and you will be surprised what lands in your inbox once you put yourself out there on the world wide web with a blog.
Many bloggers also use this page to include details for PR's/brands that may want to contact them and some bloggers put their stats on there too.
A short, to the point and simple Contact Page works really well...whenever I have wanted to contact another blogger I am often very busy and have limited time so I don't want to hang around sifting through information looking for an email address, so concise and clear ...
G'day lovely Beach Cottage lovelies.
So, yeah, so on a roll people, so on a roll.
I feel kinda home accessory wired right now.
I am always telling people, if anyone ever listens, that blogging is all about passion, not that sort of passion, but about passion that makes one tick.
Things like this make me tick tick boom.
I love finding things that suit my budget and let me treat my home but look amazing too.
So without further adieu I introduce you, ladies of the beach, to the blue vintage glasses that I have been stroking for about a week or two now...
These glasses are from a little boutique I sometimes happen upon, this boutique sells also pet accessories, carpet cleaner, bras and compost...it's quite unique though.
And, thanks to my friend Marnie (she blogs over here, go take a look at her praying position, interesting), who just so happens to be one day having me over for a lil' Greek dinner, has let me in on the fact that we call Kmart....The KMart...with an accent ....as in 'I love The KMart'...just like her MIL does. Oh yeah. Love that.
So I have had my eye on reproduction vintage glass blue wine glasses and being trying to find real true vintage blue glasses for like ever.
Oh yes I have spied them in Frenchy boutiques, I have lusted after them in stores that I shouldn't even enter and I have put them back pretty quickly in those shops with the hand-written price tags. C'mon, you know the ones.
And, though all of the above have tempted me, muchly, really, even with my wardrobe stashing skills I just thought that, actually, I'd rather be saving that casherooni for our next trip overseas..
Hello The KMart.
Tick Tick Boom
Vintage style blue wine glasses.
Do not come to my old place and think you might pick up one of these and smile with pleasure at their handblown quality, their weight, and be secretly jealous that my wine glasses cost more than your car...friend, that would not happen...these do not feel like that...indeed these in a funny way reminded me of my baby girl, she was a tiny little thing, with stick legs, the tinsssssssiest ankles and wrists you ever did see, she slept sideways in her cot wedged in between rolled up blankets and would only settle attached to Mr Beach Cottage or I or a (dirty) pj top of mine scrunched up under her nose...the first few times I picked her up to cuddle, being used to Honeymoon Baby who weighed in at 9lbs at birth and has never really stopped growing, I nearly threw her little bird-cum-rat down covered body over my shoulder.
These glasses are like that...be careful or you might lose your wine down the front of your shirt.
But oh baby, we are not talking picking up here, we are not talking quality, we are not talking house accessory snobbery.
Beach Cottage ladies, we are talking aesthetics.
And this is what I need in my cottage.
Blue vintage style glass, paired with coastal / nautical / beach stuff on my deck.
It's The KMart.
Tune in tomorrow, tomorrow, I have more budget foofing for your home, or maybe it will be the dress that wraps me up in supermarket-chic and makes me feel like me again.
Good Day to you my friends, wanna come hang out on my deck, talk house accessories, The KMart and drink some wine from blue glasses?
Sarah
Sarah it was fun to see you on the hunt for new treasures.
I enjoyed seeing the things you found, but I think the greatest score of all is that wonderful beach and ocean in the last photo. You are truly blessed. 
Fabulous finds as always Sarah!! Loving the trunk:) Thanks for the fantastic photos of your treasure hunt – so much fun:) Wishing you a wonderful week ~ Tina x
you are so cute, and you crack me up! i had to read your post aloud to my husband as i wear the pants, and tend to put to get my way, AND not to mention you really can never have too many weathered objects around the house! love your blog!
Your post made me laugh re: who wears the trousers! I am reminded of an auction that we attended a fews year back-no surprise, I operate on emotion and someone I love operates on logic. Happily, that day, emotion won and I scored the vintage Tiffany flask and antique market baskets!
Hey Sarah, love everything, you found.
I want the bag you had over your shoulder, where did you get it?
I want to live where you live. I am a bit jealous.
Great blog post! I really enjoyed seeing photos of YOU!!! Thanks for sharing. I really, really want to win that magazine. . .
Sue in Mexico, MO
good score(s) sarah! like the glass ball/wrapped thingy on the table. cute! enjoy the week!
michelle
The flags, the flags, the flags…
So cute! You and your finds! Hmmmm, I wonder what it would take for me to drag my hubby out on a tresure hunt. Now if it included bikes….maybe. By the way, I love the water. So miss it where I live in the high desert.
