this week.....

coming up this week....a nice big load from my buddy in arkansas ...bottle trees, big funky roosters, big long sugar molds....and some very large metal sunflowers and some big metal bird trees.....

and check out what our new florist is making....like beautiful wreaths and some really different centerpieces...and so reasonable.

also this week, a load from our long time picker , tom, wonder what he will bring ????

lasT WEEK WE GOT ABOUT 50 MORE LANTERNS....NOW TO DECORATE THEM AND FIND PLACES FOR THEM.....most are on the back porch.... you can make your own fall scene in them and then later change it to christmas....its so easy , and we have lots of battery candles to help you....

and we are happy to say many little girls love our new foo foo room...

we might have gone overboard for FALL!!! BUT IT LOOKS SOOOOOOOO GOOD....

its hectic as usual.
ANTIQUE ETIQUETTE.....IF YOU GET SOMETHING WORTH 100$$$$ FROM ME FOR 1$$$$...YOU DONT NEED TO TELL ME.... THATS JUST RUDE....i try to learn a lot but i cant know everything...the bad thing was jon told me to check those jars...and i didnt get around to it...of course he didnt either.... we are swamped with work right now....

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...

ITS CHEERY INSIDE.......

wonderful new things... we are getting ready for spring.. and have lots ...

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support your small businesses

youve kept us going another year!!!!!! thank you....

ITS BLACK FRIDAY AND WE HOPE PEOPLE WILL try and get out and support their local businesses......ESPECIALLY greenoak !!!! .......our cupboards and counters are made right here in indiana, keeping 3 groups of carpenters busy ....and most of our big chicago cabinets and mantles are rehabbed here in indiana ...and 10 people work here at the store........ so you really are supporting a lot of people when you shop with us.........we really appreciate your business and hope we have some stuff that you just cant resist!!!!

WE KNOW YOU DONT WANT A WORLD WITH JUST THE MALL, WALMART AND DOLLAR GENERAL...
................heres what we look like lately.....and who knows what will come in today!!! ..................

we have about 4 of these big beautiful morrors....mostly from chicago and rehabbed here..

christmas is all over the store!!!!

lots of angels in this section...and gold...

one of our lanterns.... these are great housewarming presents or hostess presents....

lots of harvest tables right now...this one is 7 ft long and 525$ and look at the neat chair benches....put together by the amish crew....

we have about 10 counters/islands/cashwraps/bars right now..... this big guy is one of the largest....see, hes made out of an old door and house trim on the side...525$ some in the 400$ range.

sorry,fluffer failure, i guess we are so full we just had to put snowmen and water skiers in the same section...

these plates are so popular...!!! great words and make easy gifts . lots under 12$

we went big for red thisyear!!!!

one left....we call them bungalo buffets....big and georgous...oak

all the dishes have been displaced by the christmas ....so be sure and check out the china cabinets they are full...

fun at the store....

A HAPPY CAMPER with peacock decorations for her store window...
mugging with dh

heres part of our baby grand...only 300$$$!!!! its nice....we dont have room for it....it has a beautiful lion in brass inside....

from julies store.... http://www.bellachicinteriors.com/ .....AND SO TRUE

THESE HAVE BEEN SO POPULAR....AND so useful for the holidays... WE ARE PUTTING OUR BATTERY candles in them..... we just got about 30.... good with real candles too...they are all glass and metal, so can be outside too...we have lots of christmas ideas for them....

so many fun customers this weekend....and thankfully a lot of them....

GREENOAK LEGENDS....

we have the greatest customers.... here are a couple of our favorite stories....nameless of course...but you know who you are...

THE CLOCK GUY...my good old buddy collects clocks and he got to buy a beautiful, rare, 11 ft european antique grandfather clock... ....it wouldnt fit his house so he lowered his living room....

THE BIG TRADE.... this is more about husbands ....this poor guy thinks his wife traded a nice little piece of used furniture , value about 90$, for the biggest best fancy carved turn of the century oak buffet we ever had..value back then, about 5 or 600$.. from the studebaker mansion supposedly....

THE ROBOT DEAL.... a guy used to come buy from us, and stay all night sometimes....we had just gotten a little toy robot and sold it to him for a couple of hundred......he hadnt paid for it yet...and called someone on our phone and sold it for 1000 $ profit..somehow this felt so wrong..... but a deals a deal...

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HOG HEAVEN....a nice big pile....

wouldnt these be fun around the campfire, all metal...only 9$

one of 4 trucks...2 pick ups ~ 2 box trucks full.... .packed with care....

there are 4 or 5 pianos on one , i get to see them tomorrow...i think they were about 5$ each...isnt that terrible...we are going to tear them up for the parts.... except for the baby grand... i havent seen it yet.... they took the legs off to get it in the truck..we really dont have room for a big piano....jon said it wasnt the right kind....

good heavy benches from the camp 35 to 45$

nice oak kids chairs.... really good shape... some of our old hickory pile....altogether about 27 pieces....mostly a little rough..or a lot rough

couches, setees and chairs and a couple of rockers
7 or 8 big pine work tables....there are some short ones too....not sure where to put all these...they are really nice and CHEAP

from 25 to 95 each...

SO ITS A GOOD DAY AROUND HERE.... AND ALL ABOUT THE STUFF...

jon did show some restraint and let 40 boxes of books go for nearly nothing....our half price room is already full of books....i have to wonder tho what we missed...

why i love this business....also today some cool thngs from the fancier parts of the JUNK WORLD ...LIKE sterling spoons from tiffany , and some trench art from ww1, and chemistry lab bottles and new goodies for our etsy store store... http://www.gypsymarket.etsy.com/ ...where we sell steampunk supplies and all kinds of goodies for the altered art world.....

today im hoping for dealers in big trucks to buy some of this stuff!!!!

UPDATE.... the old hickory is gone...the red chairs are gone....

. but we have a beautiful BABY GRAND PIANO and its only 300$$$...also lots of really cute kids chairs....and some huge metal shelves....

p.s. i just put a great big neat junky link on my sidebar...check it out ...she has theneatest truck pictures... http://retreatdesign.blogspot.com/

september newsletter AND AROUND THE STORE

lots of mantles on hand right now...mostly big beautiful oak ones....and one mahogany...

lots of fun signs right now..including some old street signs....and 2 huge coke signs...

lots of furniture now...including oak bookcases, several small oak church pews..4 harvest t ables,.and some hallseats....
plus the rough room is full...with lots of easy projects.... some call it the orphan room, the redo room, and ive even heard it mentioned as the junk room...not to my face tho!! anyway its full again...

above...PART OF OUR NEW SHIPMENT OF CLOCKS

AND below THE LANTERNS....FUN WITH CANDLES, AND OUR NEW ELECTRIC CANDLES ....cant wait to get some time to make some little scenes in some....
like a case for a captured fairy...

CHECK OUT OUR NEWSLETTER FOR SEPTEMBER...

enjoy our latest newsletter...www.greenoakantiques.com/sept2009.htm

eye candy .....its fall.....

READY FOR FALL

lots of great garland and wreaths and signs.....