Of Pickets, Boxes, Tables and More

You must be getting tired of seeing these, but I finished, for the time being, the expansion project at my booth. It will change again as soon as we finish with the Hoosier cabinet and a few other projects, but the basic layout is in place.

It's a lot bigger. I feel like I almost have a small store in there! This photo doesn't even show the whole length of the booth.

I moved the two chairs to the end,

and brought in the finally finished little cabinet I've been working on. I was fairly happy with the result:

I tried my hand at antiquing it and liked the way it looked when I was finished. Here's a corner detail:

This entertainment center belongs to my son who needed to sell it. While not really antique, it is solid oak and I can use it for display until it sells. The big doll house fit perfectly.

 I found this expandable drying rack at the auction. It's huge! It expands in a very odd way. You open it up, then flip it upside down and it makes this lower-than-normal standing rack that is great for displaying linens.

We brought in pieces of picket fence and some old boxes too,

 along with a sweet little bunny who was in a box lot of dolls and stuffed animals I ended up with.

 I did a kitchen display on a table I am selling for my son. He redid this table a few years ago but no longer has room for it, so it's up for sale and in the meantime makes a nice display space.

Here's a better look at the table. I've been collecting jadeite bowls and finally have a full set of four to offe for sale. The popularity of jadeite seems to keep growing.

A small gardening display tops another table that I moved out to give it more visibility.

Here's a better look at that table, which is solid oak with a primitive look. I liked the way the picket fence looked around it.

A better look at the boxes for sale. Boxes and old metal items are also in demand these days.

That's tonight's tour. Today we've been working on painting projects, finishing up work on the Hoosier and the porcelain topped table and a few other things. My husband is really getting into this--he says he enjoys making things useful again. And I sure appreciate his help. It's a lot more fun with two!

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