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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Vintage Storage Organizers and Office Must Haves

Industrial storage units can add charm to your office or art studio. This one, $95 from amsuarezfl

I've been slacking on my posts because I'm redoing a room in my home. Not just any room, but THE most important one for me,  the art studio.  Without a functional studio I can't create my art and it was a mess. I've been straightening things out and trying to keep it retro. My first thought was to mixing my recycled art supplies with functional vintage containers to hold them. I thought I'd share some great ideas with you to help you get organized.

BlueFlowerVintage offers this old storage locker basket, $32.
Baskets can hold the small notions, whether it be outgoing mail in an office or ribbon in your art studio. So many new companies are making replicas of old baskets. Why buy new when you can buy authentic vintage? 

Backgarage offers these colorful file cabinets, $175 each.
Before I decided to go more metal and industrial, I had a very country art studio. I love old cheese boxes, I had a slew of them stacked from floor to ceiling holding old snippets and magazine ads for collage work. It looked like a hat display from the 1950's!  I think they would look great painted your favorite color or decoupaged with your favorite papers!

Cheese boxes serve as good little storage cubbies!  These @ RetroChalet.

Anyhow, mix and match any of the below items for a unique look in your special room!  Why buy new when you can buy vintage?

'October is for Organization' by RetroChalet

Organize your shop, your studio, your desk, your crafts, your supplies, your life!


Vintage Large Orchard Basket...
$24.00

Multi Drawer Organizer from ...
$75.00

Vintage wood apple gathering...
$25.00

Vintage 1930s Cabinet / stor...
$399.00

Early 1900s SHEFFIELD FARMS ...
$15.00

Vintage Rustic And Primitive...
$85.00

Vintage Wood Cheese Box
$10.00

Large wood cheese box pennsy...
$22.00

Primitive Grungy Black Milk ...
$25.00

Vintage Printed Wood Cheese ...
$385.00

Primitive Box/Combo-Ammo-Che...
$25.00

Vintage File Boxes
$16.00

Vintage Card Catalog : 20 Dr...
$1250.00

Vintage Cheese Box. Vintage ...
$34.00

Hardware Parts 28 Drawer Cab...
$275.00

Globe Wernicke 15 Drawer Car...
$400.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Vintage Wire Baskets : Farmhouse Finds and Garden Time

Thanks to Asha of Chico, CA for sharing this picture of how she uses her wire basket!
Summer is here and one of my favorite things are use of old wire baskets. There's nothing like display of fresh lemons, herbs, fresh cut flowers, or fresh eggs in baskets like these. The shabbier the better.  If you have a basket with rust, use it to weed the garden.  Old baskets never die, they just get better with age.

Lemons never looked so lovely, for sale @ The Lazy Peacock


'A Tisket a Tasket Whose Got My Basket?' by RetroChalet

Wire baskets, egg baskets, salvage and industrial bliss. Here are a few antique baskets that you can't miss. Great for summer veggies or taters,Herbs or Fresh Cut Flowers, even Tomaters!


Vintage metal wire basket - ...
$27.50

Wire Basket
$16.00

Vintage Antique Rustic Farmh...
$21.50

Vintage Not Just For Eggs Ba...
$13.29

Vintage Green wire basket fi...
$24.00

Vintage Wire Collapsible Egg...
$14.00

Red Metal and Chicken Wire G...
$24.95

Small Chicken Shaped Wire Eg...
$22.00

Vintage BLUE Wire Egg-Fruit ...
$17.50

Copper Kitty Egg Basket
$16.00

Vintage Metal Basket
$32.00

Vintage Wire Egg Basket
$18.50

v i n t a g e wire egg baske...
$38.00

Ugly Duckling - Vintage Bird...
$18.00

Vintage Locker Baskets Are N...
$36.99

Vintage Orange-Red Egg Gathe...
$43.00