Hey, you and I got similar finds over the weekend (although I already have an old navy flag thanks to wonderful hubby’s navy days that I hang over the tv room door) But I did find a similar suitcase! pop over for a visit. Would love to enter the giveaway too!!
alicia
I love the vintage Aussie flags as well! We shall soon be by the ocean!
Where in the world is that beach????
I am so jealous. Not just at the things your scored, or the fantastic place where you live … but that your husband willingly goes treasure hunting with you. I can get mine out maybe twice per year, and it has to be pretty fast. And that’s just to the fleamarket; he won’t go near a garage sale. I clearly need to get those pants on!!
Sounds like a lovely start to the weekend. Better than mine – holed up in bed with a nasty cold/flu. The only thing I did this weekend was to make up my own bus blind type sign of some of the places I’ve lived and been to, which you inspired me to do! Thanks : )
what wonderful treasures you found!!! OH, and I’m so happy that you picked up that suitcase… there is no such thing as “too many” of those in a house!
Miss Sarah,
YOU are cute as a button! I would love to go shopping with you! Wish I lived near you! I too have a love for watering cans. YOu can’t ever have enough, Right??? YOu are so lucky that Mr. BC will go treasure hunting with you. My cowboy refuses!!!! I am going to try and talk him into the Alameda Flea Market, I am going to show him this post, so he can see how supportive Mr. BC is!! LOVE your post. You crack me up as usual!
Have a great week!
Take Care,
Maria
I love your can! Watering can that is. I’m a sucker for old metal anything. The trunk is great also. Might be nice standing up and open and used as a shelf.
Maria, hang in there with your hubby. Mine didn’t used to go with me either but lately he has been asking me if there are any estate sales! So, there is hope for him yet
I’m glad to know my husband isn’t the only one out there doubting awesome treasures. I love the watering can and the trunk. Can’t wait to see what you do with the flags. Thanks for the magazine opportunity!
Great finds Sarah! Love the flag!! Have a lovely week! Vanessa
Hi Sara, what a great weekend of finds you had. I’ve been under the weather a little is the reason for my lack of comments. O but you’ve been busy and I’m so glad to hear you got a hold of more wallpaper!Do I want to come????? Yeah! Call me first though and tell me what you’re wearing cause we have the same shoes.:) By the way, the photo’s on your last post were really stunning. They look like they were in a five star resturant. I also would love to get a hold of that mag! <3 Donna
I LOVE your bag!!! What a great bag to carry all your treasures in! Well at least the smaller ones…
Sarah,
As always, I am so jealous of your finds. Loving the huge trunk and the battered watering can reminds me of the one I stupidly left behind in Belgium, along with a load of other stuff which we put in storage, that I really, really wish I had brought with me to Japan. I have to try and work on the old man to see if we can’t get some of the “stuff” shipped, I’m missing my STUFF!
By the way, at last I can put a face to the name, the blog and the humour, thanks for that!
Have a good one,
Angela xoxo
Oh Sarah, you seem to manage to find things wherever you go! Love all the thrifty finds and am a bit obsessed with checking out your painting of everything (white is a lovely colour and does go with anything) Keep up the treasure hunting!
Joely – twolittlefishes
It is so nice to see your smiling face! And yes, I would have stood my ground too on those finds! They are so nice. I particularly love the suitcase!
Sarah what fabulous flags and a ‘to die for’ trunk. Lucky you and Mr BC
Alison
I love your gorgeous shopping bag too Sarah! What great finds (I am a sucker for trunks and suitcases – saw a truck on the weekend, very similar to one that my dear husband made me give away and they wanted $150 for it – in an op shop!)
Seems any garage sale that I go to is filled with bad 80′s CD’s, dodgy infomercial exercise equipment that no-one ever uses and a vast majority of ugly black plastic garden pots…………..
I love your gorgeous shopping bag too Sarah! What great finds (I am a sucker for trunks and suitcases – saw a truck on the weekend, very similar to one that my dear husband made me give away and they wanted $150 for it – in an op shop!)
Seems any garage sale that I go to is filled with bad 80′s CD’s, dodgy infomercial exercise equipment that no-one ever uses and a vast majority of ugly black plastic garden pots…………..
That flag on top looks just like the flag we used to raise at a tiny primary school in the Aussie bush (55 years ago)…. they are a great find.
You are as cute as your posts!! I’m “losing it” right now with the stress of redoing our beach house we bought…ugh…grr..trying to undo everything 1981 is “getting to me”. Thanks for the inspiration!!
Patti
Dearest Sarah, I’m sure I have told you this before, but let me tell you again how much I love to read your posts
) And after reading this particular one I felt like “wow she is living my dream-life”, sometimes shabby, sometimes stained but still pure, white and true! …By the beach! — Let us not forget about that important detail 
) hahaha.
Love that trunk by the way.
