A Passion for Painting

My mom(Nancy) and I have been buying and selling Antiques for over 12 years now.  Anne has quite a few years under her belt as well.  It's amazing how excited we still get after we transform an ugly, or tired, unnoticed piece of antique furniture to something that is so adorable and loved once again.  It never gets old. We love to paint old furniture, but always give a beautful old antique a chance before we paint it. I was in the shop today, marking the furniture tags with the ASCP colors.  As I was walking around, I was remembering how ugly and tired most of the pieces looked. I thought I should share. 

Bad, really Bad! Dark, dingy, and ignored.

Until now. Look at her smile.

 Painted in Annie Sloan's French Linen, she shines, with her little crystal knobs, and light tatter.  Adorable, and so much more usable now! 

It's remarkable what new life paint can give an old piece of furniture.  This piece would be perfect as a night stand, tv stand, or extra storage in a bathroom. 

This dresser has seen better days.  She's been neglected and unappreciated for too long!

This by far is one of my favorite little dresser's we've had.  I don't know if it's all the jewelry she has now, which makes her look dressed up, but she's so cute. 

She is painted in Annie Sloan's Old White.  Dressed to the max in big and little crystal knobs, she's perfect for a bedroom, bath, or kitchen (hint, hint).

Boring!

Fun and fresh now.

This secretary is painted in Old White, with a light tatter, and hand painted numbers to give it a fresh new take on vintage. 

Last but not least, a tired old desk.  We've had lots of requests for desks and this weekend this one is making it's debut. 

Great for a bedroom, living room or office, this desk is ready.  She's painted in Country Grey, and carries her original knobs with a light tatter to her edges.  This desk, along with all the other pieces shown here are still available. 

 I hope we have inspired you to breath new life into an old worn forgotten piece of the past.  Thanks to all our customer's today who braved our first midwest winter storm! Have a great weekend everybody!

 

What's New?

The past couple of weeks we have been trying to fit in as many mini day trips and auctions as we can. Keeping the shop full keeps us busy. Two weeks ago Anne and I spent the whole weekend searching for treasures. On Saturday we drove around southern Wisconsin in search of goods, and came up almost empty handed. Then Sunday we headed north again, and we actually ran into our new friend,from Urbanfarmgirlandco at an auction. It's always nice to run into fellow junkers like yourself, however, because we were so chatty, we were actually asked to be quiet. I felt like I was back in grade school, both embarrassed and annoyed! Anyway, Anne and I left pretty much empty handed from that too, so we were off again this past weekend. This time, we had more luck, a whole van full kind of luck. We just wanted to share a little of what's new at the shop.
We loooove this old biscuit box.

This is a great little cabinet which would look good in any room of the house. She is painted in Annie Sloan's Country Grey. 

This piece made its debut the last 2 sales and got lots of notice.  It would work as a great desk, work bench or kitchen island.  It's fab!

An adorable old baby scale with some reworked antique trim pieces (they make great jewelry displays when hooks are added).

This table is not new, but customers have shown a ton of interest.  We found lots of small chairs this weekend, a couple new stools too.

Little soap dishes.

Get ready to make something special for your Valentine next month with this vintage cake pan.

Old army blankets, and new baskets in different sizes.

This was used in the making of huge poles for the Wisconsin Electric Company.  So cool!

The secretary got a face lift recently.  It turned out so cute.

This chippy old leather top stool is so perfect.  It just needs a little tlc.

We thought this should be left unpainted for a while.  It's in really good shape.  But boy oh boy will she be pretty with some ASCP on her!

We've added quite a few cool pieces of hardware.

 

Vintage dictionary bundles. 

Mini Book bundles.

We are crazy about this blue grey shelf.  Anne has her eye on it already!

These metal numbers would look great attached to a basket. There are lots of other treasures too. 

We hope to see you out this weekend.  We are open this Thursday, Friday and Saturday, January 12th, 13th, and 14th.  Hours are 10-5 on Thursday and Friday, and 10-3pm on Saturday.  We are located at 22029 N. Pepper Road, Unit 2 in Lake Barrington, IL.  You can always drop us an email at tatteredtiques@gmail.com, or give us a call at 224-633-9750 if you have any questions.

