This spring was a crazy travel spring for me - I was all
over the place for 4 months.
Before I even visit some cities I just know they are going
to be good. This was the case with a
work trip to Dallas a few weeks ago.
The picture of the big haired blond lady with bright red
lipstick came immediately to mind and I just know this stereotypical imaginary woman
has a highly decorated McMansion. She’s
buying (and selling when she redecorates annually) her home wares somewhere and
I had every intention of finding these shops and squeezing a moment into my
schedule to stop by for a perusal.
So, in order to most efficiently utilize my time I did a
quick scan of some of the décor blogs I frequent and came upon Material Girls
who has a whole ton of info of where to find the decorating gems in a handful
of cities around the country. Given limited time and what looked to be an abundance of options I
ended up picking a few that looked like they might just fit the bill and headed
south.
My plan was once I arrived at my hotel look at the geography
and narrow my selection further based on the location to where I was staying. That is how I ended up on the doorstep of
Uptown Country Home.
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| Uptown Country Home 3419 Milton Avenue Dallas, TX |
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Uptown Country Home does a lot of
merchandising by color
I just love the pop of red!
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| Another example of why merchandising by color
works... this blue vignette makes such a strong color statement |
Uptown Country Home specializes in repurposed/recycled cottage style
furnishings & accessories – fun, fun, fun stuff at this place.
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| Shabby Chic...the glass knobs add such pizzazz to this dresser |
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| Fun, fabulous mirror framed with different
leftover moldings, handles and scrabble tiles...love! |
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| I recently replaced all of the windows in my
home and I am so glad I kept several of the old ones for possible projects...this is actually exactly what I had in mind for one of them...message board, magnetic bulletin board, etc. |
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| Isn't this an awesome repurpose of old
doors... it's Uptown's checkout counter! |
The are located in a really quiet “neighborhood” so it feels
like a main street in any small town and the shop itself was far smaller than I
had expected but wow it is just filled with wonderfulness!
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| Huge selection of message wall art |
If you are a “clean
lines” decorator this is not the place for you but if you have an appreciation
for unique, cool recycled wares I highly recommend making time for a quick
visit.
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| And finally...a coffee percolator repurposed as a lamp |
