Joy Rides and Antiques: Take 2

Cozying up to a ghost oustide Salvage Chic Antiques.

I love antiques and old knick knacks.  I really love to rummage through looking for vintage finds.  As far as I’m concerned, half the fun is in the searching.  On Sunday the whole gang climbed into the car and we went to Salvage Chic Antiques.  Last time Conor and I went we were lucky to find so many little treasures.  If you remember, in the first Joy Rides and Antiques, we found a buoy for Conor’s room and he picked out a little leopard.

There were so many fun things to look at and explore.  They had about three rotary phones in the shop that day  and John had never seen one before.  Isn’t that funny?  I remember many homes having them when I was little.  He loved those, particularly the red one.  Both John and Conor were excited about the opera glasses, the old calculator and an old fashioned car that the roof came off of.  They both were intrigued by a vintage typewriter.  I remember typing all my papers (pre-computer) on my one-line-correct Smith Corona and getting very angry when I’d have to rewrite papers for my 9th grade English teacher, Mr. Becker.

The store is currently kitted out for Halloween: ghosts, hand painted Halloween signs on slates, baby dolls in baskets (John thought were very creepy and scary).

I found a treasure on Sunday for my kitchen!  I was tired of all the utensils falling out of the small wine jug they were housed in when I’d reach for a wooden spoon to stir the pasta or a spatula to mix the brownie batter.  I’d pull out one and everything would fall onto the counter.  I’m in love with the large enamel slop bucket I found at Salvage Chic.