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Does Decorating With A Blue Smurf Make Me Tacky?

4/27/2012

 
My taste in decor would never be confused with the word

"Refined."
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Or
 
"Elegant."
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It's more of an

"Eclectic" or "Aquired" style.
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"Bohemian,"
 
shall we say...
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I believe the correct decorating term these
days is...

"Collected."  

My style is a collected look.
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So with all this in mind,
please refrain from not snickering too much when I show the following stuff/junque that I picked on our little getaway to Prairie Du Chien two weeks ago. 

Now the following piece will be displayed in the upstairs guest room.







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SHUT UP!   I LIKE IT!!!
And P.S. How do you know, maybe I AM blue without you.





We all know I love vintage Christmas.
Vintage Christmas can run in range from elegant Victorian to
tacky 70's.

Which era do you think these ornaments
are from?









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What???!!! They're COOL!





I did NOT buy this cat. 
Vinny just kept getting in my bidness while I was photographing my beautiful finds for you.
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I bought this 80's lighted doorbell at that cool old Hardware/antique store in Marquette...

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Along with these vintage Georges Briard glasses.
 

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See, his stuff is usually always marked. Georges Briard is the designer name for Jascha Brojda, a Ukrainian award-winning designer of the 50's, 60's and 70's. His specialty was barware, dinnerware and glassware. His stuff was mass produced and reflects a modernistic edge to it.

Okay. End of boring history lesson.


Well, we know I have a thing,

a BIG THING,
for tableware, glassware and such.
I.can't.help.it!
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I HAD to have these Tab glasses.



My life would not be complete without them.

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I bought this photograph of an eagle on the Mississippi,

but the cheap frame needs replaced.
 
This is such a peaceful photo.




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Tim bought a pipe wrench at the Hardware/Antique store in Marquette....

We had to tussle for it,
I wanted it sooooo bad.



Not.




Oh! I did pick up this thermometer at the freaky deaky vintagey antique place in McGregor.
I paid $4.99 for this interesting piece.
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See,
there's a ship on the black thermometer part at the bottom, which is why I love this so much.
See the ship's roping too?
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And the last thing I bought was my favorite.

And it was only $2.
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Polka album! I LOVE POLKA!!
Yes, I AM 85 years old. Why do you ask?
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Fun Polka Facts:
1. Polka originated in the 19th centruy in Bohemia, which is now an area within the Czech Republic.
2. Eastern European immigrants introduced Polka to America in 1844, soon eclipsing the popularity of the waltz.
3. It remained a popular ballroom dance until the late 1800's when it gave way to the
two-step.
4. It is regaining popularity and will soon be bigger than Adele.
5. I lied in #4. It could happen though.



This is the Pennsylvania Polka.

You will recognize it from the movie Groundhog Day. 

I love this
 
Polka!


 

And this is the most popular Polka that everyone's heard of...

the
Beer Barrel Polka!
Roll out the barrel, we'll have a barrel of fun. Roll out the barrel, we've got the blues on the run.



Lastly, 
being a former virtuoso
clarinet player
5th-10th grade,
(and by virtuoso I mean I had worked my way up to 3rd chair in jr. high, wait, maybe it was 5th chair, still)
of course I love THIS Polka..
the Clarinet Polka.
P.S. Sorry for wasting your money on that nice Yamaha clarinet Ma.




Okay, that's about it for
 
today's post folks.

Oh, stop your hollerin' and partyin';
it wasn't THAT BORING.

Besides, I know the truth
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YOU LOVE POLKA TOO!!
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Have a good Friday; 

talk at ya soon!!!!!


Gwen
4/28/2012 07:44:05 am

Oh Angie....that clarinet polka made me all nostalgic. My grandma LOVED Lawrence Welk. I spent many a Saturday night getting to sleep over at my grandparents' house and it was the one night every week when she and Grandpa (and me, their little guest sometimes) ate off of TV trays in the living room so as not to miss Mr. Wunnerful Wunnerful!
I have your website bookmarked with a many other blogs and I look forward to reading your posts. You should consider having a blogspot address so you could pick up more followers!

Angie @ Turnkey Auto
5/2/2012 11:14:37 am

Oh how I loved Lawrence Welk on Saturday nights Gwen. I loved the booths all the musicians sat in. They seemed so ritzy and glitzy. Thanks so much for your nice comments. Ima think about that blogspot thing, I'm techie illiterate but I do notice the food and decorating blogs I read, many have that blogspot address.

And tv dinners on tv trays! I swear I'm the only person who loved those things. I especially loved those cherry dessert things in the corner! I don't know as if I've met a food I didn't like, even in tacky tin foil pans from the 60's/70's. :)


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