Monday, February 13, 2017

Freestyle finds help a Texas transplant take root

A fortuitous friend introduction led me to meet "Miss S" soon after she moved to the area....and was looking to furnish her apartment with a little bit more than what had fit in her car during the cross-country drive.  As an enthusiastic thrifter and fan of second-hand items Miss S. was thrilled at the prospect of some free apartment accessories, and I was happy to send them to a good home.

It started out with living room things....

A small end table with brass inlay, and a cute lamp that had a secret light-up middle section.



















A set of three square display shelves for the wall, after their installation




















Geometric patterned throw pillows that happened to have just the right colors to go with the dark blue couch.



















Then a few weeks later I found a curtain, very mod with it's pattern of squares.
Two of the grommets came out in the wash, but otherwise it held up well.


















The curtain became a shower curtain outer liner.



















Finally (for now at least), the masterpiece of this freestyle bonanza was this large frame with the glazing intact. The original poster was a bar scene with a rather elongated bartender, not really in keeping with the light and bright feeling in the rest of the apartment.


A friend's photograph was purchased, matted, and framed....


...then the final landscape with flowers photo was hung with care to brighten up the bedroom.
















Happy freestyling!