Farmer’s Diner & Antique Mall

Posted on | February 5, 2010 | 17 Comments

One last post about my Vermont weekend. Sunday morning it was still freezing cold. I had planned for us to go snowshoeing but I was being a baby—8 degrees at 10 am is just too cold to be outside. We headed over to The Farmer’s Diner for breakfast. I was totally impressed with their homemade english muffins. I would love to try making my own.

Next to the diner is a Cabot cheese store and Antique mall. I sampled a few cheeses but it was hard to get them down because I was so stuffed from breakfast. Greg kept telling how disgusting I was for even trying to fit anything else in my belly. But it was cheese and I love cheese. We poked through the hundreds of booths admiring all the treasures. I was amazed how patient Greg was being. I didn’t really find anything I needed but I did snap a few photos. So many perfect still-life compositions.

The Farmer’s Diner
Quechee Gorge Village
5573 Woodstock Rd. RT 4
Quechee, VT

The Vermont Antique Mall
Quechee Gorge Village
5573 Woodstock Rd. RT 4
Quechee, VT

Tools For Sale at Antique Mall In Vermont

Old Bottles for Sale at Antique Mall in Vermont

Tom Swift Books at Antique Mall in Vermont

Category: eating out, vermont, vintage finds

Sage Farm Antiques

Posted on | November 9, 2009 | 6 Comments

Greg and went up to New Hampshire yesterday afternoon. We stopped by Sage Farm Antiques to check out their monthly 3-day antique market. I got the tip off about the market from some local Marbleheaders. I picked up a vintage embroidery and an old wood mirror. The embroidery is my favorite. I hung it above the bed in the guest room. The prices were super reasonable. I had a hard time resisting their large collection of small wooden tables and vintage plaid blankets. The next 3-day market is in early December 2009. I can’t wait to go again.

Sage Farm Antiques
5 Exeter Road (Rt 111)
North Hampton, NH
603-964-3690
sagefarmantiques.com

Category: new hampshire, vintage finds

York, Maine: Withington Antiques

Posted on | August 20, 2009 | 2 Comments

On our drive up to Portland, Maine we stopped at Withington Antiques in York. I found the store via Martha Stewart’s blog. The store carries a range of European antiques and garden ornaments. I’ve been on a marble kick the last few months so I was pretty excited about the store’s large collection of marble accented pieces. The prices were reasonable but where geared toward a higher end buyer. I would have bought the marble topped console below if it had been a few inches longer. Greg loved the marble faux bois garden stands found in front of the store. A fun place to stop and explore interesting and unusual pieces. The shops is right off the highway at exit 7 just north of Kittery, Maine.

Withington Antiques
611 Us Route 1
York, Maine
(207) 363-1155

A set of lamps at Withington Antiques in York, Maine

Category: furniture, maine, maine shops, on the streets, vintage finds

Vintage Marble Sink Top

Posted on | August 17, 2009 | 21 Comments

The last few weeks we’ve been working on our first bathroom renovation. We’ve purchased a drain kit, carrara marble 1″ hex tiles for the floor, subway tiles for bathroom stall, and now a marble top sink! I found the sink at Old House Parts in Kennebunk, Maine over the weekend. I got it on sale for $400. We need to decide if we want to build a vanity for the top or use metal legs? Closet space is non existent in the house so a vanity seems like a smart option. Greg likes the metal legs. Below the tiles I choose for the floor.

Category: bathrooms, house renovation, vintage finds

Wiscasset Cottage Antiques

Posted on | July 27, 2009 | 2 Comments

Wiscasset is a coastal village famous for it’s antique stores. Stores are curated nicely representing folk art and early American style furniture. I checked out a few shops and took a few photos at Wiscasset Cottage Antiques. Sometimes looking and taking photos is a hard thing to juggle. Smaller pieces were affordable with a New England flair. The main cottage is decorated with folk art (I wanted them all!) and interesting objects like trunks and wood boxes. Walk back to a smaller cottage to find stacks of rugs, wooden model boats, and decoys. A few pictures from inside the shop above and below.

Wiscasset Cottage Antiques
16 Middle Street
Wiscasset, Maine
(207) 380-2605

Category: maine, maine shops, vintage finds

Wiscasset, Maine: Elliott Healy Books & Prints

Posted on | July 27, 2009 | 3 Comments

I think the main reason I went into this shop in Wiscasset was because it shared my last name. It’s not that often you come across another Elliott with two t’s! The store situated off just off the main Rt 1 drag is filled to the brim with antique children’s books. In the back corner of the store are a few maps and prints.

You’ll find books shops like this all over Maine. I remember even more as a kid. Most the prints you’ll find were removed from old books and are now sold individually. I have dreams of finding an undiscovered book still bound and filled with etchings. Probably won’t happen… Botanical prints will run you $25-$100 each. I had to resist buying a few because I’m trying to limit my spending till I’m really ready to decorate. Cute store and helpful staff.

Elliott Healy Books & Prints
53 Middle Street
Wiscasset, ME
207-882-5446

Elliott Healy Books & Prints Wiscasset, Maine

Category: affordable artwork, maine, maine shops, vintage finds

Todd’s Farm: Rowley, MA

Posted on | May 3, 2009 | 7 Comments

On Sunday morning I dragged my butt out of bed for Todd’s Farm fleamarket. Todd’s Farm is a weekly Sunday flea-market held in Rowley, Massachusetts. All the insider’s tell me I have to get there before 7:30am. I just can’t bear getting up that early on a Sunday. I was there by 8:45, not so bad. My tactic? Getting there a little later might help me haggle for a lower price.

My first trip of the season was pretty successful. I saw a lot of things I liked for reasonable prices. I scored a piece of embroidery with birds for $5, light insulates 3 for $5, and an antique bentwood captain’s chair for $15. The captain’s chair might become my new office chair. Maybe a little ticking cushion?

As I was leaving the market I spied four kitchen style Windsor chairs (image below). I’ve been searching for this exact chair style for months. The dealer wanted $150 for a set of 4. I think I could have talked him down to $100 but I didn’t have enough money. I left kinda heartbroken hoping I would come across the chairs again this summer. I first spotted the style in Martha Stewart last July. Please flea-market gods find me again!!