Elkhorn Flea Market

 

Yesterday I spent part of my day at the Elkhorn Flea Market.  This one was a little different since my sister Kim could not make it.  She is the only one I have gone to that flea market with.  TJ agreed to go with me. (what a guy!)  We took my daughter and her friend with and dropped them off at a beach nearby. 

 

 

The weather was perfect yesterday.  70's and sunny.  Beautiful!

Here are some things that caught my eye at the flea market.....

 

 

 

These library type tables are really in right now.  I love them! 

 

This metal and wood one was cool.

I liked this one too.  I just really do not know where I would put it!  I love all this stuff this vendor has by the way. 





This is an old mailbox.  I have never seen one of these before. It would be neat in an office or den? 



 

I like this one too.  I ended up leaving without buying one. I have been thinking of a few of them that I saw ever since!  That happens to me a lot!  I also just saw my last flea market post had library tables in it as well.  Surprised I  have not bought one yet!

 

 

 

 

Old lamps can be pretty funky!

 

 

  We saw a lot of antique fire equipment.  Something for TJ to look at!

 





 See those metal red lights on the left side of the table?  Those were cool.  $300.00 so they stayed on that table.

 

 

I am so curious about the manikins...... 

 

 

 

 

Funny thing is we did see a lady carrying a manikin head around under her arm.  There is a market for these things I guess!

 

 



 

 

 

 

I have this little guy.  This one is painted and was $65.00

 

 

 

 Mine was $18.00

 

 

Here are my finds for the day......

 

 

One of my goals was to find a dresser.  I am in the process of re doing our guest room and wanted to get a little dresser to use in there.  This one was exactly what I was looking for.  I got the vendor down to $30.00!  I am excited to get working on this!

 I love these old rusty metal drawers.  These were $1.50 each. Usually they are much higher than that!  Kind of kicking myself for not buying more!

I also set out to find antique frames and mirrors for a project I have in mind.  I managed to get all the frames and the books for $20.00. 

 

 

 I thought these metal valves things were pretty neat too. 

 

 

We ended up spending about 3 1/2 hours at the flea market.  That is about 5 hours less than I usually spend!  I of course could have stayed there ALL day and probably after it closed as well!

 

This was also the least amount of money I have spent at a flea market.  That probably has something to do with my husband being with!  :)  Although I got some great deals on what I did find!

 

All in all it was a great day.  We shopped and then had a nice lunch on the lake. My daughter and her friend got to hang at the beach for the day.  A little something for everyone!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Kane County Flea Market!

I spent a few hours yesterday at the Kane County Flea Market.  My daughter Bryce came with me since we were searching for some things for her room.  I posted her old bedroom set on Craigslist and it sold right away!  All of it!  Bed, dresser, desk, shelves, mattress.  She has NOTHING!

 We decided to re do her room for these reasons:

1.  Her dresser was from when she was 2 and we were both just tired of it. 

2.  Her desk has sat in her room for 2 years and she never once sat at it!  It collected piles and piles of stuff though!

3.  Her bed was a twin and she had really wanted a full size bed. 

I told her that if we could sell the old stuff we could re do it, and sell it did!

I did cave on painting the room.  I was NOT going to re paint it.  Problem is I like painting and I love decorating so her room is getting painted.  Thinking of a soft gray!  So excited!

   Bryce likes flea markets for about an hour or so.  Then she is pretty much done.  I like flea markets for hours and hours and hours!  And yesterday the weather could not have been more perfect.  We had a good day, but I could have stayed there so much longer!! Like until I was the last person there still shopping!!

Here is abit of what we saw.......

I love that table.  I saw it a few times now.  It is made of a man hole type cover.  It is so heavy & expensive which is why I think I keep seeing it!

I thought this cabinet was  really beautiful! 

This vendor has rows and rows of tables & dressers.

Birdhouses on rakes, kind of different!

Old metal lockers are really in right now.  These orange ones would be so cute in a boys room or a play room.  Both theses sets were sold.

More lockers...

My Girl!  :)

The flowers were gorgeous!

This table was from the vendor who made my barn wood coffee table.  This table is so cool!  It is framed in heavy metal of some sort.  I could not figure out what it was but I liked it!

This is the first time I have seen this vendor.  She had rows and rows of vintage prints.  All different prices according to how old they were.  She finds them all from over the world.  I could have looked here all day!

Just some pretty things....

Neat old bottles.

This wood shelf was so cool.  I am not sure why they had old kids shoes in it though??  I think it would make an awesome bookcase!

Almost bought these for Bryce's room but for $15.00 each I figured I can make some!

Here is what we came home with.  We were on the look out for a dresser and we found one!  It is from the 1920's.  It is solid and has wheels!  We have big plans for this dresser!  The wire basket was $15.00!  I can't find them for less than $40.00 lately so had to buy it!

I also could not pass up these vintage botanical prints.  $1.00 each!

And here you see Bryce's bed!  :)  This old barn door is exactly what we both had in mind!  This one is sealed so we don't have to worry about old paint chipping off.  $40.00.  PERFECT!!

Although short, it turned out to be a pretty successful day at the flea market.  And nothing beats spending time with my daughter!  :)

Friday's Favorite Flea Market Find!

Happy Friday!  We are having a perfect spring day here today!  Love this weather!

  I have such a hard time picking a favorite flea market find, I pretty love them all!  Today's though is my ABSOLUTE  favorite one!  My husband TJ had gone to the Kane County Flea Market with me that day I found this. We did a quick walk through and I found a few little things.  Then as we were leaving I saw this.....

When I spotted this I knew I wanted it and where I was going to put it.  A really nice older man was selling it, he had some really great things!  I ended up getting this dresser for $90.00! I love everything about it.  I love the wheels on the bottom, the curve of the drawers, and the color of the wood.  TJ actually liked it too, that does not always happen!  On a side note.....TJ and my brother in law (Kim's husband) sometimes don't get what we find.  Our things have been called firewood, kindling, junk...... but in the end I know they always like what we create from it! :)

Ok back to the dresser... The coolest part is on the bottom there is a little order ticket.  It says who the dresser was made for and where they lived.  It says it was made in August of 1909!  How cool is that?

Have a great weekend!!!!