RED BANK ANTIQUING

THERE'S A TOWN IN  SOUTH N.J. ABOUT 40 MIN. FROM WHERE I LIVE CALLED RED BANK

THEY HAVE ALOT OF GREAT ANTIQUE SHOPS

AND RESTURANTS. I DECIDED TO TAKE

A TRIP DOWN THERE.

I FOUND LOTS OF GREAT PIECES I THOUGHT

I WOULD SHARE WITH YOU!!!

OLD DOOR PLATES AND I ALREADY HAVE

THE PROJECT I'M GOING TO USE 

THEM ON

I FOUND NOT 1 BUT 2 GREAT DOOR KNOCKERS!!!

BOTH VERY UNIQUE

OLD LION HEAD DRAWER PULLS..

SO CUTE.

OLD CAMERA FOR MY COLLECTION!!!

AND SOME VERY OLD LEAD SOLDIER TOYS

THESE WERE THE THINGS I BOUGHT 

BUT ANTIQUING IS ALSO ABOUT BROWSING

AND HERE WERE SOME GREAT THINGS I SAW

OLD ROCKEM' SOCKEM' 

ROBOT GAME...

GREAT OLD CABINET... SOOO EXPENSIVE

LITTLE HAND MADE STARFISH WITH PEARLS

LITTLE SKELETON KEY ON TASSLE... SUPER CUTE!!!

OLD TIN POPEYE. THIS GUY WAS OVER $600

AT ONE OF THE ANTIQUE STORES I 

RAN INTO THIS GUY THAT TEARS DOWN OLD

BARNS AND THEN USES THE WOOD TO CREATE

THESE COOL PIECES...

KINDA LIKE A MR. FUNKY JUNK...

WISH I HAD A JOB LIKE THAT!!!

HOPE YOU ENJOYED ANTIQUING WITH ME...

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY!!!

TAKE ME OUT TO THE ESTATE SALE

WHAT A GREAT DAY TODAY.

WAS UP BRIGHT AND EARLY AND DECIDED TO GO TO

ESTATE SALES. I FOUND OUT THAT THERE

IS A GREAT WEBSITE ONLINE THAT

POSTS ESTATE SALES

WWW.ESTATESALES.NET

IT LISTS WHAT ESTATE SALES ARE GOING

ON IN YOUR AREA WITH ALL THE INFO.

MY FIANCE DECIDED HE WOULD GO WITH

ME AND HE WAS GLAD HE DID AS HE

WAS HAVING JUST AS MUCH FUN AS I WAS.

JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU SOME OF

THE GREAT THINGS I FOUND.

LOVE THIS OLD LETTER PLATE $2 AND I KNOW
I WILL USE IT ON AN UPCOMING PROJECT.

ORIGINAL WOOD SCRABBLE LETTERS $2
PUT THEM IN A MASON JAR. GREAT
LOOK!!!

LITTLE CLOCK I GOT FOR $3 
I HAVE A POTTERY BARN ONE THAT LOOKS
JUST LIKE IT I THINK I PAID $20 FOR IT.

LITTLE OLD CAMERA FOR MY NEW
CAMERA COLLECTION I PAID $4

LITTLE COW BELL LOVE THE PATINA ON IT
AND I'LL FIND A USE FOR IT DON'T WORRY.
$2

COOL OLD LETTER SEAL GREAT 

FINISH AND A VINTAGE LOOK $2

OLD WOOD CARPENTER RULER $1.75

LOVE THEM...

NOW FOR THE FURNITURE I FOUND

I THINK THIS PIECE WANTS TO BE RED...

IM NOT A FLOWER TYPE GIRL

SO THIS WILL BE REDONE BUT FOR $8

COULD'NT PASS IT UP

AND THE LAST PIECE I GOT

WAS THIS LITTLE CABINET

THIS WILL BE PAINTED TO. THE FRONT PULLS

DOWN BUT THE KNOB IS MISSING.

CAN'T WAIT TO GET STARTED...

THESE WERE THE FIRST ESTATE

SALES THAT I HAVE EVER BEEN TO BUT 

I HAD SO MUCH FUN AND FOUND ALOT OF

GREAT PIECES I WILL ON THE LOOKOUT

FOR MORE...

THRIFT STORE FINDS CONTINUED....

I STAYED UP IN UPSTATE NY FOR THE WHOLE

WEEK SO THE NEXT DAY I WENT BACK TO THE ANTIQUE/THRIFT STORE.

I WANTED TO TAKE A LITTLE MORE TIME AND

LOOK THROUGH THE LITTLE SHOPS AGAIN.AND

IM GLAD I DID BECAUSE I FOUND..

