Thursday, May 24, 2012

Tumble Time.

This blog will never be updated again.

But I can share with you a secret.

Our TUMBLR will be updated so fucking regularly you'll not know what hit you.

Come over!



http://archerandarcher.tumblr.com/

Come over to Facebook!


Come and join us on FACEBOOK!

We'd REALLY love to have you interact with our community!

Lots of love,

Sarah & Troy Archer

x

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In Vogue - literally!

We never thought we'd have the pleasure of being in the world's most famous magazine. Ever!





"Hotspots in Berlin, your own vegetables harvesting in a hotel in South Africa, special pools and exciting vintageDarlings of Vogue's address - book, old and new."



"Sarah and Troy Archer roam the world in search of beautiful things. The facebook store is a success with vintage lovers and since the end of March there is also a real store at 8 James Street Burleigh Heads. The best thing about the discovery of The Archers is all stuff that comes with a story. Similarly, Troy's last discovery: an original poster by Helen Dryden in 1922 made for CondeNast. Dryden has spent 13 years at Conde Nast / Vogue and was the highest paid female designer of her time."

So cool hey!

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Toys Of The Tide

Recently, and as per usual, we were out looking for cool things in our hood, looking in all the regular spots and finding some great stuff. When, without expectation I stumbled upon an old drawer full of mud-caked toys and general crap.

Hmmm, I thought, what is this that presents itself to me? This is interesting, I thought. So in the car it went and 4 days later I started to pull it apart to see what was there.

Well, to my surprise there was nothing really in there apart from a mess of mud and more mud.

Sometimes though, you CAN polish a turd, or least I thought I had when I picked the best things out and photographed them. Obviously this is the result of the dreaded high water, taking no prisoners in its merciless path and for that reason i'm calling this "Toys of the Tide".

I hope you enjoy the photos.



Mustang stack.




Turned over Trans Am.



Muddy Cop Car.



Rally Porsche.



Mud Van.



Ghost Buster.



Homer Muddy Simspon.



Toy Soldiers.



Commonwealth Bank Coin Deposit.



Muddy Silver Rocking Horse Money Bank.


Wooden Birdy Walker.

 

Muddy Lady Beetle.

 

Bambi's seen better days.

Friday, April 27, 2012

our new lamp

Absolutely loving this new floor lamp we picked up today. 

We gave it a mini-makeover and it came up beautifully!


Chrome and timber works so nicely together! x

Have a nice weekend.

Monday, April 23, 2012

Float

There is something about simplicity that floats our boats.


The Sea is a nice place to float a boat.

Stay well.

The Archers. x

Thursday, April 19, 2012

For Sarah... Maybe

Our good friend Sarah Crawford is a kick ass artist who is looking for some red signs that number up to 23. We're half way there, what do you think Sarah?

This is them both ways...


Let us know!

Troy x