Flea Market Finds!!

“Beware of anyone who says they are manufacturing antiques”

                                                                                                 ~Unknown

 

 

Yesterday was Labor Day and that meant going to the Burley Park Flea Market.  All of us commented that we had never seen it this crowded before...

 

I'm sure the wonderful weather had something to do with this...

But then again, old, vintage and antique is always so popular and is definitely in right now.  Look what I saw there...

 

 

I  have photos of me sitting in a stroller similar to the one shown above.  Gosh, does that make me an antique now?

 

We didn't go through the entire market because it was so crowded and we pretty much found what we were after...

 

I bought a nice chair a few years ago that Mr. Cottage has been keeping in the garage to sit on when he fillets fish.  Well, I want that chair to go into our guest room, so I found this one for Mr. Cottage to use instead and at a really good price and already painted up nicely...

Only problem is, I sat in it today to try it out and it's really comfortable on the bottom.  Hmmm, I told Mr. Cottage I might be replacing this down the road and using this somewhere else...

Another suitcase to add to my collection.  This will make number 4 and is the smallest of all of them.  The seller had quite a collection and when I told him I was going to do the "sniff" test, he chuckled.  He said he's never had anyone do that before.  Just a word of advise, always sniff before buying because some smells are really hard to get rid of, especially those old musty, mildewy smells...

An old globe that Mr. Cottage said we didn't need, but I knew would look great in the right place...

An old wire basket for rolled up towels in the cottage bathroom...

Vintage children's books for the Brave Girl Art School that starts later today.  This was listed on our supply list...

A cheap doily to be used for painting.  This will be used as a stencil or template for some of my mixed media...

Another shutter for the cottage bathroom.  Our mechanical room is also in this bathroom and I decided that louvered or slatted shutters could be used to block that area off and make the room look better.  We found one at Burley Park last year and now this second one.  I think one more will complete it.

So there's my catch!!  And the best part is I never paid the prices that were marked.  ALWAYS, ALWAYS try and bargain to get a lower price!