Time Worn Style

Cottage Garden in Olinda...

The garden is bursting with flowers and greenery this year..

I think its all the rain we have had this spring..

Its lovely to wander around in the warmer weather..

and enjoy the results of the hard work we have put in..

I have a bit of colour in my showroom at the moment too..

And we do all love a touch of colour dont we?..

Showroom is open by appointment only here on top of our mountain in Olinda Victoria 

or 

you can visit my online store over at ebay Australia and I can POST some goodies out to you!

I've got all sorts of treasures just waiting for you..

Treasures - Vintage and Divine

Down with the flu this week..

annoying because I'm not good at sitting still and getting better..

there's so much that needs doing!

At least it's slowed me down enough to do a blog post though..

I wanted to show you a few treasures I've found that are now available for purchase..

 

Like these gorgeous English MINTON plates and coupes above..

and this Vintage flower wall mirror...

 

this ornate etched glass light...

and stunning silver peacock vintage coat..

 

 

or your classic Marie Therese chandelier..

with its glittering crystal drops..

 

 

this beautiful European enamelware though..

well I'm keeping these for myself..

it's the one thing I collect

so here it will stay..

 

 

treasures available over at my eBay Australia store

New items at Time Worn Style - Olinda

Thought I'd share a peek of the showroom currently..

mind you even since I took these some items have been sold and collected

Time Worn Style is open by appointment only 

here in Olinda, Victoria, Australia

 

you can contact me via this blog - facebook - and ebay 

 

Time Worn Style - Olinda

Have brought in lots of new treasures for purchase from my showroom here in Olinda

Open by appointment - you can email me at timewornstyle@ihug.com.au

or message/call 0407 119980 for opening times..

Here's a quick look

Some of these treasures are available in my ebay store Australia currently too

So I can post if its not too big and heavy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hope you enjoyed the tour of Time Worn Style - Olinda

Looking for Zing..

I'm taking a little break after a very long time and a rather rough start to the year

My ebay store and showroom in Olinda are closed from the 1st April 2012 to the 23rd April 2012.

I will not be able to process any sales or post/ship items out during that time. 

Will be back with more treasures just for you after this date!

Time Worn Style - the little showroom...

My little shop here at home is constantly changing..

I'm always bringing in new treasures

and watching happy buyers carry their carefully selected wonders out the doors..

We had quite a few customers this weekend

so thought I would share a few pictures of our little showroom here in the hills...

 

(click on the photos if you would like to see them full size)

 

Some of these items have since found a new home..

some are still available

do email me at timewornstyle@ihug.com.au

if you see anything you like..

I can post it out to you if you cant make it up here

(and its not over Australia Post size limits!)

New treasures ~ mountain studio..

 

I do read about this all the time 

about bloggers who feel bad about not answering comments left 

or visiting other bloggies when they should

So I think we should just all agree

to make no apologies and accept that we all love receiving those glorious comments

the little packets of care at the end of our blog posts

that make you smile

and realise you are not typing stories about your everyday life into the void

that they are actually being jumped at 

and held 

then let go again

for the next person to gently read...

and that us who write these everyday threads of life and home

SO appreciate it 

that it brings such a smile to our home

that we dont need to apologise

or feel bad for not visiting..

because its a given

that we feel the love <3

So thankyou so much Cas over at Peaches and Maple

for this gorgeous award

It was a lovely surprise..

Liebster comes from the word Liebe in German which means Love, Friend or Dearest.

I'm passing it on to all those glorious blogs with less than 200 followers

cause you all deserve it

for sharing a touch of your beautiful life with everyone

How could I possibly pick only five??

 

Have sold lots of furniture out of my showroom these last few weeks..

so have been doing a bit of rearranging

 We still havent finished the outside..

an old rug still sits at the entrance

but at least we have an undercover area now 

so rearranging is a little easier..

although not any tidier..

 however at least weather proof..

Before below..

brought in a lovely old Victorian kitchen table 

I had been keeping in storage outside..

as a permanent shop fitting..

love its pretty green legs

and who knows I will probably end up selling it eventually..

Still not finished as I found some more beautiful treasures this weekend too..

to find a place for in the showroom..

 

 

 

but that is half the fun really isnt it?

Shop fittings..

I have a couple of friends who have Antique / Vintage shops and I always remember them mentioning how tricky it is to display treasures..

by that I mean in regards to shop fittings..

you see if you sell that lovely table, then all of a sudden you have a space and lots of little items with nothing to put them on..

so I have had to make the easy hard decision to hold onto a couple of things..

Like this.

My husband put it together for me, a couple of old french doors gathering dust on our verandah..

a corner screen to hide the fuse box and hang a few items off as well as a great backdrop..

plus it's in that gorgeous chippy blue that I love..

 

the doors are a bit too far gone to install in a house but just right as a shabby screen for a shop..

 

and of course these old green painters ladders are keepers too..

 

Perfect for displaying quilts and linens..

and in the chippy soft green that I also love..

But of course some things I just have to move on

I no longer have room this beautiful pink roses Antique oil painting

it was always one of my favourites too

but I have found another which is a better size for my wall..

so you see you can part with most things in the end..

except this gorgeous old pressed back chair even though it was in dire need of repair..

here's a handy bit of advice for you..

if your partner has his/her tools out for fixing/creating one thing

make sure you mention those other items that need fixing/creating too..

you see they are "on a roll" so make the most of it, that big pile of half finished items will go down quick smart!

