Yesterday Jeff & I spent the day "Antique Hunting" in downtown Milwaukee... We started off having breakfast at "Honey Pies" in the Bayview area... I do soooooo love their breakfast potatoes!!! My friend Lisa Goldner just opened a New Antique Store around 5th and National... FARM GIRL ART & ANTIQUES, @ 803 South 5th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin... The OLD BUILDING HAS SUCH GREAT BONES ABOUT IT!*!*! It could have easily housed an Anthropologie Store...
Lisa's Store has such great window exposure!!! The Space is just Huge!!! The window display area wraps along 2 long sides of the old building... While inside, you can actually "walk inside the window area to shop"...
Here's a wide angled view from the upper staircase... Do double click on this pic to see the amazing chippy tin ceiling and architectural columns with ornate tops!!! For just moving in a couple weeks ago,~ Farm Girl was well stocked, with quite a few dealers renting a spot... There was a mix of real antiques... industrial... retro... vintage garden... & creative artist crafts...
Here's Lisa Goldner, the owner...
Is that a FAB INDUSTRIAL CABINET OR WHAT!*!*! Lisa netted this find from the "Jockey" Company ~ they were going to toss it out!!! Her large space shows off great pieces like this very well...
I loved this "perfectly chippy box" that was perched on the check-out counter... YES, it was for sale ~ and I would have snatched it up if only it were W H I T E...
I'm already on the look-out for a few valentine related items for my 2 upcoming shows in January and February (see side bar...) I netted this sweet vintage glass adorned with birds & garlands at Farm Girl...
Now that I've displayed this on one of my shelves ~ I'm having second thoughts about parting with it!*!*! Maybe this lovely beauty will be for sale at Grayslake in January??? I could just see it resting on the bathroom sink filled with flowers/vintage millinery -OR- perhaps filled with pink heart candies???
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Best of Luck to Lisa
@ FARM GIRL ART & ANTIQUES...
Open Thursday - Saturday
