I have something of a lukewarm relationship with my local Oxfam shop.
I used to live just down the hill, where there is another Oxfam shop. When lad was little, this other Oxfam shop used to be one of both our favourite places to visit.
They had a kids’ corner, with toys to play with. They had a “money spinner”, a contraption into which you deposit two pence pieces which whirl round and round before plopping into the depository at the bottom. You could even race them!
They had lots of books, clothes, music, homewares, fair trade chocolate. And they had a lovely manager who obviously liked kids and encouraged our presence, even on one occasion giving lad a big bag of tuppences for the spinner.
We quite often spent half the afternoon in there.
Lad has outgrown such things now, so the fact that our local Oxfam has no kids corner or spinner is by the bye.
But still, somehow we find our local Oxfam shop wanting. Especially following a recent change-around, in which most of the stock seems to have disappeared.
So I don’t go in there that often. I tend to browse in the charity shop next door instead.
And I nearly didn’t bother going in yesterday, which would’ve been a shame as I would have missed these lovely, high quality 1970s curtains.
They are made in a woollen, textured fabric, much like this throw I bought a while back:
In fact, I may have to combine the two in a future project.
So the moral of this little tale is not to write off something – or somewhere – because of misplaced prejudice based on previous experience.
You never know what you might be missing out on.
Or when you might be pleasantly surprised. ♥
Oh my goodness!!! I was just whizzed back to my childhood! I had those same curtains in my bedroom in the 70s. The sun used to shine through and turn the room golden! How funny, what a blast from the past! 🙂
How lovely – the idea of the sun turning the room golden is a most pleasant thought! Well, if you fancy a cushion cover in this fabric, do let me know!
Oh yes! I will email you. cx
So lovley!!!!! This is one of my favorite finds EVER. Little china dessert plates: http://wp.me/a2MA4X-co
Lovely plate design! Who are they made by?
Winterling Marktleuthen Bavaria I looked up the mark and it’s 1955. I love them! I went thrifting yesterday and kept an eye out for mod prints! Didn’t find any 🙁
They look very seventies. I think my mom had some curtains like those in our house?
I know what you mean, I often think ‘ho hum I’m over that charity shop, there’s never anything of interest in there any more’ and yet still I go in and every now and the find something amazing. You just have to keep going in regularly!
You are so right! I definitely have my favourite charity shops, but nice stuff can turn up out of the blue anywhere. With fabric especially, it’s great to be able to buy it locally as it costs so much to ship. I also think its important to donate to charity shops yourself – after all, what goes around, comes around! x
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That’s fantastic fabric. Love the pattern!