UNDERWOOD THE TYPEWRITER

I HAD TO HAVE THIS TYPEWRITER,

MY FRIEND THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY. THIS

TYPEWRITER WEIGHED ABOUT 20LBS AND

I BELIEVE ITS FROM THE EARLY 1900'S

I TOOK THE TYPEWRITER BACK TO MY

MOMS HOUSE AS THIS IS WHERE I WAS STAYING

AND WANTED TO CLEAN IT UP.

MY NEPHEW DILLON WAS THERE

AND HE LOVED THE TYPEWRITER

HE WANTED TO BE IN CHARGE OF

CLEANING IT.

HE WOKE ME UP THE NEXT DAY AND

SAID HE WAS WAITING FOR ME TO GET

UP SO HE COULD PLAY WITH UNDERWOOD.

HE DID A GREAT JOB

I THOUGHT THE WHITE ON THE KEYS HAD

WORN OFF BUT DILLON SCRUBBED EACH ONE

WITH A TOOTH BRUSH AND SHAZAM....

before the clean up-

I WISH YOU COULD HAVE SEEN THE GUNK AND

DIRT ON IT I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN

MORE BEFORE PICTURES.

WE USED WD40 ON THE INSIDE MECHANICS 

AND CLEANED IT OUT AS IT HAD

LITTLE LEAVES INSIDE. ITS MISSING

A FEW KEYS WHICH I WILL LOOK FOR ON EBAY.

AFTER THE CLEANUP-

DILLON WANTED ME TO LEAVE THE

TYPEWRITER WITH HIM AND HE TOLD

ME HE WOULD HAVE IT FINISHED

BY THE TIME I CAME UP AGAIN...

I TOLD HIM I WOULD BRING IT BACK UP

NEXT TIME I VISITED. HES SO CUTE

PRICE OF THE TYPEWRITTER $10

THE TIME I GOT TO SPEND RESTORING IT

WITH MY NEPHEW...

PRICELESS

THANK YOU FOR YOU HELP DILLON

I LOVE YOU...

ANOTHER CUTE LITTLE ITEM I BROUGHT

HOME WITH ME IS THIS OLD

HORSE SHOE.

 I SAW A FEW THINGS THERE THAT WERE NICE BUT I DIDNT BUY

JUST WANTED TO SHARE THE PICTURES

I CAME SO CLOSE TO BUYING THIS BUT THE DRAWERS WERE NOT COMPLETE DRAWERS I THINK I MIGHT OF BEEN USED FOR HOLDING MAPS?

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT THIS WAS USED FOR...

SO IM BACK IN NJ

BUT IM SURE I WILL BE PAYING THIS

LITTLE SHOP A VISIT NEXT TIME IM IN THE AREA

THIS IS A SHOT OF THE COUNTRY ROAD

I DROVE DOWN TO GET TO THE SHOPPE

COUNTRY LIVIN....

HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE POST

linking up underwood the typewriter at these parties

MONDAY

Between Naps on the Porch – Metamorphosis Monday

THRIFT STORE JUNKY

IM VISITING MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS
 IN UPSTATE NY THIS WEEK, THIS IS WHERE
 I GREW UP...

MY FRIEND TRUDY 
AND I WENT T0 GREAT LITTLE ANTIQUE

STORE TODAY.

KINDA LIKE A ANTIQUE/THRIFT STORE

CALLED WEEDEN'S

DONT LET THE LOOKS DECEIVE YOU IT

WAS VERY BIG INSIDE. HAD ABOUT 50

LITTLE VENDERS.

I WANTED TO SHOW YOU A FEW THINGS

I SAW ON MY ADVENTURE THERE.

OLD TRUNKS

VINTAGE DOOR KNOBS

VERY ODD... FOX CANDLE HOLDER

BUTTONS!!!

I WAS LOOKING FOR RAIN BOOTS BUT

I DONT KNOW ABOUT THESE...

& OLD CHIPPY PAINT  BED...

 THE FOLLOWING THRIFTY FINDS THAT

I TOOK HOME WITH ME...

THIS BEAUTIFUL OLD KNOB...

LOVE THE COLORS IN THIS

THIS OLD VINTAGE FOLDING RULER

AN OLD BLUE MASON JAR.. LOVE THESE

OLD DRAWER PULLS... TO USE ON AN UPCOMING PROJECT IM SURE.

AND A VINTAGE MILK CRATE. LOVE THE LOOK

LOVE MY NEW FINDS...

JUST WANTED TO SHARE.