The Vintage Laundry Holiday Bizarre and Open House was a huge success! The event gave me the chance to see old friends and make a lot of new ones. Thank you to everyone who attended and participated ...
And the winner of one of your choice of three Vera Neumann scarves is . . . . . . Insert Drum roll . . . . . . Scott Lindberg!Congratulations, Scott, and thanks for participating and supporting The V...
And the winner of the set of 3 silver plated frames is . . . . . . Insert Drum roll . . . . . . Bettielou Lane!Congratulations, Bettielou, and thanks for participating and supporting The Vintage Laun...
And the winner of the set of 12 vintage napkins is . . . . . . Insert Drum roll . . . . . . JoAnn Jackson Garnto!Congratulations, JoAnna, and thanks for participating!So, we move on to day two of The...
Tis the season for giving, so, today is day one of The Vintage Laundry Holiday Bizarre Five-day Gift Giveaway! Just "like" this post on our Facebook page and youre entered to win the item! To...
Murmuration from Sophie Windsor Clive on Vimeo.WOW! This video is breathtaking and as my friend Victoria over at SFgirlbybay says, ". . it is pretty magical." This has made the rounds on the ...
Tis the season for parties and presents. At The Vintage Laundry were going along with the joke and have planned, along with some of our favorite vintage vendors, a shindig to beat all shindigs....
I will start by telling you that my entire existence can be summed up by one experience. And that is: You know how you walk into a room and as soon as you enter said room you cant remember why youre ...
I always get excited at the prospect of selling and shopping at City Wide Garage Sale, on account that its the most fantastically amazing thing ever created.Whenever I started shopping and then event...
OK, so, I have a story . . . . Not just any story . . . . . But an "I Dont Think Thats a Thing" story. And I would like to extend my sincerest thanks to the eighty-something year old little l...
I had to post about this amazing establishment in London called Hoxton Street Monster Supplies, and their work through The Ministry of Stories. Being this close to Halloween I also couldnt resi...
Under the cover of night, The Vintage Laundress ran away from her shop in Austin and is now hold up under a circus-type tent at The Texas Rose Antique Show during Antiques Week. She loves treas...
A dear friend sent me this thinking that I might like it . . . . . Uhm . . . yeah!!!Now if I only had $3450.00 and that models body.Photos courtesy Comme Des GarconsFollow my blog with bloglovinhttp:...
At The Vintage Laundry we believe in being aggressively pink and this marvelous Louis XV Style Secretary/Roll Top Desk meets our manifesto. It would be just the thing for "A Room of Ones Own."...
Are you familiar with that saying, "Taking the world by storm?" Well, thats what I had imagined would happen when I officially opened the doors of The Vintage Laundry shop last week. Well . ....
"You name it."These are the three words that leave my mouth when the subject of what I carry in the shop arises. Which it does, and quite often, and not without a twinge of self-p...
If you are unfamiliar with the word facepalm let me explain . . . . According to the Urban Dictionary, a facepalm is the act of dropping ones face or forehead into ones hand. Usually accompanied by a...
Something funky is going on in the world of womens underwear . . . . Well, at least in THIS womans world. Dont freak out, Im not about to over-share or anything, its just you know how the...
Right after my fifteenth birthday, my dad strongly suggested I get a summer job. And by "strongly suggested" I mean every morning, while we were at the kitchen table, hed stare at me fo...
I admit it. I flunk blogging. Im inconsistent and I take loooooooong breaks in between posts.But today, I have news . . . BIG news!If my blog were one of those 24-hour news channels like ...
In past posts I have made it abundantly clear that I have a bit of crush on Cary Grant. I think hes dreamy and he makes my heart do the cha-cha. He always seemed to portray in his films some version ...
As Ive said many times before, I think custom furniture is like couture in the closet. Take this pair of beautiful vintage Bergere chairs, for instance, and have our studios reupholster it in a fabri...
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Everyone has their porn. Mine is home design. I also dabble in DIY, which Im pretty sure is a kinky subculture - the S and M of home decor, if you will. Im not entirely sure how this happened or when...
If you have a pulse, its likely that you have seen Audrey Hepburn perform Moon River in Breakfast at Tiffanys. This is a beautiful cover done by The Honey Trees that I cant wait to share with you. Ar...
This is my sister DAunn presenting my Mom with flowers on a Mothers Day many years ago.On this Mothers Day, I would like to honor a group of women I like to call "The Ladies of the Land."&nbs...
Its getting warm and my garden is getting a little overgrown and I need to tend to it. When Im working out in the garden my attire consists of a swim suit, running shorts, a crappy pair of tenn...
Well, I hope those of you who are brand loyal to Jesus enjoyed your Easter weekend. I myself am of that persuasion and had a lovely weekend with my kids, my niece and my brother-in-law. W...
Im not very good with "idioms." Ive been known to combine two different expressions resulting in a lot of puzzled reactions from the people to whom I am speaking. For example, Ive...
Its Grafters day on the blog. And today, I have a whimsical piece by a group of designers and craftsmen with a passion to create and influence the world around them called ¡el grupo!. This playful pi...
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