Favorite shots from the last flea market… always the first Sunday of the month,
and only if it’s not raining. Unless the rain lets up, these might be as
close as I get for awhile. The wire “cage” above was placed over water
dishes at turkey farms to keep turkey beaks front and center and
discourage disputes. Would make a great “chandelier”, or garden
ornament. Love the little seedling trug.
The mail trug at back was reminiscent of the
laundry trugs I’ve been seeing over the last
few months..continuing the theme of early
20th century industry I posted about
under “Working Paris” here
re-issued at Restoration Hardware here
This puts the rough in rough luxe…
the pendulum swinging back from excess and frill
to celebrate hard labor and the “common man” …
European Country Antiques dealers told me they were
off to Rome and then further north this month
for more rough textures and farm treasures.
My sister and I bought our first grain sacks over
two years ago from these lads…who’ve slowly moved
further to the front of the Flea Market
More metal chic…
can imagine these rattling with milk and soda bottles
in the back of a delivery truck, upended glasses,
a bushel of onions or potatoes, clerical papers
and invoices…
Quietly amongst the farmhouse chic
and European primitives…
A bit of rarer and finer leans up against a van….
And settles in a tea time corner behind the huge Olde Good Things
truck that makes its way monthly to the San Francisco bay area
from Los Angeles
There is something satisfying in doing your own gardening, tending
and mending your own laundry, baking fresh loaves of bread with
your hands. Farmer’s markets are great substitute if you don’t have a row to
hoe. I love how a genre of antiques are springing up that acknowledges
early twentieth century invention and industry and working with one’s hands.
I saw some beautiful wire cages like your’s at Goodwill yesterday and was stupid and walked away without one. I am going back tomorrow and get one.
xoxo,
nancy
Love this industrial look…years and years and probably more years ago…bought a wheeled and wooden shoe rack at Brimfield….still love it…still “in style”….at least my style. I have one of those little seedling trugs…I always thought it was a chick feeder…oh well! I like it! Great post! Terrific photographs!
Have a good night! Take care, Laura
I love these outdoor flea markets…so many great finds!
Do you remember how much the blue/green and creme cabinet was selling for at Olde Good Things?
Hi Coleen. Sorry. I’m very self-centered at the flea market…and I’ve run out of room for big furniture, so I didn’t catch the price. It’s a great flea market, though. If you go later, a vendor might not want to repack their big items, and you could bargain them down further.
As is typical of Trouvais…not just a pretty face. I love how you give context to what you post. Most of us have gone goo goo gah gah over the whole “industrial” craze without as much as a thought regarding what it says about us ~ our history~ our roots. One of my husband’s favorite sayings is “it’s not enough to be pretty” and Trovais is indeed the complete package. Did you know there is a whole school of thought in the area of mental health that says many of the mental health issues that beset modern society stem from the fact that we no longer engage in therapeutic and de-fragmenting rituals of daily life ~ like doing one’s own laundry, gardening, cooking from scratch, even tending to our own grooming instead of heading to the nearest salon or spa every time we need and eyebrow plucked or a polish change. Wow, how did I ever get off on that tangent?
Love your analysis. I just think it’s very interesting to look a the instinctual motivations between our grab reflexes. What are we yearning for, behind the laundry shuttles and rough grain sacks and railroad trolleys? What does that say about us, historically?
Such lovely images. Sigh…I have not been to an outdoor market in so very long. What a great way to remember all the great things that you could not bring home!
Wow, what lovely treasures that you saw and scored. I am waiting for the spring markets to begin in our area, I always adore the open markets best. Sea Witch
Mind passing along the name of the flea market?
Thanks so much!
But of course: “Antiques by the Bay” …located near San Francisco. Just google to find their website. Some previous posts about this flea market here and here and here
I think we all look back and crave the mundane…especially if our life has taken a bad turn. Maybe that is another reason ‘grey’ is so appealing.
I so enjoyed this post Trish…
Lee
Hi Trish,
What a thrill to have you visit!! I figured out how to make a link from your image back to your blog just now!!!
I adore your blog and am so inspired. I haven’t been to Petaluma in years… since I live in Alameda, I just wait for the Point each month for my fix!!! I was so excited to see your recent treasure, the cage/cloche for the chickens to feed through. I picked one up a few years ago at the Hillsborough Antique Show! I just loved it and couldn’t leave without it! Great idea you had of using it as a light fixture.
Are you coming to The Point next weekend?
I’d love to meet you!!
Have you ever heard of the White Elephant Sale?
The preview sale is this Sunday. Email me if you’d like more info. It’s really fabulous!
Again…
Thanks so much for visiting my blog, it was a thrill 🙂
XO
Terri
I think the French have always honored the quotidian with beauty and grace. If the hand has to touch this every day, many times a day, why not make it a feast of the senses. My new kitchen a few years away perhaps will be a testament to industrial chic, of honoring the tool, of seeing the backstory that creates the food that nurtures us. A beautiful and thoughtful post as usual.
Hi Trish,
I loved seeing all your photos and what a wonderful flea market to visit.
I especially loved the last photo, beautiful chair ( the green paintwork is lovely ) ~ there is something satisfying about doing all your own work.
I hope that you are having a fabulous week
Hugs
Carolyn
Loved this post. I’m a new follower and want to thank you for allowing me to link to your lovely post on gray things.