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Oh my -- wish I lived closer...I would be buying these up!
Kari

My, my, my....beyond words!!
Your stars must just be lined up!
Kari

Fun to read comments & look at pictures from Oronoco at a more leisurely pace...
I went to Oronoco Friday, arrived at 8:00; 6 trips to my car by 10:00; met with the Publisher of the Old Times (a midwest publication) at 10:30; went to Goldrush II in Rochester until noonish; hit a citywide sale on the way home which included tieing a wing chair into the trunk; home to Wisconsn by 4:00!! When I move & shake, I move & shake.
Kari

Lani...
Not sure what to "love the mostest"...I am planting all these ideas in my mind. I truly like how you add the plants or pillows to keep a crisp edge on your vintage finds. Thinking, thinking, thinking....I believe I may have to absolutely adore the sinks used for windowboxes most of all. Garden Tour -- sell tickets!!
Kari

Thanks for all the kind words. Now, I must share...the item on the grass near the chairs is not a dead bird - but a robin feeding.
Anyway...come on over!
Kari

Very very unique find. Love the roof and shutters. When I first saw the mini-picture in the "Member Junk Menu" - thought it was a folk-art house (which I have sold for well over a $100+)...but this is different since it is just the one wall. What is the size of it?
Kari

Jenny:
Thank you for starting this day with these words.

I know that when we enter this site - we all leave our politics, our religion, our strife at the door.

However, today - January 20th, 2009 is a day of such magnitude - such significance.

We have seen obstacles overcome. We have seen bridges rebuilt. We have seen doors created in the thickest of walls. We have seen glass ceilings broken. And today, when the sun is at the highest point, on steps build by slaves --we shall see the key placed in that final lock.

Kari

Just a wonderful room -- and the desk is just charming with the baskets as drawers. Thanks so much for showing us other rooms in your house -- you had really wet our appetite with your first post....and they are even better than anticipated!
Kari

This is just beautiful - so peaceful and serene!
Kari

This is great! Now - must think about the chicken box in my barn -- chickens or organization?? Hmmm.

Kari

How fun...now, it will be ever so exciting to see the creative ideas from this "genius junking group"! So - off you head to the labs --- as for me, I am heading to Washington D.C. --- got a little work of my own to do:0)
Peace & Hope,
Kari

Way too cool for words -- but let me try: "fun", "artistic", "have to have one or two!"
Kari

Thanks so much for the info....I will just be passing thru New York this month (at JFK International) on my way home from Washington -- wish I was out antiquing too!!
Kari

As always - lovely - simple & lovely. You have such a way of not overdoing - that careful hand at "just right". Well done!
Kari

Oh - now this is the absolute definition of "Sweet" - just adorable...you poured every bit of charm into that tea cup!
Kari

Such clean lines - very fresh and very inviting....You simply must post more close ups of the other parts of the fabulous space!
Kari

Krista:
I am awaiting your idea - I have one of these in the barn --still debating housing actual chickens....but, if the right idea came along - who knows! So, I will patiently wait!
Kari

Congratulations, Janis! Really neat idea here...will have to add this (along with rub-on letters) to my shopping list!!
Kari

What do the cool ski-dudes say? Oh yea, "awesome"!
Kari

Thanks for all your kind comments!

I just realized a special bonus for me --- I commute to my office in Madison, Wisconsin (300 miles round trip) once a week and stay for several days --- I opened the site tonight to check on what has been going on -- and there was my home. Being a long way from home - here I was - both "among friends" and in my own kitchen.
Kari

I totally get the ups & downs of enamelware...I used to collect even more of it too. Now I just focus on unique ladles, pitchers in all shapes and sizes, unique pieces, and buckets that I use all the time for my everyday use. It is functional stuff, and I do like the clean look. I do tend to be smitten with the enamelware that has dings and knocks - just like true life ... I just found a pitcher that was repaired with a screw, nut & washer --love that!
Kari

Congratulations Jim...as always - great idea!
Kari

Janis:
Thanks for the request for more pictures - I am most pleased to have added them!!
I am not sure about the colors of the cupboard doors next to the blue wallpaper I put up at the back of the cupboards -- but in the kitchen as a whole unit -- it works.
Kari

Sue - next weekend we shall "rest"...

