Michigan Antiques & Collectible Festival 2013 Interior Design Student Contest

As many of you know Dan & I set up and sold at the Michigan Antique & Collectible Festival last weekend in Midland, Michigan.While there I had a wonderful opportunity. The promoter of the show Linda Kruger had informed had informed me in a previous conversation about an Interior Design student contest that would be going on at the show while we were there. Of course that sparked my interest! Friday evening after set up she approached me to ask if I would consider being a judge for the contest, seeing I was a working degreed NCIDQ certified Interior Designer who also worked in the field of antiques and repurposing, as well as the fact that I teach Interior Design through continuing studies at Kendall College of Art & Design here in Grand Rapids.

This was and awesome task for the students which consisted of them shopping the entire show for items for their room, they had to deal with the vendors, inform them of the project and give them paper work for all pieces on loan for their rooms. Each piece was of course inventoried and listed for sale in their showroom space.

The students where required to think outside the box a great deal and get creative with reuse of the items. The students worked in team of 3-4, with other students they didn't know before that day. CMU & MSU students were combined! They all said they had great fun doing the project.

I will share a few of the rooms that were done by the students. Pay close attention to the details - they did a great job!

AND THE WINNER IS!!!!!!!!!!!!

I loved this room and did vote for it as winner, the rest of the judges must have as well :-)

Nice composition, fun creative use of items. Wonderful mix of colors and unexpected items.

It was an honor to be asked to be a judge, I got to meet some other really interesting people too! I am so glad that this type of design concept is being taught in the Interior Design departments. Because it is a big part of  " what's going on!"

Thanks! I had fun too :-)

Michigan Antique & Collectible Festivals

 This weekend we will be at the Michigan Antique and Collectibles Festivals in Midland, Michigan. Set up is today and we are about to leave with a very full truck and trailer. Lots of great product including a couple of harvest tables and some new repurposed jewelery items.

We will be set up in the tent for vendors that have a focus on industrial/shabby. There are over 1000 dealers on over 80 acres at this show so come check us out. This should be a lot of fun!

Have a Great Memorial Day Weekend !

Have a great weekend and be safe! More news this week about what show we will be at next weekend.

The Rural Society Antique and Garden Show

 
We are headed for this show this weekend. If you are in the area come and see us. We have some great product- harvest tables, vintage garden and some handmades and I promise you that if a chicken lands on CJs head I will take a picture! :)

The Rural Society Antique and Graden Show. Bluedoor/Then and Now News.

 We are getting ready for The Rural Society Antique and Garden Show a week from this weekend. This is a new show for us and we excited to be a part of the activities at Warwick Farm.

 Today I restocked Bluedoor here in Grand Rapids. As you can tell from this picture we have plenty of great wooden ladders these days. They seem to be very popular right now.

 We also found this really great metal industrial drawer cabinet, vintage wire and wood crate this week. We also sold our drawer cabinet removed from a school and put into our space a second cabinet that has more drawers than the previous cabinet.

Another of this weeks finds was this parts cabinet and vintage metal plant stand. We also have a number of vintage urns left from the garden sale so stop by and check out our space at Bluedoor and all the other great vendors that have product there.

We will also be making a trip us to Then and Now in Petoskey this weekend. We will be restocking our space with lets of great new product on Sunday. Stay tuned for pictures when we are done on Sunday.

Bluedoor Vintage Garden Show & Ann Arbor Antiques Market

 This weekend is busy for us. Bluedoor is having the annual vintage garden show on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Everyone at the store has been working hard to make this one of the best garden shows, yet.

 We will be filling our booth with lots of product including this great collection of vintage urns. So stop by to check out all the great vintage garden.

Ann Arbor antique market is also having its season opener this weekend on Saturday and Sunday. We will be setting up on Friday at the show and will bring some of our latest finds and creations.

 This harvest table and marble top island or counter that I am just finishing up in the shop will be coming with us. Both are repurposed creations made from vintage material.

Bluedoor Vintage Garden Show and a few other thoughts

Spring seems to be a long time coming this year. However, please join us next weekend for the very popular and famous Bluedoor Vintage Garden Show.  We are all hoping this will help spring get here a little sooner. All the dealers at Bluedoor pull out all the stops to help put on a show that helps celebrate vintage garden. There is usually a big turn out for this show so plan on stopping by to see all the great product we have been saving just for this show.

Also, stay tune for lots of information about new products we are working on as well as shows we will be doing this year. We will be exploring some new directions this year in our quest for working on interesting repuposed creative projects using vintage. We are also planning on doing a different show every two weeks this year. Some of the shows we are very excited about and look forward to sharing them with you. So stay tuned.

As always we will be at Bluedoor here in Grand Rapids and at Then and Now in Petoskey. We have some new ideas and thoughts about product we want to offer at those spaces so check us out over the next few weeks and months.

In the last few months we have also ramped up our Etsy site and have been very pleased with the results and response we have received for those of you that have supported us there.

So lots of exciting things happening for us and our business this year!