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I rearranged the basement today, after purchasing some new drinking glasses.
That's normal right?
Mostly I put together a temporary bar, and shifted some sewing area stuff.
I really regret not buying that beautiful deco bar at an estate sale when I had the chance! But that's just one on my long list of estate sale regrets.
Since we live with my grandma some of the things in the basement are hers, like some pictures, and the bedroom set (look at that huge mirror!).
Have a good weekend!
A stocking dryer hangs little hats really well up on the ceiling.
Sams shoe rack is an old CD shelf.
Thin velvet hangers are my new best friend. I can fit twice as much on racks, and things don't slip.
My hide-a-way sewing table doubles as a writing desk.
Anchor magazine rack (!!!) is currently utilized as a knitting station.
A vintage vanity is the base for our "bar". Everything kind of fits together like a puzzle, magazines in the metal stand, glasses and games on the shelf, bottles on the tray! 
Before we moved in I painted the bathroom. It was the only room in the house that just looked really, really sad. And since I've never been able to paint anywhere we lived, I took full advantage of that! It's a design I saw in a magazines years ago, and I really like the result! 
No space left unused. 
Two crates are a perfect fit for this traincase and sewing basket. I have my mending kit on top, thread in the middle, and little sewing projects at the base. Easy grab things I use often.
Um, whaaaaaat? I went to The Grand Canyon. I'm pretty sure it's not real, just a huge movie backdrop. Too amazing to be real.
And not only that, there I am sitting on a rock on the edge of The Grand Canyon. I am quite the dare devil. What's next? Riding a ferris wheel?
No. Those things are insane.
I bought this blouse two years ago at an antique expo. It immediately struck me as a Grand Canyon blouse.
Why?
I don't know. It just did.
I've tried to wear it since I bought it, but every time I try, it just doesn't feel right. So I saved it for the Grand Canyon. And it was very happy to be there. Who knows, maybe it's previous owner wore it there too.
Apart from being amazed at the canyon, and camera stalking stylish Japanese tourists, I found a new big kitty friend. We hung out for a while, it was fun. Then a squirrel tried to climb in my purse, what a funny little guy! He was uninterested after realizing I had no food.
So yeah. Grand Canyon. Cool right?
We stopped in Albuquerque for a few hours, what a pretty plaza it has! Lunch was had at La Placita, just about the best Mexican food I've ever had. And cute to boot!
I love tourist shops, and there were so many of them. Ruth and I picked up an "Indian Headdress" kit somewhere in New Mexico, and that entertained us for a while.
We also went to El Rancho Hotel, a historic celebrity hot spot that once hosted the likes of Katherine Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, Mae West, Jimmy Stewart.
I could go on.
Even if you don't stay at the hotel you can look around the lobby, and upstairs there are signed photos of many golden era celebrities lining the walls. Also, I'm really in love with the lounge/bar/stage thingy with the red curtain. I can only imagine the fantastic events that went on there way back when.
Dress and sunglasses-Anthropologie
Eliza Boots by Vintage Shoe Company
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