15 Vintage Farmhouse Finds
Hi there! It’s been a few weeks since I’ve shared any of my latest vintage farmhouse finds, and today I have fifteen for you. I find here in Upstate NY that farmhouse sells best for me–no Mid-century Modern, no pretty dishes or glassware, no Asian-influence. Oh, and quirky. Quirky sells, too, especially if it’s old and quirky.
You may want to take a look at some of my previous posts filled with farmhouse finds, like Fresh Farmhouse Finds, 15 Fab Farmhouse Finds, and 13 Thrifty Farmhouse Finds.
This beautiful antique ash splint basket has seen better days, but one could nonetheless use it decoratively, putting the broken area to the back. It has a lovely with its double-wrapped rim, helping to date it to the early 20th century (cost: $3, value: $35-40, if in better condition, $80-100).
A wicker gathering basket with braided trim along the rim, wonderfully sturdy (cost: $2, value: $25). The extra wrapping around the handles is a nice touch, too.
A collection of yardsticks (cost: 50¢ – $1, value: $3-10). I usually keep yardsticks for projects, but will occassionally sell an unusual one at the shop. I’ll likely sell the metal yellow one (value: $10).
A representative handful of a large bag of vintage clothespins (cost: $1, value: $3.50 for 5). I sell them in bunches of five wrapped with a “ribbon” of primitive fabric. They sell especially well at the Shaker craft show I do every year.
A well-loved bread board (cost: $1, value: $20-30, depending on how well it cleans up).
A c.1960’s spice cupboard that’s destined for a makeover (cost: $3, value: $25 after makeover).
A vintage pine commode (cost: $10, value: $80-100). I already have it in my booth (photo on right) and have it priced at $85. It cleaned up SO nicely after an application of my small batch Wood Salve.
A vintage cheese crock (cost: $1, value: $10-12).
A cruddy old tool box (cost: $1, value: $15-20).
A pewter candle snuffer (cost: 50¢, value: $8-10).
A ceramic farmhouse rooster (cost: 50¢, value: $8-10).
A c. 1910-1923 Ball aqua canning jar with interesting (new?) lid (cost: 50¢, value: $10).
A shopping cart (cost: $4), with a cotton liner (cost: 50¢) that I stenciled (value: $25-35).
A wood-sided red wagon (cost: $11, value: $50-60). At my shop listed for $55. I was so tempted to keep it, but since I already have two wagons in my front yard, I decided to sell it.
That’s my fifteen farmhouse finds for now. I purchased each at either a garage or estate sale in my area, with the exception of the bread board, which I acquired at a thrift store. As always, I’ll be reporting soon which of these items has sold and for how much.
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Love, love, love all of your finds, Diana…you had me at the baskets…
Aww, thanks so much Linda! I’m partial to those baskets, too 🙂
Love all your finds especially the wagon!
It’s a great piece, isn’t it Sharon? Would look so great filled with mums or pumpkins (or anything, really!)–
Now these all look like Upstate NY finds and things that I would buy. ! I love the wagon! I don’t have a booth again yet, but I can’t pass up things I find to sell in one. I found a paint easel/chalkboard today with the paint wells at Goodwill…..$6.99!!
Ooh, that paint easel sounds great–hard to pass up a good chalkboard of any kind. I hope you find a new gig soon, AnnMarie 🙂
Great finds. That pine commode is gorgeous! I am so in love with the wagon!!! I need to get an antique shopping day for myself soon!!
Glad you enjoyed seeing my finds, Linda! I know you love antiques as much as I do–hope you get out there soon 🙂
Your finds are impressive, I live in an area that is saturated with antique malls. There are at least 12 in the town I have my antique booth in. With this many vendors out scouting for bargains to resell it is difficult to find deals either at garage sales or the last day of an estate sale. Luckily I have quite a stash I can draw from and can make a little money. I would like to know what kind of items you carry in your craft booth. I have so many odds and ends for projects that were planned in the past plus a lot of emphemra. Do these sell? Do you carry new craft items ie paint, stencils etc? Thank you for any response.
