Staging....away!!! oh...my... : )

A Huge...Collection...of Pipes... oh my... She and her Late...Husband Collected.... A....MAZING!

Oh...Frickin'...My!

I Gotta Tell Ya! This has been Great Fun!!!! We have been digging through...Treasures...that some... have been Buried.... for decades! then...Laying Everything Out...Then... Decorating!

Dear Lord! I Love Playing With These Incredible...TOYS!!!!

We have Many Hard Days...ahead... and...somehow..I have to get my Sale Pulled Together!

I spend Hours...on the road...just going to and fro....

What a Journey!

We are having a Blast!!!!

My friend...was so...frustrated... when she had to leave...for an appointment yesterday! All, she said...she could think about....was gettin HOME...and Playing!!!!

Too...Funny!

Hope You...have a Most...Wonderful Day...

Filled with TOYS!!!

Love to ya!

Barb C.

I found some wonderful Treenware.... that I have been piling on the Old Cupboard!

I want to simply...never leave this house! She would Love to have me stay...for a few days... but have 'Must Do's'....at home.... but...I plan on staying with her...after my Sale.. : )

This is an Old...Old Twelve Tin Pie Safe...With Horses...Punched into the Tins!!!! Love It!

This is one of the Most...amazing...quilts...I have ever seen...she has MANY...along with...hats...Bonnets...Dresses...from Old Calico... {from the 1800's...}Wow... what Great TOYS!!!!

Love...Everything...but Adore...the Old Men's Collar...showcase.... oh my....

oh...my... ahhhh...Dizzy....

Just...got Home...

How Many....how...many ways...can One House...be Flipped....?

Well....ya get...two.... Obsessive...Compulsive.... Perfectionists...together....

and...I gotta tell... ya...we have turned...the Most...Amazing House....on it's ear!

This has been the Most...Wonderful 'Journey'.....

I'll have images... sometime...in the Morn... {later Morn}

I am....so tired... I may Sleep through...Sunday...all Together....!

Love...to ya...

Barb C.

{the 'Basement'.... oh...my... : ) }

{I can't begin..to tell ya...how many flights of stairs...I have climbed....today...I am sure...my thighs could.... : )  holy.....smokes.... no wonder my friend...is Thin...as a Rail.... oh my.... }

Still.... Dizzy...holy smokes.... : )

Seriously... a Canoe... hanging from the Vaulted...Ceiling.... {do...ya understand... why I am Rockin' on my PINS!!!!? }

Soooooo Much...Country Store...Stuff..... I have No Idea.... how I can....peel myself...off of the Floor....
My Friend...has Collected this...Amazing...Stuff...over 50 Years!!! Some things....Many Things...I have Never Seen...Before.... {holy smokes.... get the 'smellin' salts.....}

All...I can say...is..." Stop The World...and Let Me Off!!!!!"

Holy Smokes... These images...are a drop...in the bucket....

of what...has had me....Intoxicated.... the last few days.... oh my....Staging this house..."Home"... has been...quite the 'Journey'.... {oh my...to say...the Very....Least!!!}

I forgot my camera...today....many...many...more images...coming....

So...Wish....I could take you...in Person... through....this...most Amazing...Gift...of a Home...: )

Love...to Ya....

{I feel...so Blessed...to have a part....in it... I truly...do....: ) }

Barb C.

Old...Old...Old... Buttery...Cupboard... oh...my....

Ahhhh...This is a Life Size....Tin...Milk Cow...Sign... oh my...ahhhh...Really....???!

She has...some of the Best...Cupboards...I have...ever...ever....seen....{and...Friends...I Know...Many...Many.... Cupboards...I call...them...My Friends... These...are Over the TOP!!!!} There is a 12 tin Pie Safe....with Standing Horses....in The Frickin' Tins!!!!! REALLY?????? {images... tomorrow... holy...smokes... }

This is an Incredible....Dry Sink Cupboard.... {Smelling Salts!!!!!!}

ahhh...this is an Early...1800's...Tiger Maple....Canopy....Rope Bed.... { ahhhh....really???....oh...my... }

There are..THREE Cigar Store Indians!!!!! oh my....

Oh...My.... {sigh....}....ah....really...do ya get...why...I'm... DIZZY?????
and...this...is a Thimble Full!!!!!!!!

Staging...A House...and...Playing...with Others...Toys!

Oh....my...my...my....my...my...

Had Great FUN....digging through a friends....Amazing Home...in preparation...to 'Staging' it... This...is...the Basement.... {you... have No Idea.... what is on...the top...two floors... holy........smokes...ahhhh...really...}

This is stuff.... that has been...packed away....for at least...10 years....

{most of it....25 years...plus!}{click on the image to enlarge...: ) }

We cleaned off these shelves... to sort...and RE LOAD!!!! They will be Full...in the Morn! So Much...Cool Stuff!!! Can't Wait...to start... FLUFFIN'!

 We dug through Loads...of boxes....In The 'Basement'!!!! holy smokes...

{and...we are STILL Unpacking!!!! Will be for Days! {she has collected for 50 years... {oh my...}

Ever been to 'Hog Heaven'?...I gotta tell ya... I have.... : )

An Old...Bib Overall... Display... really.....when was the last time...ya saw...one of these???? I am on...OVERLOAD!!!

