If it's Fall - it must be antiquing time

The fall is truly the best time for antiquing.  The weather is perfect, even if you have to dodge a few raindrops, merchants usually have some hot apple cider brewing or a thermos of cocoa awaiting eager shoppers and auction hunters. 

Having perused the Flea Market Magazines over the summer the idea of heading out on the treasure hunt with any one or two specific finds is absurd. There is so much to choose from. Being the eclectic sentimentalist that I am, and with my fondness for small occasional tables (can you tell),  I kicked off this years jaunt to the Mt. Vernon, Ohio area. Oh so many lovely little antique shoppes.  Here's a few of the finds that will be featured in 2013.

Be sure to look back next month when our jaunting takes us to New England for the Lake George Antique Fair and Bolton Landing Yard Sale. Vermont is just up the road, and New Hampshire and Maine around the corner, so there will surely be a find or two tucked away in the Norman Rockwell type villages....., we're on the road again !

Play It Again Sam

What..., no piano?  A minor detail.  What unoccupied corner wouldn't welcome this little gem of a stool, if only to pause for a moment to afix your shoe strap.  A small secretary desk might delight by this accompaniment.  Or a bureaux to sit and apply your makeup.  Whatever the choosing, this handsome antique is sure to please even the most selective buyer.

Solid hardwood dark oak and all original hardware including brass talon-foot crystal ball leg base.  The crystal balls are in excellent shape.  This one is going to take a bit longer to restore as the disassembly will take some careful attention to the details. But it's been done before on a larger scale, so rest assured this little fellow will be as good as new - look for it next fall.

Till then ...., you'll just have to humm a tune while you wait.

July Brings Out the Beach in Us All

Calypso trios playing rhythmic beats, vibrant kaleidoscope of colors; sun shining like diamonds on a blue ocean, a bright yellow cabana against a sandy beach.  This simple petite Half Table found at a junk shop on a road trip to the lake just seemed to cry out " do something different" - "don't just stain me".  Far too small to be lost in a  white-wash, it needed a color to make it POP.

Island Turquoise Blue, Spiced Carrot and Daffodil Yellow all lent a hand.  This piece already has a home. A customer in Florida liked the colors and wants this for her Florida room foyer - so in October the small Caribbean look table will head south for the Winter.

Spring Trunk

Spring cleaning find - this portly old Trunk. A littled weathered and care worn. I imagined it having stored treasures and keepsakes from days gone by; a hanky used to dab the eye of a fair haired Miss or maybe the old Trunk had crossed the Atlantic bringing life's cherished posessions to a new country for a new beginning.  Irish linens, engraved flatware perhaps received as a wedding gift.

Whatever it's past, it has good bones and will be tenderly restored.  Set your sea fareres scope and sextant for Spring next year and watch for it coming a shore all shiny and new - ready to store new treasures.

Bygone Bombay

Bygone Bombay. This slender occassional table is sure to evoke thoughts of the parlours found in quaint homes in the West Indies.  The perfect size to serve afternoon tea. Each shelf could surely host delightful compliments and tasty finger sandwiches, brioche, or croissants.  Restoration is in progress so pour yourself a cup of your favorite beverage and join us as we lift layers of years from this beautiful fine wood table.