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Yard Sale Booty + Another Map Giveaway
UPDATE: Jordy P., fan of Jersey Shore yard sales, is the winner of the Texaco map – congrats, Jordy! To enter casaCARA’s vintage map giveaway (I’m giving away a 1930s Texaco map of New York City, Long Island, and New … Continue reading
Posted in ANTIQUES & COLLECTING, COTTAGE LIVING, HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND
Tagged antiques, candle sconces, East Hampton, giveaway, map, seed packets, Springs, Texaco, vintage maps, wrought iron, yard sales
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I Hate Painting
I’M THINKING RUSTOLEUM. I have a wrought iron bench on the front deck and an old metal bedstead for the guest room, both in need of some bright paint. That’s not my bench, above. It’s from Gardenhouse, a site that … Continue reading
A-Junking We Will Go
IT’S GOOD TO KNOW eBAY HASN’T KILLED IT OFF ENTIRELY. I’m talking about junking — the time-honored act of rising early and heading out to flea markets and yard sales to find old, cheap, secondhand stuff that is dinged and … Continue reading
Yard Sale: The Store
I ACCOMPLISHED A LOT this weekend, especially in the garden (oh, my aching back). But my greatest achievement of the past couple of days was finding Vincent Manzo’s tucked-away antique/vintage design store open. His posted hours are Saturday and Sunday … Continue reading
Little Shops Around the Corner
THIS fab pink armchair could be had Saturday at Yesterday’s News, corner of Court Street and 2nd Place in Carroll Gardens, for $150. YOU HAVE TO BE GRATEFUL to people who scour the estate sales of Long Island and New … Continue reading
Posted in ANTIQUES & COLLECTING, BROOKLYN
Tagged '50s lamp, 1940s, antiques, Antiques Past and Present, bent plywood, Brownstone Treasures, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, collecting, costume jewelry, estate sales, Frank Galdi, New York skyline, Nostalgia Antiques, paper ephemera, secondhand furniture, used furniture, watercolor, wire cafe chairs, wrought iron, Yesterday's News
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