Dang! I Was JUST Down At The Green Shag Last Week And So Much Has Changed! There Are Old Vendors Gone And New Vendors In...Plus Lots Of New Merch For Your Hungry Eyes To Peruse! Status: Waiting For You!

Plus, rumor has it that there'll be a Pop Up sale in the parking lot today (Saturday)!  I stopped at The Green Shag Market this afternoon before work to drop off the Chrome Frame Baugman style Lounge Chair and was surprised to find such a shake up in the vendorship in house.  Change is a good thing, you should check it out!

I SO Wish The Upholstery Was In Better Condition! I Picked Up This Chrome Frame Baughman-esque Scoop Lounge Chair Today Via Criagslist And Should Have It Displayed Soon At The Shag. Status: Available.

I so wish I had the wear-with-all to pull this apart and re-upholster this beauty myself...but I know my limitations.  Not that I think it'd be all that hard, it's just the time that it'd take to...well let's face it, let it sit in the garage half done.

Phew....I Almost Passed On This Set Of Chairs. Spotted Them Monday, But Had Been To The Gypsy Caravan And Was Kinda Done For The Day. Today, Jeff Pointed Them Out And ID'd Them (edit - Paul McCobb). Status: Snatched.

Jeff Swift (our former upholstery writer...everybody got "fired" 'cuz nobody was posting) shot me a text this morning asking if I had picked these chairs up over the weekend.  Apparently he has some that need some bits and pieces.  I had seen them but I didn't jump right on them.  I did give them a second glance...and they did stick in my brain....

So What Does $25 (Plus Admission - $10 each) Buy A Vintage Modern Scavenger At The Gypsy Caravan? With Careful Selection...Quite A Bit! Status: Parking Nightmare...Apparently.

Upon checking out Twitter hashtag "GypsyCaravan" last evening I found that MANY attendees of said flea market had a myriad of issues with parking.  We had no troubles parking at all but we arrived about Ten minutes after Nine AM.  It was getting back out at about One PM that gave us troubles.

Just After Dropping Off The Other Car We Traded In (Tinkerbell - The Volvo Wagon) At The Dealership, We Took The New Bunny Straight To A Thrift Store To Calm Our Nerves, Where I Found This Neato Vintage Childs Telescope! Status: Far Seeing.

I was surprised to find that this little telescope kit actually worked when I assembled it for the photos!  It was daylight out so I couldn't see how it works on the Moon or anything, but I was able to see down the street pretty well.

I Just Dropped Off This Fantastic KEM Weber Style Lounge Chair At The Booth In Creve Coeur After Spending The Afternoon Cleaning It Up All Pretty. It's Amazing How Well Vintage Chrome Cleans Up. Status: Available.

I picked this lovely KEM Weber style chrome and vinyl lounge chair by Royal Metal a few days ago from a seller who had thought they were gonna "get in the game" so to speak...but then they had off spring instead.  Kids'll do that.  Their gain...is my gain!

Is It Really The Little Things That Count? These Little Things Do! This Lot Came From Last Sunday's Belleville Flea Market Journey. It's Not Much...But, Well...It's The Little Things That Count! Status: Scavenged.

We love the Orange Sherbert looking "Oven Proof" stuff 'round here, so that's going nowhere...but the vintage modern stylized crucifix will be tagged up soon and available.  They never last long at the antique mall.

We Spotted This Blocky Red Coffee Table Out In "The Barn" At The Belleville Flea And At First Just Barely Gave It A Second Glance...But It Stuck With Me And Eventually I Had To Circle Back. Status: Surprise.

I've got so many sofas and chairs available at the moment that I just about can't pass up any interesting coffee table that crosses a Mr.'s path.  So yeah, I went back for this one.  My brain just kept saying "C'mon dude!  It's so Pop Art!"

No No...It's Not Vintage, But This Gus Modern "Jane" Sofa And Chair Set Do, In Fact, Sport The Vintage Modern Aesthetic That We All Admire And (Dare I Say?)...Lust For. Status: @ The Shag!

You might recognize Gus Modern from Dana's blog and shop: Mid2Mod.  I've only ever found (and sadly didn't jump on quickly enough...no really, I dragged my d@mn feet on those) one other set of of Gus Modern chairs on my local C-list.  There just isn't a large Gus Modern population here in the Mid-west I guess.  But, I gots a beautiful set to offer now!

One Of The Gems That We Brought Home From The Belleville Flea Was This Lovely Little Bohemian / Vintage Modern Side Table. I've seen Oval Spider Leg Tables...And Round Gate Leg Tables But This Is The First Small Oval Gate Leg Like This I've Seen. Status: Available.

Saturday's Belleville Flea was an epically beautiful day if the take itself perhaps wasn't.  Oh, it was a good take, but the weather was amazing!  Ya gotta appreciate these remarkable days of Spring because they won't be around long!

Thanks To Jennifer Kestler (One Of Mr. Modtomics Intrepid Readership And Commenters) We Can All Rest A Little Bit Easier Knowing That We CAN In Fact Convert Standard Shades To Clip On Shades For our Vintage "Bowless" Lamps! Check 'Em Out! Status: Investigated.

A few days ago I featured a couple of new lamp shades that I picked up at the Goodwill hoping to be able to use them on a pair of vintage lamps that I had picked up quite a while back.  When I got home with the shades I realized my error.  The lamps required clip on shades...the shades were not clip on.  Enter reader comments and Mr. Modtomic reader Jennifer Kestler.

The Girlfriend And I Hit The Belleville Flea This Morning And On The Way Home We Just HAD To Stop At The Fairview Heights Savers. I Found A Little Set Of Roseville / Raymor Serving Pieces And Thought I'd Hit The Jackpot! Status: Left Behind.

Everybody knows I've got the hots for some Ben Seibel designs.  When I spotted these loose pieces sitting on the shelf there at Savers my lil heart went a pitter patter!  You know what I mean.  Alas, all was not what it seemed.

I Been Tryin' Real Hard To Get A Load Of Smalls Out To Creve Coeur So I Gathered Up A Couple Boxes Full And Dropped Those AND The Grete Jalk Sofa In Booth 307. Took A Quick Look 'Round And Spotted Some Good Stuff In Some Other Booths Too. Status: Available.

I literally looked around for 30 seconds and stumbled across Three really cool items at The Antique Mall of Creve Coeur.  I was in a rush to get to work so I didn't have time to scour the entire mall, so there may be even more / better finds out there.  Thing is, if you like what you see...you better hurry!

THIS Is A Pretty Cool Item. I Picked It Up Last Friday Morning At The Estate Sale Where I Snagged The Grete Jalk Sofa. What Is It? It's A Danish Modern Shoe Cabinet! Not Something You're Gonna Run Across Every Day. Status: Available!

I had no idea that such an item even existed.  Who needs what looks like a chest of drawers...for their SHOES?!  Well, I certainly don't...but now that I know that there is such a thing, well...of course!  I can see why this would be a desirable item.

Another Crazy Eclectic Batch Of Smalls. Some Are Keepers, Some Are For The Booth And Some Were Going To Complete Another Find...But, Well...Fail. Status: Smalls-ville.

Some of this lot came from the thrift store while the rest was found at an estate sale last weekend.  To keep those shelves full you gotta keep a-hustlin' and Mr. M finds nothing more fun than hustlin' up some smalls!