This dear readers is probably the most valuable advice you are going to come across whilst crossing blogland..

So here's the after (but I do need to paint though as I am the official painter in this household) isnt it great how he matched the original seat perfectly?

So lots being moved/ finished / created around this house..

Had some lovely visitors to the shop already who have made quite a few purchases..

will be doing a market stall shortly to clear out some extra goodies too!

stay tuned

Alicia

An Australian "picker"

Thanks for the lovely comments regarding the opening of my little shop space downstairs of this big old house..

I do appreciate each and every little bit of support and I am so very pleased that my dream is finally coming to fruition..

Cause if I am honest with myself..

I've worked pretty hard for this

and now I feel like I'm getting somewhere..

For example..

You may see my new little shop space looking like this..

 

but what you don't see is the work involved tracking down some of these old treasures..

because I spend a good part of my week

roving around Melbourne and country Victoria..

mostly on my own but usually with my husband on weekends

and sometimes this happens..

when I'm on my own..

cause I'm trying to get to an old house inside that group of trees on the hills behind,

I'm told there are treasures inside that no one wants..

see where the smoke is coming from?

and its been raining..

lucky a neighbours tractor pulled me out..

I did find some fabulous treasures there though cause I did get there in the end..

In someone elses 4WD!

old dresses from the 1950/60's

wicker flower baskets

fabulous old crates..

would have loved the old concrete laundry trough but didnt feel like another "mud moment" again that day..

So even after a day like this..

the funny thing is

I LOVE the hunt for treasures

its my favourite part of the job

So I pretty well have my dream job and now I get to play shop too..

 

 I've only just started filling it up

I still need to price everything..

and I have a lot more upstairs to go through yet..

but I think I feel like a little bit of order is coming into my life

and I'm REALLY looking forward to that!

Alicia

 

My Vintage shop in the Mountains ~ Olinda

People who know me well

know this one thing about me

I've always wanted a shop to sell my treasures from..

Rents here in the hills are horribly expensive for a shop front

Its a wonder retailers make ends meet up here even with the tourist trade..

and we do live in one of Victorias major tourist areas

so the thing is

Build it and they shall come..

 

As a result, the last few months..

So much painting

so much rearranging

so much storing of treasures

its been a long haul from building a studio in the garden

 

to a complete change of plans

and building a shop under the house..

or rather refitting a room that was no longer being used.

These had to be removed..

and these were moved on to a new home via my ebay store

 

 

Then all this

had to be moved upstairs..

 

We needed to change the aspect of the room to the side so customers can enter via the front of the property

and have a nice display area inside too..

So this old window had to go, lovely as it is, to be replaced with french doors..

 

I was going to sell it on as it is an original old sash window with cavity weights but once we took the plaster off underneath there was quite a bit of water damage..

Seems the previous owners installer didnt use flashing to keep the water out ..

So there was quite a few insects and rotten wood in the wall cavity and window frame..

Shame really as it was a lovely old window..

I kept the sash window weights to make a wind chime for the garden

the rest had to go in the skip :)

 

Next some new powerpoints on each wall for all the divine lamps and light fittings I will be selling ...

and a new fuse box with safety switches, time for an upgrade.. fortunatly the whole house had already been rewired by the previous owner so a big saving there

 

A new door to let more light in to the laundry area which is behind this room..

and those "Bunnings" lights had to go too..

 

 

There was a purplish carpet in here which was water damaged so that was pulled up to reveal a maroon concrete floor

with duck feet..

and a cat that followed the duck feet..

I filled in the bigger holes in the concrete..

I have kept the duck and cat feet, they have a story to tell..

and decided just to paint rather than tile as we will be moving furniture around a fair bit on this floor..

This maroooon colour (I think its called Indian Red??) had to go.

After the concrete patching had dried I used some

"white knight Paving paint" in Shell Moon which is a grey but does appear a bit more blue than I originally planned.

I think it will be ok though..

Lovely new Vestibule door bought second hand although never used installed with original Antique porcelian door knobs I had stashed away in my hardware collection..

 

and these three basket chandeliers that I have had sitting in my home for ooooh probably three years, finally a home all together in one place..

 

I love these chandelier type light fittings because you dont need an electrician to install them, they just screw onto a batten fitting ~ too easy!

Then the french door installation

Well lets just say that could be a WHOLE blog post in itself

actually the story of the LOCK on the french doors could be another story in itself...

It involves a company called STEGBAR and a domino effect of poor communication from day one..

You get my drift..

I'm still waiting for them to finish the outside..

hmmm

Anyhow, here it looks fabulous on the inside..

and will look even better once I paint it white (Taubmans "Snowy White") to match the other mouldings..

The mouldings I had made especially by a local company called the "Australian Moulding Co." as these mouldings can't be found anymore (too old) so they basically matched the old ones we already had.

Too easy!

As of today the shop space has had its second coat of wall colour and  looks like this...

That lovely old factory trolley is going to become one of my display tables..

 

 

And just to remind of a "before"

 

 

to "after"

 

I think we really are starting to get somewhere..

Many thanks to C M W Renovations & Property Management ~ a great team to work with!

Alicia

and I'm still madly clearing out more treasures in my ebay store too!