It's Summer...Dine Out! Eat on the porch, patio or at the park!

It's almost officially Summer, and while some of the days are simply too hot to enjoy the great outdoors, most of the evenings are still enjoyable!  Dine out, as in outside, in the great outdoors!  Eat on the porch, patio, or at the park! 

This adorable cottage set --vintage white table and four chairs ($175.00)-- adorned with white Sincerity dishes ($55.00) is a cute set for your front porch, patio or breakfast nook.  Great Finds place-mats ($4.00) and napkins ($2.50) come in all colors and variety of patterns; we also stock the throws, runners and table toppers for all seasons.  Going out for a picnic?  You need a sturdy ice chest, so you may as well buy one that looks good, such as this old dairy box!

 

 Nothing beats an ice cream cone on a hot summer day!  This antique European pub table with metal base ($195) converts into an ice cream table!  This antique "Laesoh Dairy" metal box is really cool, and keeps your food really cool as well!  The ice cream cones are bubbles...great fun for the kids!  A Junior scrabble board serves as the table topper.  Bandanna's are fun summer napkins; the ice cream ceramic cones ($6/set of four) are fun for ice cream or ice cream cones!  Set of four plates are $20.   Caramel Fiddle Faddle is always tasty as well!

Take your kitchen table out to the garden!  I know that sounds crazy, but it would be fun!  Get out your garden dishes (44 pieces for $65.00, Thomson Pottery Company)...complete with the antique red wheel-barrel ($45.00) on the antique harvest table ($275.00) for ambiance...and have a good time!

Very few dish sets we find have teapots to go with them.  This Thomson Pottery Set also has a sugar and creamer, as well as all the plates, salad plates, cups and bowls. The cute black wooden fence bookshelf ($58.00) is perfect for extra storage space in the kitchen, living room, bedroom, bathroom or garden shed!

Grow spices like oregano, mint, sage, rosemary, and thyme in the kitchen area or outside your back deck for quick access when you are cooking.  This metal terrarium ($45.00) is adorable, and lifts at a top side for easy access to your indoor gardening.  The humble framed stitching ($15.00) reads words of wisdom: "ye shall reap in life the seeds ye have sown."  Little ceramic mushrooms compliment the terrarium.  The oval wicker table ($115.00) and white bunny ($15.98) make for a pleasant side table in your living room or sun-room.  White wicker adds pleasure to any sun-room or porch, but you don't want to leave it outside in the winter or rainy/stormy weather.  Most wicker that has survived decades is well built but it still needs to be handled with care!  We have several antique wicker chairs and rockers, as well as a quaint love seat to use for summer entertaining.

Bless Our Nest...

The Fourth of July is creeping up on us fast...buy our the patriotic gear!

Dine out with your patriotic table...this table is displayed with red silverware ($38.00) matched with white ironstone plates (6 for $35.00), on sheet music as place-mats, and vintage Coke glasses (8 for $18.50).  The bird cage ($16.00) has patriotic candles, Coke collectibles, and a large shell.  Geraniums add a splash of red, along with the red pillar candles.  If you don't have a fire pit outside, you can always roast Smores over your big pillar candles!  These massive campfire marshmallows in antique bowl below are for sale at Big Lots.

This giant antique trunk ($55) is great storage!  It would make a nice coffee table.  The Victorian antique wicker high chair ($125.00) is lonely and needs an occupant!  Paper plates are easy, but food tastes better on china, and china plates are easier on the environment!  If you have extra china plates, like these souvenir plates, you'll have extra dishes come party time! 

On your serving buffet, stack plates for your guests on a small child's chair for fun party effect.  The antique green child's bow back chair ($36.00) is great for a stack of plates.  The white shabby chic table ($65.00) is very useful for a buffet table or desk, it would fit in any room in the house or the sun-porch.  The wooden sign ($32.00) below reads:  "back door guests are the best"...wouldn't this be great on your back deck?  The large glass cloche ($55.00) is perfect for keeping flies away from fruit and other food! 

Do you plan to Barbecue a lot this summer?  Keep all your BBQ necessities handy with this large wire baskets, like the one below.  You can pack it away in the pantry when its not in use, or hang it on the wall or sit it on the deck, either one, while cooking outside!

In the shop this cute wire basket (large $24.00, smaller size available for $16.00) is hanging over this wonderful antique porcelain top worktop with metal base ($65.00) would be great for preparing your meals!

Have trouble reading your cookbook while cooking?  The cookbook metal holder ($18.50) pictured above & below solves that problem, and it also displays platters and other books quite nicely.  Pig bread boards are fun for any BBQ!  The green baker's rack ($59.00) is also a nice kitchen storage piece.

This antique shoe drying rack ($195.00)--in its past life--makes for a wonderful wine rack or other kitchen storage, as well as shoe rack, for current day times.  Recycling old shoe factory furniture is green and fun!

 

This black pine cabinet ($350.00) is a nice addition to any room, and it would make a great serving buffet.

This cabinet sits nicely next to any large dining table, such as this table ($245) shown with both leaves inserted, and six chairs ($195.00/set of 6) in the photo below.  The white Simplicity china dishes ($65 for 46 pieces) are simple and flexible for any season.  Do you anyone getting married in June or July?  Chances are they could use a nice set of dishes to start off their new lives together.

Or pair the black pine cabinet with this nice black drop leaf table ($130.00), which has more a french country decor for summer.

Come in and see all our wonderful furniture and home decor to add to your humble abode or large castle!  We have plenty more ideas in the store for you to feast on!