Folk Art...Tramp Art...out the wazooooooo!

A Thimble...Full...of the Old Signs...we unearthed.... {One...is an Early...Minneapolis-Moline....holy....smokes...

Buckets...of Hunting...and Fishing.....Stuff....

There is Tons...of Old..Old...Advertising... oh...my....

Pearl Handled....Silverware...a Pile of it....

A White Eagle Gas Pump....Top.... really???? it has...been...repaired...but...It's Glass!!!! and...when was the last time ya saw one....? {I Never have... }wowza.... I'm gonna have some FUN....playin' with These Toys!!!!

I have No Idea...where to begin... Everything...everything...is....Incredible...

{and...this...is the Basement....} 

{I keep saying that...because...I could...only dream...of having this...amazing stuff....In Front...and Center... but...wait...'til ya see...what is...in Front...and Center....holy...smokes....}

after...digging through this....Amazing...Lifetime...of Gatherings...

I was....spinning....all the way home....

oh....my...

and...this....

is...the Basement....

Mine...and Jethro's...view...on the way home...tonight....

Hog....Heaven....

yep...this is... Iowa... : )

I am...Exhausted...on total...overload...and going back...in the Morn....

Gonna Make it Happen!

{Lord...I Love...Playin' With These Toys!!!!}

Love..to ya!

Barb C.



On The Road...again... : )

I'm headed many...many...miles away.... to Stage a House...

This will take...several days...over the next few weeks... with Fall Harvest Sale...Gathering...and Prep...in between...

So...The Shop...will be Closed...until...

October 4th 8 a.m.! {first day of The Sale!}

{runs thru...the 7th! Rain or Shine...! Wear Your Grubbies...and Bring a Truck!}

Any items...I will be posting...here...will be on The Fall Sale....: )

{No Early Sales....}

I hate doing this...but..it truly made my life...a little easier...in the Spring....

I will also be posting..images...of the Beautiful...Home...I am Staging...Those items...

Will Not...be on 

The Fall Sale....

I'll make that clear...when I write...about it...

Hope You Have a Most...Amazing Day!!!

Love...to Ya!

Barb C.

{it was hard...not leaving.."Too Much Monkey Business"...on.... it had me Rockin' and a Rollin'...this Morn!!!! Yeeeee Haaaaaw!!!!!}

Too Much Monkey Business!

O.K.... I know...I have said..over the last couple of weeks... I Need to Get Busy....

No More Monkey Business...!

Then...yesterday...while making deliveries... I get a call....from a Sweet Gal... {who's territory...just so happened..I was going to be in....}

That had...some...'stuff'...for sale... : )

She had various collections...of Interesting things...

I don't recall....ever in my life... buying a Sock Monkey...

nope...not ever...

I, for some reason... thought there were 87 of them...

I bought them all...

No... There weren't 87 of THEM.... {Only...40....or so...}

No...the 87 came in... when I bought her collection... of

YO YOS!!!!!

What is Wrong With Me?

Awww.....I had to laugh....

These Monkeys...are pretty darned cute....

and...will be Fun...at The Fall Harvest Sale!

Most...all of them...have some age {from around...the 60's....}... and...a few...needing a bit of care...

They really...do Crack me Up!

They each...have their own...Little Personality...being...all hand created.....and...the Yo Yos.... Well...I think their is a message here...

I Have Finally....Lost My Mind....!!!!

{Mark just called...asked "How's the 'Zoo Keeper' This Morning!!!!???"}

very...funny...: )

On the road...again..today...

and...Seriously...

No More...Monkey Business!!!!! : )

Love to Ya!

Barb C.

{bet this song...WOKE YA'LL UP THIS MORN!!!!!

I'm Kinda Diggin' This Monkey Business!!!!! : ) : ) : ) }

{While visiting...with Pal...Wanda...this morn...she said....how she liked...'Sock Monkeys'... {I was trying to figure out...how and...when...I had Lost My Mind...} she said..."don't you like Sock Monkey's...? "... I said... "Honey...I have been...'Old'....since the day I was born.... I never had Dolls... or Toys...never had any desire...to have them...and...thought when my much, older sister...had them...and my friends....played with them..it was...simply...'Childish'...."... I know... STRANGE!!!

{I preferred...Horses...Ponies...Hounds...any...and all Critters...

Those... would...Love Me...Back... For Real!}

Simply Iowa...It Is...What It Is... : )

They Have Arrived!!!

Sweet Marianne...My Minnesota "Cool" Creator...

Just sent these Darling Hand Created... "Simply Iowa" Necklaces!!!

{Love the Vintage Print....and...if you've ever Jumped Down the Rabbit Hole... You Totally Understand...the other side..."It Is..What It Is" !!!!!!}

They are Only 15.00 each... and I will have a Limited Group...at the Fall Harvest Sale!

I can...take orders...for Marianne!

I LOVE THEM!!!

Great Job....Marianne!

I'm FLYING out the Door!!!

Deliveries!

Hope ya have a Most...Amazing Day!!!

Love..To Ya!

Barb C.
{hmmm...think I may have to add...one to my Key Chains!!!!
Coooool!}