The stretched burlap is one of my favorites. Brad begged a bar owner for this piece and it remained folded in his closet back in Iowa for years. As is almost every framed piece in my house, it was done by the very talented artist Lori Buntin - who I entrust all my framing to. It says - if you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullsh(covered by the bull horn). The suitcase below holds all my mom's old recipes, the hereford plaster bull also came from the garden city, mo antique mall also. Brad also happened to go to the antique mall the same day and spotted the other hereford in more "pristine" shape. Its weird how we do that... needless to say he was thrilled with my purchase. The bull is resting on another piece I love but you can't see - a vintage silveware box, with "silverware" stenciled on it from long ago.
The other side of the hall is another freebie - old literature files that came out of my dad's old office in our basement. He brought these from an old employer back in the 60's and they were old then. (I notice I have a love of things with lots of compartments). There is another set in the basement that I would like to nab one of these days! I also love books and using books as displays. A top these books are a vintage travel suitcase with a fun kitchy pattern and another politically incorrect piece of art I own, this vintage poster depicting how to roll a cigarette. I think its a riot, and when I saw the bold turquoise, red and black, I had to have it. It is from one of the fabulous STUFF artists, one from NYC.
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