Isalys's New Amazing Bookshelf!

I am a woman in love...with my new bookshelf/display cabinet!

Over the weekend my hubs and I decided to go cruising and we ended up stopping at our favorite local antique store.

As we're walking around, my husband says to me, "Oh shit! Just found something you're going to love. I'm not telling you what it is though, you have to find it." So of course, I start perusing slowly waiting for something to jump out at me and go "boo".  As I work my way around, my hubs then says, "You're getting warmer! When you see it, don't scream or break anything, okay?"

And then...

The clouds parted, a light shined down from the heavens and there, as if waiting for me was the bookshelf/display cabinet of my DREAMS! A mini English Red Telephone booth (circa 1956)...three and a half feet of FUCKING AWESOME!!

My brain was taken over by the Demon of Uncertainty for about a nanosecond, but then the Angel of Logic stepped in and said, "Nu uh, you're buying this!" It reminded me that I was in an antique store and this was likely not going to be there for very long!

Look at it...isn't it glorious? I'm like a proud mom! *sniffle*


On the top shelf, I have my little red post box, my little black English taxi and a little English flag. I still need to find a double-decker bus and Big Ben. Then below it I have my English Historical Fiction lit...how perfect is that?

 
My office, aka my Little English Haven, is my favorite room in the house! I need a few more touches here 'n there (I have my eye on a badass London Collage that I want to have framed and I need some Union Jack stuff) but I think you guys see where I'm going with it ;)

*Squee* I am one happy girl :D


44 comments:

  1. Looooove it!! That is so bad ass, lucky girl!

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  2. OMG!! I love it! That is so freaking awesome!!

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  3. LOVE IT!! :D Your whole office is very nice!

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  4. That's freaking awesome, Isa! I'm so jealous of your beautiful English haven.

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  5. That is so totally awesome!!

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  6. Oh my goodness - that is SO adorable! Love it :)

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  7. Ok so you weren't kidding that is FREAKING AWESOME! What a great find---I love antiquing :)

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  8. OMG, THAT IS SO EPIC! How awesome! <3333

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  9. Oh my gosh! That is SO flipping cool and SO totally you! I love it!

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  10. That's a great bookshelf! So jealous...Congrats!

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  11. OOoh that is so cute!! It's adorable! Wish I had room for another shelf in my own room!

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  12. Ahhh that is so cute! What a great find!! I just found out that I got accepted to study abroad for a term in England in October so I'm going to have to go on book buying spree of books set in England heheh :)

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  13. I love it! :) So adorable and I love what you put inside! :D

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  14. Wow, you have to be american? :P No british person loves England this much.
    But I have got to admit, that is one really awesome book cabinet.

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  15. Oooh, I wonder if my s.o. can make me one of those? It's beautiful! Congratulations.

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  16. That is the most adorable, awesome thing EVER. I am incredibly jealous.

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  17. Wow I freakin' love it! You are so lucky to find something so awesome.

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  18. That is wicked adorable and SO very you! ♥

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  19. SO FREAKING JEALOUS!!! Now if it was just a police box and blue now that I would drive down to FL to steal from you!

    Love it chica!

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  20. That is so cool! What an awesome find! :-)

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  21. That's so cool! Hooray for the Angel of Logic. Great find!! Enjoy!

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  22. Isa that's awesome GO PHIL it looks amazing

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  23. That is so cute!! Is it awful that the first thing I thought was "How cute a tardis would look in there."

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  24. How Cute! Love the phone booth. Want one now! :D

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  25. Absolutely awesome! I so love antiques, and you and your hubby have fantastic taste :) What a great cheerful bookcase!

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  26. That's AWESOME! I would love it if someone bought me something as cool as that!

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  27. The only way I could love that more would be if it were blue like the Tardis :)

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  28. Thats a beautiful bookcase! I love the color! Its perfect!
    I'm excited to take part in RAK during April! My birthday month!

    Rachel @ Unforgettable Books

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  29. That is beyond adorable! Freakin' amazing find. Congrats girl.

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  30. The only thing more awesome than this is the TARDIS bookshelf I didn't get for my birthday despite my insistence to my parents that it would actually SAVE space because it's bigger on the inside.

    This is seriously awesome. I am way jealous.

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  31. i love the bookshelf. its awesome.

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