To note:
On the other side of the kitchen is a large 150 year old dark wood jelly cupboard (which works as our pantry) - kind of balances all the light colors on the photographed side. We have a round table in the center of the kitchen that a special friend found along the edge of the road - now it is painted yellow - and offers additional work space. Next to the stove is an old hamper that I use for waste and recycling.
Kari

What a special gift for your friend -- and it is very Valentine-y too! Great colors - so fresh!
Kari

What a change...great work! It is just so classy now!
Kari

Really fun idea - thank so much for sharing. I will put this in my "rolodex" of ideas:0)
Kari

I absolutely adore old garden gates -- I have several in my gardens -- and one we incorporated as the entry to our goat pasture -- even hung goat bells across the top of it.
Grab them when you can!!
Kari

Judy:
Oh so fun, sweet, charming -- beautifully done! What a talent you have!!
Kari

Just to point out...on the red shelf on the left of the picture is a canning jar filled with those little wooden chef salt & pepper sets. I love jars of things!
Yes, "OCG" -- Obsessive Compulsive Gatherer!!
Kari

I just love the idea of a bird's nest nesteled in a ladle - how sweet would that be --- and soap, herbs --- just anything!

Enamelware is truly a fun addition to any room. I especially love enamelware pitchers - I have 10 above the jelly cupboard in the kitchen (all shapes and sizes) --- and at least 4 for sale in my antiques booth at any given moment. They are simple and elegant and practical! Some time I will post a picture of that line up!
Kari

Very sweet! I just pulled out all my old Valentines. I still have a batch that I received as a kid - fun to see the old signatures...some even from friends I still connect with --so many years later - that the Valentines are now considered vintage!
Valentine's Day is one of my favorite holidays!! Thanks for the inspiration to send a card to a friend!
Kari

Gretchen:
Just beautiful - such care in every detail. So - where can we purchase these?
Kari

Sue:
Truly charming - It really is in ALL the details!
Kari

Georgia:
Lovely, lovely, lovely. "Paris-Chic" it is!
Kari

What an extra special idea - thanks for sharing. Also- I put in a "check it out" also to Whiteflowers Website and Blog -- definitely worth seeing!
Kari

O.K. - so Antique Malls & Flea Markets are my passion - so I will commit to not attending a flea market for 60 days. Let's see, in snowy Wisconsin that should take me out to March 1 - hmmm, I can do that (tongue is inserted solidly in cheek here since our flea markets are down & out until spring). You, my dear, have WAY more will power than I!! And, a new Michaels is coming to Eau Claire - I will go in your honor!
Happy New Year - you know I am teasing here terribly!
Kari

I just love how you "auditioned" this cutie in three different places/jobs. The pin cushion is so charming - the added leaf - sweet!

Now - do you felt your own wool - if so, how?
And, what do you put inside the pin cushion?
Questions, questions --- want to add this to my "to do" list for 2009.
Kari

What a sentimental idea...and you also get a "freed" clock face to boot.. I am a firm believer in freeing up time & capturing a memory - you did both!
Kari

Krista (and Dana): How clever is this - and also very aesthetic! How nice to have feeder & seed in one place! Lucky, lucky birds!
Kari

Looks like a really fun place - thanks for sharing the pictures. So, was this storage, a gathering area, or just a private collection -- do they ever rotate this stuff into the store? Also, like the name "Purple Cow"!
Kari

Very cool space...cozy, warm, inviting & intriguing! I bet you have lots of stories to tell from your many travels! Do share...
Kari

Great idea! I have seen this done with music sheets, pages from old journals, botanicals....but blueprints - a first!
Thanks so much for sharing!!
Kari

Thanks for all the careful directions to this project --- and good luck on your mission to stay out of craft stores for 60 days!

I especially enjoy the polka dots...I am very partial to them. When we restored our 150 year old farm, we added stripes, polka dots or checkerboard to every room - it really freshened up the vintage character of the house.

