August Shop Pictures

We are home from our 4 day trip down south.  We have quite a few new things, more to come in the next few openings, but here is a sneak peak for this week.


We brought some more old frames and mirrors back, as well as a georgous old iron bed from Harrodsburg Kentucky.


Our lavender came in this week.


We found plenty of really cool glass bottles along the way.  We had to bring back a few to pass along to you.


We also brought back a couple of really cool architectual pieces.





This trim piece is 10 feet long!  It's fabulous!


This little windmill would be adorable in a vignette.


The tobacco baskets are by far the greatest things we brought back.  Anne and I each bought one, and have a few extras for you to choose from.

 Stop by this weekend!

Thursday, August 9th, 10:00-3:00

Friday, August 10th, 10:00-3:00

Saturday, August 11th, 10:00-3:00

Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint is coming to Tattered Tiques!

We are so excited to announce that we are distributors for Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint!!  We are so very honored to be a part of this new venture. 

We actually have not used the paint yet, but are very excited to learn all about it and begin painting with it ASAP!  Miss Mustard Seed has some informative tutorials on her blog that will help get you started.  If you are new to the paint, check out this post she did explaining the basics of the paint.

This dresser is painted in "Mustard Seed"

This gorgeous green is "Lucketts Green"

This dresser is painted in  "Shutter Grey"

This is appropriately named "Kitchen Scale"

This is "French Enamel"

This is painted in  "Typewriter"

Don't you love the names she chose?

Also available will be her own furniture waxes, crackle medium, and hemp oil finish.

Here's a peek at her "Antiquing Wax" label.

 

We are so excited about this new venture and will post as soon as we get our first shipment in.  We are faithful Chalk Paint™ fans, and think Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint will be the perfect companion.  Both paints have a lot of history behind them and seem to give that vintage look that we are all trying to get. Visit Miss Mustard Seed to learn more about the paint. Once we have worked with the paint, we hope to offer more tips and tricks and evenutally some classes about the paint.

A Delightful Duo

Lately we have been on a roll painting.  Maybe it's the time we have this summer at home with the kids.  Take a look at this adorable little chest painted in Old Orche and Old White Chalk Paint™.


Here's the before.  Cute, but needed a makeover.




A close up of the tattered drawers.


I decided to keep the huge gold plated backs off the drawer pulls.  It looks so much cleaner this way I think.




Here she is in the shop this week.  She looks so cute I think.  She got a lot of notice too.


This little piece would be great as a nightstand or little tv stand.  I love the combination of the old orche and old white details. What's your favorite chalk paint™ combo?

Minister of Music

Sometimes we find things that we just can't sell.  I'm always drawn to antique signs for some reason, and this one was no exception. 

My heart skipped a beat when I came across it.  It's perfect.  Perfectly tattered, it has the perfect combination of black and gold, and the content I love.  What is a minister of music anyway? 

I'm not sure where it will end up.  I'm thinking maybe the dining room.  Do you have any antique signs you're in love with?  

In hopes of teasing you back out to the shop next opening, we will be going on a road trip this week.  A three day, 700 mile road trip. World's Longest Yardsale to be exact.  It goes from Michigan all the way down to Alabama.  We've done it a couple of times and it's a blast!  So, we're hooking up the trailer and we're headed south.  

 

Lets go to the fair!(Re-post)

I went to the fair this weekend and planned on doing a post about it, but then I realized I did a post 2 years ago about the fair that had some great pics....so instead of reinventing the wheel...I've decided to just repost....here ya go! 

 

I(Anne) took my boys to the Lake County Fair today.  Going to the fair is top on my list of fun summer things to do.  I try and make it to at least one county fair every summer.  Call me old fashioned, but I just feel there is something so nostalgic about "going to the fair".  The rides, the games, the animals, the food...it never changes!  In fact, Lake County Fair has been going since 1852...now that's nostalgia for ya!

Speaking of food.....

 

    

and rides.......

 

Nothing's more vintage than a ride on the carousal!

Augie's first spin on a carousal.  Looks like he's enjoying it!

I think I rode in this same car in 1978. 

No fair is complete without a train ride.

The games never change either....

Trust me, I ain't foolin' anyone...I know and he knows, I'm overweight.

I hope it's potty trained!

 

25 cents??? I'm in! 

 

Go Mac go!!

 

 Love the muted colors and big sky in this picture.

 

And finally...my favorite part...the farm animals!

 

I bet this pig dreams of the same stuff I do....the food at the fair!

 It must be nap time!

 

How could something be so ugly and so beautiful at the same time!

Some bunny loves this bunny!  This was the only cage at the entire fair with a huge colorful name tag.  I LOVE that some child wrote this and displayed it so brilliantly. Mr. Sniffles is one lucky bunny!

 

Where are these three headed? 

 

I got about a million questions after this display.

 

If you get a chance...make it out to your county fair. If you are in the Chicagoland area, you still have a chance to make it out to the following fairs:

Mchenry County Fair- August 1st- 5th

Illinois State Fair- August 9th- 19th

Walworth County Fair, Wisconsin- August 29th- September 3rd -  This is a great one!