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Yesterday I was wandering around in a second-hand store, because the displays absolutely fascinate me. The fact a person can take used articles which all seem like new to me, and arrange them in such an attractive manner is such an art!
Ironically, a woman was in the shop, all agog at her purchase of a pirate's costume she was going to wear at Disneyworld on Halloween! I'd never thought about going to such a shop for a costume. Great idea! Perhaps I should have bought thee boots and hat! Giddy Up!
Interesting quotation . . . up for discussion!
“The arts and inventions of each period are only its costume, and do not invigorate men.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~
The "secret life of things" is one way to put the road taken from showroom or show window to first buyer, then given away to family or friends, sold online or via garage sale, or donated to a charity (thrift, non-profit) outlet like this one, staffed by volunteers and perhaps a modestly paid director. People sometimes say of a building or a room inside, "imagine if these walls could talk, what tales they would be able to tell us." But memories (possibly some sort of user karma, too?) cling to places and objects, too. So a person could also say, "imagine if this [item] could talk..."
Another expression for the 2nd and 3rd life of an article of clothing or household item is "downcycling." Unlike recycling in which the item is broken into constituent parts for new uses (e.g. cardboard or beverage container), or repurposing in which the item is not broken into its elements but the thing is used for a new purpose, often something different to its original reason for being (e.g. paint can for a plant pot), the idea of downcycling is to make use of the item in its aged, less than pristine condition for a setting that fits the look better. What once was top of the line in coffee machines, now is donated for resale at modest price to be used as a spare or secondary coffee maker.
This photo shows a charity that accepts relatively high standards in used clothing, household furniture and appliances for sale to the public. The proceeds, or at least the net profit, is dedicated to a particular charitable project. In this case, the street sign includes the word "India." So, perhaps, the dollars go to a local agency or organization in that land. Other well-known, widely distributed charity stores in USA include Goodwill Industries and St. Vincent de Paul. But this one seems to be a local creation that springs from the initiative of a few dedicated organizers. Similar operations in the U.K. are numerous and diverse: Oxfam, WorldVision, FeedtheWorld, World Wildlife, Dr. Barnardos, and so on, some to mind.
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Shop windows invite the passer by to look in, inviting them to enter the store and peruse other goods on offer.
The juxtaposition of a cash point with a 2nd hand charity goods store seems a little incongruous. The camera is positioned across the street, taking a voyeur's view of the passers by and of the entire contents of the shop. Visible in the display is a 'vintage' display of 2nd hand goods in the window display. A blue window frame bisects the scene, separating the ghostly shape of the polka-dotted woman and her 1940s/50s radio set from an assortment of bags and hats.
The red, white and blue assemblage also gives a distinctive British feel to the collection.
A silhouetted bicycle breaks the frame, removing us from a complicit relationship with the shop front, and yet emphasising the voyeuristic vantage point of the camera position.
Viewed from across the street a 'vintage' display of 2nd hand goods in a charity shop window. A blue window frame bisects the scene, separating the ghostly shape of the polka-dotted woman and her 1940s/50s radio set from an assortment of bags and hats.
The red, white and blue assemblage also gives a distinctive British feel to the collection.
This store has been empty I think since I first saw it in the early 90's. It is located on Southside Blvd. in Nampa, Idaho.
No, I did not make this.
In Danish, it says - Yes, I believe in the riddle of the cross.... - a line from a wellknown hymn.
I am in a part of Denmark, where there used to be quite a stern religious tradition, and I made a brilliant thrift shop score last week;
this is an old, old, old Danish embroidery; one used to have them framed in a dark, wooden frame behind glass, and they hung as inspirational quotes in dark corners of dark rooms over dark furniture.
This one is well preserved; it is on black wool felt and hand embroidered in the most amazing way; even the back side is beautiful!
And I found it in the 2ndhandstore next to the textile museum - I found that pretty cool, too...
Paid 135 kroner - that is around 15 GBP - and consider myself really lucky!
Not sure, how I will use this or how to display it; but I've promised it, that I will not cut it up into patchwork pieces ... at least not, until I have a perfect plan!!!
Right now it is decorating my digs in the town, where I found it.
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Taken in Bath City Centre on a 'Fieldtrip' around a city. The rich blue wooden doors of the Second Hand Store provides a bold background for the golden mirror frames.
Deb, modeling my find at the 2nd hand store. Swedish christmas lights!! (Ulla ALSO let me have one of her sets. I am lucky.)
one of the 2nd-hand shops we went to. i was hot on the hunt for Swedish Christmas light "candoliers" (little pyramids of light in the window). Sure I could get them on line, but how much more fun would it be to get them in the country...
didn't find them here...but we DID find a "Wisconsin Dells" plaque. Really.