Anyway - I will have to make a forest of trees - I am thinking about going small and using scrapbook paper - will have to run to the craft store for some....sorry, couldn't resist.
Kari

This is cool & funky & way creative...really caught my eye!
Thanks for sharing!
Kari

Candy:
What a wonderful picture display - love how the blue edge of the toboggan, the blue scrapbook paper choices and the worn wood all enhance the sweet photographs.
Great job on this!
Kari

Sue:
Well - how sweet is this?! May just have to find a picture of my 21 year old Ian when he was but a lad....hmmm?...where do I have a sweet little tin? Wonder if his girlfriend, Ashley, might enjoy this for Valentine's Day!!
Kari

'Tis a challenging time we live in - a time when we indeed need to turn to one another for inspiration, joy & laughter. Not only do we find ideas & projects here at JunkMarket Style - but we also find kindness. Thanks for that and more. And here here to a wonderful New Year!
Kari

Sweet, sweet, sweet! Needlepoint is just so charming - and the lines on that chair are adorable indeed.
Kari

What a fun find! Thought I would enter the mix with my thoughts - I am kind of following Candy's line of thinking here:
1. I am in Management - and we have a "traveling trophy" ---The idea is that people recognize the work of others - so whoever has the trophy, receives a note why they recieved it (e.g. "Thanks for your smile every day")....and there is another attached note asking the recipient to keep the trophy for a week & then pass it on with a note of recognition to someone else.
2. I am also a Teacher - before I entered Administration ---I would imagine that there are lots of teachers out there that would take enough trophies for their entire class - so they could "redo" the words and hand out to each child through the year. You may want to call an elementary school or even child care center with this offer!
Happy New Year!
Kari

Hi Jim:
I love how you create a "story" to inspire your work....that "this was designed to look like a sled display in an old toy shop". I always appreciate good finds and putting items together --- but give me a wonderful story to go with it (whether fact or fiction) -- and my sentimental needs are satisfied!
Kari

Jim:
Great job...what I especially appreciate is the combination of aesthetics, whimsy, and respect for the individual pieces. (Note to self...add cone buckets to search list!)
Kari

Dena:
You are one busy lady...look at all these fun creations! The rows of button bouquets is just too sweet!
Thanks for sharing,
Kari

Fun - very fun!!
I also enjoy tucking auger bits in with my outdoor plant pots. Also...when we closed up my mom's home for the last time - I walked out to the front and pulled the house numbers off - they now rest with great pride in my living room.
Thanks for sharing.
Kari

"When what to your wondering eyes should appear...but a miniature sleigh & eight tiny reindeer!" Wishing you wonder in this happiest of holiday seasons! Happy Happy New Year!
Kari

Georgia:
Hoping your Christmas was devine...with many blessings! May this New Year always find "the better angels" in all of us! There are truly wings - we need just look, like you always do!!
Kari

Hoping your Christmas was full of great memories - in your lovely, lovely home! My very best to you in the New Year!!
Kari

Oh, the pictures make me dream of warm days at a midwest flea market...87 days until spring - but who's counting!!
Kari

Hi Kelly:
Thanks for sharing such fun photos of your wonderful home. I really like the look of white chippy wood & ironstone...I also like the bottles on top of the cabinet you bought in Buffalo. Oh - like everything in your pictures!!
Kari

What a beauty - in a class all his own. He sure looks festive with the winter-scape behind him.
Kari

Candy...May I please stop over to your house for a milk shake or something --- the pictures just invite me right in! Thanks for sharing!
Kari

Tool boxes are just the best - multi-uses! And, as for this red - charming!
Kari

Oh Kimberly! Oh Skylos! Talk about a sweet puppy! Fill up that canteen and send him on over to Wisconsin!
Kari

Beautiful - simply beautiful. Makes me almost want to have picture windows:0)
Kari

I just love this...and, I applaud you for creating thought provoking work. I never back away from a good political debate or discussion - that is always how we move forward in this country we all care deeply about. I think Old Abe would be pleased to be honored in your work, and I suspect he will be watching with pleasure on January 20th.
Kari

