For a few weeks now I have been obsessed with the idea of finding, and roaming around a few abandoned buildings. Since I live in a city that is pretty built out and full, there isn’t much room for such a thing, but while out in Chandler Scott and I spotted this abandoned home right off the side of the road. I immediately told Scott to turn around, and pull over so we could look around.
The home was most likely built in the 1970’s, and therefore not incredibly old, bust till neat. All the glass windows were gone, and the inside was filled with bees, so Scott and I stuck pretty close to the outside of the building.
Cardigan: My mom’s; Striped long sleeved shirt: Banana Republic; J typewriter necklace: Fancy Tiger; Jeans: Levi’s; Rings: vintage and a family heirloom; Bracelet: Kate Spade; Shoes: Sperry’s
Jacket: Banana Republic; Shirt: Target; Jeans: Levi’s; Boots: Fossil
The house was sitting on a couple acres of land, and right behind it was a large farming field with dozens of sheep on it. I felt kind of strange wandering around the home, and may gotten spooked a few times, but overall thought it was pretty neat to be there. Sometime in the future I would like to go back, and discover similar buildings.
I may or may not have grabbed Scott’s hand a few times when I thought something moved, or that someone was in the house, but shhh.
I purchased this vintage J typewriter necklace from Fancy Tiger, an amazing craft store in downtown Denver that my friend Ashley told me about. The J stands for John, Scott’s first name (I know I’ve mentioned that before, but usually refer to my guy as Scott).
Rings are one of my very favorite things, and the two I am wearing were both gifts. The ring with the garnet in the middle was a gift from my grandma Betty before she passed away, and the turquoise ring was a gift from Scott (I picked it out from a local vintage store). The black Kate Spade idiom bracelet, which says “Draw the Line” on the inside, was a Christmas money purhcase, and it’s one of my new favorite accessories.
Scott’s SLR camera was a thrift find. It’s a Canon AE-1, and the zoom lens on it was also thrifted. It takes beautiful photos (as directed by it’s great photographer), and today we are picking up a roll of film that we shot in the very first week of the new year. Promise to try and share a few!
Today Scott and I don’t really have too much planned, other than picking up our photos. Ideally, I would like to go shopping for a vintage satchel bag, pick up a iced honey vanilla latte from Giant Coffee, and take a few outfit photos, but we’ll see where the day takes us.
Do you think abandoned buildings are neat, or just spooky? What are your plans for today?
-Chelsea