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May 13, 2013

Mother’s Day vintage camping at Warren Dunes, Michigan

This past weekend my kids, husband, and I loaded up our vintage 1970 Avion camper and met up with a bunch of other cute little trailers in Warren Dunes, Michigan. We started going each year as a family about 3 years ago and have really enjoyed our walks together on the Lake Michigan shore. We [...]

Tagged as: camping,family,MI,mothers day,vintage campers,vintage trailers,warren dunesPosted in: Blog, family, vintage campers

May 5, 2013

Press Release: Nest Vintage Modern Lands in La Grange

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nest Vintage Modern Lands in La Grange The sky is the limit for 2 area women with a soft spot for modern vintage style. After 3 years as an eCommerce storefront and a year as a brick and mortar in nearby Brookfield, Nest Vintage Modern has made the next big [...]

Tagged as: La Grange,new store location,press release,shoppingPosted in: Blog, Chalk Paint® decorative paint by Annie Sloan, Nest Vintage Modern: the store

April 27, 2013

Floods and opportunities

Last Thursday the Chicago area suffered some pretty hardcore rainfall. As a result of overburdened sewers, our basement flooded. I don’t want to tell you how the water came in or the color & texture of said water. It’s pretty gross. I can’t really complain that much. There are tens if not hundreds of thousands [...]

Tagged as: flooding,home decor,lemonadePosted in: Blog, decorating, home

April 13, 2013

Ann Arbor Antiques Market

NEST VINTAGE MODERN will be at next weekend’s Ann Arbor Antiques Market in Michigan. The highly anticipated Ann Arbor Antiques Market begins the new season this year April 20 and 21 at the Saline Fairgrounds, from 8AM to 4PM, Saturday and 10AM to 4PM Sunday. The featured Guest at the April market is Cari Cucksey [...]

Tagged as: antiques market,flea marketPosted in: Blog, flea/junk/antique, selling

March 25, 2013

Spring break day one

Spring break has historically never been a time we get out of town. It is, however, a time when we spend more time together as a family and enjoy some of our area attractions, cooking nice family meals, and crafting fun projects. This morning I woke up a crabby toddler who has been having a [...]

Tagged as: family crafts,terrariumsPosted in: Blog, crafts, family

March 14, 2013

At the top of my list of things that suck: drunk drivers

At about 4:45 this morning my husband and I woke up out of a deep sleep by a loud crash. I had a gut feeling it was one of our cars and ran outside in my pajamas and bare feet to find this young guy in his little red car trying to turn around in [...]

Tagged as: car wreck,dealing with insurance,drunk driversPosted in: Blog, family

March 12, 2013

Free Chalk Paint® decorative paint by Annie Sloan demonstration day

UPDATE: Just in case you happen to come across this older post at some point after 5/1/13, our address is now 26 S. La Grange Rd., La Grange, IL 60525 … This Saturday, March 16, 2013 10:00am until 6:00pm. Drop in when you can. 3750 Grand Blvd., Brookfield, IL Phone: (708) 493-4127 Bring a small [...]

Tagged as: aging techniques,annie sloan,chalk paint,Chalk Paint™ decorative paint by Annie Sloan,distressed furniture painting,painting furniture,projectsPosted in: Blog, Chalk Paint® decorative paint by Annie Sloan, crafts, diy, painting furniture

March 11, 2013

Aging an angel with Chalk Paint® decorative paint by Annie Sloan and dirt

Growing up on the Gulf Coast, I always had a melancholy soft spot for old cemetery angels. It was the main subject of my photography for many years. So a couple of weeks ago when I found this newly manufactured statue at my favorite antiques mall, I grabbed it and decided to try a process [...]

Tagged as: aging,aging an angel statue,annie sloan chalk paint,distressingPosted in: Blog, Chalk Paint® decorative paint by Annie Sloan, crafts, diy

March 11, 2013

The vintage camper stash, she grows!

There’s something about vintage picnic stuff that I just can’t pass up. Maybe it’s because they’re so functional, or just so darn cute. Anyway, this is just a small bit of my vintage picnic stash. If you’re going to do the vintage camper setup, you have to do the strings of kitschy RV lights, right? [...]

Tagged as: airstream argosy,decorating,flea markets,thrift shops,Vintage camperPosted in: Blog, decorating, flea/junk/antique, vintage campers

March 5, 2013

Vintage Smalls Sale starts this Friday!

UPDATE: Just in case you happen to come across this older post at some point after 5/1/13, our address is now 26 S. La Grange Rd., La Grange, IL 60525 … We’re doing some spring cleaning! Markdowns on all vintage smalls (that is, pretty much anything smaller than a breadbox) start at 25% and go [...]

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