Mosaic tile metal art Tray

Trays, tea sets, salt & pepper shakers, all of them call out the siren song to Sonya. They find her and she cannot resist them. I would estimate we have in excess of 20 various trays at the moment. This one has a nice mix of metal & other tiles and has a metal underside and rim. We thought it was one-of-a-kind, but then we saw another that a friend scored 2 years ago at a garage sale. We got this one with a huge haul at a great farm sale on the Opeongo Rd. during the summer. The garage sales out here are sick, we killed it this year. I do not miss the city.

$5 Eames fibreglass shell chair

Easy come easy go. We got this yellow Eames side shell chair for $5 from a now-closed thrift store in Barry's Bay. It had an old office supply sticker on its underside. Since then we had to sell it last year to a nice girl from Ottawa, oh well. I miss it though, it was comfortable

Danish Teak Two Tier Tray "Made in Denmark"

We scored at the Deep River weekly thrift. $1.

Teak bent wood vintage Canadian magazine holder

Here's a nice Canadian-made teak bent wood magazine rack holder. It reminds me of Alvar Aalto. It has cutaway holes on either side. It's a bit chipped & scratched, but it holds records well.

Arthur R. Ball Co. Ltd. pair midcentury Mad Men leather office chairs

 

This is the awesome set of chairs we scored last year at this killer thrift in Toronto at Dundas & Broadview. I could imagine these sitting in Don Draper's office, but for now they're in our offices. They're made by Arthur R. Ball Co. Ltd., of Toronto. Google didn't pull any relevant info on Arthur Ball, but these Canadian-made Danish-style chairs appear to be made of oak, and stained to a teak colour. They're construction is fabulous, there's lovely bentwood arms, and great little cutaways on the backs of the chair runners that really add a lot of sophistication. I love them, they cost $20 apiece.

Moveis Corazza Brazil Teak Leather Couch & Chair set

Here is a teak couch & chair set we scored early in the spring this year for $40, at one of our favorite secret thrifts in Nepean. Sonya (sharp as ever, of course) spotted this as it was sitting in pieces outside in 2 feet of snow. We had to dig through the snow to find all the screws (and we're still missing one). But it was well worth the effort  - it took two separate trips to get it all back home with us - it looks great out on the back porch. This set is a monster, it's solid teak, with a great teak frame panel for the leatherette cushions. It's made by this 70's Brazilian department store company, Moveis Corazza.

Memphis Sottsass 80's Deco Tea Set

We picked up this nice looking unmarked tea set at Value Village off Bank St. in Ottawa for $5. It kind of reminds me of Ettore Sottsass Memphis designs