The year was 1983.
My uni-brow was replaced with perfectly contoured arches.
I was nearly asphyxiated on hairspray fumes and my comb was firmly affixed in my knee sock.
The Revlon purple eyeshadow made it’s debut on my lids on my first day at …
my all girl’s high school!
No boys? No matter.
Like peacocks, we strutted our stuff up and down those high school halls, not a hair out of place.
Back then, my sister and I shared a bathroom and fought for space in front of the lone mirror.
Makeup, brushes and hairdryers were all strewn haphazardly about the room.
Oh what a difference 30 years make.
With nobody vying for bathroom privileges, I have the luxury of displaying my things while not having to worry whether someone will try out my latest shade of neon blue eyeliner without my permission.
(Yes, Colleen, I’m referring to you)!
And most importantly, here’s to still realizing that we’re not doing any of it for the boys!
What a great use of them wonderful finds and I bet they look great in your bathroom.
ColleenB.
Ha ha — I use my kids’ silver baby cups in my bathroom — someday I’ll have to hand them over to them, but in the meantime… 🙂
Gorgeous!
xo Heidi
1983? *sigh* I was married. I may or may not have given up the purple eyeshadow.
I have the important things on display too….. cotton balls, ear balls, face cleaning balls. The beauty products are all in the drawer. I’ve waited many years for the beauty part – I might want my money back.
~Bliss~
Hmmm, 1983.. yeah I was all over it too – purple eyeshadow and all!
Cute post and love your tarnished silver. That is the best kind.
great use for your beautifully tarnished silver … sharing. 🙂
HI Kelly,
Love the bathroom display. Funny how things change over 30 years. I can totally relate to your story.
Love it
Love it! In 1983, I was getting married!
no purple eye shadow for me. In 1983, I had a husband, two children and some sort of job. Being old though, my thought for your silver, I like that you are using it but please polish it.
I have q-tips.
I have cotton balls.
I have silver.
I’m set 🙂
🙂 me
Love the silver containers!! And love the tarnished look. I still have my baby cup from the 50’s, I should bring it out and use it! And yes, it has that lovely tarnish, too.
Debbie 🙂
Kelly…I love the way you have used the silver in the bathroom….I need to get rid of the covered glass containers…silver is so much prettier!!!!…
Such a cute post! Even though I was the only girl of 3 kids, we still had to share one tiny bathroom, and vy for time in there. Great bath organizers.
Love the tarnish! Looks so fabulous 🙂
Oooooooooooooh, love all that silver! Gorgeous. I wish I was cool enough for the colored eyeshadow, but I was too nerdy to be trendy. 😉
Love that storage! It’s beautiful!
All your necessaries look so cute in your little silver containers. Love that idea. I use some little green planters and ironstone cups to keep the countertop looking good. Isn’t that what it’s all about!
Mary Alice
I am so glad it’s not 1983 anymore! I found some great narrow file cabinet drawers yesterday that I almost brought home to turn into shelves for my bathroom. I guess sometimes I worry about having too much old stuff. Your post has me kicking myself for not getting them–really like your repurposed silver.
I love tarnished silver, so I love this display idea.
How pretty! What a great idea and so creative! I have a 100% mid-century bathroom (on purpose), wonder what I could use similarly in there?
Kelly, I use vintage silver in various rooms in our home. Love the look! 😉
Cute post……..Sarah
Great use of the tarnished silver.
Cute post, and even cuter vignette! Love the use of silver in this unexpected way!
That is the fanciest bathroom storage I ever did see! And you’re so right – I save all my cutest outfits for girls’ night. 🙂
Fun stuff, as always. Love your silver and the way you are so stylishly using it to hold all your primping items.
Liz
Lovely vignettes as usual!
Your photos are great, I love your posts!
Besos, Silvina
Totally awesome! Might steal your idea lol 😀
Greetings from Australia
~Pernilla
You know I love tarnished Silver! This is so pretty. I just super adore it Kelly!!!! Super. Adore. It!
Great idea for my miscellanious silver, looks great!!
I am visiting via Savvy Southern Style. I love, love, LOVE the idea of silver in the bathroom!
Have a blessed week!
I love vintage silver anywhere, and your bathroom is no exception. Caute!
I have all my bathroom stuff in sugars and creamers – only problem is I don’t have room for a shelf…..I’ve been mulling over what I can do but haven’t firmed up a decision yet. Mine are all glass, but I really like the silver.
LOL! I can just see all of you gals strutting around with peacock colored eyelids! 🙂 As we get older, I think we really dress to impress other women. Men sometimes don’t even notice! 🙂 Love your pretties on your tray! Thanks so much for popping in to see me.
