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I’ve lived in Atlanta for 15 years and just when I think I’ve discovered every vintage shop in the city I stumble across a new one.

A couple of weeks ago while the hubby and I were out driving I spotted a parking lot filled with outdoor furniture. The building looked like it was old and I had a feeling what was inside the building was vintage. I directed my driver to pull into the lot and a large sign reading Desperate Housewares greeted us. I could tell immediately that this little shop was a gem.

Desperate Housewares is quaint little shop which sells vintage, retro and contemporary decor and furniture, antiques, collectibles and of course housewares. In addition to retail sales, the shop also rents pieces for tv shows, films and prop use.

Walking through the store is like walking through a museum dedicated to retro and industrial design. There were lots of industrial office chairs, typewriters and misc. accessories. The collection of retro furniture is one of the best I’ve seen. Since I don’t shop retro often I found many of the prices on the larger items to be a bit high, but they are probably in line with the quality and age of the pieces.

This bench was amazing with a chunky brass base and I even liked the Chartreuse colored fabric.

I spotted this pair of cool retro bar stools that were in min condition.

If you love old chairs, Desperate Housewares had a great selection that could be totally transformed with a new upholstery job and paint.

If you’ve got vintage flamingos on your shopping list you’ll find some of those at this store too!

I love horses and this antique horse tricycle was just stunning but way out of my price range.

I considered purchasing a pair of these bamboo framed mirrors but left them for someone else.

The shop has a large selection of vintage oil paintings at good prices and with really nice chunky frames.

And their collection of vintage luggage and train cases is amazing. My mom had one of these vintage Train Cases and I loved it as a kid.

Desperate Housewares has lots of vintage accent furniture and this bamboo piece grabbed my attention. It would make a great nightstand.

And if you have a thing for lamps like I do, you will be in heaven in this shop. There were shelves upon shelves of vintage ceramic and metal styles.

While my personal design style is not retro, I definitely saw lots of pieces in this shop that could easily mix well with other styles.

If you’re looking for a new place to shop in Atlanta, definitely check out Desperate Housewares. The shop is located near Inman Park and the revitalized 4th Ward district.

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Desperate Housewares

241 Boulevard NE (at Freedom Parkway), Atlanta, GA 30312

www.desperatehousewaresATL.com

During the Atlanta Home Furnishings and Gift market this past July, I stopped by one of my favorite showrooms, Southern Accessories Today, to see one of my favorite wall decor lines, Paragon.

Paragon developes some of the most outstanding wall decor in the market and are always presenting new and creative images.

One of the ways that Paragon stays on top of their game is by partnering with some of the leading interior designers and artist in the county to develop exclusive pieces. Artist such as Candice Olson, Mark Abrams, Bobby Sikes, Vikki Mancil Weigel and Tim Burney.

One of my favorite collections from Paragon this show was the Tim Burney Shadow Box Art. The art pieces were created by combining vintage and antique papers and cards into a collage, within a shadow box frame. The texture and 3-dimensional layout made these piece really come to life.

Collage art has always appealed to me and is a great way to showcase pieces of your life, in an artist way.

Several weeks ago I spent a day at the Longest Yard Sale, which I wrote about here. During my treasure hunting, I purchased some antique letters, dating back to 1933. I don’t know who wrote the letters, but the beautiful handwriting on the old weathered paper appealed to me.

At the time I purchased the letters the Tim Burney collage art was in the back of my mind. I was so inspired by these pieces that I decided to make a shawdow box collage piece for myself.

This past weekend, I pulled out a few treasures and created this:

To create my collage art, I included a few vintage playing cards I picked up at Scott Antique market, old keys sent to me from my mom, a music page from The Oxford Book of Carols printed in 1948, a piece of fabric that I love, my vintage letter from The Longest Yard Sale, an old watch face, scraps of decorative art paper and a gold ampersand piece.

The shadow box frame was purchased at Home Goods for $15.99 and was lined with natural linen.

It was so much fun combining pieces of my past, treasures I’ve acquired recently and objects I love.