DECORATE WITH WHAT YOU LOVE.....

China hutch in my dining room.

And the ones you love will help you collect!! 

Anyone who knows me, knows that one of my many loves, is to find an awesome old piece of true ironstone. In the past I have blogged about the special markings on the bottom of each piece, that is just as thrilling to me as the actual bowl or soup tureen.

 



More of my collection...

 



 

Some more of my collection. I collect brown transferware also.

My Breakfast room hutch.... 

 
As I visit blog after blog, I came to realize that there are a lot of people who share my passion. I love to get  pieces from friends and family. They  are always picking up pieces for me. My hubby picked up this awesome bowl for my collection on our recent anniversary. He knows how to make me happy. I love it, and will always know it was in honor of our 41st wedding anniversary.


Gift from Ron...

 

 

Platters...

A New Home: Part 2

Let me take you on a tour of the rest of the house. If you know me , you know I love to collect Ironstone and creamware glassware. You will see when you are touring around some of my collection. Some of my favorite pieces were given to me by my dear friends Sue and Carol. Everywhere I go I always search for it. When I see one stray cup, bowl or turin , I just can't stand to leave it behind. I resale a lot of it and have customers always wanting it, so stay tune for another post
another day.

 

 

A New Home

If anyone was wondering, Simplypainted and Co. returned to an old but somewhat familiar place.
We have moved back to the Atlanta area. South of Atlanta to be exact. Newnan, Georgia. I am happy
to say we love the area but sad to say we miss our friends and customers in Nashville. After nine weeks of constant moving furniture from room to room, as well as buying new and finding some old, we are able to call this place our home. Allow me to brag a little and share some pictures of our home on a hill. Enjoy!

Getting ready for spring show!

Bird nest going into production!!
Come by Nashville flea market March 28th to check them out!

Winter,winter go away!!

Bring me this beautiful patio! Today!!!

Beautiful things!! Beautiful People

If you know me, you know nothing makes me happier than to discover an old piece of ironstone, cream ware, or brown transfer ware while I am out junkin around. Chippy, stained, cracked, discolored or dirty, its all beautiful to me. The best part to me is the awesome markings on the back side. I have not idea what any of the markings mean but I love the markings. If I thought it would not look funny, I would hang or display some of my pieces hanging with the backside showing.

You gotta love this!

Cracked and chipped , but love the marking on bottom.

Love my platters and tureens!!

Brown transfer ware...

thanks to this blogger, this picture made me smile. Speaking of smiling and beautiful thing, I have a couple of beautiful friends.

My best of the best girlfriends came to visit me during the October flea market. Neither one had ever been to the show, so they were so sweet to come and support me and wares. As usual they are the perfect out of town guest and they know what I love. They brought me  a beautiful brown transfer ware platter ( it has two things going for it, it's an ironstone platter and it was brown tranfer . But that was not all, I also received 4 adorable brown transfer ware saucers, all the way from England. But wait that was not the end, a vintage silver plate tea pot tied everything together. Have I mentioned that " I loved this bag of goodies" I'll say it again beautiful things from beautiful people.

Thanks Sue and Carol, I love ya to death!! (do we part) Ha!

Displaying my goodies...

 

 

Look at the border on this platter.

Fabulous!!

 

adorable saucers...Will have to display them so everyone can see.

The platter, saucers and teapot look so good together.

 

Where have I been? Busy,Busy,

THIS IS TOTALLY ME!!