I went shopping for furniture and tablecloths happened instead.
Posted: October 16, 2014 Filed under: Flea market, Vintage tablecloths | Tags: embroidery, Flea market, vintage tablecloth, Wilendur 6 CommentsI wasn’t looking for tablecloths, honest!
Janeray and I sold so much furniture at September’s Vintage Bazaar that I went to the flea market at a bracing 6 a.m. to see what I could scare up to replenish our meager remaining stock.
You gotta go early to get the good stuff. I’ve seen customers there before daylight, shining their flashlights into dealers’ vans as the poor guys are trying to unload in the darkness!
Alas, I wasn’t quite early enough for a piece I would have snapped up in heartbeat—a vintage wood desk with a single drawer, a big old glass knob, and a black painted finish that just needed a little polishing. The lady standing right in front of me snagged it for under ten bucks. Darn!
You win some, you lose some.
So I lost on furniture this time, but boy did I ever win it big on tablecloths!
A whole bunch of dealers had piles of vintage linens that they seemed willing to practically give away. The reason probably is that almost all of them have stains small or large. If a dealer doesn’t specialize in linens, she usually doesn’t want to be bothered trying to get stained ones back to pristine shape.
I don’t exactly specialize in linens, but I do love them, and I consider stains a professional laundry challenge, so . . . .
Here’s what I came home with!
A card-table size Florida souvenir cloth. I love those blue . . . coconuts? giant dates? in the trees.
Flea Market Decorating 101
Posted: August 3, 2014 Filed under: Flea market, Fun Finds, Home and Garden, This Old Row House, Vintage tablecloths, What we collect | Tags: Flea market, jadeite green, painted furniture, thrift store 2 CommentsFlea market decorating has gone mainstream, judging by the amount of magazines you can find on the topic. I’m gratified to know my house is finally cool instead of just cheap!
All these titles feature dozens of tips about what’s hot, how to convert trash into treasure, and where to shop. What they don’t do is tell you how to start decorating from scratch.
Click here for my opinionated advice!
I have to take back what I said
Posted: May 26, 2014 Filed under: Flea market, Fun Finds, Vintage tablecloths, Vintage toys | Tags: chenille bedspread, Fire King, Flea market, Golden Nugget Flea Market, Guatemalan fabric, jadeite, jadite, vintage clothing, vintage suitcase, vintage tablecloths, yo-yo quilt 1 CommentYes, I have to take back what I said about the Golden Nugget Flea Market being on its last legs. On Memorial Day weekend it looked like a throwback to twenty years ago. Every single dealer table was taken. Parking was impossible. The place was buzzing with excitement.
Some amazing things were for sale.
Flea or thrift? Flea or thrift? Don’t make me choose!
Posted: April 13, 2014 Filed under: Flea market, Fun Finds | Tags: Fire King, Flea market, Gay Fad dishes, Golden Nugget, Golden Nugget Flea Market, Japanese scarf, paint by number, Steubenville Fairlane, thrift shopping, thrift store, vintage, vintage Christmas, vintage ribbon 9 CommentsYesterday ManRay and I did a marathon of shopping starting at the Golden Nugget Flea Market in Lambertville NJ. I haven’t been there since last summer and was surprised by how much the market has changed. At one time it was considered the preeminent antiques market on the East Coast.
Month of Makeovers Day 10: it’s our Thursday Hack Flashback!
Posted: October 11, 2013 Filed under: 31 Days, Decor, Hack Flashback, Memories | Tags: Brass, Flea market, lamp, lighthouse, makeover 2 CommentsWe’re ten days into our Month of Makeovers!
Janeray and I have decided we’re going to make our Thursday posts be quick little looks-back to where we got our vintage hacking genes. Let’s call it a Hack Flashback!
Today’s Hack Flashback is this amazing lamp my dad made. He loved making lamps and was always on the lookout for bases, lamp parts, and anything really—chunks of marble, brass doodads, glass bits, you name it.
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