After a busy two weekends with shows back to back I am a wee bit tired to say the least! The Vintage Thymes started out slow for me but in the end I wound up selling alot of furniture! I had a great time at the show meeting so many new faces and seeing a few old ones as well! I wanted to thank the owners, Robin, Cathy and Caroline for inviting me into their new show. They are the nicest three girls and It was so cool to help them support their new business journey.

Here are a few shots of my space. Enjoy!

Today I set up at The Concord Antiques Show. Opening day didn’t turn out as well as I had hoped due to some rainy weather we are having here in New England, but I did manage to sell my Swedish inspired desk! We are all hoping that the sun will shine tomorrow for the second day of the show and bring out some more customers. Fingers crossed!

This desk took me a long time to refinish. I started out having to strip it which took me two days in itself, then proceeded to color it with Milk paint, sand then apply wax and a stain mix. This was my first experience using milk paint. The look I was trying to achieve was simply European. After some trial and error and four coats of paint I think it came out beautifully. Milk paint is tricky to use seeing that you need to mix your colors yourself and continually strain it so it doesn’t clump up. All in all I would use it again but next time possibly buy a piece that doesn’t require two days to strip before applying the paint. I was happy all my time and effort paid off and the desk went to a  good home! Here are a few shots of the desk as well as the rest of my space.

The show continues tomorrow. Anything that is still left will either  go back into the shop or will be sold at the Medfield show. Please contact me if you ever see something you are interested in purchasing.  Until then happy hunting!

Just wanted to share a few pictures of some of the cool things I have found for the Concord show starting  Nov 5- 6 . This is just a taste of what I will have at the show. For a few more pictures you can go to Antique Therapy’s Facebook page. Here goes!

The month of November will be a busy one for me. I have just signed up to do yet another show called Vintage Thymes located at 38 Park St. Medfield Ma. It will be a monthly market every 2nd weekend of the month. The first show will be starting Nov 12,13, 14, from 9-4. Each month will present a different theme with new merchandise each show. Novembers theme is Harvest and Holiday.

Each show will consist of about 12 dealers selling antiques, vintage wares, and jewelry. I am very exited to be a part of these shows and hope that any of you who live in the area will come on down to experience it for yourself! I will post some sneak peeks as well as some show pics! See you there!

On November 5-6 Friday 10-5 and Sat 10-4 I will be participating in the Concord Antiques Show located within the Trinitarian Church in Concord Ma. My booth will be located in the basement of the church in the left small room. This is my first time being in this show.

I will have some beautiful antiques to share! I have been many times to shop, and I must say it’s always a great show! I hope to see some of you there! Stay tuned for some sneak peaks of some of the things I will be bringing!

Fall is among us, the nights are getting colder, the sun is going down sooner. I do love fall but like the rest of us it’s a reminder that winter is right around the corner. I must say I have never been a big fan of winter unless of course I am wrapped up in a blanket next to a fire with a cup of hot chocolate with perhaps some Baileys Irish cream thrown in!

Yesterday was one of those magical early fall days when it just felt great to be alive. The air was so sweet and crisp you could almost taste it. This month at the shop it was my turn to do the window display with all of my own antiques in it. I had fun putting together a Fall French display. I posted a few pics of some of the things I put in the window. I tried to take a picture of the window but they didn’t come out to well due to the glare. If you live in the Concord area and you get a chance come on down to Thoreauly Antiques at 25 Walden St. and take a look. Happy Fall!

As most of you have probably figured out I love taking pictures. Not only of antiques but pretty much anything that is eye appealing, I guess to me that includes my son, my cats, and design. I especially love zooming in on things so you can see all the details of an object. After all isn’t the details that usually bring everything together in the end? Nothing irritates me more than blurry close ups, and yes I know I have posted a few on here! I will try and make and oath not to post anymore going forward.

Up until now my camera did not allow me to get the best close ups but tonight my husband surprised me with an early Birthday gift and gave me an awesome telescopic lens! I am hoping to take a photography class this fall as well to fully learn what my camera and I are truly capable of. In the meantime we are attending a wedding this Sat and I am hoping to test out my new lens there. I can’t wait! I will try and post some of the pics. Hopefully they will come out ok! Wish me luck!

As of yesterday Antique Therapy is now on Facebook! I will try and post updates and new inventory pictures there as often as possible. Just enter Antique Therapy into the Facebook search engine and my page will come up.  Please feel free to come on by and drop me a line. I need followers! It would be nice to hear comments as well as put a face to some of my other fellow bloggers or friends that follow the blog.

On a side note I did manage to find the pictures from Brimfield. I will post them in a few days, I have so many! Thanks for stopping by! Happy hunting!

Today on this hot Sunday I had the pleasure of going into Boston to visit a few friends in the South Ends new Sowa Vintage Market. Located in the trendy, funky South End this new flea market hosts a variety of old finds to soothe the soul. You can score anything here from Old world European elegant antiques to retro funky industrial finds. Creators Stephanie Pernice and John Warren run the show each weekend on Sundays 10-4, May-Oct. John actually re-purposes furniture and creates masterpieces. I always marvel at his talent.

Sowa is definitely a new cool place on my list of flea markets. It’s good to see motivated and creative people doing what they love. Kuddo’s to you Steph and John! For more info and pics you can go to www.sowavintagemarket.com also located in my links section.

On another note I did manage to get out to Brimfield to shop last Tues. Apparently many people asked where we  where and why we were not set up. Simple answer I can’t deal with 100 degree heat and sitting outside all week in it. LOL!! It was nice to hear that we were missed! While I was out there I took so many great shots of some great booths. Much to my dismay when I got home I accidentally deleted them all from my camera. I still want to give a shout out to Peg and John from French Vanilla they had an amazing display and I so wanted to show you all their true talent. Peg was such a sweetie too! I also stumbled on a booth called Antique Warrior. I guess these guys are trying to start up another picking show in Brimfield similar to American Pickers. So be on the lookout for that, It should be cool.

In the meantime I signed up for a small local show in Concord MA in November at a nearby church. We are still debating on doing the Sept Brimfield show and with only a few weeks until the show it’s more likely we won’t be doing it. I will keep you all posted. Enjoy the pics I took of the SoWa market. If you get a chance go and check it out you won’t be sorry! Try and stay cool in this crazy heat!

Here are a few pictures of some new items that I brought into the shop this week. If anyone online here sees anything they would like to buy please contact me for prices in my contact info. I can ship anywhere desired! Enjoy the weekend.