~** ViNtaGe **~
One Of a Kind FiNds!*!*!



Monday, October 17, 2011

HoLiDay Decorating Issue - ROMANTIC HOMES MAGAZINE...

N*E*W*S  F*L*A*S*H:
OMG!*!*!  Just received the November Issue of Romantic Home's ~ HoLiDay Decorating...  If you LoVe SHaBBy White - drop everything & head to the store for your copy right now!!!  Starting on Page 36 - is a "13" page spread with SHaBBy Whites & Holiday Decorating ~ OMG...  BeSt Ever!*!*!  Here's a "Sneak Peek"...




Hope you enjoy it as much as I am...

BOWERBIRD ~ Peterborough, New Hampshire

One of my FaVoRite Stores to shop in and get inspired is BOWERBIRD in Peterborough, New Hampshire...  The shop is nested down in a valley - in a quaint upscale shopping district called DEPOT SQUARE...  The area is soooo beautiful in the FALL...   In years past I've been known to make "quite a haul here"...

 What an inviting store front...



 Here's Kathy the owner, along with Laurie who re-purposes lighting...  You can find some of Laurie's Items
 @ ZINC STUDIO DESIGN and of course bowerbird...




 I was lucky enough to catch Kathy in the store this year...




















   As you can see, the SPACE is just AmAziNg!!!

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Do Check Back ~ I'll be posting pics on some newly discovered "WHITE-OUT" SHaBBy Shops in the area - SOON!*!*!

Friday, October 14, 2011

New England LoDGiNg & Antique ShoPPing ~ ChiPPy!-SHaBBy! Style...

A welcome incentive to end our eleven hundred mile, one-way, road trip to New Hampshire, was pulling up at the HANCOCK INN  Bed & Breakfast in Hancock, New Hampshire...  What a quaint 17th century New England Town ~ especially in the Fall...

The Front Porch was soooo picturesque...
Rocking chairs... Mums... Pumpkins... 



 Here's my handsome "Frog-Husband"
 - sooo glad to have finally arrived there...
What a welcoming entrance...


Quite a few of the INNS in New England serve dinner...  Such was the case at the HANCOCK INN...
We had one of the BeSt meals ever along with wonderful hosts/accomodations...    




Interesting Fence... 
Lots of architectural details
 could be seen throughout the town...





 Quaint Homes
All different sizes & styles...
Almost all of them were well kept-up ~ No chippy paint here!!!



 One of my FaVoRiTe ShoPPing Places
 is the UpScale Town of 
Peterborough, New Hampshire...  
The town is nested down in a valley...




 As we were driving in, I spotted a New Antique Store that had sprung up since last year...
GROVE & MAIN ANTIQUES




 The outside displays were very inviting...




 Grove Antiques - Peterborough, NH









 Peeking in the front door...




 At FIRST GLANCE, It looked sooooo
 much like RED CHAIR ANTIQUES...
We later came to find out ~ that RED CHAIR M*O*V*E*D out of Peterborough to the Hudson, New York area...  I was soooo disappointed!!! ~ I loved shopping that store ~ and this year's travels were not taking us anywhere near Hudson, NY...




 Lots of Ironstone... 
Lots of Architectural SaLvaGe Mixed-In...








  
***More About the other Peterborough Shops Soon***


Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Where has **ChiPPy!-SHaBBy!** Been SHaBBy-SHoPPinG???

 ChiPPy!-SHaBBy! Road Trip...
Vermont... New Hampshire... Connecticut... 
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Here's a "Blink-Of-The-Eye Sneak-Peek" as I unpacked my time-worn ChiPPy!-SHaBBy! ViNtaGe Finds...  

























Lots MORE DETAILS & PICS of Fab Fall Leaf Color near the end of our trip, 17th Century Bed & Breakfast Inns, Bottle Show, & 3 Newly Discovered "SHaBBy-WhiTe-Out" STORES!*!*!
*** Do Check Back Soon***
LoVe to hear from you...
I've missed all my Blog Land Friends...

Jeanine

Monday, October 3, 2011

ShoPPing for ChiPPy!-SHaBBy! ViNtaGe Finds @ Cedarburg's MAXWELL STREET FLEA - WISCONSIN...

Cedarburg's Maxwell Street Days FLEA MARKET is held 4 times a year...   I sell my SHaBBies there, 2 out of the 4 fleas -  MAY & SEPTEMBER...  Yesterday, I shopped the last of the 2011 Season Event...

Waiting in line TO-SHOP-THE-FLEA...
   The lines were very long waiting for the gates to open at  7 a.m...  A very good sign for Dealers...


 LoVed this piece with "all the chippy paint" on the ground!*!*!




Chris & Mark's booth is always mobbed!!!
  They come from the Chicago Area & always have an interesting mix ~ lots of industrial..




 GoRGeOuS Bling Slighting...
Way out of my price range though...




 Pam netted a FaB Find!*!*! 
Paper Mache Dress Form...




 This dealer always has lots of bling!*!*!




 "ChiPPy Sighting"
Not quite my color ~ but perfectly chippy!*!*!




 Lots of "Guy-Stuff" could be found...


My friend Kathy, Always Finds such FaB Things...  
Don't you just LoVe that "Apple-Green" Wicker Planter with Fall Display...




It was somewhat of a "Bittersweet Day" ~ knowing that the Wisconsin 2011 Outdoor Flea Market Season was coming to an end... - We all know what lies ahead - THE LONG LONG WINTER, in the Midwest...

**~**~ HOWEVER ~**~**
  You can STILL GET YOUR
 ChiPPy!-SHaBBy! Fix Indoors!!!
Starting in November, I'll once again be a regular monthly Vendor @ Grayslake Antique Market in Illinois (only 1 hour, 20 minutes from Cedarburg!!!

** AND **
I'll be Showing My SHaBBies
 at "2 HoLiDAy Shows" as well...
**Hawthorne Hill Farm, New Berlin, WI
***3 French Hens Holiday Market, Morris, IL
(Visit My SideBar for Details...)
and do mark your calendar!*!*!

Have a good rest of the week!*!*!
I'll be out & about enjoying FALL...

Jeanine


Sunday, October 2, 2011

**ChiPPy!-SHaBBy!** SHoPs Kane County & Cedarburg Flea in one Weekend!*!*!

This past Saturday & Sunday was a Double Header for me...  Frog Husband & I headed out early Saturday Morning to Shop the KANE COUNTY FLEA MARKET in Illinois ~ then CEDARBURG'S, Last of the 2011 Season -  MAXWELL STREET DAYS FLEA, on Sunday..

 I have a weakness for Architectural SaLVaGe!*!*!  
AwEsoMe Zinc Fragments & Chippy White...




 Layers of White...
  ~ Mostly Re-Painted ShaBBy ~



 A Glimpse of Barbara's Booth...
I loved the columns of sort - in the background,
 but they just weren't chippy enough...




 Great Look!*!*!




 Is that a FaB Dress Form or What!?!?!




 The Iowa Junk Gypsies had a HUGE SPREAD, now moving inside for the cooler months (OK - Freezing Months Ahead)... 
Both Judy & Anita were selling...




LoVed this French Inspired Chest of Drawers!*!*!
Mark & Traci's Booth was "BEYOND MOBBED"!!!


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Do check back for pics on Cedarburg's Flea...


Jeanine