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table of contents
BEST OF FLEA MARKET STYLE™
2016
6 cottage 84 romantic
8 Sunny Delight 86 Reclaimed Glory
16 Serious Fun 94 Alfresco Allure
24 Resourceful Endeavors 102 Sentimental Spirit
32 Natural Charm 110 Restored Beauty
40 Cottage Projects 118 Romantic Projects
44 Cottage Collectibles 122 Romantic Collectibles
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6 Best of Flea Market Style
chapter 1
cottage
Rustic patinas, soothing colors, and pretty personal touches
define this style, which feels at home in any locale from
the Midwest to both coasts.
White walls and ceilings
make the small rooms in
Jan and Bill Huffman’s
cottage feel more
expansive; they also
allow bright accents—
such as the kitchen’s
sunshine-yellow cabinet
door and turquoise
barstools—to introduce a
sense of festivity.
opposite The Ficeks revealed beams hidden under drywall to allow the dining
and living rooms to open wide to the kitchen. The beams still bear tool marks
from when they were hand-chiseled decades ago. The coffee table, once an old
railroad cart, scoots out of the way if the three children in the family want to
play games on the floor. above The dining room chairs are not all the same, but
they could pass for a set, thanks to their unifying black paint and grain-sack
seats. They sit atop wide-plank wood floors that only look expensive. “We
priced out reclaimed wood for the floors, and we about had a stroke,” Amanda
says. “It was as much as the whole building cost.” She and Scott went instead
with Plan B: 1×10 pine planks from the local lumberyard, which are simply nailed
to the beams underneath, stained, and sealed with matte polyurethane. right
Shocked at the prices of chandeliers in Amanda’s design magazines, Scott made
one himself with pipes from a hardware store and wine bottles ordered online.
All told, he spent $250 on supplies—far less than the $800-plus that similar
chandeliers cost at retail.
left The building had no kitchen, so
the couple started from scratch.
They haunted a local cabinet
company’s outlet store for months
until a set of cabinets just right for
tweaking came along. below Crafted
from an old door and bits of trim
molding, the island was once used
as a cash register counter. bottom
Scott, Amanda, and their three
children (from left), Claire, Charlie,
and Kate, value their home’s
salvaged quality. bottom left Painted
wood boards above exposed brick
in the guest bath showcase a
collection of vintage first-aid kits.
opposite Amanda scored the
kitchen’s menu signs from a diner
on Craigslist. “Each one has a little
different shape and size,” Amanda
says. “There was no way to line
them up, so I just embraced that
they’re imperfect and random.”
A FINE HOST
Add coat hooks to decorative
porch trim to create a
weathered rack, below, for
staging your day’s ensemble.
Use the “windows” of the piece
to frame vintage paper art, like
these 1930s pages of sheet music
and flash cards. Cut sturdy
cardboard to cover the back of
the wood trim and attach with
glue, duct tape, or brads; insert
paper art as desired. To hang
the rack, attach D-ring hangers
to the back.
PLANTER PIZZAZZ
Cultivate new life for hanging plant baskets as clever doorstep pots. Found
curbside with the week’s trash, this quartet of wire baskets, above, was
cleaned and refreshed with spray paint. To give the baskets a step up, pair
two together. Upend the smaller basket and place the larger of the two on
top, right side up. Fasten together with wire. Nestle a coco fiber liner in the
top basket, fill with potting soil, and plant with seasonal greenery.
projects
SWEET TREAT
Hang metal dessert molds,
above, to create three-
dimensional wall sculpture.
Lightweight tin and aluminum
molds were a staple in American
and European kitchens in the
first half of the 20th-century,
when they were used to form
scrumptious Bundt cakes,
gelatins, and puddings. If
there is enough flat space on
the bottom of a pan to make
DISH IT UP contact with the wall, hang
Fashion an eye-catching art display like the one spied inside Persephone the mold using duct tape or a
Bakery in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, by adhering humble wood spoons to a hook-and-loop tape fastener.
wall, above. Amass an assortment of spoons (we got ours from thrift stores Otherwise, use an awl to tap a
and Etsy.com), then plot spoons in the desired pattern on the floor beneath hole in the bottom of the form
the wall. Apply hot glue to the backs of the spoons and attach individually to for a small nail or brad, then
the wall. Use a level as you work to ensure even lines. If you want to remove hang it on the wall using your
them later, use a putty knife to gently pry off each piece, damage-free. preferred fastener.
collectibles
Welcome into your home
a gathering of sweet notions
that have stood the test of time.
photographers JACOB FOX and JAY WILDE
SAVORY BRANDING
Bright in color with bold lettering designed to capture attention,
soda cracker tins from the early 1900s, below, were sold both in retail
stores and by traveling salesmen. Home in on a manufacturer or two
to start your own collection. The Iten Biscuit Co. of Clinton, Iowa,
Oklahoma City, and Omaha was a popular Midwest brand, and its
striking blue tin boxes are relatively common. The Loose-Wiles
Biscuit Co. was founded in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1902 and often
used a golden yellow to highlight its Sunshine brand of crackers.
bohemian
Bold, colorful, and eclectic, this style mixes genres with glee,
exuberantly bringing modern and vintage elements together
in unconventional ways.
