I've opened a window to my life. I love all things vintage and retro. All things quirky...and I'm coming out of a hoarding quarter century.
How does a girl with a shocking Flu become the owner of a life-saving "operation" called The Click-Clack Lounge?....Read on...
As I lay in bed with a temperature which could kill a hippopotamus, causing me to hallucinate, I stared in disbelief at the Tretchikoff print "Miss Wong" on my bedroom wall, transforming into a real life Hair Model. Her raven black hair flowed over her shoulders as her blue face curled into a crazy smirk.
I rolled over to prevent paranoia, which allowed my Fairy Flumother to catch me off-guard. She whispered into my ear.... "what are you doing with all this "stuff". How many tiki bars can a girl own? How many bums does a girl have to allow her to sit on the huge collection of saucer chairs you have stashed downstairs...?
As I crawled out of my sick bed in a lather of sweat, I went from room to room taking in the array of "stuff" I had collected over the past 20 or so years.
I opened cupboards to find 10 Sunbeam mixmaster bowls - eventhough I only have 1 Sunbeam Mixmaster. To find a pile of aprons to rival the Masterchef kitchen. To find so many pastel plates I could supply my own cafe 5 times over.
I ventured under the house to find enough "stuff" to provide a small suburb with enough furniture for each of their residents to furnish their homes comfortably.
There was only one thing to do - GET BUSY SELLING....
I tried selling at a garage sale, only to have Antique Dealers arrive as the sun rose.
I tried selling on eBay, but the production designer/merchandiser in me needed to express herself in a way more tactile.
Then, a light bulb moment. With my passion, experience and knowledge of all things of Vintage fabulousness.......I decided to bite the bullet and start my own Business.
One week later, I was registering my business name as "The Click-Clack Lounge". My name was chosen as it reminded me of the place I would sleep at my Grandparents when I was little. On a fabulous maroon, gold and white vinyl flecked pull-out lounge.
Weeks went by quickly as I worked like an Elf at Christmas time, preparing treasures to stock in "The Lounge".
Each week I would be torn between "keep" or "sell" - knowing that many of my "babies" would never be found or seen again.
BUT, I haven't looked back - I've even made some space for another collection of saucer chairs.....
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