Just a quick post of my first trip to my favorite junk shop in Arizona....
I about fell over when I saw this vintage laundry basket/cart. It's in such good condition and still has the original cotton clothes holder. None of his stuff is marked so I held my breath and asked...he said $10!
I've seen these sell on Etsy and Ebay for $65 on up!
I've seen these sell on Etsy and Ebay for $65 on up!
We had one when I was little and I always thought it was so cool. It disappeared later on but I found the cart only about 20 years ago at a garage sale but didn't buy it. I always regretted that. Now they are so popular and sooo expensive. I'm so happy to have found one at a decent price.
Since this has the original cloth 'basket' which is in good shape except for a stain on the edge (no holes, tears or rot), I think I'll use the original as a pattern and make a pretty floral 'basket'. Maybe I'll find some vintage or vintage looking fabric...or maybe some old pillow ticking in pink and white.
If you click on the image you can see it a lot better.
Since this has the original cloth 'basket' which is in good shape except for a stain on the edge (no holes, tears or rot), I think I'll use the original as a pattern and make a pretty floral 'basket'. Maybe I'll find some vintage or vintage looking fabric...or maybe some old pillow ticking in pink and white.
If you click on the image you can see it a lot better.
Then I saw this old sewing machine, it's a Wilcox Gibbs and looks good other than being pretty dusty. He said $20 on that so I went for it. I've sewn all my life and I've always wanted to collect vintage sewing machines like this but again, the price has gotten so high.
One can never have too many old tool boxes. $3 to $5 each. One is a tackle box. I recently saw a pin on Pinterest where they put brackets under a red box like this and used it as a flower planter...will do that with these someday.
An old twin bed size bed spring for $5!!!! This will be my Sweet Pea trellis!
I have more but will save them for next week...by then I hope to have an additional internet service to use.
I've had a glitch in this one since Dec. 23rd.
Thanks for stopping!
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