Janis:
How sparkly & delightful! You have worked absolute magic here! Happy Happy Holidays to you!
Kari

What a cool Aunt you are!! Lucky niece she is!
Now I must confess -- we are snowed in without much food in the cupboards - and my first thought when I saw froggy dear was - hmmm, looks like a cinnamon roll (I also have a terrible head cold and must be seeing things). Jump frog jump!
Kari (that last line comes from the teacher in me)

OH my goodness - the design drawing and then the real thing -how great is this?! And using a light string for a power cord - genius! And the colors - bravo! Oh, just stand up a take a bow!! -- I mean it...I love your style!!
Kari

Hey Sharon...
Great project - and kudos to you on saving this pump organ! I am going to move into my new room at the antique mall today - and low & behold, one of the items they need to move out (and even mentioned "to a burn pile") is a pump organ. Perhaps I will just need to follow your inspiration and "Save the pump organs"!
Smile,
Kari

I am just so impressed with the aesthetic step by step directions - that I almost forgot to look at the finished product!! Just lovely - thanks for sharing.
Kari

So...when I was a teen ager in the 70's - I always wished for a beaded door entry...picture strings of large plastic beads hung in the door frame that you entered "really cool" through. That was my first thought when I saw your box of dog tags...hook them together with rings, end to end and hang them in a window or....a door. This would be loads of work, but just think how cool you would be!
Kari

Very fun...and I do so enjoy the circles of connections that happen between junk members too. I also have discovered these wonderful occasional sales and have brought home some gems.
Kari

I really really like each of these items. I am so drawn to what I think of as "fresh vintage"...your work exactly fits this style. Thanks so much for sharing - you will be keeping me busy finding and using buttons!!
Kari

Very sweet - love them all! I will have to put this on my 2009 "to do" list.
Thanks for the inspiration...
Kari

Oh cynthia...
You funny girl you! Thanks for the chuckle! Took me a moment longer than I would like to admit - but I get it!
Kari

How kind and generous of you -- my, my, my, junkers are good people - not to mention creative!
Kari

I just love greens and also adore pieces of silver. Great job of combining the two.
Kari

You guys come on over - bring your book!
Candy - yes, McCoy is named after the pottery - his brother is Shawnee (another favorite pottery).
Kari

Sue - yes, that look of "what is happening here?" is a universal look! Poor Dave - he knew this was beyond his control.
Candy - the frame is sweet - a few worn spots, but that just leads to the authenticity.
Snowmanhill - I know, isn't it wonderful. It has found a special & protected place in a step back cupboard in my living room.
Kari

What a wonderful sparkly holiday setting! Way to go Georgia! Now, don't even begin to tease us with the holiday temperature in California!
Kari

Thanks Sue! I also should point out some of my collections: bird cages, jars filled with lace & buttons & other fun finds, Audubon bird prints, anything that is chippy white & green .....oh, the list is long indeed.
Kari

Just a note - when bidding against other dealers at auction - they usually set a mark to at least double their bid price in a resale. Usually I set my high end price based on keeping the item or selling the item. And then the bidding fun begins.

What a sweetie - all glammed up for the holidays! Truly a princess or a pooch! Sweet collar!
Kari

Thanks for the smile - yes, Virginia, there is a Santa...and I guess he gets home via Minnesota!
Kari

Carolyn:
This is to me what it is all about -- remembering! Your father is part of all you do...and his memory will always be for a blessing.
Happy Holidays,
Kari

This was my favorite deck of cards when I was a kid...yes, I am indeed vintage too! I am using this same set in a collage for my sisters -- picked out one for each and then I am adding other sentimental finds (mom's earings, the monopoly game piece we always had dibs on, a hankie from grandma, little snipped out words of love, lockets, etc).
Kari

What fun - great job, Mailey!! Now, perhaps you & mom can share your "how to" for felting (I think that is what the process is called).
Kari

