Seek and Ye Shall Find!
The next Find & Go Seek trip is fast approaching! This time the the bus is heading to Adamstown, PA (called by many Antiques Capitol, USA). Since Michele and I want to be sure each trip is chock-full of finds we did some re-con.
We checked out Renningers, Schup's Grove, Adamstown Antiques, Stoudt's Black Angus Antiques Mall and more. It was a long but fruitful day. We've come up with a great shopping schedule for the trip in June and did some of our own finding along the way!
I found a great table at a really great price (a rainy night and low turnout forced the vendor to cut his price by half). It's just what I've been looking for - I was starting to get frustrated and was almost tempted to settle on one I wasn't crazy about. Im so glad I waited!
Sometimes I'm a little bit gun-shy about big purchased like these and I hesitated even after the price cut. Just as I was about to walk away to mull things over another woman walked in. She only had to casually glance at the table when I realized I might blow it by taking my time. Michele said she wasn't going to let me walk and made sure we bought a tarp to keep it dry on the way home. What a good friend!
Here are a few other things I found:
- wire baskets - these are coated in a plastic - I love the colors. I'm using them for our shoes (good-bye hats and gloves)
- old croquet balls
- a "Watt" ceramic bowl in a lovely gray (on the white table in the entryway). Bowls like these are collectable but I'm using mine for keys and cellphone. Hope that's OK!
- awesome ice cream sign (after I bought it at Renningers I saw some for as much as $450)
- very happy, polka-dotted nesting bowls
- the pink stool is a good story - see the next post...
I still can't believe you guys did all that on Sunday. You must have been exhausted. But what fun!
Good finds!
Posted by: Angela | April 29, 2008 at 03:56 PM
"A bad day of golf is better than a good day at the office."
Is there such a thing as a bad day of antiquing??
Posted by: | April 29, 2008 at 08:40 PM
LOVE the ice cream sign.
Can't wait for the next bus trip!
Posted by: Jung | April 29, 2008 at 08:46 PM
The wood on that table looks gorgeous Sandra, I love it.
Posted by: Alicia | April 30, 2008 at 10:12 PM