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Showing posts with label abandoned farm house pictures. Show all posts
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Saturday, October 5, 2013

Ebay Saturday, And The Ultimate In Shabby Chic


Saddling up Maxine, the shiny blue minivan,
and heading for eastern Pennsylvania this
beautiful Saturday, lured by the siren call of these:


Yes, I know.
"Hello, my name is Cass, and I am a Dish-A-Holic."
Where have we heard this before?  Oh yeah.  Right here.

Well, golly.
In my defense, it is Wedgwood Cathay china, in mint condition,
and it's service for about a billion, plus extras.
And I was the only bidder on eBay.


This means I'll be culling more china from my own collections, to make room for the 145 pieces
of Wedgwood, at less than a dollar a piece, I'll be toting home today.
Yes, Howard knows.  He's going with me.
He thinks he'll get a chance to visit a Pennsylvania casino while we are there.
He has a rich and varied fantasy life.

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Meanwhile,
if you want to see the ultimate result of rustic country French
decorating, the pinnacle of shabby chic-style decor,

It's a Dutch photographer's photographic
 tour of abandoned European farm houses.
It's eerie, and kind of fascinating.

So how nuts am I that my first thought, on seeing this picture, was:
Wow, that's a really nice table!
Remnants of family life: A table and chairs discovered inside what was once the dining room of this now dilapidated farmhouse in western Europe

And now, don't blame me for your nightmares.
After all, it is October.
Boo! -- Cass
Ghostly: This eerie photograph captures the dusty pews and peeling walls inside a boarded up church