Focus lighting on key areas of the booth to accent items, or illuminate dark areas customers normally have trouble seeing. Also use lighting to create a mood or as an attention-getter, via flashing or colored lights. Incorporating antique lighting sources that are also for sale is ideal. ...
We will get to all the details aboutNational Cherish an Antique Dayin a moment but for right now let's focus on you and the things you inherit that you may not want. It is easy to keep a piece of jewelry or some other small such item that someone has left you, but what to do w...
Yes please. So, I asked for the booth owner to give me a good deal on all three items, and he agreed! I love bargaining for stuff. It makes me feel like a Pawn Star. We loaded everything up along with a few other treasures and brought them all home. J got to work hanging the ...
The wood inside the drawer was so pretty I decided not to cover it with fabric this time. This would also be great if you had a large entryway. I suspect it won’t last long in my booth! Don’t forget my girls are sharing trash-to-treasures of their own…I ca...
A vanity cabinet of oak, with its coarse, pronounced grain, introduces more texture and pattern than smooth-grained maple; faux-finished or antiqued cabinets have the same physical texture as those painted a solid color but offer more pattern. Both texture and pattern affect the visual "busy-...
She also seemed to want to find old classic collectibles, and save them for us. Once in a while she would pull out a very old book, and say, “Maybe I should see if I can sell this…” I’d always cringe, and say, “No, it’s an antique, you should hang on to it”. I ...
Not to be deterred, Gerwig had a replica of the home created on a nearby lot. Michigan: Cranbrook House, Bloomfield Hills PQK // Shutterstock Michigan: Cranbrook House, Bloomfield Hills In 1904, Scripps publishing tycoons George and Ellen Booth purchased a derelict farm in Bloomfield Hills and...
You can purchase a shuttle ticket in the airport at the counter inside the terminal in the domestic flights area on the ground level or at the booth outside the main entrance. A one-way adult ticket costs $13; a round-trip costs $22.75 (Canadian). You can find the shuttle on the air...
The easiest entry point for black and white photography is with your digital camera or smartphone. It is probably best to shoot with black and white in mind, but you can just as easily convert color images later. Let's start our discussion by looking at
booth owner. The dealer avoids paying mall commissions this way, and can often pass those savings along to the customer. Keep in mind, however, that some antique malls discourage this practice and others strictly forbid it. Another option is picking up a card in the booth, where available, ...