just another manic monday
After a fabulously gorgeous weekend in PA, it is a cold and rainy Monday. And that is A-ok with me. It is forcing me to stay in and catch up on some work. However, last week was pretty great for...
View Articlerunning
Oh my goodness, I have been running non-stop this fall. We were out and about at various local antiques events every single weekend including our own monthly sales. In fact, a dealer we met at one...
View Articlea new display
A couple of weeks ago I posted this photo on instagram… Gross. I was in a dungeon rescuing this little piece of American history. Is that too dramatic? I posted for feedback on whether or not I...
View Articletell me everything you know
About Brimfield. Friends, May is on the horizon. And it’s going to be phenomenal! For one, we’re getting hitched. I will have tons of details and pics to share here on the blog afterwards. Can’t...
View Articleromantique honeymoon
Seriously, I have the best husband ever. Not only did he agree to spend a good portion of our honeymoon antiquing our way through Brimfield but he actually loved it as much as I did! I had to laugh...
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Did you catch my last post about our romantique Brimfield honeymoon? It was fate that our wedding was the Saturday before the spring antique market. Honestly, I didn’t plan it that way. With such...
View Articletreasure hunting mojo
Guys, my treasure hunting mojo was seriously down for a little while at the end of the summer. I was all down and out and feeling like a I needed a major score. I know, I sound like I’m addicted to...
View Articlelayering a window seat
Yesterday was one of those days where I packed in enough activities to fill a few days. Man, I got so much done that I am actually sore. I planted 80 bulbs in an hour using my tried and true electric...
View Articleadamstown
You know it’s a good year when you honeymoon in Brimfield and celebrate your birthday in Adamstown. That’s like the Disney World and Disney Land equivalent to us east coast antiquers. Side note, I...
View Articleeating in
The eat-in portion of our kitchen was an addition on the original house put on by a previous owner. Rumor has it that the addition was redone three times because the lady of the house was not...
View Articlea copper top table
Last week I shared the updates we made in the kitchen, specifically in the dining nook. You may have caught a glimpse of our vintage dining table. It’s a one-of-a-kind find that seems to infuse French...
View Articlediy cottage style bathroom reno
We have had a quiet yet incredibly productive winter. We needed it quite frankly. We also really needed a new bathroom. The 80′s builder grade hall bath was so dated and just blah. We gave it a...
View Articledreaming about brimfield
Surely you have these dreams too. Fields and fields of dusty old junk, rusty metal, chipping paint,worn in seats and glimmering glassware. Where could this fairytale vintage-land be? My heart pitter...
View Articlea rare find
It’s been awhile since I’ve found anything really, really interesting. But luck was on my side this past weekend. You may have caught a lame picture of my new treasure on instagram or facebook but I...
View Articleworld tour
Ok, world tour is a bit of an overstatement but to say that we’ve been on the road seems like an understatement. In the past 10 days we’ve covered about 5 states and 1000 miles tending to both...
View Articlea yard sale fundraiser
So this is happening. It’s that time of year again. Time for our multi-family yard sale, also known as the Fab 4 Flea, where a group of my friends purge only their best stuff. The stuff you’ve been...
View Articlethe fate of the mohair chairs
A few weeks ago I shuffled the chairs around the dining table leaving my beloved vintage ones homeless. Or at least table-less. But only temporarily. They’ve been displaced to my new favorite seating...
View Articlemore fundraising
Thanks so much to everyone who joined us for the Fab Four Flea in Cape May a few weeks ago. We cleared out a ton of stuff and sent many treasures to new homes to be adored, as they should be....
View Articlethose brimfield treasures
Oh it’s Brimfield week again! Possibly my favorite place on Earth. No, we’re not going this time around. We’re much too busy here in Cape May as peak season has set in. The streets and beaches are...
View Articlewhat a long, strange trip it’s been
Ok, it wasn’t long at all. Ryan and I were gone for about 36 hours over the weekend. But it was strange. We decided to hit the back roads of Pennsylvania and New Jersey to quench our junking thirst....
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