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Thursday, July 11, 2013

Oooohhhh Atlanta!

January and July…January and July.

January is the month we purchase next years Christmas items…(see blog post about the Christmas buying), and July is back to Atlanta to find all of our art, accessories, and gift items, to carry us through the fall at the Design House.

It's always fun and exciting to see what new colors are trending and whats new in the marketplace.

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Monday, November 19, 2012

Advice for a milk paint first timer

We see a lot of first-timers in the shop ready to take the plunge. No, I'm not talking about marriage proposals, I'm talking about the first box of Miss Mustard Seed milk paint.

Many have a sheepish grin, and start off with very little confidence.

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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Weekend at auction!

This weekend Amy and I were off to one of our favorite auctions on the East Coast.

The weekends are always full of fun, but also a lot of hard work. What do we look for during a typical trip:

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Sunday, January 15, 2012

On the road again

Let the games begin!

What's new in Atlanta? Sooz and Amy are finding the good the bad and the just plain crazy at the big home furnishings show in Atlanta this weekend.

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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Postcards from Berlin (part 2)

One of our dealers, Ann, is on vacation in Germany this month visiting family. The trip is a welcome way to recharge and a great chance to scour some wonderful German flea markets. Here is an update on how Ann is doing.

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Hallo again from Berlin! This past weekend I was lucky to have help from a friend who took me by car to four flea markets on the outskirts of Berlin. These are huge markets that sell everything from antiques to second hand garden tools and produce from neighboring farms...sort of like giant yard sales. Most stores in Germany are not open on Sundays so they hold the flea markets in the parking lots of large stores. It is an amazing and exhausting experience. You can find great bargains but you have to cover a lot of territory. Fortunately Germans like to stay well nourished and hydrated so along the way you can stop for Kaffee und Kuchen or a quick beer for motivation!

My finds included a linen grain sack from late 1800's, a really special Rolltuch - blue with busy elves doing the laundry, a whole selection of shopping bags a woman had made from vintage linens, and 2 sets of old porcelain spice jars.


I am shopping every weekend at the Flohmarkts and having great success networking with my vintage contacts. On Sunday I went to the most famous market in Berlin, Mauerpark Flohmarkt. "Mauer" means wall and this market is held weekly in the east part of the city at the edge of a large park commemorating the Berlin Wall. It is huge and full of lots of "hippie" flavor.

One thing I found interesting was that the vintage dealers I found there have mostly 1970's and 80's clothes, not much that is earlier. There are many artists/craftspeople selling clothing that has been made from vintage pieces or things with an African or Asian flavor. I love to people watch at Mauerpark. There are young people from all over the world, backpackers, students, travelers of all sorts. You can hear a dozen languages at once. English is often the common language for people from different places

A bowl filled with vintage tins.

Tomorrow I'm leaving for Nurenberg and on the way back will visit Leipzig for a huge antique market that is held on the last weekend of each month. Our friends are driving us back so I will have serious hauling capacity, I am very grateful for this since most of my shopping is done via Berlin's excellent public transit system. It is a good workout and makes for some painful decisions sometimes about what one can or can't actually carry regardless of how beautiful or cheap it is. I also have to remind myself frequently about transatlantic baggage fees. Sigh. ~Ann

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(Note: Ann's vintage linen and clothing business is called Wild Thyme. She is located on the third floor of The Old Lucketts Store, dealer code RAM. You may remember an earlier post where we featured a collection of hats she purchased at an estate sale. Ann and her new German finds will be back in September.)

***UPDATE: Here is the link to Wild Thyme on Facebook. Be sure to like this page for new info. on what Ann is bringing in to her space at The Old Lucketts Store.***

Monday, August 15, 2011

Postcards from Berlin

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Hallo from Berlin!

I can hardly believe we have been in Berlin for nearly two weeks! My days have been very full with family and friends and enjoying this city that I love. Berlin ist wundebar! First of all, it is nearly 30 degrees cooler here than it was in Lucketts when we left...sweater weather. I feel rehydrated again! It has been a very rainy spring and summer here and everything is very green and blooming.

I have been very busy as well collecting loads of great things for my space. The day after we arrived, still jet lagged and groggy from the long flight, I visited Barbel, one of my flea market friends, in her apartment. She had a whole stack of linens for me that she had been saving. I've made friends with several dealers over the years who set aside things they know I will love.

Here is Barbel. I love buying from her. She is very knowledgeable about the things she sells and I learn a lot about their history and origins.

Here is an example of Plauen Spitze lace. Plauen Spitze is lace from a town in Vogtland where it was first manufactured in the 1880's so although it is machine made it can be very old. Barbel had saved a Plauen Spitze tablecloth for me that is really lovely. Also in my Barbel stack are heavy linen nightgowns (even in Lucketts there will be cool nights again!), gorgeous pillow shams, and antique lace.

On Saturday, I went to the Flohmarkt at Fehrbelliner Platz. I have several friends among the regulars there and I am always glad to see them. I had written letting them know when I would be back in town and so several people had come with heaps of stuff for me. I had so much that first Saturday that I had to call my daughter-in-law to help with carrying the bags home. Loads of bed and table linens, beautiful old lace, white petticoats, pantaloons, camisoles and nightgowns from the late 19th and early 20th century, jewelry, evening bags, silk scarves from Italy and France, and three fabulous hats from the 1930's. I will have lots for restocking when I get back to the States and back to Lucketts! Next up are 4 flea markets on the outskirts of Berlin, stay tuned!

~Ann

***UPDATE: Here is the link to Wild Thyme on Facebook. Be sure to like this page for new info. on what Ann is bringing in to her space at The Old Lucketts Store.***

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

High Point Road Trip - Part Deux

As part II of the post highlighting our trip to High Point, NC last week, we wanted to share some great ideas we saw for displaying colletctions

When these antique glove molds were displayed en masse, you start to see and appreciate their individuality.

What a wonderful way to display a glass bottle collection - hang them from the ceiling!

The functional becomes art - the chairs in this warehouse were grouped and hung on a brick wall.

A grouping of great vintage posters.

Cogs grouped on a wall give this space an instant industrial feel.

Even stacks of books just looked right at home in this shop.

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Road Trip!

The ladies just came back from a four day trip to the High Point Market, which is the the largest home furnishings industry trade show in the world. Suzanne, Amy, Lisa, Kim, and Gina were on the hunt for fresh trends and ideas, new sources for great finds, and beautiful pieces to bring back to Lucketts! Unfortunately the Market is only open to the trade, so we all have to live through the lucky team that was able to go this year.

Great Friends, Great Finds - Kim, Suzanne, Lisa, Amy, & Gina attend the High Point Market in April.

Suzanne inspecting a beautiful carved headboard.

Each showroom was more incredible than the next. This showroom was an old warehouse designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Gorgeous collage of star burst mirrors.

Lisa fell in love with this industrial table.

This was a great antiques shop in town. The industrial look is here to stay; we just loved these metal industrial bins.

Amy daydreaming in a leather chaise.

Check back later this week for part two of this post. We'll be showing some great ideas for displaying collections that we found on our High Point trip.

About High Point: More than 80,000 people descend on High Point, NC for the show. The Market has 180 buildings, 10 million square feet of show space, more than 2,000 exhibitors, 106 countries represented, and tens of thousands of new product introductions.