A summers day at the antiques market

The Vintique Tree stocks were getting low, so, a urgent sourcing mission was needed! Any excuse is good enough to head to an antiques fair so today we took a trip over to the decorative antiques and home show in Lincolnshire, check out our day in photo form! Sorry about the quality they were on my phone!

Some of the goodies I found today...

Pennies spent well at the antiques fair

Well I got a good haul of lovely things to add to my Christmas stock from Stoneleigh Antiques fair.  I had never visited this fair before and is a good size if you just fancy a few hours browsing unlike the other larger fairs where you could stay all day!

I found a lovely vintage sewing basket, some 1970's fabric samplers, vintage tins, a fab royal winton tea set, a hand painted tea pot, a gorgeous Liberty of London purse and wallet set and my personal favourite, a retro cat egg cup!!!

Cushions for autumn

So as the autumn is looming I start to think of how to make the house feel more homely and snug for the chilly darker nights. I recently picked up a beautiful vintage welsh tapestry blanket in a teal duck egg blue colour. I am obsessed with cushions and I am constantly rotating them round my house. But our sofa ones are looking a bit flat now so I am thinking of making some out of liberty and vintage fabrics with a few pieces of blue french monogrammed linens in for good measure.  This is a pretty big project for me as I am good with a paintbrush but not so much with a sewing machine so I think I with enlist mum's help! I have a stock of fabrics but none in the colours I need so I am going to source some from ebay and vintage markets. These images below are of liberty fabric from pinterest, a bit of inspiration on patterns and colours. Cant wait to get started! Will give a update as I find the perfect fabrics hehe! In particular I love the liberty peacock fabric, I picked up a silk tie in this fabric many moons ago, I wonder if it could be incorporated??

The perfect place for your haberdashery

Gorgeous vintage oak haberdashery cabinet... This cabinet is the perfect place to showcase your haberdashery bits and bobs, your collections of trinkets or even as a quirky storage drawer for your bedroom!

Great vintage original condition with just some scratching on the glass telling the story of years of shop use!

£850 collection only due to the weight of the item! Drop me a email at ask@vintiquetree.co.uk  if you are interested!