Just got this in last night...sold a big piece that is going to Texas and was glad to find a replacement so quickly! I think I will paint the bottom part and sell the 2 pieces separately. Needs a little freshening up, but it is a great solid piece with lots of storage & a great wood top. I can see it as an island in a kitchen!!

Have a great weekend!

(Daton is going to a big auction tomorrow...hope he finds some great stuff! Wish I could go along...he gets to do the fun part of the job:)

FYI :)

Autumn Open House

September 11th & 12th

9a.m. - 5p.m.

Chicago or Bust!!

Definitely feeling like the Beverly Hillbilly's here!

We took a truckload of things to Brimfield in Chicago this past Saturday! I was pretty excited to see Julie's shop and I wasn't disappointed! She was incredibly nice and her shop was amazing! She has a great eye for putting things together and she is getting a lot of press! She will be featured in Country Living...not sure when...but they already did the photo shoot! It is a real blessing for us to be able to sell some of our things at her place. One of the items we are consigning is a 17 foot red 1937 Old Towne Canoe...it is really cool. She will be suspending it from the ceiling over a huge harvest table! Can't wait to see it and hopefully I can share a picture on this blog!! Here are a few pics I took while I was there...

Just got back from vacation...

we go to a little lake just 2 hours south of here

and spend a week of swimming, fishing, boating, eating, and relaxing!!

We love it!!

I was needing a break from the shop!

Thankfully I have some nice friends that cover for me while I'm gone!!

Need to go out and do some antiquing...

we have sold quite a bit this month.

No problem there though, that's my favorite part of this job:)

July 4th Sale
Saturday 8-4

20% off everything

A few more photos from the shoppe...

Getting ready for our July 4th event...

almost finished with redoing displays.

I love the 4th...

the flags, the lake, the fireworks, the food...

so many good things wrapped up in one day!!

We have much to be thankful for!!

Enjoy the pics!

I can't believe it is June already...oh my!

I wanted to share some news...we had a wonderful day at the chicago antique market, sales were good, weather was beautiful, and the crowd was the best they have ever had! We came home tired but with a lighter trailer!

The best part about the day was that we were asked by a shop owner in Chicago if we would like to consign our antiques with her!! She had just opened a 2nd shop named Brimfield and she is located in Andersonville ( a neighborhood in Chicago)!! I am soooooooooooo excited...this was our goal that we set for ourselves when we decided to set up at the Chicago show. We wanted to network with other shop owners and get our little shoppe out of "Fairbury Illinois"! We are planning on taking our things after July 4th and seeing where it goes from there. I talked to Julie today and she said that Country Living wants to do an article on her shops. (insert happy dance here:) Check out Julie's shop here at this link...http://www.strangeclosets.com/?p=8216

Well, that's all for now...we are getting ready to change displays for the 4th so I hope to keep this blog updated with those pics!!! I'm trying!!!