Friday Finds

We start this week with a find from the top of our old fridge which has made its way to the great landfill in the sky.


When we moved into this house in 1990, there was a tiny gold refrigerator in the kitchen.

We had a newer fridge in beige we wanted to keep.

Chucks with the help of a moving company hauled out the old gold and brought in the new - only to discover it was too tall for the cabinets.

Chucks dug out his trusty jigsaw and cut the cabinet off the wall leaving a gaping hole.

No, I was not around - I was at work.

Luckily I had this large crate which fit exactly into the hole.

New anniversary fridge was delivered the other day.

It is taller than the old.

Did not have to cut the cabinets, but the crate was no longer needed.

So it went off to Booth C-23. 

I buy a lot from Brett who usually pulls stuff out of the storage facility he owns, but I haven't seen him around lately.

Coming home from the antique mall I found he had rented a place out on the main highway for a month to draw new customers.

He started me a box of old junk when he saw me drive up. 

Books.

Two green ironstone plates.

A tiny yellow tugboat.

Two vintage Thermos bottles.

The red one is marked Ace Hardware.

Not vintage, but he knew I would want them.

Ice skates.

Sold ten minutes after hanging them in the booth.

Why?

Door decor! 

Chucks and I once had a collection of match boxes.

Love this brass one for long matches.

Selling.

A church bird cage.

A tiny feather-like tree.

The tree will fit into the cage.

Leave natural or paint them both white?

Another dealer was using this trio of patina-plus pitchers.

Yes, I bought them.

Will use for awhile and then off to the booth or Etsy.




See y'all!


 

ETSY SHOP IS CLOSED

 I will accept reserved listings if you see something in the blog posts you want.

Quickies

Are you ready?

Ready for red?

And green? 

And white?

And naturals?




All the colors of Christmas?

This little fellow is ready to show you how quick a quickie can be.

Take two decrepit kindergarten chairs.

Add Rust-Oleum in red.

Take one green lift top bench.

Add leftover Rust-Oleum red paint.

A perfect trio. 

To put under your tree-o! 

More Christmas popping up soon.




See y'all!

ETSY SHOP IS CLOSED

 I will accept reserved listings if you see something in the blog posts you want.

Friday Finds

Friday finds me - whaaaaat?

SIXTY-THREE!!!!!

Yes, today is my birthday.

Yes, send good wishes.

Yes, give a gift to someone who needs it.

Chucks took me to an estate sale yesterday for a present.

The couple in their nineties moved into a new home and left treasure after treasure behind.

FIVE sheds!

Bike wheel.

Two buckets.

A solid copper box with lid.

Rand-McNally Family Atlas.

Really rough shape.

This campaign poster was glued on the inside cover of the atlas.

You can read about the Wofford professor HERE.

It is interesting to us because Dr. Clinkscales retired to a house on the Wofford campus renamed the Kilgo-Clinkscales House.

Chucks and his father were named after Rev. Kilgo.

And Chucks' father attended Wofford.

I think the atlas may be a keeper because of the campaign poster glued to the inside of the cover.

Copyright 1912.

It's older than I am!

Also older are the stacks of books I bought.

1880's to 1950's.

Mostly children's books.

Look at the tiny Webster's Dictionary on top.

Definitely a keeper.

A small group of presentation New Testaments.

Calling cards from ministers.

I do remember when the preacher came to call.

In one of the workshops - two work aprons.

One Coca-Cola.

"Be really Refreshed" is the 1959 slogan.

One Aiken Lumber. (Notice the telephone numbers.)

A wooden hanger.

A Band-Aid tin.

There were walls of family photos - most professionally framed.

Each photo has the name and the date on a label on the back.

I could not leave the children behind.

The adults I left to fend for themselves.

However I might slip back over Saturday afternoon to see if any others need rescuing.

A bike basket filled with Gerber baby food jars with the blue and silver tops and Duke's Mayonnaise.

In the South it is the ONLY mayo fit to be eaten.

Okay, so I am another year older and probably a bit meaner.

But I am still out junkin'.

That's all that matters.

Plus most of the stuff I buy is older than I am.



See y'all!

ETSY SHOP IS CLOSED

 I will accept reserved listings if you see something in the blog posts you want.

Great Crate Christmas Tree

For the past three years I have constructed a crate Christmas tree display in the front of my booth.

Each year it is different.

This year I expanded the size to allow for more areas for Christmas smalls and for my dyed bottle brush trees.

Took all of one day to clear out the front and find all the crates which are used the rest of the year throughout both booths for displays.








 

I added an extra one on the bottom row allowing for the extra crates in the rows. 

All crates are tied together and tied to the chicken wire behind to stabilize.




Yes, children have tried to climb the crates.

This year's color is a red.

Ten yards of tulle split in half.

Used as garland on the crates and to make Miss Chrissy a top.





 

It is quite fun to fill in the display spaces. 

I can change out items as they sell.

All spaces feature the bottle brush trees.

Along with vintage and vintage-looking Christmas items. 

Gold feathers hang from most of the crates.

(PLASTIC!)


 





 

Just noticed the vintage photo cards are sideways.

Miss Chrissy is standing at the very tippy-top dressed in garland and tulle with a feather pendant.

Off to organize stuff around the house to start decorating. 



Finished the outside lights and wreaths Sunday.

Need to haul more items over to the booths.

Shop Small Saturday was a great day for the antique mall.

The dealers at Riverfront Antique Mall have created a Face Book page for dealers to post items and sales. 

Come join us if you wish.

Dealing On The River @ Riverfront Antique Mall 


See y'all!

ETSY SHOP IS CLOSED

 I will accept reserved listings if you see something in the blog posts you want.

Quickies

Truly a quickie project today.

Bought a box of wood planes at a church sale.

Washed them.

Set them out on screens to dry.

Five wooden ones and one metal.

In fair condition.

Left for errands.












 

Arrived home to find all of them gleaming in the sun.

Chucks had decided to rub them down with tung oil for me.

He is such a sweetie.

Sometimes.



 

Found in Booth W-10, Riverfront Antique Mall, North Augusta, South Carolina.

$25 each.

Perfect gift for someone. 





I'd hang them on the wall for shelf brackets.


See y'all!