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THRIFTING WITH THE GALS
Its fun sharing thrifting adventures with you over on Instagram Stories throughout the week as I shop my local antique shops in Minocqua, Wisconsin and on my travels.
Each of my Thrifting With The Gals friends share from where they live across the country too, in Vermont and Maine, North Carolina and Florida and Texas. You can search our hashtag #thriftingwiththegals to follow the series I love passing on their storied adventures to you too.
Monthly the Thrifting Gals hosts come together for a blog hop where we share how we are decorating with our finds in our own homes. There’s usually some amazing upcycling projects too. Thanks so much to Ann Dabbling & Decorating for getting this fun group started years ago.
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MEET THE GALS
Ann @ Dabbling & Decorating | Pinterest | Instagram | Facebook
Rachel @ The Ponds Farmhouse | Pinterest | Instagram | Facebook
Kristin @ White Arrows Home | Pinterest | Instagram | Facebook
Robyn @ Robyn’s French Nest | Pinterest | Instagram | Facebook
And Our Guest Host
Bree @ My Little Black and White House | Pinterest | Instagram | Facebook
If you are coming over from my friend Robyn’s Florida home, welcome to Wisconsin! I love visiting Robyn’s blog, Robyn’s French Nest and loved her post this month about how to redecorate shelves in seven easy steps.
Welcome to Camp Paradise
Enjoy some inspiration for decorating with vintage thermos inside and outside your home.
My collection of vintage thermos started years ago. I was always drawn to the plaid pattered ones and then began adding with others as well.
When I started blogging and joined Instagram it was fun to meet people who had similar interests and collections. Mary @itfollowedmehome_vintage asked Stephanie @vintageandprep and me if we’d like to cohost a weekly hashtag called #thermosthursday to let other collectors connect and share.
Years later as the thermos nation has grown, the weekly posting has continued. Mary turned the reins over to me as she and Stephanie stepped back. I asked @campgilmore and @mylilmainecottage to join me as new cohosts to kick things off for the Summer season.
I hope you will play along each week. Don’t worry about your photos, just have fun with it. Enjoy styling a special vignette or just snap a photo to share. Head to Instagram, post it with the hashtag #thermosthursday. I post a reminder each week.
These are some of my favorite ways to use and decorate with thermos.
For the Seasons
Vintage thermos are such fun in the Summer. A Campfire Marshmallow tin, vintage jug and some plaid blankets to stay cozy by the campfire are the perfect treasures to add to the scene!
As temperatures begin to drop in the Fall, a favorite thermos can hold an instant warm up.
Winter feels even more festive with a few thermos added to the coffee bar.
Spring flowers look even brighter in a thermos!
One of the things people love about vintage thermos, I think, is the nostalgic feeling they give you. They remind you of the container your dad took to work everyday. They remind you of Summer road trips. They remind you of happy days.
Entertaining
I still use so many of my thermos to hold beverages. They are fun to take cold drinks down by the lake.
Keep hot chocolate on a self serve bar during game night.
Thermos work so beautifully as vases.
I think people love collecting thermos is because there are so many different sizes and patterns and colors to keep searching for. It’s a really fun treasure hunt!
Enjoying the Outdoors
This is my idea of fishing! A thermos works great as a wine cooler.
The boathouse takes on extra cuteness with thermos, red lanterns, oars and more vintage goodness.
My favorite places to find vintage thermos are: White Arrows Home- The Shop and other Antique Shops, Vintage Markets, Garage Sales, Flea Markets, Etsy, and Facebook Marketplace.
Home Decor
I keep my thermos above my kitchen cabinets when they aren’t in use in other places.
It’s fun to include thermos in my mantel decor.
I don’t have a favorite thermos. Just like my children, I love them all the same!
Porch Decor
One of my favorite places to decorate is my front porch. I often include thermos, jugs and coolers.
I love choosing which thermos to use based on the seasons.
My Holiday thermos is a favorite!
White Arrows Home- The Shop
You can always find thermos at my shop. Here’s a sampling of some we have or had in stock.
I hope you will join in for #thermosthursday over on Instagram. You will find a lot of inspiration and meet an amazing group of people, some kindred spirits and make friends! Don’t ever hesitate to ask me if you have questions about how to join in.
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Next up you are headed east to Rachel’s home in North Carolina and her blog, The Ponds Farmhouse.
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Kristin,
I love your collections of thermos and every time I see one out thrifting, I think of you. They are so pricey around here and I’ve not started collecting them, but I love how they work in your decor.
I just love thermoses. Using them as a vase was a very cool unique idea.
Thanks so much!
I noted on the S’mores sign, the writing below says ac? dusk nightly. At first it looked like at, but, it is definately not.
It caught my attention, as ‘ac ‘ is a shortened latin instruction used in the medical/ health care field meaning ‘ before’. Made my day seeing that.
If only I had room for one more collection, it could very well be thermoses.
Kim
How interesting!! So glad you shared that tidbit!