It must be a sign...a vintage one!

So, if you've been in the shop lately, you may have seen this fabulous old Guernsey Dairy sign we have.  I'm in love with it.  I've wanted it since we obtained it, but didn't really have a place for it.  Well, we were in the shop yesterday moving stuff around and we were moving this sign and I started getting that irking feeling like, "this is mine, and if someone comes in and buys it, I'll die."  If any of you sell things, I know you know that feeling.  So I decided to search the internet for some creative ways to use old signs in your home.  

Source: countryliving.com via Tattered Tiques on Pinterest

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Source: mapleandmagnolia.com via Tattered Tiques on Pinterest

Susan from Maple and Magnolia actually got this sign from our shop!  She used it perfectly.

Well, I'm definately inspired by these beautiful pictures, but I think I'm going to need to add some "new to me" old furniture to fit with the sign.  Looks like I'll be stealing more from the shop!  

In case mom and Julie put the gabosh on me taking the Guersney sign, I found some great old signs on etsy.

How cool is this?  It is so shabby and industrial. It came from an old carnival. I would love to put this in my boys room...too bad they don't appreciate good junk yet. (Etsy- House of EONA- $48)

This was the side panel on an old swedish shipping trunk.  Love the bold plain letters.  (UrbanFarmGirlandCo-Etsy- sold...while I was doing this blog! But check out her other finds!)

I love the faded weathered look the sign has going on.  And who doesn't like....

I for one, love snacks and pop.  The "snacks" sign is actually the back of the "ice" sign. (GreenPlanetSisters-Etsy-$42)

I don't need to say anything about this sign. It speaks for itself. It's awesome.  I WILL say that the Etsy shop it is from is filled with great finds.(HavenVintage-Etsy- $79)

Who wouldn't want an authentic French street sign from the 40's?  So cool. (SweetBrocante-Etsy-$119)

 

I still don't know if I'm going to keep the Gursney sign or not.  Maybe it will suddenly dissapear behind the magic curtain at the shop.  Sometimes I hide stuff back there till I'm at peace with selling it.  We have a Chicken Brooder that finally made it to the sale floor this December after spending 9 months in hiding- I wanted that too.  

 

 

Happy New Year!

Here's to a happy and healthy new year!!

Can't wait to see you all in 2012!  Stop by January 12th, 13th, and 14th for our first sale of 2012...

Cheers!!!!

Last sale of the year!

We are open this weekend!

December 15th, Thursday 10:00-5:00

December 16th, Friday 10:00-5:00

December 17th, Saturday 10:00-3:00

 

Stop by Maple and Magnolia's blog to see some pics of the shop!  Thanks Susan!

This week at the shop

We have had such a rush on mom's burlap runner's, she had to make a ton more for this week's sale.  We are so pleased you are all as fond of them as we are.  They are so versatile and so, so cute! 

These are the few I snagged for a photo op.

We still have a few bags of snowballs left at the shop.  They look so cute in a bowl.

I love these tall candles.  I find so many reasons to use vintage keys and sheet music.  They are two of our favorite things to use.

 
I know, you've seen this done a million times, but I couldn't resist.  They are just so cute!  The glass balls we used have a slight iridescence to them, and they are really quite pretty.  As you can see, Boom Boom really likes them too. 

Nosey cat!  He ended up in 21 of my pictures.  He refused to get off the table.

I love wrapping gifts in brown paper and then personalizing it with fun things on top.  We hope you do too.  We have quite a few rolls ready to go, and tons of ideas for the top.  How about a zinc letter tied on with red and white baker's twine? Or maybe green plaid ribbon with a glittered letter tag on top.  You could even put a pretty ornament tied up on top. 

We are open again this weekend.  So come up and see us.  22029 N. Pepper Road, Unit 2, Lake Barrington, IL.  Thursday 10-5, Friday 10-5, Saturday 10-3.