Oh - I just know what your cat is thinking...I do believe they are too good for this trim stuff-but secretly love it!!
Fun!!
Kari

What a sweet little pooch in such an adorable little collar -Cute, Cute, Cute!!
Kari

I really loved how you wanted it "to look like it had been touched by all the kids that passed through the park"....that provided such a wonderful visual picture for me - and you got it, right on the mark. This is truly just picture perfect! Thanks for sharing.
Kari

Really like the stenciled stars! Very clever idea. Thanks for sharing...
Kari

Really fun - great way to use the graphic appeal of the game board.
Kari

Simply sweet...
Kari

Amy:
How very inviting and truly picture perfect. Now, put my name on one of those little chalkboards please!
Kari

Kimberly:
It is so wonderful that you provided a project that includes children. As we mentor this next generation of recyclers and reusers - we all know it starts from the very beginning.
Kari

Looking forward to this New Year present...a home tour and a flea market excursion sound grand. What a nice way to hunker down this winter & dream about spring & decorating & spring & flea markets & spring...
Thanks for all your hard work,
Kari

McCoy - the esteemed cat-king at the Farm would find a collar simply below his needs or wants. His brother, Shawnee, would wear one...but would never live it down with McCoy. The goats have sharp little horns - so collaring them would be mighty painful. Guess I will just watch with fascination from the side-lines on this one!
Kari

I am lucky indeed...Dave finds just the best items along the side of the road to bring home to me. He once opened a box to find it FULL of glass door nobs - and don't get him started on the day he found the chippy white garden gate!
Kari

I guess we agree...you just can never have too many little chairs or _________ (you fill in that blank)!
Kari

We were very fortunate to have found our farm in 2006...vacant, waiting for a very large upcycling project. It took us about a year before it was habitable...a year of commuting 300 miles every weekend to work on it, and leaving with tears every Sunday night. I am now thrilled to be able to work on such details as where to place a bottle brush tree on a shelf in this 151 year old home. We count ourselves lucky indeed!
Kari

Candy:
So many ideas...and congratulations on becoming a Contributor - I was at my office in Madison allllll last week and didn't catch this wonderful news until just today!
Kari

Thanks for the "how to"...now I've "got to"!!
Kari

Simple - pure grace & honesty. Just lovely.
Kari

Thanks so much for sharing - just beautiful. Have to also share -- I believe we were "one step behind you" on Saturday...or better put "you were one step ahead of us". I saw your name at a shop in Minnesota when I was signing the tax-exempt form.
Kari

What an inviting room...and love your wall of windows. Looks like you have far more snow then we have - that makes the room even cozier. Really nice to see, thanks for sharing.
Kari

What a warm & welcoming room -- I imagine you will have all your new Junk Market friends over?! Great ideas!
Kari

Oh what a wonderful way to add a sentimental touch to your home!!
Kari

I agree...it is indeed the stories and the memories that make this season so magical. It is also what draws me time & again to vintage items - knowing that some how they have been around to see years & years go by. That they have been used and have offered both purpose and prose to past lives. Call me a sentimental fool - and I will always gladly accept that distinction.
Kari

Gretchen:
Just lovely just as it is....but I do know how those creative wheels spin. It will be fun to see what you do with it the next go round.
Kari

Charming - simply charming!!
Kari

Gretchen:
Thanks for sharing. I have several old metal box springs - and need to just get the gloves on and do it!
Kari

Such a fun booth - great job - and, of course you were successful....look at all the time & energy & joy you put into this!!
Kari

Really wonderful scrollwork - what a find! With the right base - what a fun side table too!
Kari

Gretchen:
Lovely, lovely, lovely! I am now feeling that I need a white tree too! Add me to the "just like Gretchen & Lani list"! The stand is wonderful -- very near the shape of the base of a coat rack/stand I have on my porch.
Excellent as always!
Kari

What a wonderful find! Everything about this makes it a winner!
Kari

What a find! I have yet to check out our community junk/scrap yard --- hmmm, seems I may be missing the mother-load! However, I would suspect that you know when to be there and just how to hunt & gather!
Kari

