Friday, November 5, 2010

Pint-sized Chairs

A child's chair is just about one of the sweetest things around. Something about them just makes me sigh with wishful thinking....
Vintage school chairs $48 each
Lovely child's chair, early american $85
Pair of antique french chairs with original fabric $1200 for the pair.
Child-size rattan chair, made in Holland $75 each

Monday, November 1, 2010

Aviary Linen Arm Chairs

We thought our Linen Aviary fabric would look great on these chairs - and it does! $1600 for the pair.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

New Arrivals - Linen Upholstery

We are just madly in love with linen. It is simply gorgeous on just about any piece of furniture and imparts a fresh perspective one timeless classics. We do our own upholstery as well as custom orders. Our amazing in-house upholsterer can bring back to life treasured family heirlooms or revitalize out-dated furniture. Here is a sampling of our latest linen upholstery arrivals.

Barrel Chair in Natural Linen

English Roll Arm Sofa in Natural Linen $2400 SOLD

Down pillows in a lovely script print on linen $125 ea.

Linen Settee with Nail Heads

Vintage McGuire Sofa in Natural Linen

Set of four Saladino chairs. We found these with badly damaged leather and decided linen would pay appropriate homage to the great Saladino $450 each. SOLD
A pair of wing backs in a refreshing fern print  on a linen/cotten blend.

Curiosities.

We've been working hard on making the store look intriguing and polished...with our constant flow of goods it can be challenging but this display is hands down my favorite ever! Customers always say that they love the store because we always have such unique and interesting things..well this is our response to that..welcome to our Curiosity Shop...


Curios galore! A beloved vintage work bench anchors our window display.

A pair of love birds and their nest forever together in a vintage bell jar.
Framed in shadow boxes, these giant insects are wonders of nature.
A vintage book press rests on bound archives of the New York Times.


A lovely vintage dress mold with cast iron base.

A vintage metal globe.

Vintage metal letters never get old!

I always wonder what letters were typed out on this antique typewriter..

Imagine all the wine that fit in these vintage wine jugs!!

Here is a close-up of the still-working clamp on the vintage work bench.
Instead of throwing out the pages of a bound NYT archive book that fell apart, we re-purposed the pages of history as wall-paper.

Friday, September 3, 2010

A Quick Note...

At best, our blogging of new arrivals has been unimpressive! Truth be told we have no excuse, its so simple and easily one of the best ways to archive our most treasured items...in our defense we have been busy little bees...besides our shopping adventures from Brooklyn to Mexico, we have had the best two months ever!! So many thanks to all who have visited our store/blog/website, we love what we do and are grateful that you appreciate our heartfelt efforts. We promise to update on a regular basis and keep bringing in the best, most fabulous finds!! xoxoxox Celia & Tina

Sunday, July 18, 2010

New Arrival - Huge Antique Books!!!

This hands down one of the best things we've had at E T C E T E R A S! These giant books are about 30 x 20!! They are bound archive volumes of the New York Times. Each volume covers half a month of newspaper and we have dates ranging from 1920s to 1950s. Their massive scale alone is impressive! We've been having so much fun imagining fabulous ways to use them...stacking about 20 of them under a piece of glass would make a stunning coffee table!!! We have about 100 books priced $95 each.

Vintage Glove Molds

Vintage porcelain glove molds have arrived. The vintage glove molds are a perfect addition to a collection of curios or a great way to display jewelry or photos/postcards. $72 ea.