AT WAXMAN'S

As I said last week, I've been to an old house with
some really kitschy wallpaper, curtains and such.
Some of the rooms hasn't been touched since the
day the family moved in and thank G*d for that!

I didn't want to be rude and I was too excited for
words at the time so I just took a few pictures but
hopefully there will be a few more pretty soon...

UPSTAIRS BATHROOM

The curtain material is terry cloth!!! *love*


Closeup on the curtain.


The classic zigzag coat hanger on the back of the door.


Wall paper.

UPSTAIRS WC

Knitted toilet roll cozy and original toilet.


Wallpaper.

DOWNSTAIRS HALLWAY

How funky is this?! :D

DOWNSTAIRS DINING ROOM

Welcome to the 1970's jungle. :)


It's like visiting a retro museum.
And I love the way the hang the pictures.

KITCHEN

I could kill for this curtain, that's how much I love it.


Original vinyl chairs and Formica table.
I love the pale yellow tiles with the blue border, makes
me think of an old dairy.

LIGHTS

IF YOU'RE GOING TO LONDON...

If you have plans to head this way make sure you
check out The Vintage Guide to London, it might
be quite useful.



The Vintage Guide to London is also on Facebook.

GOOD NEWS!

Hello gals and dolls!
Got Photoshop CS5 installed yesterday so everything
is pretty much back to normal.

More good news!
I got one out of the three volunteer jobs I wanted and
I start on Monday.

And here's my latest finds.
I had a lot of time to kill during the time I was without
my computer...

Click on the images for a larger version.

Two Fiesta Ware pitchers, £2.50 each.


Belt, £1.20.


Skirt, £2.20


Vintage shorts, £1.50.


Closeup on the side slits and the waistband.

HELP WANTED!

OK, I'm having trouble to remember the names
of some blogs I had on my bookmarks list on my
old computer.
I really need your help.
There's one blog in particular I'm looking for, it's
owned by a very cute lady who's living in a white
and pink bungalow somewhere in the US and she
is, of course, into the mid century era.
I've done searches on Google but without luck.
Also, I would love if you could send me URL's to
blogs about 1950's lifestyle and such.
Thanks!

Hopefully I get Adobe Photoshop CS5 installed
tomorrow so I can finally blog as normal.
Snagged a few finds last week and visited a house
with some really funky 1950's-1970's wallpaper
that I can't wait to show you! :D

I'M BACK!

FINALLY!
I'm now typing on my brand new laptop, I now got a
Dell Vostro 3700 with a 17 inch screen.
I ended up with the basic silver, I wanted the red but
after some serious consideration I decided that I'm not
gonna be a flash idiot at Starbucks and I didn't wanna
pay £30 extra, in the end it's just for work and I work
from home.
It's just been properly set up, (thanks Jeff) all I need
now (and quite urgently) is Photoshop CS5.
I've been bored out of my mind, my entire life was on
my other computer.
Now I only have to order a new digital camera...

Hope you all have a nice weekend, I myself got a lot of
catching up to do.

I'M CURSED

Dear readers.
I'm not gonna be able to blog much at the moment,
my beloved laptop died the other day, that is £649
straight in the bin.
All my bookmarks and and media is gone, I do have
some of my pictures on a memory stick but haven't
backed it up for about two months. Lesson learned.
I only had my for one year(!!!) and the guarantee
just expired.
My digital camera is also buggered so I'm not only
hunting for a new laptop with great spec, I'm also
hunting for a camera.
Yeah, great start of the new year, huh?

I LOVE MUA

I've been meaning to blog about this for quite some
time now but for some reason I haven't got round to
do it until today. Sorry about that.
OK, let me start (or start over, I lost the entire post
due to some failure on Blogger) I, like many female
bloggers in the UK, have tried Superdrugs £1 make-
up range, MUA.
I must say that I'm very impressed!
The quantities and quality of this makeup range is
really good. You get a lot for your money.

I've tried some of the cheap brands before and most
of them have been really bad so I was a bit hesitant
to try MUA at first, even though it was just £1 each,
so I only got myself two items to start out with and
it wasn't long before I was back for more.

MUA's nail polish sure kicks ass!
I do a lot of work in the kitchen and with that a lot of
washing up but this nail polish really stays on.
The bottles are rather small but to be honest, I don't
need a big bottle of shimmery green nail polish since
it's not my everyday color, I only use this occasionally.


Nail polish shade 5, Nail polish shade 13

Shade 1 is perfect for the casual day makeup, shade 4
is really good for the evening. Very well pigmented.


Blusher shade 1, Blusher shade 4

I love, love, love this eye dust!
Shade 5 is my favorite and it works well both for day
and evening. Superb!!!


Eye dust shade 1, Eye dust shade 5

If you ever visit the UK, make sure you pop into one
of Superdrugs stores and try some of these products,
you won't be sorry.
So far there's only 84 stores nationwide who sell MUA
so be sure you check the list of the selected stores first
before you get all excited. ;)