A Wonderful Day!

Sunday was a wonderful day.

My favorite 

Antique Mall

had a store wide sale!

And to make the day even more special

I got to meet one of my 

favorite Bloggers

in person.

Mecky

She has a wonderful blog called

Kettle Korner Kottage.

Her sweet home is filled with 

wonderful treasures but she is most

famous for her wonderful 

1930-1940's

kitchen items.

 If you like vintage kitchen items

you will drool over some of the 

beautifully colorful

things she's collected.

And believe me....

this girl is a 

COLLECTOR!

We decided to try and meet up

at the mall

and about 3/4 of the way 

down the first isle

I hear this soft voice

asking if I was

Maura.

Well we girls started 

talking.

Ya can you believe it!

We had such a wonderful time

chatting that I almost forgot 

to take photo's! 

I did manage to get a few 

so I hope you enjoy a little tour

of OUR favorite place to shop.

Mecky 

THANK YOU

for the wonderful visit

and I look forward to visiting

with you again! 

:) 

More From Missouri

Last month I did a post about a trip my sister in law and I made to Missouri. 

We were looking for just the right cupboard for her kitchen and we

found it in Ozark MO. 

There's more than just antiques in Ozark...

there's 

LAMBERT'S.

Lambert's is known as the 

Home Of The Throw'd Rolls.

I have to say that it's one of the busiest and best places

I have ever eaten and I have never been there

where I didn't have to wait in line. 

This visit was no exception.

While we waited out front with the rest of the crowd

we saw 

this...

Isn't she a beauty! 

This beauty is a 57 Chevy Cameo.

Somehow I don't think she'd like living on a dirt road in the country.

After we had  our lunch in Ozark we headed to Springfield Mo.

to the biggest Antique Mall that Donna and I had

ever been to.

We were in Antique Heaven!

I wish I had a house large enough to hold all of these pine pieces.

Can you imagine that table in a big old farmhouse!

How about this wonderful butcher block!

More beautiful pine pieces. See the length of that table?!

Isn't this a different finish for a stove. I like that green mixing bowl too.

Donna and I both thought this cupboard was interesting.

It would work great in a kitchen or a bathroom

or where ever.

Loved the handle detail.

I always wanted a Hoosier cabinet

Love this coffee grinder.

How about the detail on this table leg!

By the time we were through the antique mall we were starving and beat

so we headed to McDonald's for a ....

....then we headed home.

We had a WONDERFUL time.

On the way we passed a few of these as we drove along the south edge of

Joplin Mo.

We decided to pull off the highway and see if we could see a bit of the damage

left by the tornado.

It was September 11th

approximately 3 1/2 months after the tornado hit.

I will post pictures later.

We are having a dust storm here on the farm....it looks like the 'dirty 30's'!

Please someone send rain!!!

I hope your weekend is a good one.

Maura :)

Ozark Mo. Eye Candy

Here are a few more things we

saw in the Antique Malls

in Ozark Mo.

How about that chandelier! 

This wicker glider

would have been wonderful when 

we lived in the old Victorian house.

Mecky this display above reminded me

 of you!

I loved this booth above!

I loved this 'possum belly' Hoosier

cabinet and that copper boiler

would have worked great for

our firewood beside the stove.

We had to be careful what we bought

 as we thought Donna's 

cupboard was going to fit in the

SUV. In the end it didn't!

I thought you would like to see

this valance.

How different!

Hubby said it looked like the 

spoons were just hot glued to the burlap.

Below are some of the treasures

I brought home with me.

I will probably paint this and age it.

I love the old hooks.

This is my favorite purchase.

I saw some new reproductions 

but I wanted the 'real deal'.

Most had been around $90

but I found this old

 one for $70!

I love the curved spout on this coffee pot.

I needed a place to put my jute string 

and saw this...I'm sure it's not old

but I don't care.

It's better than the plastic container

I have mine in now!

I love birdhouses made from old wood.

This one had a great corrugated

tin roof.

You can NEVER have enough

white ironstone ;)

I also bought a HEAVY

'BUNKHOUSE' 

sign that hubby put up on the 

garden shed/chicken coop

for me.

AND

an old green enamel 

barn lamp that hubby is 

going to make a 

goose neck for.

That will eventually go on the 

screened porch

once it's built. 

Well I hope you enjoyed

coming along for a jaunt around

a few of the Ozark antique

 malls with us.

Enjoy your weekend!

Maura :)