Sunday Flea Finds

I didn't get alot today, but it was worth the trip.

Two decorative floor vents. $10 each.

Sold for $24 each.

 Very cool hanging light piece, $5.

Wooden bowl, $10.

 Child's grocery cart, $10.

Keeper?

No, sold for $24.

An album of old valentine's and advertising, $10.

This is the best Valentine.

Grate-Full

Grate-full.  As in....my cup runneth over with grates.

 
These are register grates salvaged from old houses.

 
I collected these from two separate junking excursions.

 
And I have purchase more since these photos were taken.
I think I have about 14 to sell.

 
They are quite beautiful. If you took the heavy lever part off of the back,
they would make a great wall display.  Have a grate week!

Saturdays Vintage Finds 4.29.2017

What would lead my husband and I to a truck salvage yard almost

an hour from our house on a cold and rainy Saturday?

A series of misunderstandings, with a bit of confusion thrown in.

For one thing, I thought the advertised "old doors" meant house doors.

No, no.  Truck doors.  Not really my thing but I managed to find a couple "cute" ones,

Can't you see these with a fake company painted on the doors?

....and a couple of "cute" tailgates,

....a clawfoot tub (didn't I say heavy things were off my search list?),

(it was on the smallish side...)

....more grates (heaven help us),

....my second manhole cover
(on my way to creating that "little" manhole cover footpath that I dream of.)

....and this awesome Pepsi sign.

Life is like a box of chocolates.

Flea Market Vintage Finds

I probably picked up two vanloads of vintage junk over the weekend.

Most came from the Feather & Fur Flea Market,

click here to read more about that. 

Below is just a sampling of my vintage finds.

Garden Windmill (bought for $35, sold for $85)

 and the silver water pump behind it.

 AND a red water pump.  Almost had to keep him.

Two Jesus statues.

Large one I bought for $2, sold for $32.

Small Jesus I bought for $2, sold for $15.

 Two of these gorgeous antique wire planter holders.

Ball Game sign, already sold!

Bought for $5, sold for $25.

Maybe my favorite of the entire weekend,

this homemade drawer piece.

Bought for $10, sold for $28.

Feather & Fur Flea Market Finds -- 4.15.2016

I went into this weekend knowing it was my second biggest buying weekend of the year.  That I needed to be well prepared, gassed up, plenty of cash...none of which happened.  Despite some amateurish slip-ups I still got quite a few good finds.


(I actually know all of the people that I got to pose for my photos this year.)
The newspaper I looked at advertised the small town "Swap Meet" for Saturday and Sunday.  I just happened to be travelling to an out-of-town garage sale Friday morning (not even super early) when I saw that most of the flea market was set up already!  ARGH!
They said that the vendors and Craig's List got the "correct" Friday morning start date.

This young man agreed to deliver my newly purchased "general store"

display case (resting under the blanket) to my vintage

decorator store location. 

Yes, I bought the wire basket too.

This little cutie (the short one!)

was in my "fur, feathers & flea finds"

post from this flea market last fall (click here to see that post.)

(Click here to read the "fur, feathers & flea finds" post from last spring.)

As always, there was a plethora of farm

animals and birds to distract.

My husband chided me for the picture being

upside down, but I just purchased it for the frame.

Love the crusty animal feeders I find there.

I haven't found any quilts in quite awhile,

and this weekend I picked up three.

This X-stitch one is the only one I have a photo of.

Two great sets of antlers, homemade duck decoy

and aluminum cooler.  My aluminum coolers are

starting to accumulate.

We are crazy for croquet,

so loved the piece from an old box.

Most of what you are looking at will

become planters or garden décor.

I am going to (hopefully) take off these little metal

conveyer belt scoops and use as planters.

The basket upcycled from paper was purchased

by my mailman about an hour after this photo

was taken.  He does get first dibs, and great prices.

I don't know why these guys are lollygagging

around when there is so much pricing to be done.

Floor grates, so beautiful.

Stack of wonderful metal items.

What I REALLY needed were bigger pieces to

display on.  I picked up three dreamy ones.

Stay tuned for that post.