Going to Market

To Marshfield Vintage Market that is~~~

Well I've taken the plunge and committed to doing a show.  Were having our very own antique/collectible/vintage market right here in Coos Bay, Oregon, August 16 & 17.  I'm so excited to be participating in this 1st annual event. 

Thea Snyder of Haven Decor has done a great job organizing this event.   She designed the flyer below and I think it's just brilliant!!!

I bet your asking yourself why it's being billed Marshfield Vintage Market?  Well once upon a time Coos Bay was Marshfield. I think it's a very cool nod to the past, especially since this is an antique/vintage market.

I showed you a vintage wooden hanger (which I collect) from a Marshfield dry cleaners that I found at a local estate sale here in this post.

I've been working non-stop trying to get pieces done for the show. I got this twin size bed done...and it sold Saturday afternoon!!!

 Was going to number the drawers 1, 2, 3 on this cute little sewing chest that I converted to a night stand...well it sold Monday morning!

I was going to use the buffet/hutch that I did this post about..but it sold a couple of days after I decided to do the show! It's went to a very good home clear across the state in Walowa, Oregon. Thanks Nyoda!!! 

Remember this chair? Yeah...sold!

So far ten pieces of furniture that I had earmarked for the show have sold...all in the space of two weeks! I'm thrilled about the sales but I'm also worried that I'm not going to have enough pieces to fill up my space. YIKES!!!

I've got to do more of these up...last two I had on hand...you guessed it... SOLD today! In fact I'll be taking some hangers and signs that I showed you along with the bent and stamped forks from this post.

Shhh! I'm taking the ironing board and Le Jardin screen that I stenciled in this post.

 

Finished this mid century metal chair this weekend. Cleaned and sealed the finish as I found it and added a burlap coffee sack as upholstery.  It's going nowhere near the shop! In fact I'm hoarding a whole bunch of stuff in the garage!!! (like I didn't before, lol)!

I'll try to keep you posted on my progress. But with only 10 days left I don't know if I'll even have time to sleep!  You can also keep tabs and get up-to-date information on the facebook page.

Thank You For Stopping By~~~

Happy Hunting and Gathering!!! 

It's Been One Year

Well, it's been one year since I "Hung the Sign" did this post (my most viewed post to-date) and opened my brick and mortar shop, Paris Flea Market at 769 Virginia Avenue in North Bend, Oregon

It's been a very busy year for me.  The shop takes a lot of my time and energy, and what's left I devote to my grand children.

I take photos to do a post...but seem to never get further than that. With that said please excuse some of these photos...I have a difficult time getting a sharp and clear image (took over 200 digitals for this post alone) , hence, one of the problems of frequent posting.

And now for the photo tour......

Got two new signs for outside...this very cool VINTAGE CHIC sign and another that hangs from the awning (no pics). Already had the one to the left.

I absolutely adore this white nativity set!

I use newer NOT VINTAGE patterns for my tissue paper to wrap items in, the response is fantastic...every one notices, they even call out to others there with to come over and see.  I use to use black and cream toile tissue paper that cost a small fortune...and no one ever noticed. I very much like "keeping it simple".

I have a map of France on a cork board and have all my customers that have been to France put a pin in there favorite place.  Surprising how many people have just been to Paris.  A few people spied England and Italy and pinned locals there!!!

I had the Nutcracker with snow flakes painted on my window for the holiday season. I've always enjoyed store windows that were painted for the holidays....

Thank you for taking the time to look 

and as always...........

Happy Hunting and Gathering.

Estate Sale Loot

I've been to four Estate Sales lately.  Mostly they were just A LOT of  NOTHING.  Three of them were hoarders and it wasn't pretty!!! I did luck out and found a couple of furniture pieces. It's been really difficult to find furniture items in the area.

This chair was one of the finds.  I really like the legs and arms are always a nice feature.  The piece of upholstery fabric came from a great estate sale in Coquille.That's what I'll be using to recover the seat.  I'm painting the chair light blue/grey color.

I also got a bunch of wooden coat hangers...this one is from a cleaners here in Coos Bay, it closed in the late 60's.  Marshfield was the name of our town until the mid 30's. I collect old wood advertising hangers.

 

Found this frame at another estate sale, also got a couple of books and a few ornaments for a Christmas project.  My daughter picked up a four post faux wood grain metal bed...it's really awesome no pic it's already at her house.

This is just a hodge podge of all four sales~~~I finally got a decent enough day to pull the stuff out of the garage a take some pictures.

I got 5 old wooden screens. I'm going to do a stencil project with them.

A couple of galvanized buckets, some old insulators, and several boxes of glass jars (didn't take them all out). that brown leather and silver studded piece is an old dog collar.

Got this old wooden ironing board and the drawer in front to do stencil projects on also.
















A Snoboy burlap sack...I'll be listing it on Etsy.

More jars.

A roll of galvanized tin and an old weathered board.

A rusty chicken feeder and a galvanized mop bucket that someone has painted yellow, it has a cool old handle that still show some of it's red paint.

There were some smalls that I've already taken to the shop...and most have already sold.

And lastly here is a round wooden card table with a 1923 Hoboken, New Jersey patent date.I picked this piece up in  Myrtle Point, at Tickled Pink, a small antiques shop. The gal there does her furniture up in mostly white with pink roses, all but a few pieces were tagged "sold". She does a fantastic job. This little table was a piece one of her vendors had.

 
Usually I see square folding table so I'm really liking this round one with the very cool turned legs!!!  This is going in the shop.  I'll be recovering four metal chairs to display with it in my window. Pics and a Post to follow.

Well, that's it for now, until next time...Happy Hunting and Gathering.