My husband and me stopped in our local antiques mall yesterday and found the most beautiful burl wood wall clock. Ones this size roughly sell for 45-75 dollars. We picked it up for $3.50 the only thing wrong is it needs a new movement, which we happen to have a spare from an old broken clock...
I am an avid antique collector. I have lots of family heirlooms and my real passion is stoneware and quilts. I have lots of blue stone bowls and stone pickling crocks. My dh says our floors are going to fall in if I buy anymore crocks. I also have a large collection of quilts. Antiques tell such...
Watching for those very "exquisites" - in other words antiques or old things!!
Here are a few tips to watching for those "oldies but goodies" when desiring to fill your home with them.
- put aside a specific amount of $$ just for this. You never know when you'll see a goodie at a yard sale...
I always wonder if I'm cleaning them right or not. I use Old English to clean mine, but I wonder if there is something else I can use instead.
What is your cleaning method of antiques?
is it furniture, or jewlery, or dishes? or something else. my passion is books, so i love them, but also hand cooking things like a whisp or a wooden spoon, or butter churn, i love those.
Did you purchase most of them yourself.
I purchased all of my antiques myself. Nothing was passed down to me except a set of dishes which I had to sell after a few years of marriage in order to make ends meet.
I usually get my antiques at antique dealers but have been fortunate...