Sorry almost a full weekend behind - cracks throw me off. This week's Weekend Scores are from Vespucci High River Antiques in High River, AB. They deal mainly in MCM. They have a fabulous collection of lights, glasses and decorative items organized by colour and/or type. The antique store is in the town's old court building and upstairs is nearly untouched. Original trim, high ceilings wooden floors, decorative trim and a beautiful central skylight. Fun to explore and pretend to lock your mom in the jail cell. ha ha. The girls came with me this trip. Lily has been antiquing since she was really little and has a good eye for treasures. For the littler one, I'm focusing on just getting her to stop running around the breakables.
High River is a quick puddle jump south from Calgary and is a sweet little town to saunter through. Plus, there's an authentic diner behind High River Antiques complete with swivel stools at the bar, juke boxes at each table and quirky, lovely staff.
Some images of the store:
Wall o' black panthers
Sleeping Beauty's spindle whorl
Upstairs in the old courtroom - most of the furniture is upstairs
Turban Kings
Lights and glasses
Carnival glass
Lights hanging from the pressed tin ceiling
Pondering this for my living room....
A perfect balance of mime and light.
Two orange lights = double love
Meanwhile, at a store nearby. Stumped on where to pick up a Scrunchie? Look no further, High River has a whole stand of them!
And below some of my scores:
I love succulents. But needed some pots for display. High River Antiques had loads of these German-made pots
Kid's treasure
Purple ash tray. Even though we don't smoke, they're fun catch all's for bedside tables or front entryway tables.
I bought this one with the intention of spray painting it some fun colour. It looks fantastic just as it is in the living room.
LP