Jennifer (Jen)
Harrison’s kitchen
table came from a
flower shop that
was going out of
business. “It was their
workstation, so it has
a great patina on top,
but it was really tall,”
Jen says. She cut
more than a foot off
each leg to use it as a
dining surface.
SHOW OFF
Homeowner Alex Besser
shares creative ideas for
displaying found objects.
collectibles
Put your individual style
on display with vintage fare
that’s fun, sleek, and retro.
photographers MARTY BALDWIN, JACOB FOX, and JAY WILDE
SITTING PRETTY
Collector Shannon Clark loves nothing
more than combing through old barns
and garages filled with old things. “I don’t
particularly care if something is sought after
or branded,” she says. “I’m more interested
in the color, size, shape, or that ‘something’
that jumps out at me.” That’s how she ended
up with two chairs for $25 apiece, only later
discovering she’d purchased iconic pieces
by the German-Austrian furniture company
Thonet. The circa-1930s lacquered birch
frames paired with Bakelite green seats sell
for hundreds of dollars a chair.
TAKE ACTION
Starting in the 1930s and
carrying on to the present,
collectible glasses have been
sold by restaurants, gas
stations, and retail stores as
marketing tools for various
subjects. Often sold in sets, the
glasses are fun to collect. The
Superhero Moon Series, right—
so called because of the circles
behind the characters—was
released in 1976 by PepsiCo.,
Inc., and features 14 figures.
Glasses in mint condition in
this collection sell for $10 to
$50 each. Just beware: These
are hand-wash only; automatic
dishwashers dull the images and
reduce the value.
HIGHLIGHT
HAPPY
Take your vintage jewelry out
of hiding from drawers and
boxes and foster romantic
ambience, below, by topping a
stack of old books or a fur collar
with the baubles. Or pin the
sparkly pieces to pillow fronts,
slip them into shadow boxes,
or clasp them to fabric-covered
canvases for razzle-dazzle that
can be enjoyed every day. To
further delight the senses, fill
a glass vessel with perfume
bottles. Piled vertically, you
can capitalize on the bottles’
shimmer in a small space.
WELL SUITED
Employ hard-sided vintage suitcases to hold papers, old photos, or office
supplies, above. Anchor large shelves with luggage pieces or tuck them
under a table as subtle style fillers. Need a side table? Stack suitcases to
chair height. To spotlight more retro moments, slip old photographs into
vintage glass jars.
projects
MAKE NOTE
Transform a shapely mirror
into a memo board with
chalkboard paint, below. Use
chalk paint—no sanding or
priming required—to give the
frame a soft finish. To create
the chalkboard, tape off the
frame edges and paint the
existing mirror with primer,
then chalkboard paint. If the
mirror is cracked, broken, or
missing, use particleboard to fill
the frame and paint it instead.
Before you chalk your first note,
be sure to “prime” the board
to prevent ghosting; simply rub
the entire surface with the
side of a piece of chalk and
wipe it off.
LOOKING UP
Press an old ladder into service as a storage rack, above. This vintage
ladder is refreshed with white paint and distressed to make it pretty
enough to act as an open-air linen closet in a bedroom. Need vertical
storage in other rooms? Use the rungs to host blankets in a living room
or towels in a bath.
FANCY FEAST
Forget the silver polish. Let the patina of antique silverware,
this photo, shine while dangling from the frame of a lampshade.
Create holes for hanging the silverware using a small drill bit.
Use a C-clamp to secure each utensil to a scrap piece of wood,
then drill through the handle into the wood. Smooth the sharp
hole edges with a metal file, and arrange each utensil over the
frame using paper clips, bent as needed.
FOR RESOURCES, see page 124.
collectibles
Use fanciful finds from the past
to imbue rooms in the present
with nostalgic beauty.
photographers MARTY BALDWIN and JACOB FOX
NEATLY DONE
Mustache cups, below, emerged in the mid-1800s as an
ingenious solution by English potter Harvey Adams
to a serious fashion faux pas of the Victorian era.
