new, old and borrowed

2019-05-15 16:05

From blog This Time Tomorrow

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new, old and borrowed

I suppose you could say my affinity for old things runs in my blood. Growing up in Northern Nevada, where the nearest Abercrombie & Fitch or Neiman Marcus was a good 2-3 hour drive away, my mother instilled in my sister and me a love of treasure hunting. At thrift stores. At antique shops. At garage sales. And she’s simply amazing to watch while she shops — having a soft spot for silver tea sets and old books — she’s a wealth of random information, knowing when something’s a fake, what year it might have been made, how to best care for it to breathe new life into it. She could sit for hours chatting with...

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