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June 4, 2010

Kane County Flea Market

I’m so excited to head out to Kane County this weekend for the ginormous flea market, which is just a really huge outdoor antique mall. In a weak effort to control what I tote home, I’ve made a list of things I’m allowed to buy. An antique chandelier. Nothing fancy, drippy, or sparkly. Just like [...]

Posted in: Blog, decorating, flea/junk/antique

November 27, 2011

Looking for a fixer upper china hutch

I’ve been keeping my eyes out for an old china cabinet to fix up. I’m going to use it to store linens outside our laundry room. It needs to be narrow in width and length and probably no taller than 6 feet or so. If you’re in the Chicago area or within a couple of [...]

Posted in: flea/junk/antique, organization, projects

November 27, 2011

Fixer upper find: Vintage corner china cabinet

I sent a note out via Facebook this morning that I’ve been looking for an old china cabinet to fix up and use for linen storage. Well, my friend Ali pinged me back that she had a corner cabinet that had belonged to her grandmother and it was just sitting in her garage waiting for [...]

Posted in: diy, flea/junk/antique, projects

December 15, 2011

My warehouse dream

Maybe it was the awesome warehouse loft in Flashdance, maybe it was the episode of The Simpsons when Bart wins a warehouse in an auction for a buck, but I can’t remember a time when I didn’t want a warehouse of my own. The idea of a big, wide-open space where I could make stuff, [...]

Posted in: daydreaming, flea/junk/antique, projects

December 28, 2011

16 great ideas for organizing using vintage objects

Since the summer I’ve been constantly amazed by the organizing ideas posted on Pinterest. I’ve gathered up a few, 83 to be precise on my Organization board over there. I’ve also shared 16 of my favorite ideas that I use in my own home here. I hope you find one or two (or more) that [...]

Posted in: flea/junk/antique, home, organization

January 9, 2012

Easy project: how to make a folding shopping cart liner with leftover materials

I was inspired last week by some folding shopping cart liners I saw online and decided it would be fun to try one myself. I love cruising flea markets on summer mornings and I usually have a folding shopping cart with me, but I hate that smaller items fall through the large holes in the [...]

Posted in: crafts, diy, flea/junk/antique, projects

April 15, 2012

Here’s an idea: rock an old clock

Working vintage clocks are pricey, but you can’t swing a dead cat at a flea market without hitting a box full of cool-looking old clocks that no longer work. Those little clock kits at the craft store are about $6. So grab one of those $1 bargain bin clocks and bring it back to life. [...]

Posted in: diy, flea/junk/antique, projects

April 23, 2012

Wish list: vintage wire garden gate

While haunting my favorite antique mall this morning, I spied this very sweet vintage wire garden gate. Saw the price and felt the rise of giddiness only to be crushed by the note on the back of the tag: HOLD until Sunday. But wait! Sunday! Why, that was yesterday! It’s in the clear! Then a [...]

Posted in: flea/junk/antique, shopping

May 3, 2012

Getting nesty for the Kane County Flea Market

This weekend is one of my favorite antique/vintage/flea markets in the area, the Kane County Flea. I’m sharing a booth in the New Sheep shed with Tanya of Gracie Mack (really cute vintagey jewelry) in space #25. So each day this week I’ve been out at the airport, where I rent space in a hangar, [...]

Posted in: diy, flea/junk/antique, junking, shopping

May 7, 2012

Kane County Flea Market, a post-mortem

Oh LORDY what a weekend! Tanya from Gracie Mack and her very sweet friend Gwen showed up not long after I pulled up early Saturday morning. I thought 3 hours was plenty of time to get set up, but I was still pricing things and massaging the layout after the gates opened at noon. We [...]

Posted in: flea/junk/antique, selling

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Kane County Flea Market

Looking for a fixer upper china hutch

Fixer upper find: Vintage corner china cabinet

My warehouse dream

16 great ideas for organizing using vintage objects

Easy project: how to make a folding shopping cart liner with leftover materials

Here’s an idea: rock an old clock

Wish list: vintage wire garden gate

Getting nesty for the Kane County Flea Market

Kane County Flea Market, a post-mortem

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