Who loves shopping flea markets?
You all know that I do, even though my house won’t hold anything else right now, it’s still fun to look and browse. Â I’ve got a new book from BHG to share with you today and one of my lucky readers gets a chance to own one too. Â I have always enjoyed bringing home the vintage pieces to use at my house and you’ll always find older treasures in my decorating arsenal. Â I just can’t imagine not decorating with older things at my house, with a mix of old and new. Â It always gives you a chance to discover a new treasure and bring it home to fill in the spots around a house.
Flea Market Style: Â Fresh Ideas for your Vintage Finds and newly published from one of our fave magazines, Better Homes and Gardens. Â It shares the ultimate guide for scoring, saving, and integrating unique pieces into your home that reflects your unique style and look. Â It’s filled with hundred’s of photos showing ideas for putting together and integrating flea-market finds into an overall scheme that is thrifty, recycling friendly, and one of a kind.
I love these inspiring photos of rooms around the house, all spruced up with vintage finds.
This kitchen looks so homey and inviting, doesn’t it?
There’s definitely a lot of chippy pieces in decorating with vintage.
Unique idea using urns for a table base.
The book lists some of the best flea markets to attend across the country, as well as all different style ideas, such as Boho, Cottage, Country, Romantic, and Modern. There’s also projects that you can do to use in your home. Â Lots and lots of fun pics to look at, so I think you’d enjoy this book if you love to shop flea markets!
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I love the mix of old and new and the warmth that old pieces give a home.
I love decoratng with flea market items because everything is different and my way of using an item can be totally different than someone else’s.
I love the ecclectic look of my flea market finds. It always adds so much character to the room.
It makes a space feel more homey:)
I love to find things that are unique – speak to me – and love them dearly! Usually something that no one else would dream of wanting but that’s okay! One of my favorite pices is part of an old pond yacht – it’ character and roughness called me!
One of my favorite pastimes is browsing flea markets and antique malls. Like others, I too love the imagined history behind each piece. It is very disconcerting to see toys I played with in the 50s now considered “antiques”!
I love the charm and imperfection of the “finds” from fleas and sales. They are so much more interesting then living with just the perfectly brand new from stores.
I love finding vintage items that are unique and fit with the decor in my home. They usually will give it that needed “pop” and they stand out from everything else.
I like the character and uniqueness of flea market finds. They also are conversation pieces. I have started keeping a history of the older things, especially family pieces, but also things I’ve purchased if I have background information, to pass on to my daughters.
Love. Rousing flea markets or garage sales for that special treasure.
I would love to win this book. My favorite part of decorating with vintage finds is that my home doesn’t look like anyone else’s home. I have touches of whimsy and unique finds that make my home have personality and individuality.
I love the history of using vintage items. They bring a a homey and cozy feeling to a room. My favorites are family items – they bring back memories. Enjoy your blog!
I love the worn, smooth places in the wood of the furniture pieces–I guess I don’t really lean toward the chippy look. The cozy, warm feeling created in a room with items that have lived for generations makes my heart smile
Oh I love to incorporate flea market finds into my decor. Hugs and blessings, Cindy
First of all, I love a great coffee table book about as much as perusing flea markets and the likes! So funny, too, that one of the pieces I get asked about most in my own home is a cement bust of a boy that I plucked at the Hillsville, Va. flea market. Having daughters, he has been dubbed “the boy I never had”, complete with seasonally directed hat or scarf, depending on his mood….. (wink).
The description you give is very intriguing…would love to see a picture of your “boy”!
I love vintage finds, the story the craftsmanship behind the product and the quality. My bedroom set is from the 1920’s, no family relationship. My favorite past-time is browsing through he vintage stores, flea markets and hearing the stories behind the pieces!
When decorating with vintage pieces, I like to imagine the lives those pieces touched. I especially love vintage kitchen dishes, platters, and bowls because I like to think about the loving hands that used those pieces.
I love the sense of history.
I live in the house that my grandparents had built in 1923 – my dad was born in the bedroom upstars. My house looks better decorated with vintage finds/antiques than with new stuff – or at least with a mix of the two. Plus those things remind me of my grandmother and of simpler times.
I like finding unique pieces that help pull together my space. Helps to not have everything so matchy matchy!