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Sunday, April 25, 2010

Collection Complete - Vintage Better Homes & Gardens Decorating Books

I did it! It only took a few years, but I have successfully thrifted all the vintage Better Homes & Gardens binder style decorating books. Check it out:

 Last weekend I found the elusive 1956 turquoise cover one at an estate sale for 50 cents (!!). Technically my collection was complete then, but since I had the gold boxed version of the 1961 edition rather than the black cover version, I thought well, I will try to get that too - and then I will be content.

So what do I find this weekend at an estate sale for $1.00? Yep - the last piece of the puzzle. The thrifting gods were on my side!

Now I just need to start scanning pages...

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5 comments:

  1. MoonDoggieApril 25, 2010 at 10:37 AM

    Wow that's excellent.
    I've been looking for ANY mid century magazines for a while now and have found NONE!
    Glad you're collection is now complete.

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  2. MoonDoggieApril 25, 2010 at 11:41 AM

    Glad YOUR collection is now complete (not you're - grrr)

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  3. UnknownApril 25, 2010 at 7:33 PM

    that's funny..i just sold this today..
    http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=28260407

    maybe someone else trying to complete a collection!

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  4. Amber Von FeltsApril 25, 2010 at 8:47 PM

    I have the one on the top right side. I love it. YOu can really pull design ideas out of those. I have bookmarked the pages that show stuff I own. How fun!

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  5. tnjundejourApril 25, 2010 at 9:23 PM

    This is funny. I found the turquoise one Friday at an estate sale. The sale was at the most amazing MCM house ever. I'm going back tomorrow to take pictures when most of the stuff is out. The furnishings weren't that great.
    I have tons of BH&G from the 60's. My mother subscribed and never threw away any.

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