Be a sweetie,
Shelia 🙂
Thanks for coming by, Kelly. The mosquito remedy is for indoors. Even if it works in the house, it won’t do a thing to make going outside bearable. I have been hearing about different outdoor treatments lately, but they are going to set you back quite a bit more than the price of a 2 liter bottle, water, some brown sugar and yeast. Yeah, going outside is a whole nother ball game. However, so far, I haven’t been bit in the house in the past couple of days. It’s rained two days in a row, so we’ll see how it goes. The skeeters always find a way in. The instructions were to wait two weeks. I’ll peek before then, but not quite yet. 🙂
Liz
What a pretty vintage collection. I like the way this is all arranged! My daughter would be so into this…
Girl, I love your tarnished silver…and I must say your brows look good too:) Cute post Kelly.
Excellent way to organize and a wonderful way to use that silver that we hardly ever get to use.
I’m thinking I never got caught up in the blue eyeshadow phase … or perhaps I blocked this particular 80’s phase from my mind … but no matter the color, you make-up looks perfect in those tarnished silver creamers and sugarers!
🙂
Linda
P.S. Got your email about SBC. Very exciting! And, yes, I’ll be there …
Who would have thought to use sugar bowls for bathroom makeup storage?! Oh, you did – and it looks great! I love the tray that the sugar bowls are sitting on too.
I wasn’t much into makeup when I was in high school, but I was totally on the Farrah Flip bandwagon – hair feathered on both sides and running your hand through your bangs to keep the flip fresh 🙂
I love silver but don’t have any in my bathroom. Going to work on that one.
I love silver in the bathroom! Great idea! I loved purple eye shadow too! Lovely vignettes- thanks for sharing!
Ahhh the purple eyeshadow. I too was in high school and applied a dark plum shadow from my eyelashes to my eyebrows. Basically I looked like I went 5 rounds with Rocky. My friend took me to the girls room and told me to take it off!! THAT is what friends are for!! Thanks for stopping by my blog! http://www.ALittleJunkinmyTrunk.blogspot.com
I love tarnished silver too! No perfect shine for me.
Awesome idea. Linking over from Redoux on Friday. Karen. http://www.madewithmytwohands.blogspot.com
This is so pretty with the vintage silver, Kelly. I use pressed glass sugar and creamers to hold makeup items on my vanity in the bedroom, and they work very well for storage and are pretty as well, but you’ve given me some new ideas for additional storage for that area. I love that your silver tray was a racing trophy–how cool is that??
What a fancy bathroom display…LOVE it!!
Blessings,
Linda
Fabulous idea, Kelly! I love it!
Love how you’ve displayed all your goodies Kelly. This sure does inspire me to drag out my silver and put it to good use!
Kelly your post could have been describing me, except I went the bright blue eye shadow in 83 – lol… so relating. Love your vintage vignette.
I’d love it if you would consider sharing this post at my Shabbilicious Friday.
I’m beside you at Common Ground so I wanted to stop and say hi…and also to tell you that this silver is perfect in your bathroom. I would totally copy this if I only had the counter space. Since I don’t I’ll just envy you. :o)
I love it Kelley!!!! I am in love with Silver and it seems people are afraid of it… at least afraid of using it! I love how you re-purposed these pieces! Pinning it!!!
Thank you!!!
I love this post!! And silver in the bathroom…yes.
Ohh I love it! I have tarnished silver in my bathroom holding almost all the same stuff you have yours holding too! The little silver containers are just perfect for that and I hardly ever polish silver! Love it all mottled and vintage looking! Thanks for sharing at Feathered Nest Friday! 🙂
Love it. I, too, started high school in 1983. I think my particular shade of eye shadow was probably a turqouise-y blue. And I definitely had the permed big hair going on. Love the silver for the bathroom. Have a great day. ~ Angie
I love love love vintage thrifted Silver Plate – Especially Tea Sets. 1983 – Graduated College and started climbing the corporate ladder. Permed Hair for sure.
Hey! I have my q-tips in almost the exact same container! And my make-up brushes in a similar one! Love your display! Great minds…:)
Susan
Love the way you stored all your goodies. Wonderful display.
This brought back memories of sharing a bathroom with 2 teenage sisters many years ago. Love how you left the silver alone in all it’s tarnished patina. Great post!
Love the silver in the bathroom. I have a vintage mirror tray I use for my makeup brushes and such, but I am thinking the little pitcher I have needs to be replaced with an old Silver one!
PS I bet my bangs were bigger than yours. We should compare. I got mine straight and high!
I like alternative uses for items. If you plan on handing down your silver pieces, however, best not to keep them in the bathroom or in other humid places.
http://www.thehenryford.org/research/caring/silver.aspx