I Want an Antique Floor Mirror

The One Item Nate Berkus Swears By for Making a Space Look Bigger - Domino Magazine

If you can fit it into your budget, a big mirror will add instant drama and does the trick of opening your home's space.  

I  recently went into my fave resale shop and happen upon a large mirror.  Not an antique and scratched in spots, but for the price of $12 it was worth the purchase. Thank God for son's help in loading it into my car. 

Domino Magazine:  Time to hit up your local thrift shop: You need a vintage mirror. Aside from adding charm and a certain old-school flair that’s guaranteed to be a conversation-starter, these pieces are a great way to fill up an empty wall when traditional artwork won’t do. Small-space dwellers will note another benefit of large mirrors—they open up a room and make it feel instantly larger.

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wall mirror in our dining area

Making a Space Look Bigger

Small-space Holiday Decor Hack

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Resale Shop Finds for Cheap

Wise Penny Re-sale Shop is conveniently located a couple of blocks from Wheaton College.  Here are a few of the items I've purchased from them.

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DKNY Home  Cute queen-size quilted bed cover $12. Very good+ condition. Almost spotless (1 minor stain below). Also, no need to pay for shipping from eBay for this heavy-ish item.

Braun Coffee Maker.   Cracked the carafe of our generic coffee maker in the morning.  Went to resale store and for only $6 got a barely used name-brand, good quality, easy to use coffee maker which I needed ASAP.

Vera Bradley  One of a couple of VB bags  I've purchased from WP. This Alice Bag was $4

Asian-style Vase

Heart pillow, Leather sofa, Candle holder

wastebasket

washi tape

various Cookie Jars; filled with treats and given away as gifts

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John Lennon on Sale

Remembering John Winston Ono Lennon on what would have been his 77th birthday on October 9, 2017.

Busts/Containers were at the resale shop I frequent ... used to store alcoholic beverages. His quote on honesty and true friendship is  àpropos for our social-media dominated lives, and for Life in general. 

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Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people living for today

- John Lenon, Plastic Ono Band

And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul:  but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.  -- Jesus speaking in Matthew 10:28

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Unable to translate, yet I still bought it.

This was how it was displayed  on the floor of the resale shop. Turns out it was not right side up

This large, sturdy, well-made framed work of art in stylized calligraphy was 50% off of its original price at the re-sale shop. Beautiful! Irresistible! But I could not read nor understand it. The employees at the shop were just as perplexed. One suggested that I take a phone picture and do some research first. When I got home, son's phone app was unable to translate it. He said to buy the mysterious framed-art anyway, and he'll ask one of his college Profs for help if need be. If it turned out to be a language that said something nasty, or was an homage to an idol, I would just destroy it and not feel wasteful since it was an inexpensive purchase.

 My first hopeful guess at the shop was that it was in Hebrew saying something biblical and meaningful (wouldn't that be great?!). Alas, perusing Wikipedia told me that it was not in Hebrew! It was my second guess as to the language that turned out to be correct. I had to wait two more days to show my phone picture to our friend who was a native from that country. He read the saying easily, and loosely translated it for me. Are YOU  smarter than I am and know in one glance what language this is, and what it says?

NOPE,  it's not read this way either.

Nor this way...

Aaah, finally ... NOW, it's right side up and readable!

My friend said it was a quote of 3 John 1:2 in Korean.
  Here is the verse in the authorized KJV; the desire that is in every Christian's heart  --

 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper
 and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.