the outside

we worked all week on the cold parts....and boy did they need the work...

THE BACK PORCH... what a mess, its been so cold we just totally neglected it all winter and mostly just plopped stuff out there....it kind of piled it up.... but its looking better now...

lots of stained glass, mostly from old buildings in Chicago..some really nice ones that could hang in a window....

.A big pile of iron just came in, including garden rabbits, flying pigs, fairies, hooks and brackets... and iron dress forms....and OUR LANTERNS...
also out there is a lot of old used white furniture...wicker and some metal top tables AND LOTS OF MISC...... just neat shabby odds and ends .. most real cheap!! waiting for someone to save and fix up...

ALSO metal garden flowers and fun glass ball stakes for your garden..and chimes..and some cool door cupboards...

the awning is also full with big piles of architectural and barn junk at one end and our nice big counters at the other ....plus signs and big brushy wreaths...and lots of birdhouses...

we try to keep the counter end under control.... the other end with the doors and shutters, spindles ,posts, barn junk etc etc is usually a big mess....but that works for most of our customers...

we have a junk art area.... and have a constant fight with the sparrows trying to get into the birdhouses...we did plug the holes....now they are trying to get in the rafters...

we have so many windows that some are actually

FREE... that would be the single paned ones outside.... just ask...

OUTSIDE... the junky end is all arranged now and priced...we have some iron pots, bikes, old wood ladders, iron wheels, tubs, tub stands, milk cans, glass bricks, junky chairs, old barn junk....nice big doors and of course about 100 windows.... ...

and lots of old patio furniture.. just needing a little tlc...

THE GARDEN iRON IS about half IN NOW...WE GOT SOME REALLY GREAT THINGS THIS YEAR...INCLUDING BOTTLE TREES... THEY ARE BIG AND NICE...

we are loving being outside in the sun....too many dark dreary days last month!!!

the cupboard barn is full too... so if you need a shelf or cabinet keep us in mind......and thanks so much to those of you who have sent us new store owners who might need fixtures..or great focal points ...we sell to a lot of stores and resturants and salons...

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another cold part is the ROUGH ROOM.... its hard to take pictures out there because its so dark and with narrow aisles... but people always go thru it, even back when it was 10 degrees.... right now it has 2 big chicago cupboards in the rough..very rough, .lots of chairs, kids chairs, mirrors, library tables, lots of oak furniture, drop leaf tables, a casket cart... just waiting for new homes... you never know what will be out there...waiting to be recycled!!!

our theory has always been MORE IS BETTER....
like i read somewhere......a minimalist doesnt have much to say...