Pretty and Pink

Check out this fun iron table and chairs set. It has the original pink seats and seat backs! Under the white paint on the iron is evidence of pink paint. So just imagine, at one point the whole set was pink. The backs of the chairs have birds on them. It is so cute. There are six chairs total, two have arms. The set is priced $1450.






This week we are all recovering from the fun trunk show we had here at the shop for Beth Chittenden of Lizzy Designs Jewelry. We all had a blast. Here is a necklace she made that has an old fob on a vintage pearl chain. I have one like this that I got from her at the trunk show last weekend. Well actually I got several pieces. I love them.





Here is another wonderful lariat style necklace by Lizzy Designs Jewelry.




What a cool black painted empire table. I love the scroll feet on this piece.






Here is a one of a kind key necklace by Lizzy Designs Jewelry. She has a very unique way of putting everyday pieces together and making them wonderful.




This week has been the first week in many that we have not been rushing around to get ready for a show. It is a very nice feeling to get a break. I wish all of you in Texas at the shows the best of luck. Maybe someday I will make it out there myself. Until then I will just prepare for Brimfield....

Scarlett does Heart of Country Nashville

At the last minute I decided to set up at Heart of Country Antiques show in Nashville. I haven't done the show since the spring of 2007. I feel like I have been on a show circuit for the last month or so. I am a shop girl and I am not accustomed to doing back to back shows like this. It was just last weekend that we set up at the Lawn and Garden Show of Nashville. My hope is to get many new folks and existing folks to come to the shop and see all of the exciting new things we have just brought in.
This is my booth at the Heart of Country. The tall panels on the back wall are from China. They are beautiful! The bottom of the panels has a wonderful gray paint. We believe that they might have been used as doors at one point. There is evidence on the back that they once had either fabric or glass in them. They were well liked at the show but they haven't found a new home yet. Any takers?
This set of iron sconces made from old iron fence pieces sold at the show. I have one other set left. They are very handsome. The shades are silk over paper.
The painting to the right is of waterlillies and cattails. I love it! It is painted on board. I bought this painting on the floor at the show but decided if I could sell it I would. It is at the shop now, but that is o.k. because I don't mind looking at it.

The round mirror above this game table is a neat piece. It is made of a trash can lid. I think this is a great example of repurposing. Would this fall into the category of one man's trash or trashcan lid is another man's treasure?
Oh, the birch planter holds test tubes that the flowers sit in. These just arrived at the shop and are a huge hit. They sell for around twenty dollars depending on how many tubes you want with them. They are so cool.

The iron table shown in this picture is made from an old balcony rail that my father bought in Philidelphia years ago. He had it made into a table and then finished it with a beautiful limestone slab top. Above the table is a pair of half-round mirrors hung sideways to create a circle. These were originally windows out of a great old house somewhere. They are so fun hanging together like this and I love them with this table. The geometric designs of each complement each other. Oh I almost forgot the brown furniture in the booth, well that is our token Americana piece for the show. It is an early washstand that has wonderful form. The drawer configuration is very unique.
What is this bicycle doing in my pictures? Well this was one piece at the show that I found very interesting. It was in B. Hannah Daniel's booth from Alabama. It has everything on it from a flashlight to a tole tray from a t.v. dinner stand on the back. Evidently the man who owned this ride would take it on a 20 mile journey to another town twice a week. That was all the information she could get on the bike other than the name of the man who owned it and he was Dinky Davis. I was fascinated with this piece.
I want to remind everyone of the Lizzy Designs Jewelry trunk show we are having this Saturday March 21 at the shop from 10-5. Beth, the artist will be there with her wonderful pieces. For those of you who don't know Beth and her jewelry she makes jewelry that is to die for from old vintage broken jewelry and found objects. It is absolutely stunning. Come by to check it out and enjoy some refreshments.
Sincerely,
Scarlett

It is spring at Scarlett Scales Antiques

This week we have done some spring cleaning around the shop. Spring has definitely sprung at the shop and we've brought in lots of fresh merchandise. These oval crusty concrete pots are old and wonderful. The orchids make them look even more beautiful.



My favorite pink seated iron ice cream chairs.

These are two Gothic windows with mirrors in them that we just got in they are only $185 each. The neat old dress form here has already sold.


These mercury glass pendants just came in the end of last week the hold a 60 watt bulb and are made to be hardwired. They have a great cloudy surface that make them look like the old mercury glass. I think they are darling! The would be so sweet in a bathroom or above nightstands in a bedroom. They are also a great buy at only $48 each


One of our custom console tables with the old Gothic balustrade pieces showing traces of the old blue paint. The top is a limestone slab.

This wall shows old silver metal shields that came out of an Odd Fellows lodge in Indiana. I love multiples and I think these shields are really wonderful.


The lamp shown here is made from the base of an old ice cream stool.

This small concrete birdbath with the dolphin design on the base is a find that Dad brought back from Mt. Dora, Florida. He went down there a few weeks ago and came back with some fun finds.

Here are some of our iron sconces made from old fence pieces with half shades made to be hardwired. The console table is clad with patchwork galvanized pieces salvaged from old buildings and barns.

This weekend is the Nashville Lawn and Garden Show at the TN State fairgrounds. I am setting up there tomorrow. I still have to do a little packing and go to our warehouse and load up and then set up the booth. My Dad has been saving back some neat pieces to use for display. I have not done this show before so I am not sure what to expect but I think it will be fun. The show runs until 8 at night most nights. I have a lot of work cut out for me this week and weekend. Keep your fingers crossed that it will all be worth it. I am hoping to get new customers to come see the shop as well as sending existing customers in, it looks so nice right now. I will show you pictures of the booth when I get it all set up. It is only a 10'x 10' booth. I will be doing lots of squeezing in. Those booths are often the most fun.

Sincerely,
Scarlett