After loading in the first wave of items into my booth space at the Green Shag Market Antique Mall I stepped back and took a good look at what was what. Something was needed. I really don't want to clutter every table I bring in to sell with inconveniently placed smalls. Shelving would be required!
This fine lot of shelving supports was my first lucky haul. I had dropped by the St. Louis Habitat
For Humanity ReStore a few weeks ago (just after I got the news that I was to finally get a booth
space at the Green Shag Market) hoping to find some way to adequately display smalls. I didn't
find anything and was about to leave when I did the least manly thing I could think of: I asked an
employee for help. Much to my surprise my shameful break from machismo netted this lot of
shelving supports and brackets (all still in the back room)! Grand total? $10. This would cost
between $150 and $175 at the hardware store!
Then last Saturday the Girlfriend and I dropped by again after hitting the hardware store to price
lumber for the shelving and being taken aback by the minimum $50 for just the wood! For a
mere $36 I (just barely) managed to score these Ten 3' X 16" prefab shelves with fancy
shmancy edge moulding, that cool vintage modern all wood end table and a bag of screws. I'll
be featuring the little table later but the shelving was a super score. $3 each piece! We walked
up to it and I immediately thought that it might work for what I needed even though it wasn't at
all what I was looking for. I picked one up to inspect it and another shopper walked up asking
if they were priced. They weren't and we all just sorta hemmed and hawed over the lot. After
about 30 seconds I decided to strike that iron while it was still hot. I took the one shelf I had in
my hand down to the check out for a price check. At only $3 each they were ALL coming
home with me! Two other shoppers made a pass at them after we loaded them up on that
flatbed! Sorry, he who hesitates and all that!
Just for fun I knocked out some photos of some of the other stuff laying around. This place can
be a treasure chest or a complete bust...just like any thrift store. There were (and probably are)
some good items around the joint this particular Saturday. I looked all over for some peg board
hooks before the Girlfriend informed me that she had a whole big bag of them back at home.
Oh well, it gave me a chance to look all over at the other stuff! Needing a blue tank cover for
your toilet? Got it. Yellow matched set of Sink and Tub? It's in stock.
There was also lots of furniture to be had this particular weekend. Not always the case but
people were bringing out complete dining room suites when we arrived! Nice ones too, though
so not my style. The Girlfriend was totally smitten by the hidden leaf tables above. They were
pretty cool but of questionable quality. They might have just needed a little TLC. I liked the style
though. If we were in a Craftsman style home I'd have loved to try one (they had like 4!) out.
There's always tons of lighting, both vintage and contemporary, available and check out that
vintage green chair! It was in fine condition. No idea what the price was but it was (is?) probably
pretty cheap! It's worth your time if you are in the area to pop in a couple times a month. You
just kinda never know what's gonna be there, but rest assured...it'll be a bargain!
Looks like an awesome place! I seriously need to make a trip to St. Louis soon. The green chair is nice... but I'm still searching for *the* chair!
ReplyDeleteHi Heather. It's a pretty good "trap" but not even close the size of the salvage places in Cali. that I featured last spring! But I'm happy to have what we got.
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