Orginal Ashgrovian Queenslander ESTATE HOUSE IN CAMP HILL

When you pull up outside an old estate home you can get very excited when you see that it looks all very original and untouched. Sadly while the house was very original (I have some pictures below of its interior) All the furniture mostly dated from the 1940's to 1960's. Nearly all of which we left.

I have pictured the few bits of furniture below we bought from the house and while it is nice, I was walking up the stairs dreaming of lots of unpainted leadlight silky oak pieces when we first arrived.
Luckily we did buy some nice retro bric brac that, when I unpack it all, I will post some pictures of in the next day or two.

If the lady who had owned the house had lived she would be 98 today. She was lucky to stay in her home till the very end, passing away just last week. She did all her own cooking and kept a very pretty and well maintained garden. The new owners will no doubt make extensive changes, raising it and so on. That is the way things go.

You can email me at boathome@bigpond.net.au if any item you see on theoldboathouse blog is of interest.

Some of my vintage items for auction on ebay this week

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Items from todays estate

The old house did not give up too many treasures but of the few they did, 3 of them are really lovely.

You can email me at boathome@bigpond.net.au if any item you see on theoldboathouse blog is of interest.

Friday Favourite ~ EKKA

This week past has been the EKKA in Brisbane. What's that all you non Aussies ask? It's Queensland's Show, where the country comes to the city. It is short for Exhibition, but Queenslanders and Australian's in general love to shorten words so it has lovingly become known as "The Ekka". I love going along and seeing all the jams and baked goods, aswell as the art, fruit and not forgetting to mention the cattle. A lot of people complain here about the cost of entry and the fact that it is winter and the air is full of colds and flu but I really enjoy it. I love all the effort put in by the competitors who have taken the time to enter, be it for their jam or their goldfish or chook and also all the country folk who bring their stock to show.

This year with the election on, you might also run into Mark Latham, like Julia Gillard did. Just make sure you do not let him shake your hand. Ha HA!

Some of my vintage items for auction on ebay this week

To see all my ebay auctions for this week please click here or you can email me at boathome@bigpond.net.au