So I popped into the op shop today and picked up a couple of fifty cent fabric scraps...
and one of the 'scraps' was this kaftan!
The Fifty Cent Kaftan might be my best bargain ever!
More little corners of my house are coming together...
I think I'm putting down roots. Every day I love it here a little bit more.
I think I'm putting down roots. Every day I love it here a little bit more.
I wore:
Kaftan, bangles, sunnies and vintage Native American bracelets worn as choker - op shopped
Hair flowers - Retail, vintage store and made it myself
Vintage cocktail ring - Gift from our darling Vix
Kaftan, bangles, sunnies and vintage Native American bracelets worn as choker - op shopped
Hair flowers - Retail, vintage store and made it myself
Vintage cocktail ring - Gift from our darling Vix
I also picked up the 'Dripping' aluminium pot -
perfect for a potted flower on my little verandah.
And look at this amazing item that was at the Tip Shop today:
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| Sorry about the terrible photo - taken with my phone |
It's an old stainless steel surgical (autopsy?) table.
Macabre and marvellous!
A quick google search and I found out that Elliott Bros Ltd was bought out by
a pharmaceutical company in 1929, so this table must be at least 83 years old.
I want to buy it but I have absolutely no idea what I would do with it.
Not that that usually stops me from buying wildly inappropriate bits of nonsense.
And I did enjoy the sense of humour of the Tip Shop Man
displaying those rusty old saws on the table.
Do you have Tip Shops where you live?
The one in town is supremely clean and organised and very tidy.
They sell homewares, pots for plants, timber, wheelbarrows, birdcages, outdoor furniture,
tools, kennels, fencing, furniture, books (!), crockery, lamps, paintings and wall hangings, toys... Anything that people throw away and is still in working order is rescued from the landfill, given a quick wipe down and put in the shop. The prices are very reasonable and
they are reusing, recycling and reducing landfill. Yay for Tip Shops!
So shall we just have one more look at my Fifty Cent Kaftan...
Yep, it's a keeper!
Yep, it's a keeper!
Sarah
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27 comments:
50 cents what a bargain for the Kaftan queen!!! I've never been to Perth's tip shop but I want to. He he that table is very cool, I hope you can think of a reason to buy it.
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We have "recycling centres" that seem to be some sort of members only affair. You can buy straight from the tip itself, but that's a rather uncomfortable experience (was asked if I was a lesbian) but did get a free victorian chair out of it. That table is terrifying! But quite tempting.
Got 2 things from my tip shop today hadnt been there for ages.Get that trolley make a great gardening table
you always find the best bargains, love. We dont have many thrift shops like that in Washington DC. I have missed readign you , love. I am trying to come out of hibernation over here xoxoxo
The Kaftan Queen strikes again! Bargain frock - scraps indeed!
Good for you, feeling settled and "rooting". Hope the work situation resolves itself so you can stay in your lovely little nest.
Tip shop? Hmmm, don't know if they have that concept here, never heard of it (and I know plenty of thrifty skip-diving folk who would know that sort of information...) Perhaps I should ring the dump and find out.
That table is rather fabulous in a gruesome way - I agree with Nelly, it would be great in the garden, either for a work table or to display pots. The saws are a fine touch! xxxxxxxxxxxxx
aahhh your kaftan is cool ;-)) and looks great. Yes we have tips here you can find some great stuff. That table is a bit freaky for my taste ;-)) Scary ;-)) But it would be fun in a corner of a garden covered in pretty pots and plants maybe? ;-) dee xxx
Your necklace is super sweet Sarah and I love your succulents! That stainless steel surgery table is creepy I like it too and I dig the saws on top. 12 more sleeps OMG!!!
50 cents?!? That's awesome! But you're the master of making anything look fabulous. I'd walk past it and think it would look awful on me, but on you with the fun accessories, it's wonderful!
Well, we have thrift shops here, but maybe they're a bit different.
Just looking at that table gave me *shivers & creeps*
Mighy not help that I watched a movie called "The Ward" lastnight and it had a morgue in it. *hahaha*
But any sort of thing that had to do with people no longer alive gives me the heebies.
You do look fabulously wonderful in that sweet kaftan though...
And I swear yellow was made STRICTLY FOR YOU!
50cents?! Freakin amaaaaazing!Whata sweetie! Kaftanistan heaven!
That autopsy table is brillant!!! You can't possibly leave it behind,it's just too unusual and fabulous!The saws on it are a stroke of genius!!!
Mmmm,you're doing that Frida thing again with your hair,it just rocks my world!!!
O,I love succulents in sweet little unexpected containers!
10 SLEEPS!!!
Love you more than succulence!
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O,yes,we do have a tip shop,only they call it something else,like the recycle shop or something like that.It's just up the road from work,but used to be around the corner from Nix,and she used to get some great scores!I go only occasionally.....
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You look blooming amazing! I love the tip shop near me, always worth a good look around. Scarlett x
Wondrous finds, my lovely and yo are looking beautiful as ever. I am very drawn to the vintage table/trolley. I'm thinking a good tattoo bed with a bit of padding perhaps!xxxx
please tell us you rushed straight back and bought it! it'd be great for dancing on...! xx
Awesome kaftan love the colours. I was going to suggest the same as Nelly for the table. My other thought was if it lowers down far enough why not get and use it for an outdoor table setting........great conversation piece. Imagine it with a table cloth, with fabric with day of the dead skulls on it and a pot plant with some lovely flowers.......go on Hun get it I think you could do it justice and give it a new home.
Love the 50c kaftan absolutely gorgeous. I wish we had a tip shop in Brisbane I would be there every weekend.
Our local Dump has a shop and it is pretty good. Usually get magazines for 50cents and other bits and bobs. AMazing what people throw out, so YAY for dump shops!! Kaftan is awesome and looks super duper on you. I have one on Trade Me I am selling at the mo, full length, same style in a bright red batik fabric. If only I had known, could have sent it to you!!
Beautiful find Sarah! 50 cents! I have my 50 cents place as well and find stuff all the time
This surgical table is amazing, i would buy it as well and find a use for it
Our tip shops are called EcoCenters here
Went thrift shopping with Izzy today founf great stuff
I've never heard of a Tip Shop though we do have thrifts that specialize in cookware. I think you should snap up the surgery/autopsy table and use it as some sort of DINING table!
Love the kaftan! It is gorgeous, and well worth the 50c. I don't know what you would use the little autopsy table for, but it is pretty damn cool. I know the some of the tips in Brisbane have shops attached, but I haven't been to one since I was little.
That has to be the best 50c buy ever!!!!! Kaftan heaven!!!!
The colours are great and look so good on you.
The Autospy table is creepy and cool. Wow!!!
Love v
Cool find!
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Gorgeoussssssssssssssss.
You are in my post today!!!
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Amor!
what a bargain on the pretty flowery kaftan.
that table would be nice for Halloween or to serveHelgita drinks when she is visiting you.YAY!! she is getting to your casita soon.
besios
the kaftan is amazing! i love it on you wow 50 cents is a pretty nice bargain! that table is insanely cool!
I'm loving that green wall behind you!
xo
A_Riot
That table is awesome, you must buy it. Can you use it in the kitchen? x
We do have Goodwill thrift stores here that sell items that have been donated, but it tends to be mostly junk. That surgical table is sooooo COOL, there must be SOMETHING you can use it for!
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