Showing posts with label Uncommon Objects. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Uncommon Objects. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Let's Go to Austin this Weekend

If you are anywhere near Austin Texas this weekend you should check out the City Wide Garage Sale.  It's not really a garage sale, it's an indoor venue that allows vendors to sell vintage items.  It runs Saturday and Sunday and there is early buying available on Saturday morning.  You usually can find over 50 vendors under one roof selling anything from modern, country, primitive, industrial and just about anything you are looking for.  Check out their website HERE for more details.


Charyl Coleman's Booth during a previous City Wide Sale


(seen here)

And since you are just a few blocks away from Uncommon Objects Antique Shop:



why not head out to South Congress and check out them out. 

Then, have lunch at Guero's:



They have really good food and a variety to choose from.  It can be a fun day shopping inside the air conditioned buildings and beating the Texas Heat.  Maybe I'll see you there. 

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Austin Shopping

Warning...This is going to be a long post so you might want to grab your favorite drink!!

We made a very quick trip to Austin this past weekend and I just wanted to share what caught my eye.  Let's start at Uncommon Objects:

Jeanette's moved to a new space and I just loved all she had here.

I'm always loving the color blue.  Those were great shutters.

Look at all the blue bottles and the blue paint peeking through on this table.




You just never know what you will find here!




The oval window in the corner was fabulous as was the oval screen. 


Yes, those are rattler's.  Pure art!  Only Linda Parker could display something like this and it would look fabulous.

Another view of the window and screen.




Isn't this cabinet fabulous.  The handles are off of clip boards.  So cleaver.

More pretties!




After we left Uncommon Objects, we found the Austin Antique Mall off McCann Street in Austin where Mickie and Brandy have a booth at.  We'd never been to this mall and it's only minutes from my son's place.  Unfortunatley, by the time I found their booth my camera battery wouldn't work, but I can gurantee you that their booth was awesome.

I also found Charyl Coleman's booth and another one that interested me.  You may remember me going on and on about her booth last time at the City Wide Garage Sale.  See the previous post for more on her:


Of course she had some great things in her space.  See that industrial magazine rack leaning against the primitive cabinet, I should have bought it because I've thought about it so since seeing it last time.

I'm not sure who's white booth this was but it seemed interesting.

And I think this booth had some interesting things. 

I actually spied a mannequin, which you can barely see in the corner, that I had sold to another vendor during one of the past Warrenton shows and now it's home here.  Sorry about the glare but this is when my camera battery was starting to go.

I do hope to go back soon to this shop, there was just so much to see.  Hope you enjoyed the tour.