Category Archives: TRAVEL

A Splendid Halloween

By Jen | Published: October 15, 2012

Here are some photos of our fun Halloween display at Splendid. We love decorating these ghoulish scenes for you at Stars Antiques! Come down for some inspiration and spooky things to decorate your home. AND don’t forget to eat some candy corn from our candy machine!

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Stars Antiques at The Heathman Hotel!

By Jen | Published: October 11, 2012

We love the way that Star Antiques customer, Kat James of Bluevine Studio, styled this lamp for one of the Signature Suites at the wonderful Heathman Hotel in downtown Portland. She took a mini encyclopedia set toped with an antique desk lamp that she found from the same booth at Stars. It’s just a beautiful [...]

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Stars Customer Collections: Cheryl Frampton

By Jen | Published: September 7, 2012

Today we’re visiting with another one of our truly inspiring Stars Antiques customers, Cheryl Frampton, about her personal collections. Cheryl originally hails from England, but now lives here in Portland. We love the story about her family’s shop across from Windsor Castle and her genuine love of old things. “It is good to go with [...]

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Fun with Debbie & Ron!

By Jen | Published: August 9, 2012

Debbie and Ron always have a lot of fun things that make you smile in their space. They have a nice big space at and are dealer #42 at Splendid. We recently found amazing maps, trucks, novelty toys, toy cars, badges, souvenirs, art, books and so much more cool loot. Makes sure to swing by [...]

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Lookin’ Good!

By Jen | Published: July 31, 2012

Not to toot our own horn, but we think we’re looking pretty good! These old yogurt and “frozen dessert” boxes are so bright and cheerful stacked up together. It looks like sunshine at Splendid! Of course our name in lights doesn’t hurt either, right? PHOTOS OF STARS AND SPLENDID ANTIQUES MALLS!  

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Meet the Dealer: Jim from Stars!

By Jen | Published: July 23, 2012

Today we’re visiting with a newer member of the Stars Antiques family, Jim Kubess. Jim is known as The Sherwood Pedlar and is dealer #62 at the Stars shop. His space is a mecca for vintage advertising! If you’re looking for old signs, salvaged gas station signs and fixtures, colorful oil cans, cool Coca Cola [...]

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Sally’s Space!

By Jen | Published: June 29, 2012

Sally, Stars dealer #48, has been with us since 2008 and always does such an amazing job sprucing up her space. Make sure to check her out! Here are some of our recent favorites from Dragonfly Sally: Don’t forget to print out your handy Stars coupons before you come shopping!

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The BIG Stars Antiques Easter Egg Hunt!

By Jen | Published: March 30, 2012

Get ready for The 3rd Annual Famous Stars Antiques Easter Egg Hunt!! On Easter Sunday, April 8th, adults and kids alike come to search for the colorful plastic Easter eggs that always produce a prize. Yes, there will be tons of candy. Yes, there will be amazing vintage treasure. And YES–there will be 200 Easter [...]

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Stars Antiques Joins Supportland!

By Jen | Published: March 29, 2012

So–we have exciting news! We are now part of Portland’s amazing Supportland network. Super incentives for supporting a bunch of phenomenal locally owned shops, restaurants, bars, cafes, events and services. It is a wonderful points system that we feel like the whole community will benefit from while having a lot of fun. See who else [...]

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Splendid New Dealer! #83 Francisca

By Jen | Published: March 27, 2012

We have a few wonderful new Stars Antiques dealers here at the Stars & Splendid side! Here are a few things we found in dealer #83, Francisca Wolters’, new space. Stop by and get your mitts on the new loot!

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