Mustaches were in high style, and men often waxed
their lip hair to keep it perfectly in place. But wax and
hot tea—the beloved drink of the time—did not mix
well; the hot liquid melted the wax and often left a
stain on the mustache. So Adams invented a teacup
with a mustache guard, or ledge, that swept across one
side of the cup, allowing the drinker to sip his tea while
keeping his upper lip dry. The cup design spread to
America and remained popular until the early 1900s,
when mustaches went out of fashion. Today, you can
pick up your own sweet sipper for less than $10.
PLAYMATES
After making her own papier-
mâché dolls inspired by
19th-century folk art versions,
crafter extraordinaire and
collector Kimber Mitchell
developed an interest in
primitive wooden peg dolls,
above. These dolls were crudely
made, carved, and turned by
hand on a lathe starting in the
19th century in Germany and
the Netherlands. The dolls
feature a solid wooden body and
jointed arms and legs. “Because
of their simple nature, most
were sold undressed, and their
owners then fashioned their
clothing from scraps of fabric
or whatever fabric they had on
hand,” Kimber says. “I’ve spent
$15 to $80 per doll, depending
on condition and clothing.
If they’re clothed, they tend to
cost more.”
SWEET TREATS
Biscuit tins—containers made from tin plate designed
to hold cookies or candy commonly consumed with
a cup of tea—emerged in England in the 1860s after
a law was passed allowing groceries to be sold in
individual packaging. Over the next two decades,
lithographing technology improved, allowing
manufacturers to print colorful designs directly onto
metal. Embellishing the tins made economical sense,
as consumers were willing to spend far more than the
value of the cookie or candy inside for tins they could
use as home decor. Give a collection parameters by
searching for a country of origin (the tins gathered
below are all stamped with either “Made in England”
or “Made in Holland”), or look for rarer pieces from
Huntley & Palmers, a London firm credited with
commissioning the earliest designs.
TAKING SHAPE
Gelatin molds, above, were a popular tool in the
early- to mid-20th century in North America for
making sculptural salads and desserts—often with
some pretty fantastic combinations of ingredients.
The molds were available primarily by mail order;
women filled out a form torn from a magazine and
mailed it in, along with a fee for shipping. Copper
molds graced more affluent homes; tin ones were
found in humbler abodes. The molds came in a
variety of sizes, including playful lobster and starburst
shapes. Today, collectors prize copper molds for
their pretty sheen, and the pieces are used for their
decorative flair more than for cooking. An abundance
of stock makes these molds affordable to collect at
less than $10 a pop.
pillow on sofa—Jane Coslick Designs and Page 15 (Porch): Ceiling paint Porch Ceiling Page 20 (Dining room): White chairs
NOTE: Because of the magazine Restoration; janecoslick.com. Sofa slipcover Blue—Jane Coslick Color Collection; Henriksdal, curtains—IKEA; ikea.com.
printing process, paint color [P] White Cotton Duck, stripe pillows—GDC janecoslick.com [P]. Chairs—Target; target Sofa Lincoln Tufted Velvet Slope Arm
depicted on our pages might vary Home; gdchome.com. Throw blanket— .com. Aqua striped pillows Sunbrella—Jane Loveseat—Roger + Chris; rogerandchris.com.
slightly from manufacturers’ colors. HomeGoods; homegoods.com. Coffee Coslick Designs and Restoration; janecoslick Green table—The Austin Antique Mall;
Use paint color names or numbers, table—Nadeau; furniturewithasoul.com. .com. Pink pillow Ogee Magenta, aqua austinantiquemall.com. Small round table
when provided, as a starting point. Rug—Dash & Albert; dashandalbert.com. pots, turquoise chevron tray—GDC Douglas Coupland—1stdibs, Inc.; 1stdibs.com.
To get a color as it appears in the Desk clock—Amazon.com, Inc.; amazon Home; gdchome.com. Rug—Dash & Albert; Rug Safavieh—Overstock.com; overstock.com.
magazine, take the page to a paint .com. Lampshade, wire envelope dashandalbert.com. Wood end table with Page 20 (Entry): Wall paint Cyberspace
retailer for matching. holder—Cost Plus World Market; painted top, oval table, jars, vintage SW 7076, floor paint Repose Gray
worldmarket.com. Leather engagement bottles, plastic glasses, galvanized SW 7015—The Sherwin-Williams Co.;
books—T. J. Maxx; tjmaxx.tjx.com. Metal bucket, beach towels—homeowners’ sherwin-williams.com [P]. Wallpaper
desk, desk chair, aqua box, dictionary, collection. custom—Adelphi Paper Hangings, LLC;
stationery, white vintage end table, adelphipaperhangings.com.
