Restore|House

The 2nd auction on Saturday

After the auction in Ithaca didn't seem to have what we wanted, we drove up to Lyons...to attend our "Plan B."

This is the sight that greeted us.
An absolutely gorgeous, sprawling Victorian on a huge lot with it's contents on it lawn.

Some people brought their own lawn chairs...and drove their trucks up to start loading up the stuff they won.

I love the little porch upstairs...must be off a bedroom or something...

Four car garage with all sorts of furniture and stuff to bid on.

This purple living room set was on the front lawn, and people were testing it out while watching the bidding.

I thought these 3 were very sweet.

This lady was perfectly framed by the upright dresser behind her for awhile..but when I went to capture it, she moved :)

We were allowed inside to view the organ, the grand piano and the bedroom set. I fell in love with this built in hutch in the dining room...

The back side had a pass-thru door from the kitchen.

but when I saw the bedroom set, I literally gasped. I have never, ever seen anything so grand, TALL and so perfect before.

I don't know if you can grasp from this photo how TALL the bed is..I have never seen anything like it.

And the fretwork on the doorway into that bedroom! And the light fixture!

And the matching dresser...which is higher than the trim on the doors...for scale.

Look at the trim around the doors! Those corner blocks!

The bed and dresser went as a set, and ended up going for...$3100, if I remember correctly.

The numerous pieces of purple living room chairs/couches all went together for $800. There was an awesome old floor lamp with chunks of pink and purple lucite/plastic marble stuff that I loved, but it went for 200. So,after burning gas and attending 2 auctions in one day, we came home empty handed :\ But I got to see some awesome houses.

farm sale in ithaca, ne

Saturday morning I went to an auction/farm sale in Ithaca with my parents. It was incredible to be driving in the middle of fields, and to suddenly come across a mass of cars parked along the dirt road in front of this incredible house. Most of the houses we had passed along the way were Four-squares, so this one seemed even more special. The entire contents of the house were on tables in the front yard, and the furniture was lined up in rows in the back. There was so much stuff! We decided not to stay long, because there was another sale up in Lyons.

I liked these unusual little round metal buildings in back. I referred to them as metal yurts.

They had 2 rings going - 1 for household, and another down by the barn with all the tools. Back in the milking section of the barn was this awesome old corner cupboard. It was lovely, but I have no place for it :(

1950s metal sink/cabinet needs a new home.

 

This 1950s metal kitchen sink/cabinet needs a new home. It  came with my brother's house, and it just doesn't fit with his vision of how he wants the house to end up [it's a Victorian...]

It's a little dirty due to the construction going on over there, but it's in really good condition underneath all the dust.

I did  notice  1 spot on the front where the enamel has worn down.

Drawer/cabinet fronts. Ignore the strap...we were in the process of moving it and didn't want the doors flying open.

This is from behind. At one point, someone hacked away at the base to fit something in/around there.This should be fixable.
You can see an old tray/wire basket thing that's mounted to the inside of front door.

Here's a better view.

 Matt would like $100 for it. If you are interested, you can email him..whitetruck1937 AT yahoo dot com. This is located in Nebraska.

hardware

There is no rhyme, nor reason, nor consistency, with the hardware around this place.

 
 

found art

One of my favorite movies is Ghost World, not only because it has Steve Buscemi, but because it introduced the concept of found art to me.

This paper garment bag was neatly folded inside a wardrobe I bought here a couple years ago at an auction. Actually, I remember it very clearly [the auction, that is] because it was the best auction of my life. I got so many awesome things that day for next to nothing. Since then, I have yet to see the same auction company advertise any sales again :(

I love the fonts on this. I might just have to find a way to frame it.

The claim ticket is still stapled to it. In 1955, it cost $2.50 to have a suit jacket cleaned and to have leather patches applied.

a drive in the country.

During a drive in the middle of nowhere, I decided to test out my new camera...

kwansets..

barn + field

farm + barn + field

In a small town, this was the only building on the main street. The sign in the window said "open" but we didn't venture in.

mixing

I am completely in love with this look. I also really like this one. I can pictures rooms in my house looking like this too. And when Anna posted these pics, I thought, why didn't I paint this place black and have fun with the interiors?

so close

The parlor is almost done. Just a bit of touching up the paint, removing all the crystals from the chandelier and giving them their yearly bath in the dishwasher, and hanging stuff on the walls. *so* close.

I ended up not going with the dark green. I was worried the room would end up feeling like a cave. So instead, I took inspiration from this place and threw in a bit of this and the whole thing might end up being a little ...oh...I don't know...crazy. But it has to be better than the old hot pink, right? .....we'll see.

Photos to come.