September 6, 2009
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My latest acquisitions
In the town near where we live there is an old hardware store and lumberyard that went out of business a few years ago. Recently someone acquired the property and has turned it into a unique type of store for this area. The hardware store has been turned into booths for those who would like to rent them and display their consignments. I recently found out that the building in the back that housed the lumberyard is being converted to contain more booths. The contents of these booths contain a particular type of item, though. They are not home to the “garage sale” fare that is ordinarily found in flea markets. Whoever owns the property and is renting out the spaces is obviously trying to attract a “certain quality” of goods.
There is a great deal of antique furniture and glassware on display. Some of the booths are set up to resemble little “rooms”. Some of them have antique or unusual toys and very well made, one of a kind homemade items, I wouldn’t call them crafts. There are booths with handcrafted soaps and candles and lovely displays of home canned jams and jellies. It really is a beautiful place to pass an afternoon just browsing even if you have no intention of spending any money.
This past Friday afternoon I picked MK up from school with the intention of taking here there as a surprise. I knew that she would enjoy walking through the store seeing the treasures that were to be found in the corners, nooks, and crannies of the place. When we pulled up she commented, “Oneida Commens”, in a rather bored voice since it was a place that we had often passed without having ever stopped in. When she had crossed the threshold, however, the look on her face and the change in her stance told me that her opinion of the place had changed drastically.
By the time that we were ready to leave she was ready to come back again, soon and we both were a few dollars poorer.
This chicken bowl caught my eye and now it sits in the middle of the diningroom table waiting to be filled with something good.
Our new butter dish sits proudly on the kitchen table.
This little treasure sits beside my sewing machine holding all of those pesky little items that seem to go missing at all the wrong times.
Comments (5)
Very nice. My mom has a butter dish just like that one!
I love places like that!! Such fun!
Wonderful treasures!
Didn’t realize Hen on Nest were butter dishes. I have some of the tiny ones and one like yours.
@TheSunnyC - I don’t know that it is a butter dish as such but that is what I bought it for and what I am using it for and it works. My daughter likes chickens so we have a lot of them in the kitchen.