Ooh, that’s rough–12 shops! That’s a lot of dealers competing for the good stuff. Because I have so many items stored and waiting to sell, I don’t even go early in the morning anymore, and I STILL find good stuff.
As far as what I sell from my craft booth, search “Shaker” (that’s where I sell crafts) in my search bar and a number of posts will come up, showing you what I sell. If you have more questions, just let me know, Paula 🙂
Thank you for your reply. I will do a search on the website for shaker and see if I have any questions.
Hi Diana! I’m hoping u, or one of your readers, can shed some light on posting pics on Instagram. I’ve gotten so I no longer use my big camera, so take & edit pics on my iPhone. I’ve noticed that often when I post them there, part of the pic is cut off. And, they’re sometime a little blurry too. Any idea why this happens? Thx for any help u can give me on this. 😊
Thx, too, for your fun blog! 👍👏🏼
Sincerely, Meda Branwell
Hi Meda! I’m so sorry to hear that you’re having trouble with Instagram. If your photo is not perfectly square, then the default setting for IG is to cut off part of your photo to make it square.
However, you can restore your photo to it’s original size (or close to it) with one little button. When your photo is open in IG, look to the lower left corner and you will see a gray circle with two white brackets. Click on it and it will restore your photo to its original size. If your photo is super long or super wide, you may still lose some of the edges, but you will have more than you would otherwise.
As far as why your photos are sometimes a little blurry, I don’t really have a good suggestion since I’ve never had that problem. Sometimes when you crop a photo to focus in on one small part of the original, you will lose a lot of data and your photo may appear blurry, but you can’t really crop in IG, so I’m not sure what’s going on there. Perhaps you could try googling for an answer?
Hope that helps!
Loved the baskets. I recently had one witth the wrapped handle–coming unwrapped. I didn’t want to try soaking half of the basket and risk discoloring it, so I made a WET, hot compress that I wrapped around the unwrapped part, wrapped it in a dish towel to insulate it and came back in 15 min. It had soaked enough to soften it up. I rewrapped it, poked the pliable end down with a teriyaki stick, and voila…looked as good as new. Went to be a raffle basket for a group I belong ot! I have “touched up” (especially Christmas decorations) missing red paint with red nail polishl wirjs well for a decorative item. Red glaze doesn’t fire well, needing 5 coats to usual 3 so it is often painted on.
That’s exactly what I would have done, Kathy–thanks for all the great tips. I’ve been planning a post on the topic of basket repair for a while, but just haven’t gotten around to it. Thanks so much for discussing it here 🙂
Ditto for your red nail polish on ceramics tip.
NOTE: We have to be very careful when washing old ceramics that have red paint because it can sometimes be washed off quite easily for the reasons Kathy mentioned. Using red nail polish to replace the paint is a fantastic idea!
The clothes pins and the breadboard–my favorite picks! Are you posting any of these finds in your online store? I also love the red wagon. I have a very, very vintage one that was my mother’s.
My two siblings and I used to place a box in the front of the wagon and one of us would sit on the box as the stage coach driver and one would gallop along behind as a horse and the third one would put on the make-shift rope harness and pull the stagecoach! Wild West travel! My sister says disdainfully, though, that my brother and I always made her be the stagecoach horse!
Not sure if that is quite true but that’s the way she remembers it! Oh, yes and the stagecoach driver wore his holsters with his cap guns in them and probably his cowboy hat. I think sometimes that the horse behind the stagecoach turned into a robber. Those were the days!
Thanks for sharing your goodies!
Hi Naomi–glad you enjoyed my finds 🙂 I’m sure some of them will end up in my blog’s Vintage Shop. What delightful memories of your red wagon. Your description is so colorful, I can picture exactly what you described–sweet times when we all used to play outside!
Those baskets are begging to be filled with a load of picture books in a cozy book nook 🙂
Yes, I can picture that easily, Joanna 🙂
All great finds, as usual, Diana! I’m sure you’ll have great luck selling them. Thanks for sharing at Vintage Charm
xo Kathleen|Our Hopeful Home