Hugs, Erika
Sarah, I am glad that Mr BC got hold of the camera…it’s nice to see some pictures of you, without the camera in front of your face. The more you read a blog, the more you feel like you “know” the blogger, so it’s nice to put a face with the personality. Sorry, I’m blathering on…
I love all your purchases. I especially want to see what you will do with the flags.
Love all your ideas and before I go to bed each night I check your blog!!! I am slowly transforming my beach bungalow into a white shabby heaven and your ideas keep enlightening me to keep going. I love your watering cans. would look great hanging off the deck with some lovely gardenias growing in them after they were painted white. Maybe with butchers hooks?Love your trunk too. A place for keeping treasured linen maybe? Thanks your blog.
Nic
Oh dear!!1 I got my flowers mixed up!! I meant to type Geraniums!!!!! maybe white or maybe reD???????
I would love to tag along and do the dance and have a laugh.. I know what you mean when you walk in and you know straight away whether there are going to be some treasures and the heart races with excited when you spot one.
Shame your just a little too far for a Sunday drive. What do you intend to do with the flags? I like the way Canadians and Americans have their flags flying from their houses. I think I love the idea of the patriotism but then not sure about really liking the look. I do love our flag but not sure about decorating the house with it? I’m sure you will come up with a unique special idea, you usually do. Great trunk, or port as we call them in Queenland.
Love those chairs! Treasure hunting is our favorite Saturday morning activity too!
what a ** fun ** day you had !!!!!!!!!!
loved all the finds! sarah it was nice seeing pictures of you. great job mr bc! ruby
Love that trunk! Glad you brought it home..
Sarah, I was a little bit green over here when I saw that trunk…I think it was a fantastic find! So far, the sales on this side of the world have been a bit anemic, but I am sure it will pick up.
?, Susan
Babe, just inform Mr. BC (since he hasn’t clued in to it yet), that his role in these outings is simply to ‘carry stuff’ and to ‘look hot’, and to leave the decision making to you! I went on a junkin’ expedition this weekend too!!
Love those flags! Well done.
We’ve been on March break here in Canada so I’ve not made time for blogging, not my own or reading any- But oh it’s nice to back and seeing what you’ve been up to.
When I saw the photo of the garage sale – I thought I hope she buys those white folding chairs…and you did yay. Its great to see you in a few photos, I realize myself I’m the one always taking the photo and never in them – good for Mr.BC to snap a few.
Oh I have to tell you – we went to Florida, Disney World for march break and in the U.S. airport we stopped for some magazines to read on the plane and guess what I spied – “Coastal Living”. I read it cover to cover, LOVE IT. My husband travels to the U.S occasionally and now when he does I will ask him to bring back the latest copy. Thanks for sharing I would have never known about the magazine.
Ah yes, The flag. We dawn the Canadian flag outside our house from Canada Day (July 1st) to the end of Autumn and love it – great find for you.
When will we see some photos from the old camera? I too love the “view finder” technique but have yet to try it – will you share tips once you experiment a bit?
Guess I could have emailed, a little long winded…
have a great day – JoAnna
I am so glad you gave Mr.BC the camera. It was great seeing pictures of your sweet face (instead of being partially hidden by the camera)! The trunk was PERFECT! Vintage suitcases are so very hard to find anymore and I would of grabbed that in a heartbeat. Garage sales are just starting here and I’m hoping to find some fun, old things for my farmhouse.
my husband says the same thing to me everytime i bring home another vintage suitcase. that trunk is a GREAT find…so glad you brought it home with you.
kathi
Oh oh oh – I Love the flags and the trunk!! Will you show us the inside of the trunk sometime? This was a fun post.
I have a huge American flag that I found – 6′ x 9′. For parties, it is fun to hang between some trees and take pictures of people.
Sarah,do you have any advice for me on how to get people to read your blog? I’ve just converted my blog to a decorating theme? Any help is sincerely appreciated.
(I can’t shorten the name of it, though, too complicated to go into why).
http://www.thecosmiccowgirlinjeanniesbottle.com
Seriously awesome vintage finds! Thank you for allowing us to come along on the adventure. It is so refreshing to know that other white-paint loving, vintage-eye shopping, happy-go-lucky women have husbands who voice absurd objections
Hubbies: we love to spend time with you and we love that we have treasure hunting & decorating in common. However, do not voice absurd objections. It just slows the process. Haha.
Oh my goodness…to leave behind that trunk would have been a crime!!! Glad you wear the trousers!
That trunk is quite possibly the most gorgeous thing I have ever seen. It would make a perfect kick-your-feet-up coffee table, no? Jealous…
Hey, we’ve got a trunk just like that! Well, it used to be like that, now it is painted white and lined with pretty wallpaper! Love the flags too… glad you seem to get your own way all the time – a girl after my own heart! Men have no vision, do they?