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Rio Heywood Wakefield Low Dresser Restored
The finish was in sad shape. As you can see there are finish issues on the front and side of the cabinet. I finally got to the last dresser in our Rio set. The restoration was straight forward just...
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Rare Lighted Carlo of Hollywood Frames
As you can see these frames need some attention. Hello all you Hepcats! We are pleased to announce that we have acquired our first set of rare lighted Carlo frames. Since we have collected Carlo I...
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1961 Phil Brinkman Prints (Double Signature)
Excuse the reflection, That darn glass makes it difficult to get a clean picture. Mel and I came across these prints a few Second Sundays ago. I was soo excited to find them. At first I thought they...
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Ultra Cool Table & Chairs
Mel and I came across this set when antiquing up in Chico. We thought we could use it in place of our diner booth but after a long debate we have decided to sell it and keep the booth. It is soo...
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Radio by Hoffman, Cabinet by Brown-Saltman
I really like the simple lines on this unit. Mel and I hit Second Sunday last weekend and didn’t find much till we stumbled across this great unit our friend Dennis was selling. He works in...
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Carlo of Hollywood Fish Watercolor
Hello All, Mel and I have chased the “Fish” Carlo watercolors for a long time. They are soo hard to find. I have only seen one set on Jillian’s Carlo of Hollywood blog spot. A while back Mel and I...
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Heywood Wakefield Revival
This group of sad-looking Heywood Wakefield pieces are a part of my next series of projects. If you study the photos above you will see that these have been used and abused. Look at these two sad...
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Another Shirrell Graves
You might remember a couple of months back we purchased a fantastic yellow Macaw painted by Shirrell Graves. It had a broken piece of glass and the mat was stained and ugly. I took it to Tim & Ann...
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Lil Bit Country
Mel and I were up in Sebastopol California having a look around when we came across these small lamps at FFT Antiques (All sales benefit Food For Thought, Sonoma County AIDS Food Bank). I love them!...
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Brown-Saltman Desk And Chair Completed
This set was in pretty rough shape! You might remember me blogging about this desk sometime back. Our friend Vic allowed us to buy it because she wanted it to be restored. Though this set needed a lot...
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Carlo Of Hollywood “Copy Cat”
Here is the original Carlo of the fighting cats (excuse reflection). We have always loved this Carlo and wondered how difficult it would be to duplicate. There seems to have been a drought for Carlos...
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Carlo of Hollywood “A Set is Made”
I refinished the Matador shortly after we got it. All it needed was new glass and the frame needed to be refinished. The hard thing with this style of Carlo frame is that it looks really strange just...
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Tiki Bar Update
Today, I performed a quick resto on these pieces. I used my old faithful “Awesome” cleaner that really removes staining, dirt & grease. I just spray it on, let it sit for a few seconds and wipe it...
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Carlo of Hollywood Commisioned Work!?
I love this Carlo because it is soo detailed. The great thing about our blog is that many of our readers share their stories with us. One of our readers Mollie informed us she has a Carlo of Hollywood...
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Heywood Wakefield Dogbone Bed
At last it is done. We finally got our Heywood Wakefield bed done. I restored it a while ago but it took some time to sell our old one. We are really happy with the way it turned out. The finish has...
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Bringing New Life Into Old Frames
Love the frame hate the art! Mel and I saw these frames at the Antique Trove in Roseville and I thought I might be able to do something with them. I took them home and they sat around for a while. I...
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Simply Done
The are reproductions of original postcards from Hawaii. I These have a matte finish so they will not fuse to the glass. I could have used originals but I taped the back of these cards to the top of...
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Carlo of Hollywood Desert Trio
Hello all! Just a quick post showing the trio hung together. The glass in the large desert Carlo arrived broken so I replaced it with plexiglass. On a piece this large the weight of the frame &...
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Sad Arrival…Happy Revival
We already own these famous pieces by Cosmo De Salvo in different frames. We love his work! These frames have a cool 3D effect. Mel and I purchased this set of Cosmo De Salvo Artone creations online....
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Check Us Out At Our New Antique Booth
We are still adding items and things always change so check back often. Mel and I re-entered the antique dealer market again after a short time away due to being too busy to keep up a booth. We are now...
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