Antiquing We Will Go

This weekend we visited the Harwington Antique & Design Festival. Last fall James and I spent a weekend in the Finger Lake region of upstate NY and while there visited several large antique outlets. It's just fun looking through old stuff. To think about where some of the things have been and what the previous owners were like. We don't buy much but it's really interesting. Now whenever we are on a road trip we make a habit of stopping whenever we pass an antique shop, the weirder looking, the better.

Here are some sweet finds from the day. I decided to give the photos an "antique" look to go with the theme of the day. It gave me a chance to play around with some Photoshop techniques.

Gorgeous wooden trunks. Great for a living room or bedroom.

Pair of owl fireplace stands


Looooong bench. Would be perfect for the entryway of the new house.

Tea anyone?


Check out those rockers! Oh how we could grow old in those...


This mirror was a beauty. Can you picture it hanging above a mantle?


Drooling over this dining table.


Probably my favorite find of the day. Imagining these on our future front porch.


Old books. I can still smell them. love.


Skeleton keys. They don't make them like they used to.

While I can dream all day, the only thing that actually came home with us (aka the only thing that we could afford) was a handful of the skeleton keys pictured above. It's fun to think about what each key actually unlocked in its glory days. I'm glad we came across them today, there's lots creative ways we can incorporate them into the decor of the new home: exhibit A, exhibit B, exhibit C.