$23...

So there's this vintage shop on N. Killingsworth Street that I drive by all the time. Finally, after 2+ years, the stars aligned and I stopped to check them out. Guess what? I was there within their normal business hours but they were closed. Turns out there was a vintage "market" going on across town, and they had a booth there. Damn. In my perfect world I would have got back in the car and gone to the market. However since I had to be home in less than a half hour that wasn't possible. Making lemonade out of lemons, I walked across the street to ReClaim It! I visited this place once years ago, right after they opened. Truth be told I didn't really remember much about that visit, so my expectations were low. That's why I didn't take a photo of the building, and instead I'm sharing a screen shot from Google maps...

And here's what I came home with, yes, for $23...(OMG)...was I lucky I stopped in there!

My visit was just a quick walk through, but at the prices they put on things I just picked up almost everything that caught my eye, like this deep ladle...

Which I thought might look good bent over one of the tall shady cylinder planters. Nope. Don't like it.

This is better. I had to bend it again (one or two more times and it's gonna break) but I think I like it here...

Sweet! ($3)

This tile piece looks like it might be the bit cut out for an exhaust fan in a kitchen remodel?

I had just planted up a fern in a piece of repurposed metal (from the ReBuilding Center), and knew it might need something to catch drips. Problem solved! ($2)...

The tall metal square has so many possibilities...

Especially since it has this handy nail hole, should I want to hang it.

For now it's tucked under a formerly hanging Tillandsia orb, which over the winter ceased to be a perfect circle and didn't look good hanging any longer...($3)...

I have to admit this can, well my heart might have just jumped out of my chest when I saw it. I was afraid there wouldn't be a price tag on it — you know, the NFS great store fixtures tend to be labeled with?

Bumps and bruises were plentiful, but I couldn't help but see shades of the vintage zinc barrel that I'd had a crush on for years and years (here, here, here and here). I know, those were some amazing rose-colored glasses! But instead of a price tag of over $100 this one was only $15. Ya. $15...

And it was intact!

No doubt I'll find its ultimate purpose soon, but in the meantime was called into action as the base of a refreshments table for a recent tour group that came through my garden.

Weather Diary, July 30: Hi 91, Low 59/ Precip 0 (day 44)

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