this past weekend, I headed out to Phoenix to do some flea-market shopping. (Well, 'flea market' isn't exactly the best term for it- you'll see what I mean when you look at the photos- but it's the best I have...) Once a month, there is a 4-day antique market hosted by Sweet Salvage in the Melrose District of downtown Phoenix. It's a once-a-month 4-day antiques shopping event, basically one weekend a month, Thursday - Sunday, with every month having a different theme. That way, the merchandise always changes (and if you wnt something, it might not be there next month!)
This month's theme was Boho / Industrial Chic, I think... I bought a few small things (we don't need any large pieces of furniture, and this theme does not fit with our Southwestern decorating scheme), but took photos of some of the booths while I was there. The individual vendor spaces were accessorized so beautifully, it seemed like they could easily be vignettes straight out of an interior decorating magazine. Next month's theme is 'Sweet Retreat' so I'll definitely be going to see what the vendors can do with it!
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| love the red lockers! |
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| tablescape with dog figurines and vintage silver |
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| this booth was full of gorgeous vintage religious items |
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| mother-of-pearl and vintage rhinestones-- beautiful!! |
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tablescape with vintage Santos figurine, angel wings, and coral, among other things.
I really tried to figure out what I could do with those
wooden wings, but ended up leaving them there. |
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painted hutch
with architectural items, figurines, and more |
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dogs and cigars- love it!! I really like this decorative bottle,
but there was no compelling reason to bring it home with me. |
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| this booth had a shabby-chic front porch feel to it. |
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this booth is definitely 'industrial chic' style, with the
rusty car grill on the wall, straight out of American Pickers! |
Check out the Sweet Salvage blog and website for more photos of interesting and unusual merchandise. (since I didn't go till Saturday morning, I'm sure I missed out on seeing some of the best stuff-- although what was there on Saturday was still pretty amazing.)
2 comments:
Oh i wish i could have gone there with you. I would have loved poking around on the religious artifact table! Who am i kidding! I'd love poking around in ALL of it! hahaha Thanks for sharing...love, mare
The way vendors set up really makes all the difference to encouraging the random browser!
Alison xx
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