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Showing posts with label scowters. Show all posts

18 November 2013

the new SCOWTERS store is open for business! this xmas buy VINTAGE!

my friends over at scowters, your favorite bi-weekly facebook flash sale, have exciting news: they now have a storefront open 24/7 for your internets shopping pleasure! no more waiting for the flash sales only to miss out on the merchandise because someone beat you to it or you forgot that it was thursday night!  the store is still on facebook too, and you know you spend your time on there anyway!

the new scowters store is searchable both by category and by price, and you'll find one of kind items ranging from art to furniture to jewelry to barware to tchotchkes- basically you name it, and if it's cool and vintage, they've got it. when my scowters friends asked me to help publicize their new store with a sponsored post, i was pretty excited cuz i knew i'd find lots of of fun deals as i searched for merchandise to feature.  while doing this post, i found many cool things for under a $100 bucks that the new scowters shop is gonna be my go-to stop for holiday shopping!

in fact, this holiday season, i'm encouraging everyone to buy VINTAGE and here's why:
  1. it is the greenest thing you'll ever do. everything is recycled, so no toxins were dumped into the environment or no chinese slaves were used to make it.
  2. everything is pretty much one of a kind. no post xmas returns cuz aunt sally got 9 pairs of pajama jeans. your gift will be unique and treasured by the giftee, guaranteed.
  3. for every dollar spent on vintage, 14 smabillion dollars are pumped back into the local economy. (ok, i exaggerate, but these are mom and pop dealers, so every $ that comes in gets spent on more merchandise, plus gas so they can get to the next estate sale, plus the venti coffee they drink while waiting in line at said estate sale. you get the picture.
  4. last, VINTAGE IS COOL, and it makes you cool to buy it.
if those reasons didn't convince you to visit the scowters store, here's a couple more more that will:












01 February 2013

it's in the details (a mini-lighting installation sneak peek)

i know, i know, i practically never post and here i am busting out two in a day, but i am so excited that i had to share:  my amazing clients, matt & adam, just had their handyman install the sconces we picked out together last weekend, and the transformation is unbelievable.  it took a while to find sconces that provided the right size, scale and drama factor, plus worked with the house's 1927 spanish revival architecture, and didn't require that matt & adam try to sell one of their adorable little dogs to pay for them, but we found them, and they are perfect! now i just need to stop sharing these lil sneak peeks before i've shared the whole project and there are no surprises left! (i guess there will be some left- i think we'll all be surprised when i figure out what the heck to do with all the niches in matt & adam's living room! ;-)

oh- i also bought them this brutal style sidetable on scowters.  the minute i was emailed the picture to do my post on our sale, i knew this bad boy had to be mine! i was skerred when i posted it, i'd draw too much attention, but i was like a madman with the refresh button during thursday's sale and scored it!  it was meant to be.


oh wait- i forgot i had a before pic, as matt & adam found the place when they purchased. we lightened and brightened the wall paint color, and painted the beam and mantel a darker brown to closer match the newly stained floors (the color they were before was unfortunate, to say the least- not to mention the dead matte finish). and since many of you have emailed to ask, the sconces are not vintage, but reproductions, purchased from crown city vintage lighting in the pasadena antique center. a teensy improvement on the existing sconces dontcha think? wtf were those, anyway?


scowters: your new source for vintage & modern, part deux

last nights scowters facebook flash sale was an ENORMOUS success, so i'd like to thank all of you who turned out to "LIKE" then shop, browse and buy! my fellow dealers really turned it out with a fabulous collection of wares.  i'd also like to remind everyone that the sale runs 5 days so you have until tuesday evening to shop! please visit and browse! here's some screen grabs i made to give you an idea of all the fabulousness on offer- and seriously there are some phenomenal buys still left...






next sale is tuesday february 5th at 8 eastern / 5 pacific!  see you there!

30 January 2013

scowters: your new source for vintage & modern

today, i'd like to introduce you to SCOWTERS, your new source for vintage and modern furniture, art and accessories, coming to your facebook feed every thursday evening at 8 pm est/ 5 pm pst!

so what is scowtersscowters is a group of friends, who met through the magic of the facebooks, and who discovered we all have one thing in common: a serious addiction to buying cool old junque.  so we thought we'd take our love, and share it with you, in the form of a weekly informal facebook flash sale that sort of combines a flea market with a cocktail party, but all from the comfort of your own home or business.


the dealers selling on scowters are scattered across the nation, and run the gamut from collectors of folk art and costume jewelry to collectors of some of the finest 20th century art and antiques. we have dealers who have real brick & mortar galleries, to dealers with nothing more than an etsy page of stuff in their garage; we have some of the finest names from 1stdibs and one kings lane, and we also have bottom feeders like moi who just list their finds on craigslist to finance their next score. ;-) but fancy, or plain, folksy, or sophisticated, we all can't stop buying and we've discovered for us, it's not just a habit, but a whole lifestyle. we live, eat, breathe, dream (and joke) about cool old stuff, and now we want to share our addiction lifestyle and our latest finds, with YOU! kind of like buying fresh off the truck at the flea market, but without having to get up at 4am to do it!
so once a week we are selecting a few choice pieces per dealer and offering them to the public via a facebook flash sale. every thursday night, we start posting our favorite finds for the week, and give you (and each other- not gonna lie) a chance to buy our goods. we were doing this behind the scenes via FB messages anyhoo, so we thought why not open it up to everyone!  and it couldn't be simpler to use and participate in- when an item is posted that tickles your fancy, just comment "SOLD" and private message the scowters page with your email. scowters in turn will put you in touch with your dealer to finish the transaction (most of us take paypal, or credit cards). the dealer then ships your item off within 4 business days of purchase. that easy- just you and the dealer, no middle man.
since our sale is on facebook, it's also sort of a social venue. we dealers sit by the computer (when we're available) with a glass of wine and comment and chat as the items pop up. it's relaxed and fun, and since we all have our areas of expertise, you might learn something as well... though mostly we just comment "no way- i want that!" and "you are selling that waaay too cheap- somebody buy this before i do!".  ;-)   (remember, we're addicts- every purchase you make saves us from ourselves)
so if you like what you see here,  come join the fun- first step is liking the scowters facebook page so you can see the goodies when we list them, then kick back every thursday night while these awesome finds (and more) fill your facebook stream is filled with vintage goodness!
"scowters: let our addiction be your lifestyle" is my jokey tag line
our lovely logo by stephanie shofield. bonus points if anyone not a scowter can identify the choice cut labeled "GG". it's sort of an inside joke but with a very public origin, so anyone can play.
see you on teh scowters!