Fall is in the air my friends, which means it’s time to break out those fall decorations and spruce things up a bit! To be 100% honest with you, I am not a fan of redecorating my entire house for the fall season. I usually just focus on creating a few vignettes...
I have to confess, I have only recently really started digging around on Instagram. When I need inspiration I usually head to Pinterest, but lately, I’ve been taking more time to scroll through Instagram to look for decorating or display inspiration there . . . And...
I apologize in advance for this post being a little loopy . . . I have a lot going on in my head that I am going to try and get out. Hopefully I can make it all fit together and make sense, but just bear with me. This post has three topics, and I want to reverse...
So it has been a few months (two to be exact) since I hosted our last 1st Friday Etsy Shop Feature Day. Some of you joining us may be new readers, so let me take just a minute and refresh everyone on what we do here on 1st Friday. If you’ve never shopped on...
If you were to spend any time in my house, you would hear me saying phrases like this a lot: ” Please share with you brother ” ” You need to give someone else a turn ” ” He asked nicely, now please let your brother play with...
While preparing for the Vintage Market Days back on May, I decided to try and create a few antique signs out of some scrap wood I had on hand in my garage. I will confess that I am not very good though at the art of lettering, so creating signs with pretty...
Sales have been a little slow lately in my Antique Company Mall booth space. They usually take a dip around November and start to slowly rise back up by mid-March. This year though, my sales seem to be taking longer than normal to recover, and that has had me asking...
My mom is in town visiting, and even though the cold weather kept us away from my favorite monthly flea market, we did manage to stop by a few local estate sales over the weekend. It was her keen eye that actually spotted this dollhouse furniture set at the second...
Last week we spent some time visiting my family back in Tennessee. I had one free afternoon so I decided to take a trip to a wonderful local antique mall (it used to be a Wal-Mart when I was growing up–I call it quite an improvement 🙂 ). I was mainly looking...
I came across a cute little wooden footstool at a market last week. It was simple and quite primitive, so to add a little flair to it I painted it with the last bit of Flow Blue Milk Paint I had leftover from my desk project. It was already a cute piece,...
The life of an antique dealer can be summed up as: “the constant rotation of stuff.” Stuff coming in, stuff getting fixed, stuff getting painted, stuff getting sold . . . then the cycle starts all over again with more stuff coming in! Just when I think...
I have talked many times before about my love for old books, but I have to be honest with yall–I really love any sort of old paper, not just books. Postcards, documents, maps, leaflets, you name it. I think I enjoy old paper items partly because at one time,...
Hello! I told you all in my last post about my “heavenly trip” to the Canton First Monday Flea Market recently, so now it’s time to show you a little more of what I found there. Just about all of the market treasures have made their way...
Last Friday I was in heaven. It was the Friday of First Monday Canton Trade Days in Canton, Texas, and the weather was unbelievable. Last year when I went to Canton, it was sunny and over 100 degrees, and I left that day drenched and exhausted. This day though, the...
The family and I are back from Nashville! We had the most incredible weather while we were there–high 70’s and low 80’s, which was a wonderful break from the already high Texas summer heat. Later this week I will post more about our trip and some...
Hello from Nashville, Tennessee, the capital of Country Music! I’m here for a few days celebrating my in-laws 50th Wedding Anniversary. The weather has been beautiful and we have been having fun visiting the sites and listening to some honky...
Happy Memorial Day weekend! Are you ready for the unofficial start of summer? I spent a little time yesterday afternoon getting my ACM booth ready by putting together few Memorial Day Decorations. All of that red, white, and blue I’ve been hoarding in my...
I have developed a love lately for old pieces of enamelware. The pieces sport a wide range of beautiful vintage colors and have a homey but still elegant style. I love decorating with pieces that were once utilitarian, but finding them a new life and purpose with our...
I’m not sure if fluffing is a universal dealer term, or just something said around my mall. But that’s what we call it when we do a little rearranging of our booth inventory. If things sit around in the same place for too long, they tend to become...
One of my favorite possessions is my old school map of the United States. It is dated 1904 and is loaded with patina (or rips and stains, if you prefer!). Right now it enjoys a prominent spot on the second story wall of my living room. It’s one of the first things you...
Thank you so much for visiting my blog! My name is Melanie and I recently opened a vintage home décor shop at a local antique mall. I have always loved “junk” and decorating my home with the unique. I am loving hunting for those special pieces now and stocking my...
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