This weeks #thriftscorethursday has gotta include the sleek, elegant Nambe candy/fruit bowl pulled from the "steel" bin at the goodwill in Marin County. She was looking pretty sad when I found her but with a bit of polish and lots of hope she soon joined the Nambe candlestick and my favorite #katespade coffee cup.

Designed by Richard K. Thomas in 1951 the graceful swoop of the bowl embodies the #midcentury ethic with a fluid, asymmetrical flow. Both the bowl and the Nambe candlestick came home for $4.98 - thrift score !

#thriftstore #midcenturydecor #nambe#midcenturystyle #midcenturydesign#mynambe #katespadeny

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Letting Go

...As we walked through the house we decided to sell or donate everything from the past and start from scratch, a clean break, maybe this would encourage our lifestyle change. The furniture and design artifacts that we had acquired were never placed in the new house - we just took them out of the packing boxes to photograph for Craigslist, EBay, etc. or took them over to Goodwill.

Pictures, Art, Glassware, Furniture, Lighting that all spoke to the perfection of the 19th Century drawing rooms and parlours had to go ...

Monday, October 19, 2015

Nambe Score

Designed by Richard K. Thomas in 1951 the graceful swoop of the bowl embodies the #midcentury ethic with a fluid, asymmetrical flow. Both the bowl and the Nambe candlestick came home for $4.98 - thrift score !#thriftstore #midcenturydecor #nambe#midcenturystyle #midcenturydesign#mynambe#katespadeny

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