CHAPTER ONE: bowl, vase—homeowners’ collection. Page 21 (Office): Wall paint Peony 2079-
COTTAGE Page 12 (Master bedroom): Floor paint— 30—Benjamin Moore; benjaminmoore.
Glidden; glidden.com [P]. Bed cover, com [P]. Sofa Ashley, lamp Scout—Roger
lamps—Tuesday Morning; tuesdaymorning + Chris; rogerandchris.com. Desk chair
.com. Duvet—Nancy Koltes; nancykoltes.com. serious Herman Miller Eames Dowel-Leg Side
Aqua shams—Pine Cone Hill; pineconehill fun Chair—Design Within Reach; dwr.com.
.com. Taupe shams—Jane Coslick Designs Desk Go-Cart—CB2; cb2.com. Mirror, hat
and Restoration; janecoslick.com. Bench— stand—homeowners’ collection.
give this coastal cottage a cheerful
ambience that’s as casual and
relaxing as a day at the beach. Cost Plus World Market; worldmarket.com. Pages 22 and 23 (Bathroom): Wainscoting
Basket—Mount Pleasant Mall; 16
paint High-Reflective White SW 7757,
mtpleasantmall.com. Headboard, coatrack, wall paint Repose Gray SW 7015—The
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Pages 28 and 29 (Kitchen, bathroom): Frosted Kaleidoscope—Anthropologie; Page 53 (Office): Office shelving unit, white
Island paint—Annie Sloan Interiors, Ltd.; anthropologie.com. Chandelier, mirror, boxes—IKEA; ikea.com. Art behind desk,
anniesloan.com. Cabinets—Medallion glass sculpture—West Elm; westelm.com. fox figurine—Target; target.com. Rug—
Cabinetry Outlet Store; medallioncabinetry White vase—IKEA; ikea.com. Orange Boutique Maroc; boutiquemaroc.etsy.com.
.com. Towels—Bed, Bath & Beyond Inc.; PLANTER PIZZAZZ
vases, tray—Target; target.com. Table, Desk, chaise, throw blanket, pillow,
bedbathandbeyond.com. chairs, console, candlesticks—vintage. hand form, hanging owl—homeowners’
Pages 30 and 31 (Boy’s bedroom): Chest 40
Page 51 (Living room): Drapery panels— collection.
paint—Annie Sloan Interiors, Ltd.; IKEA; ikea.com. Indian art by Jennifer Page 54 (Porch): Porch paint Extra White
anniesloan.com. COTTAGE PROJECTS Ament—One Kings Lane, Inc.; onekingslane SW 7006—The Sherwin-Williams Co.;
PAGES 40–43 .com. Abstract art—Heather Chontos; sherwin-williams.com [P]. Drapery panels
Page 41: Floral oilcloth Happy Land heatherchontos.com. Girl art—Hayley Goodwill Industries International, Inc.;
Laminate OCJP005 in Sky—Westminster Mitchell Art; hayleymitchellart.etsy.com. goodwill.org. Tassels, macramé on
Fiber, Inc.; freespiritfabrics.com. Gingham Bottom left and right art, art over settee frame—Jennifer Harrison Style;
oilcloth—OilClothByTheYard.com; fireplace—NG Collective Studio; jenniferharrisonstyle.com. Pillows on settee
oilclothbytheyard.com. ngcstudioart.com. Wall lamp— by table, pillow on chair—Two Girls
charm Page 43: Rug in bath Beckham Stripe— OneFortyThree; shop.onefortythree.com. and a Pug; twogirlsandapug.etsy.com. Settee
comfortably bridges the decades in
an 1800s-era farmhouse.
Dash & Albert; dashandalbert.com. Glass Solid gold vases, low white bowl, floor cushion—Pier 1 Imports; pier1.com.
bath canisters Heritage Hill Jar, 1 Gallon, cushion—Anthropologie; anthropologie.com. Pillow on settee—HomeGoods;
Item# 69349T, and 3-Quart, Item#69832T— Sofa—Arhaus, LLC; arhaus.com. Batik homegoods.com. Throw Moroccan Wedding
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Anchor Hocking Co.; anchorhocking.com. pillow on sofa, pillow on chair—Boho Blanket—At 1st Sight; at1stsightbk.com.
Pillow; bohopillow.etsy.com. Lumbar Macramé work—Gabriella Banzhaf,
NATURAL CHARM pillow—Bunny & Clyde; bunnyandclyde.ie. Cleveland. Marble-top shelf table—
PAGES 32–39 Coffee table—West Elm; westelm.com. Arhaus, LLC; arhaus.com. Candleholders—
Pages 32 and 34 (Living room): Wall paint— Concrete and gold vases—Target; target Anthropologie; anthropologie.com. Pouf,
PPG Porter Paints; ppgporterpaints.com [P]. .com. Turquoise rug, patterned rug— rug—Bunny & Clyde; bunnyandclyde.ie.
