Thursday, May 10, 2012

business seems  to be  really picking up.....  we have  had such a good  year  so far....and are hearing   good economic  news  froM   lots of  places ,,,shows, sales reps  and  auctions   all seem   REALLY HEALTHY...
best things  right now  for   our  store  are  
                                             ...our  crew
                                             ....facebook
                                             ....having  lots of  stuff in the hottest  trend of the day...DECORATING  WITH  NEAT  FARM  RELICS...
    ....IM so busy on  facebook and   having a ball on pinterest.... so i havent  been here much....  heres  our pinterest...  www.pinterest.com/annatgreenoak    im  such a tekk dud  and pinterest is  so   wonderful and easy...i  can  find my pictures and sort them out  just like i want them.... 
im  finding the  copyright  ideas   pretty   murky....  but im  trying to be  careful.....  pictures  from our store are  floating all around, with  no  permission....that  seems  normal , anyway it happens all the time with pictures   you find  when you  google.... 

Monday, March 5, 2012

Thursday, January 12, 2012

buying like mad...

WE ARE  BUYING LIKE   MAD  RIGHT NOW, GETTING  READY  FOR THE NEW YEAR... i  have most of the garden iron ordered  and its  going to be  a lot... nice  big  arches like the one above in my  garden at home...gazebos, lots of  trellises, benches,  fences, all kinds of planters,from  huge to  nice and small , also hanging  planters  armillaries,  wall baskets,  trikes,   topiary....etc etc etc...WE ARE  GETTING  SOME POTTERY   THIS YEAR  TOO....AND I HOPE THOSE  NICE  BIG   CHIMES....

we go to the  gift  show in a few  days...that's in Chicago  where we order from the  big  companies...i  hope i can  find  the right stuff... its  really HARD!!!  what i like is usually   pretty  oddball or  way too expensive  so i try not to  go  there on  everything....altho we do have a lot of  fun   oddball customers  too...THANK HEAVENS....
AND  THIS  YEAR I  WANT TO KEEP  WATCHING  THE PRICES AND NOT  GET TOO HIGH...EXCEPT  FOR A  FEW THINGS..
i like this time of  year to   change  things around  and   work on  new  ideas....
exciting to me  right now...
INDUSTRIAL
PINTEREST
JUNK ART
MANY NEW FURNITURE IDEAS
BRINGING  BACK  THE  PRETTY  SHABBY  COTTAGE  LOOK INTO a little  corner  of  THE   FOO FOO ROOM.... the little  girls  love the  foo foo   room  we aren't  going to drop  THE  FUn stuff theylike in there.....
JON IS  PUSHING US INTO  MORE  SPECIAL ORDERS...   its  hard for me  but it sure is what the  customers  want  so i  am going along....so far its mostly on our  big   popular  counters and our  harvest   tables....
our furniture is MADE IN INDIANA...  which is a  good  feeling  for us and the  buyers...and  especially  for the  carpenters  who  do the work...
I've really neglected  the  blog  but   you  can  find  us on   facebook  so easy.... www.facebook.com/greenoakantiques 
thanks  to  anyone who sent a shop or resturant or salon or  garden  center    to us for  CASH WRAPS,  AND  DISPLAY  CABINETS...we  really  appreciate it!!!
thats about it  for my  update on the  store.. www.greenoakantiques.com

COME SEE US

Friday, December 2, 2011

around the store dec 1....

METAL DRAWERS
BIG  AND  WIDE... OLD  TIN
LOTS OF LITTLE  FURNITURE IN
NEW  STYLE...I LOVE THIS ONE...  ALSO  ONE IN  BLACK
WE GOT A  GREAT  JUNKY  BARN  CALL

NEW AND  FRENCHY..WE HAVE A GREEN ONE  TOO
 OLD  WATCHMAKERS  CABINET
A FUN  DISPLAY...TALL  HALF  TABLE

THIS  SOLD  BUT WE ARE MAKING ANOTHER ONE... ITS HUGE...

THIS  BEAUTY HAS  WADES  PAINT JOB ON IT....


JUST WONDERING.
LOVE THIS ONE...
above BEST SELLERS.....below .BIG  VICTORIAN  DRESSER
we are getting  so much in  now....I'm   EXCITED  ABOUT  INDUSTRIAL  .... the inventory is  building.... lots of   pails, baskets, crates, a weird   table made out of  gears.... a huge fan, old  indiana sap buckets, metal tool boxes, and  most  fun of all...old   metal file  drawers... i   love  anything  with little  drawers   or  cubby holes....
i find myself  buying  junk that  could  be  turned into robot parts....I'm seeing  robot possibilities    everywhere...
MY NEW THING IS PINTEREST....omg, is  so addicting.... and just perfect  for me...who  cant  really  manage  my  pictures  well or  my  files... i love how i  can  move around on pinterest..im  such a tekk dudd  and i love theinternet..its  hard.....  not  sure how it will impact the  business....not  sure if i  will want to put prices on  our pictures...ARE  YOU ON  YET?  ITS  REALLY  FUN...HERES MINE http://pinterest.com/annatgreenoak/
IM  TRYING TO STICK  WITH  BLOGGING...  but o my gosh,  facebook is  so much more interactive with   our customers... we  have over  2000  fans  now.... i dont  really have time  for  everything...lol
time goes  so fast...like the old ladies  used to say!!!lol....  my  favorite  auctioneer  from  the last  20  yrs   just  died...  he had  such a wonderful  last   3  days.....  doing his  thng  with an adoring  crowd....  he was  wonderful... 

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

thanks for coming....













PINTEREST....

OMG...I  AM  HAVING SO MUCH  FUN ON PINTEREST.... ITS  SUCH AN EASY  WAY  TO ORGANIZE  PICTURES....  im  thinking of  way too many  categories.... i love  seeing  all the  different   boards  who  share   my  love of  , well so many  different  things...
heres  my  favorite....    http://pinterest.com/annatgreenoak/junk-pile/  

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

we want to buy...


wanted to buywwww...

old suitcases

old birdbaths

old makeup cases

iron porch furniture

barn junk

old  cement figures

porch posts

ric rac

old metal,
buckets,baskets,saps,drawers,tables etc etc

advertizing

wood, boxes, cubbyholes,crates

we love big favbulous and wierd....we have lots of dishes and furniture already.... we need things at least 50 yrs old...

talk to ann or jon.....574 223 5702

Friday, October 21, 2011

meet US

jon and lisa....

STEVE AND ANN...


LISA

              ANN AND  RUTH

       JON AND  MATTHEW, 
 LANE AND JOSH

      WADE...
john and jon  

STEVE

CAROL AND RUTH

WADE AND ANN....

RUTH... 

LISA

JON

JON

TERRI...WEBMEISTER

STEVE.. counting the  beans

STEVE AND RUTH

STEVE AND ANN




RUTH AND LISA


JON AND HIS  BOYS



SINCE  1978...steve and ann...........
well , here we are...all out here in the store  trying to make it  a good  thing  for  our  customers.....  you might not  see  all of us at once  but  it  takes all of us to keep  this  thing  going...
CAROL...ANN...RHONDA

CAROL AND CAROL