Hi LuAnn:
It looks like you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Hope you dress ever so warm today (that coming from your neighbor in Wisconsin) - and that you do well at all the sales!!
Your post certainly reminds us all of the wonder of this time of year - a time of family, friends, faith & hope.
Kari

Oh, how sweet is this? It makes me think of those candy wreaths that used to be around in the "old days" - remember the ones with the scissors attached to cut off a treat! Anyway - thanks for the sentimental journey!
Sweet, Sweet, Sweet! Thanks Jani (and Nan)!
Kari

Really really wonderful find! The detail is charming! Fits beautifully in your home...
Kari

O.K. - As you see below, I got highly excited with my comments - hitting the submit button twice -- just shows my age. But - might I add, "Awesome". There - now I will go back to being my mature self.
Kari

As my son would say, "Way Cool!"
Kari

As my son would say, "Way Cool!"
Kari

What an amazing winter wonderland! I am ready to redo all my holiday decorating to be "just like Lani's". However - would suspect that my take on ice skates in an aquarium just wouldn't have the style or grace. I can aspire though!
Thanks for the inspiration!!
Kari

Beautiful - twinkly & sparkly & wonderful!
Kari

Nan:
I love this! Perhaps you may want to share with all our fellow Junk Market friends the website where you found the free typewriter font!

Also...to add to the story - the other items are also junking giftees from our circle of friends: Japanese lanterns fron Jani - likely the Queen of Nature grew these in her gardens! Turkey planter from Sarah - who the story goes - opened her box of thanksgiving decor to find that somehow the turkeys had multiplied since last November.

And the poem in altered art/collage form from Nan just needs to be shared with all - will you??
Kari

What fun posted comments...however, I still appreciate most the comment from Saturday that I will now share with all our Junk Market friends (names have been removed to protect the innocent). Was heard, "that grater just doesn't speak to me". Friend responding = with grater pressed to her lips and lips talking behind grater holes, "take me home." Still makes me smile!
Now, Jani - to post your sweet gnome & wheel project - you first have to save your picture on your computer in a web friendly mode (generally about 45 jpg)...then post on the Share tab at the top of this site. Hope that helps - can't wait to see!
Kari

Fifteen hours and counting! Fire up the engines, grab the checkbook, debit card & cash, and we are most definitely ready to hit the heavenly antique highway! Love the day ahead!! Yea!!
Kari

The pictures are as delightful as your chosen items - they could even be calendar pages! What fun!
Kari

I so agree that cut or etched glass salt & pepper shakers are heavenly! And - your background of music is just wonderful. Thanks for sharing this idea!
Kari

What a sweet space...I see you have plenty of books, all you need do now is rent it out by the day as a reading & inspiration nook! And, where shall I book my reservation?
Kari

How fun is this! Charming shapes, charming re-use, charming colors.
Kari

I just love this tree! And the dog is quite adorable too!
Kari

Sharon:
Just beautiful! So, is the mirror for sale in the shop??
Kari

Oh Sharon...how charming ---- Love them!! I just picture them flying over a meadow!
And, did I say "charming" yet?
Kari

Really wonderful piece...love the poverb too. Are you planning to do the same with the other numbers?
Kari

What a charming way to identify your booth - I know I would head right in if I saw that beckoning!!
Kari

What great finds! You will have to post pictures of what you end up doing with all these items!
Kari

Waking up to snow in Wisconsin on Saturday...and now your beautiful home --- I must finally admit, I am in the holiday spirit.
Thanks,
Kari

Really fun shelf...also love the jars filled with stuff below. Charming!
Kari

I really like this look - it is just so country clean!
Great job!!
Kari

Oh how clever - love the typewriter arms (would be great for a turkey too)!!
Way cool,
Kari

Placing something under a cloche on a raised stand just elevates & honors that item. Certainly the word "be" is worthy of that honor!!! "Let it be."
Just beautiful...
Kari

