the art barn progress report

i felt like sharing a few photos of my BIGGEST project,  the "art barn" (working title, ha ha).  it's coming along, i keep getting distracted from finishing the walls and putting up shelves, because i start makin' stuff.

a "before" shot.  the whole project started with a badly leaky roof.  you know how the thinking goes, "while i have the guys here, let's do a few extra things"

it was the case of the "hey guys, i have an idea.  how about adding a sleeping porch while we're at it?" 

"and let's level out the crappy, lumpy cement floor" 

 i had to park my car in it for the one  and only time this garage had ever seen a car, since we've owned the property.  that's 22 years!

half of the garage actually had a drive in pit for car repairs, when the original owners filled it, they did a really bad job.

lot's of action that day. 

cutest cement truck ever

gotta love a silly concrete guy, right?

scary Terry

all hands on deck

ta da!  looking good Jim

these sheets of osb went on the ceiling.  do you know how hard it was for me to just roll on white?  to resist the urge to jazz 'em up?

here's the exterior as of today. roof is on, with skylights for lot's of natural light. the sleeping porch will be finished off in the late spring.  it has to "settle" before we can install the screened wall.  and of course we can't paint until the spring.

sleeping porch

                             a few current interior shots.  remember it's all a work in progress.

the jar wall, full of old, weird bits and bobs

the beginnings of the boot wall

note the turntable for old timey tunes

so, i added old touristy bead belts to the boot shelves.

still to come-

a giant work bench on castors

various power tools

 a cute little wood burning stove

a disco ball

more to follow

xxo

sue

junk haul from "the prairie girls vintage market"

so, last saturday i shopped the most wonderful barn sale here in alberta.
 it was hosted by a sister team of "the vintage veranda" in cochrane, and the "olde farmhouse" in mapleridge, b.c.  these fab gals pulled off an amazing sale,  especially because it was their first.
retail is detail, and these babes get it.
there were all of my favourite local vendors in one place, plus a ton more i hadn't run into before.  i'm sorry i didn't take enough photos of all of the killer booth displays. i was just having such a good time visiting, shopping and taking it all in.
these kids turned it out!
between the setting, the displays, super product AND great dealers, it was heavenly. 

it was soo worth the drive, just a few minuted north of cochrane.  this is a barn that has never seen a horse!  it was built just for fancy functions such as this sale.  the whole property was just dreamy,  the view of those purple peaks were postcard worthy.

 shown here, we have a pair of vintage fluevog biker boots,  quality baskets, a moustache cup, a weird pot and a "mcguivered stool"

how about this for an eclectic mix?  a 1950's spanish doll house, moroccan slippers, and a 

sweet ol' wheelbarrow.

do not use this pot for turkey cooking for gosh sake!!!

please visit this link to the prairie girls, lots more photos there!

as always, i wish you good hunting.  xxo

big fat thank you

I really want to thank all of you all who made their way out to little Bragg Creek, and come visit me at my little place in the woods.

 Friday was a blast!  A little wine, a little junk, all mixed together on  one of the last summer nights of 2014.

 The beautiful models showed up, to show off the vintage sari's.  and we're not sari!  for the pun, 

ha ha!

 some retro guy stuff

 kitschy kitchen goodness

the doors are open 

 LOVE your new necklace Cat!

 Mozart is looking good.

 The fashion was flying out da' door.

 Gold and gold is good.

 Come on in.

 Cash desk, showing off the domes, cloches, bell jars made by MOI.

 Grecian goodness

My lifelong thermos collection was up for grabs.

So, again, I appreciate you all who were able to come out, and you who couldn't make it.  Keep in mind the next sale I'm showing at is "The Christmas Market, hosted by Vintage with Flair"  November 8th, 2014.  Me and G are working on a whole new concept, so stay tuned!

https://www.facebook.com/VintageWithFlair

xxo

sue

wow, what a great weekend

it was a long, long, long winter around here, but we made it through and we got to celebrate the arrival of summertime at the "Vintage With Flair" show this past weekend.  and for once we were selling, not buying, hee hee!

the sun shone for the 2 days of vintage shopping fun in the charming tiny hamlet of Priddis, Alberta.  it is the most beautiful, lush, country setting.  the show and sale was a great success for all.  g and i had 2 booths, one in the hall and one in the giant tent.  we sold a ton of great junk and re connected with some old friends and customers.  plus made a few new ones.  here's a few photos of our stuff.  if you would like to see more photos of the whole show check out "Vintage With Flair" FB page and their blog.

https://www.facebook.com/VintageWithFlair

http://vintagewithflair.blogspot.ca/

                                   metal trunk with applied needlepoint, says it all really

antique english silver, leather hat box with applied needlepoint

g and j hand painted this old door, in the bloomsbury style. it would make a great headboard or table top.

antique indian, nickle samovar

where is my mind?

ralph & shep

billie joe momento

tool box with applied needle point

the altar to fabulous boots

my favourite suitcase, it's an antique leather which I added the horsie needlepoint.

terra cotta baby

groovy embroidered, patchwork denim jacket

antique glass negatives applied to a terrarium, "the dandys"

victorian needlepoint/mahogany footstools, for the fireside.

antique brass, english, military door stops

my "world famous" (in my mind), embellished memory bottles

art nouveau claret bottle, with skully

honeycomb and wasps nest

detail of embroidered denim jacket

more vintage suitcases, all fixed up with needlepoint.  so pretty.

tray with more needlepoint!

it's all about the attitude and flower boots, for the high fashion look

in the tent

the wheel barrow was snapped up immediately! such a smart customer

handmade shades from barkcloth

muffin watches

button bling

buttons

you are a winner!

g

g and j made this

my pretty pony at the entrance

pastels everywhere at the entrance

i have no words! xxo