WHAT MAKES A GOOD WINTER DAY? As a child, my cousin Jamie and I would accompany my mom, grandmother and aunt to various junk and antique markets. The best one was the Thieves Market in Arlington, Virginia. I don't know if it's still there. Someone tell me? Acres and acres (it seemed to us) of junk and antiques. My cousin and I would roam the stalls and make up games based on the vignettes we saw while the grownups would look for bargains. Then sometimes we would get a treat to lunch at a local BBQ restaurant on Glebe Road. Guess it's gone too, but it sure was good.
Continuing the tradition, I occasionally visit antique stores around my home. Last Saturday was c-c-cold and a good day to be inside an antique mall. I went to
Sleepy Poet Antique Mall and also, in the same building,
Consignments on South. I am looking for a couple of chippy sideboards to be potting benches and catch-alls in my carport. (More on that idea later.) But along the way I'm not against a couple of bargains or pretties! I saw some great items and there were probably even more I missed.
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Broken china side table in Mary Jane's stall at
a great price. But I don't need any tables right now :(( |
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| Like this Collie painting but the price was out of my reach. |
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| Unique chippy metal demijohn with its bottle. |
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| Sunburst sculpture. Very trendy right now. |
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| One of my favorite stalls. There were some pillow ticking pillows. Got one. |
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| Tin and wood desk storage. Very cute and affordable. |
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I have fallen for vintage textiles, have you? I thought this very reasonably
priced runner would look nice with my everyday Spode Italian so I got it. |
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