Love, love, love it!
Kari

Really fun - Happy Halloween!!
Kari

May her memory be for a blessing.
Kari

Lani:
Congratulations! You have such an aesthetic quality to your work!!
Kari

Gretchen:
Congratulations --- your energy & excitement are contagious!
Kari

Congratulations Georgia...you are way worthy!!
Love this idea!
Kari

Yea Sharon...you are here!!!
As the proud owner of one of these witch mashers - have to say "Boo-tiful!!" - just wish the artist would have autographed it:0)
Kari

Sweet as sweet can be -- great job!!
Kari

Just too sweet...I too, must admit to squirrels living in pottery and under cloches at my house in autumn. German mohair Steiff Squirrels to be exact!!
Kari

I must say my little potting shed is just filled with pride that it has received so much kind praise. To add to Lani's mention of the patina...the other three sides are actually a faded barn red. One side has grapevine and a pumpkin vine, another side has a row of old rakes nailed to the side, the other side has bird houses that offered shelter to two bluebird families this spring/summer.

The inside is pretty charming too --- I found this great old post office sorting station with cubbies and a table to use as a potting table...chippy white and all. I pulled grape vine down from everywhere when we were "civilizing" part of the farmyard --- now all that vine is hung inside the potting shed. And we found old whicker along the road to even add a sitting area. I work in my farmyard with the help of this little friend every day when I am home.

Kari

Just too cool! Really really fun!
Kari

Thanks for all the kind words - we do know we are very fortunate to have this little charmer in our backyard. Regarding the soundness of the structure...all it took was some TLC - and I do mean at one point I emerged from knocking plaster off the beams inside with a dust cloud behind me (like Pigpen from Snoopy). When we first began work, the outside was also a thicket bed...you really had to see the "potential". This is the second summer since we tended to the little structure's needs (we bought and began restoring the farm in 2006, it became habitable in 2007)...and I actually had morning glories find their way inside the windows to bloom on the inside too...how's that for a "thank you"!!
Kari

Love it, love it, love it. I adore mixing vintage with snappy fresh!
Kari

Update: I got everything priced on Sunday - some items already delivered to my Antiques Booth in Hixton, Wisconsin. I am getting ready for a winter display -- I know, I said the "w" word.....but I am excited with what I have: chippy white porch swing, white whicker plant stand, white pottery urns, string balls, a white bottle brush wreath, white with a tad of red wooden toy barn...add to it some brown like the bingo spinner, and a tad of red from the items found --- fun!
Kari

What fun gifts from Jessica!
I also got so many great fall giftees from my Fall Junk Swap partner - Sharon! So much fun!!

Georgia...
Thanks for "clearing that up" - just kidding! I figured that - you creative woman you- had found your own way around how to "shelter" your booth. Love it all!!
Kari

Lani:
Love your porch - I am definitely inspired!!
Kari

Georgia:
Besides the fact that I want to live in your market booth, I do have a Question...was the tent/cover found with the great striped scallops - or did you fancy it up?
Kari

Georgia:
I have been away from the site - working my other job....peaked in today, and there was your wonderful pictures of your beautiful booth. Thank you for the uplift!!
Kari

I sure wish my cow staunchions looked like yours!! Great idea!
Kari

Having memories around is truly what it is all about! Thanks for sharing!
Kari

Love the look in front of the picket fence...and your plants are sooooo healthy! You definitely have a green thumb too!
Kari

Next year I am absolutely attending - sounded like a great show!! Glad you did so well!

What a fun rainy day project --I finally got outside to pick apples, rained out the past two days. And my little goats finally came out of their barn to see sun again! Thanks for your inspiration!!
Kari

Hi Georgia & LuAnn...Thanks for your kind words, and Georgia, I will keep on the look out for a comb holder (I am sure you have run across them - I just happened to adopt the chippy or rusty ones). I have finally moved over from the old Junk Club - thanks in great part to your lead.
Kari

So, how did the sale go? I didn't get a chance to attend - had been asked to sell, but was a bit overwhelmed by the prospect. Any thoughts??!!
Kari

Love these spools!!! Hmmm, are you taking orders?

Very sweet displays...love the blue paint and the use of the cloche on the cake stand. Fun!!