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Celebrate!!!

By Brent | Published: July 2, 2011

Time flies when you are having fun. Who came up with that? Time flies when you look at the calendar, the month of June is gone and the 4th of July is staring you in the face. The 4th has never been a big holiday for me personally but this past year I have been [...]

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On the Road Again

By Brent | Published: May 24, 2011

There is nothing quite like the excitement of hitting the road in search of antiques and vintage items. There is the promise that just around the corner maybe something will take your breath away. If you have this “obsession” like so many of us, you will know what I am talking about. Hitting the road, [...]

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More Texas

By Brent | Published: April 9, 2011

The boxes have started to arrive with our treasures from Texas. Most of the time I am excited about opening them up to be reacquainted with my purchases. Occasionally I do have that, “What was I thinking when I bought that?” moment. So far those thoughts have been kept at bay. I will try to [...]

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Gayle’s View on Texas

By Gayle | Published: April 5, 2011

Brent has pretty much said it all on his post about our recent trip to Texas!!!! I had some thoughts of my own to add from a “girly” standpoint. There was an abundance of all things I love the most…. heavy linens in all forms–from small pieces to whole bolts grain sacks homespun cloths tea [...]

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A Texas Yahoo

By Brent | Published: April 3, 2011

We’re back from our weeklong adventure to Austin Texas. Darwin, Gayle and myself traveled to the big state of Texas to attend a string of antiques and vintage shows in the rural countryside out of Austin. From the starter show at the La Bahia grange hall to the Original Round Top Antiques Show, we were [...]

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Collecting Mania

By Brent | Published: March 17, 2011

Darwin and I love to buy junk. When you have this obsession, you become a collector. We have always lived with our collections. Why not surround ourselves with the things that we love? We have collecting mania. We admit to it. We embrace it. You may have this same condition. Some call it an obsession. [...]

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VINTAGE INSPIRES RALPH (and me too!)

By Gayle | Published: February 22, 2011

I was browsing through the Style section of the New York Times a couple of weeks ago, and I was STARSTRUCK by a full page ad for Ralph Lauren’s new

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In Love with Shelves

By Brent | Published: February 16, 2011

When we moved into our current home, I realized pretty quickly that with less space we needed be more organized when it came to our collections. Thank goodness for shelves. They have been our salvation in so many ways. Living as we do with lots of things, the built-in shelves have provided us an opportunity [...]

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Grin & Collect

By Brent | Published: February 12, 2011

Find a white ironstone platter. Find another and another. Pretty soon you have a stack of them. Why not hang them on the wall. But don’t hang them just any which way. They need to be stacked on the wall. Really layered is a better description. Nice, neat and orderly is boring. Keep adding to [...]

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Painted Ladies

By Brent | Published: January 30, 2011

Darwin and I live with many collections. Basically we LOVE things. But one of my pride and joys is a grouping of oil paintings of women. This collection started with a trip back to Pennsylvania for a outdoors market called Renninger’s. One morning I am making my way down an aisle at this antiques market [...]

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