Zenith Trans-Oceanic Royal 7000-1 Radio

The Zenith Trans-Oceanics are among the most iconic of all portable multi-band radios ever produced here in the United States. 

This one belonged to my dad. It's considered a vintage collectible. Made in the early 1970's.
It has the power cord attached, but also runs on batteries. It does work, I was able to hear local FM stations, the weather channel and some other channels that I couldn't understand the language. I'm not sure how it all works, but I do have the manual as well. 

See this radio and more in my vintage Etsy Shop!

Vintage Bermuda Cedar Bedside Lamps

This pair of wooden bedside lamps are made from authentic Bermuda Cedar. They were made on the Island of Bermuda for my parents when they lived there. They were a wedding gift in 1953. 

The wood design of these lamps is classic mid-century style and the colors in the cedar wood are sublime. The bases could be turned into something else like a beautiful pair of bookends even!

You can see these and other vintage treasures

in my Etsy shop!

Vintage Fitz and Floyd Polka Dot Plates

Fun pair of yellow and black polka dot salad plates from Fitz and Floyd. They are 7.5 inches in diameter and in great vintage condition. No cracks or chips. Made of porcelain.

They are sold as a pair. You can see these and more vintage treasures in my Etsy shop.

Vintage Heron Pillow

Vintage Heron Print Decorative Pillow

Lovely blue pillow featuring a white heron print on fabric. The front of the pillow is a denim blue and the back is a light blue. The pillow form is included but this pillow has no opening to remove the cover.  For more information and other great vintage finds, have a look at my vintage Etsy shop!

Vintage Wooden African Animal Napkin Rings

Fun set of 8 wooden animal napkin rings. They are hand carved from Indonesia. The set includes 2 tigers, 1 zebra and 5 gazelles. They are each a little different. Find these and other great vintage items in my Etsy Vintage shop.

I Did It Myself!

Who knew it would be empowering to fix your own toilets! I have lived in this house for twenty years and I do manage to do some of the small maintenance jobs myself. I have replace the flapper and inside parts myself but when they both started leaking from below the tank, I thought I needed a plumber. I went online to see what could be wrong (mainly just so I wouldn't get ripped off) and after reading about it, decided maybe I could do it myself.

So off I went to Lowes and bought the parts. The man in the plumbing isle was very helpful and I bought two sets of tank bolts and gaskets. He also said that if the bowl itself was wobbly then the seal underneath may be leaking.

The instructions were easy enough - turn off water, flush to drain tank, remove old bolts and replace. However, it was the remove old bolts that caused a problem. The nuts were rusted tight and after an hour fighting with them, I ended up getting the hack saw. I should have done that first, they sawed in half in a blink.

After putting both tanks back on the bowls and tightening the wing nuts (whoever invented wing nuts, I love you!), there were no leaks! I did decide to check to see if the bowls wobbled and sure enough one did. Guess what? When I checked under the little caps that cover the bolts on the base of the bowl, the ones that hold the bowl down, one side had no nut and the bolt was just wiggling in the wind.

Apparently the idiots (workmen) who installed my bathroom tile, didn't think both sides of the toilet needed to be fastened to the floor when they put my toilet back in place. I was not pleased, but as that company is long out of business, I guess they got their due rewards.

I can't tell you how good it feels to have saved a ton of money and at almost forty nine years old

(birthday coming soon) learned to do something I never thought I would need to do. Take it from me ladies, if I can do it so can you! Next up, maybe I'll try some minor kitchen renovations.