Sofas, chairs—IKEA; ikea.com. Coffee Etsy, Inc.; etsy.com. Cabinet, navy throw Screen, settee frame, chair, brass tray,
table—Cost Plus World Market; blanket, chair—homeowners’ collection. plant holders, table, wooden chairs
worldmarket.com. Pillows—T. J. Page 52 (Master bedroom): Euro shams, on left, yellow folding chair, bamboo
Maxx; tjmaxx.tjx.com. White vases— bolster pillow, blanket Moroccan settee, wooden plant holder, rugs—
Anthropologie; anthropologie.com. Wedding Throw—Anthropologie; homeowners’ collection.
Page 35 (Dining room): Wall paint anthropologie.com. Headboard, trunk,
Grassland SW 6163—The Sherwin-Williams lamp, floor covering—homeowners’
Co.; sherwin-williams.com [P]. Dining table collection.
Pages 64–66 (Living room): Chandelier projects Look to vintage fabrics and
accessories for free-spirited
inspiration inside and out.
thewhimseyshoppe.com. French chairs—
Rico Espinet Candelaria—Robert Abbey; Marburger Farm Antique Show; roundtop-
robertabbeylightingstore. Sofa Bantam— EASY BREEZY
631/765-1223. roundtoptexasantiques.com. Antiques Fair; roundtoptexasantiques.com. projects Embrace the romance of pieces from
the past by putting them back to work
as art and storage.
Page 112 (Dining room): Wall paint Art Dapple Gray with Lace by Laura Wilson, HIGHLIGHT
HAPPY
Page 102 (Breakfast room): Floor paint Acanthus SW 0029, trim and floor paint book That Day by Laura Wilson—Red &
Old Blue Jeans 839—Benjamin Moore; Snowbound SW 7004—The Sherwin- White Gallery; redandwhitegallery.com. Book
benjaminmoore.com [P]. Fabric for settee Williams Co.; sherwin-williams.com [P]. Images of Fayette County by Jerry and Joan
and window shades—Duralee; duralee.com. Window treatment—Dakota Fabric Herring—Herring Press; herringpress.com.
Pages 104 and 105 (Living Room): Floor Valance in Canvas/BrightWhite—Smith Rug—Pottery Barn; potterybarn.com. WELL SUITED
paint Down Pipe No. 26—Farrow & Ball; + Noble Home, Inc.; smithandnoble.com. Page 116 (Lavender bedroom): Wall paint TIME TRAVELS
us.farrow-ball.com [P]. Sofa fabric— Light fixtures—Old World Antieks; Enchant SW 6555—The Sherwin-Williams 118
F. Schumacher and Co.; fschumacher.com. oldworldantieks.com. Hanging bins—Arbor Co.; sherwin-williams.com [P]. Window
Upholstered chair—George Smith; Antiques Services, Inc.; arborantiques.com. treatment Casual Roman Shade in Canvas/ ROMANTIC PROJECTS
georgesmith.com. Leather chair—Bountiful; Art original watercolor—Rob Erdle. Plates Bright White—Smith + Noble Home, Inc.; PAGES 118–121
bountifulhome.com. Rug—Ralph Lauren; on wall original art by Pat Johnson—Red & smithandnoble.com. Art original pastel by Similar items available—Denise
ralphlaurenhome.com. Delft tile—vintage. White Gallery; redandwhitegallery.com. William Anzalone—Red & White Gallery; Knickrehm, Denise’s Adornments, Geneva,
Page 107 (Kitchen): Wall paint Decorator’s Runner on table, sideboard, redandwhitegallery.com. Headboard, Illinois; 630/232-8855; denisesadornments.com.
White OC-149—Benjamin Moore; weathervane—Leftovers Antiques Home bedside table—Blue Hills at Round Top;
benjaminmoore.com [P]. Floor paint Mercantile; leftoversantiques.com. Gray bluehillsatroundtop.com. Duvet and pillow
Pavilion Gray No. 242—Farrow & Ball; striped linens—West Elm; westelm.com. shams Sweet Roses Grey, bolster pillows
us.farrow-ball.com [P]. Backsplash tile Blue and brown striped napkins Park Climbing Rose Lilac Neckroll—Pine Cone
Delft—Country Floors; countryfloors.com. Designs—The Pomegranate; 979/836-1199. Hill; pineconehill.com. Purple pillowcases—
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