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[Oznell]

If you like to only just *look* at thrift store finds,  vintage bargains, estate sale items----  "Thrift 4 Decor Plus" is a good Youtube channel. 

The genial host, "Art",  deals and decorates with things that he finds in the wild-- at Goodwill, church basements, estate sales, etc.  He's mostly buying for other people, his clients, and has a sharp, knowledgeable eye for vintage. 

He picked up just FOUR vintage items in a recent estate sale:  a very collectable Robinson Ransbottom mixing bowl in a grid pattern;  an amber basket from Viking glass; a Fayetteville bowl with sawtooth rim;  and a green E.O. Brody pedestal candy dish.   

All four pieces total cost him about $8.00.

The Ransbottom bowl.  He'd already previously collected a couple of others, and combined them in this kitchen vignette.

He tried it with fewer items...and then with more, including the hen-on-the-nest.  I like both options. 

I never have room on my counters for vignettes-- but then, I like a very "bare" kitchen counter-- don't like a lot of stuff on it.  But love to see what others do.

BOWL VIGNETTES--

AMBER GLASS VIGNETTE--

Following the decorators' rule of grouping objects in odd numbers, he wanted to add something to his new amber basket and small dish.  He happens to like vintage "swung" vases, and already had a beauty, to be the "tall" element in the grouping. Aren't they truly like honey:

Side note:  Art seems to be very partial to swung vases-- here are a few of them.  They look great with both traditional, and midcentury items, don't they:

("Swung vases" are called that because the glass maker swung them upside down when crafting them, so that the rims would have that uneven, "organic fingers" look... )

But back to the amber.  They were pretty when empty, but Art also likes them with pine cones and LED candle, for what he called a subtle winter vibe:

This I really love.  He recommends mixing milk glass with amber glass-- I think each enhances the other....

Finally, he tried several different looks with his E.O. Brody green compote.  I think making a magical little bottle brush forest with it, and combining with another green dish, vintage books, and frosty looking mercury glass lamp, was the very best look.

Art's Thrift for Decor Plus videos can be addicting. Love all the retro china he comes across in Goodwill and other places.  I LOVE this retro wheat pattern he showed on one of his outings--

Pink wheat, so cool!  Dinner plate $1.00,  salad plate 49 cents!   

Thrifting channels / videos are the best of all possible worlds, if you love vintage objects and decorating, but don't want to be adding to collections and acquiring too many things.  You can still get in on the thrill of the hunt, with no "clutter consequences", ha.

But channels like "Thrift 4 Decor Plus" can often give good ideas for working with what you DO have.

A few other good thrifting channels:

Old Curiosity Shop, with Scott:

Dr. Lori:

Krysta Meeker:

[LTT1]

@Oznell 

Thank you for the insights! Looks like lots of fun!

[GingerHead]

@Oznell 

I love to watch thrifters on Youtube. I need to check this out.

Fun to see the hunt and then what they do with the stuff they buy.

I've also done my fair share of Thrift Store shopping for treasures, so fun.

Beautiful pieces, I'd never heard of "swung" vases. They are really neat!

I especially love that honey color and you're right that milk glass grouped with the honey is gorgeous.

I also like how he put bottle brush trees in the glass pieces, I've done that with vintage looking tea cups.

Fun, Thanks!

[on the bay]

That green bowl in the first picture-my grandmother had some like that. @Oznell, what is that one called?

I have a very eclectic counter with just favorite things. 

[Sakuya]

@Oznell - Thank you for including why it is called a swung vase. This was an interesting post. I am going to use that idea of the mini bottle brush trees in the footed bowl. So cute!

[AuntG]

How neat is that? I love colorful glass pieces. In fact, I put my Charlton Hall Christmas dinnerware back in the china cabinet this morning, and brought out a lot of colorful pieces to put on my shelving unit. Not a fan of milk glass, so seeing it paired with amber was interesting.

[DREAMON]

I love a mix of vintage and new. I think it adds interest to a room.

[SactoSue]

Thank you, Oznell

This is such an interesting post.   He does have an eye for interesting and very complimentary things. 

[CarolinaGirl88]

Very interesting! I love vintage and thrift shopping. The little Christmas tree vignette is especially beautiful.

[I am still oxox]

I have some green glass that was my dads Moms