My favorite holiday is Christmas (isn't every Christian's?) but the semi-annual advent of the Pier Antiques Show is a close second. For months beforehand I wait in anticipation, saving up just in case I find that special something. In the past couple of years I have foregone Christmas presents, figuring I would rather wait a couple of months and get something at the Pier Show instead.I know, I know, I am a design nerd.
This was antiques weekend--it comes in March and November--and it did not let me down. This year's gems were this early Art Deco mirror, which shall heretofore set the tone of our apartment from its spot in the entrance hall, and a sweet little pair of cowboy boots from the 1950's for
Townsend to wear when he is a grown up boy of two or three. Favorite past finds include my 1920's platinum filigree wedding ring from Switzerland, a vintage mink scarf that I wear with everything during the winter, and the little Queen Anne zebra chair that I use as a nightstand. That was my first find ever, and prompted my husband--who rarely forbids anything, since, decor aside, we do not actually live in a pre-1960's world--to forbid my ever bringing home another chair that was not for sitting. It was worth it.
Townsend to wear when he is a grown up boy of two or three. Favorite past finds include my 1920's platinum filigree wedding ring from Switzerland, a vintage mink scarf that I wear with everything during the winter, and the little Queen Anne zebra chair that I use as a nightstand. That was my first find ever, and prompted my husband--who rarely forbids anything, since, decor aside, we do not actually live in a pre-1960's world--to forbid my ever bringing home another chair that was not for sitting. It was worth it.Only six more months until the next one...
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