A French Book Cover, etc.

I have a French Book Cover to show you, along with some thrifty finds, but first let me tell you about this telephone table from my previous post. Someone had seen this and wondered if it was a child's desk. No, indeed it is a telephone table from the early 1900's. This belonged to my grandmother, who used it in the center hall of her house with her black telephone with a straight cord. (This was even before the time of curly cords!)
We painted it last week, and I keep the stool turned backwards and tucked under the table part...sort of like a library table....because it works better for us and doesn't stick out.

Everything in this cupboard (except the rooster pitcher and the sound system - argh!) is a thrifty find. The Red Cliff casserole on the top left, the large tureen on the top right(just got it), and the pitcher on the left were all GW finds. The pitcher on the second shelf on the right was free with Green Stamps MANY years ago!

Instead of tabletops, I'm showing a couple of furniture tops.....the top of the cupboard has a large lantern and 2 VERY large - though they don't look it - Bibles from the 1800's that my husband found for free over 50 years ago.

On top of the fridge is a thrifty find bird cage and a humongous rooster that my daughter "made" me buy many years ago, and I'm glad I did!

These queen sheets with beautiful black embroidery were a recent garage sale purchase for $5.

The lady said she used them once and didn't like the fact that they needed to be touched up with an iron. Doesn't bother me a bit!

And now for my French book cover.....I saw the most fascinating book at GW - $2.00 - "The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes" - so interesting! Anecdotes by many people through the years. But first, the binding on the top had a dog-eared looking place. So I covered the book with some brown paper that I already had, stamped it with my French writing Stamp and then the fleur-de-lis stamp and voilà!
Here's an anecdote from the book that you music lovers might like: "At the age of two Mozart was taken to visit a farm, where he heard a pig squeal. "G-sharp!" he exclaimed. Someone ran to the piano. G-sharp was right."

Underneath the "French" anecdote book is a copy of "Les Misérables" that I also got at GW. It's one of my all-time favorite books! Anyway, an anecdote about it: "When Victor Hugo wanted to know what his publishers thought of the manuscript of "Les Misérables", he sent them a note reading simply: "?" They replied "!"

I'm working on my covered porch and have gotten this much accomplished.......

and this...........................to be continued.......

I'm joining the following parties:

Met Monday, hosted by Susan at Between Naps on the Porch

Today's Thrifty Treasures, hosted by Rhoda at Southern Hospitality

Tabletop Tuesday, hosted by Marty at A Stroll Thru Life

Nifty thrifty Tuesday, hosted by Linda at Coastal Charm

Have a wonderful weekend and upcoming week. Blessings to you. Linda