Looked what walked in the door this Monday! A rare vintage Edison “Gem” Phonograph with 10 cylinders and believe us when we say it is a true Gem and we love the antique Oak case! This week we have some really unusual vintage desk items including the 2 brass inkwells pictured below. The 411 on the furniture is a small sofa table, a Thomasville Cherry Dining room table with 6 chairs and a large library table which would be a fabulous computer desk. And speaking of computer desk, in the shop for our “back to school” group is this Hooker computer desk with all the bells and whistles. And finally, if your name is MacDuff, Stewart or McGregor, the vintage prints with the tartan are to die for! We hope you will stop by for a visit!
School starts in 63 hours, but who is counting! The shop is filled to the brim with new deliveries. This week we received a lovely mahogany buffet, 3 great upholstered side chairs, oak mission style desk, vintage oak swivel office chair, several small vintage side tables along with a boatload of chotchkies! It’s time to make a visit to The Corner Shoppe. Look for us this month in West Suburban Living Magazine. The word is out, this is the place to shop!
Just in ………………..a nice collection of vintage willow ware. If you need to supplement your collection and were in need of the coffee cups and a few extra plates, we have them! One other item we forgot to mention this week was the lovely Henredon sideboard which can be used just about anywhere. We are currently using it as our sofa table in our “family room”.
It is more than hot, and we have the shades drawn at the shop to stay cool, so come on in!
We’re baaaaack…………………and just finished a store make-over this weekend! It looks fabulous so you will have to stop out and take a look. Yesterday’s deliveries included the following: 2 vintage bedroom sets with full beds, Drexel Heritage sage green sofa, a striped loveseat, Henredon buffet, a wonderful small server and a lovely armoire.
Below are pictures of one of the two dining room sets on the floor. If you haven’t made a trip into the store lately, now is the time! You won’t be disappointed.
This Blogger will be off for awhile for a little well deserved R & R. In the meantime, we are actively seeking vintage furniture for the shop right now. If you have any items you would like to clear out of your house, email us a picture at: cornershoppe@communitynurse.org. Have Crackberry will travel!!! We will look at your pictures and let you know if we can sell in the shop.
Arriving this week in The Corner Shoppe is a antique oak dresser with mirror, a walnut 3 drawer Eastlake chest with leaf pulls and a vintage crystal chandelier. There are several lovely bedroom dressers, chests, sets and mirrors in the shop. So, stop by for a look and enjoy the rest of July. We’ll be back in the saddle the first week in August!
Before we head out to a couple of Estate Sales this morning, just wanted you to have a look at the lovely hand painted Nippon Ferner, the sterling silver ink set from 1904 and some of the interesting vintage silver plate serving pieces that are in The Corner Shoppe this week. If you are out and about today, stop in for a visit!
We’ve decided to add a new dimension to the Blog, You Tube videos!!!! When able, we will highlight new arrivals to the shop. Since today was a dry run, please bear with us. We highly recommend reading Madeleine Albright’s book, Read My Pins, and then stopping by the shop for a vintage pin to add to your workplace wardrobe! We hope you enjoy the video and more to come this year.
Calling all Door County Lake residents! We received a vintage gouche lake scene by Jessie Kalmbach Chase (1879-1970) titled “In Door County” along with a vintage oil on board scene with 2 sailboats and an unsigned chalk rendering of a sailboat that has lovely coloring. So, if you are a sailor, we have some artwork for you!
We hope you all have a safe and Happy 4th of July weekend. Stop out and see us if you get a chance.
Again, here are more pictures as promised. We received 11 Baccarat champagne glasses in the Jasmina pattern and a set of 10 consomme soup bowls with underplates. The vintage china is flying out of the store this month, so if you are interested in these items, stop by and quick!
We will be posting a couple of times today so you get a chance to see some of the new arrivals from yesterday! We received a camel back Ethan Allen Sofa/Loveseat, a pair of Sherrill club chairs with ottomans, a footlocker and a new dining room set!
Come out for a visit! Until then,
Ethan Allen Loveseat
Sherrill Club Chair
Mission Oak Sofa, Sherrill Club Chairs and Ottomans
Just a quick post, as we are running around like crazy these days. We love this Alfred Montgomery (1857-1922) Corn print. It has embossed corn and a raised pumpkin stem on the print. Very Unusual. We had another Basket of Corn oil on board by Alfred Montgomery that has already found a new home, but we wanted you to see it anyway. One of our favorite decorating Guru’s is in town this weekend, Eddie Ross, and we are hoping he gets a chance to stop by the store! Here’s our shout out to Eddie and Jaithan, COME VISIT!!!
This week arrivals include an antique Mission Oak pull out sofa and matching chair. Several 1800’s clocks along with an antique brass fruit scale. We are still unpacking from last week’s delivery so stop by The Corner Shoppe in LaGrange this weekend. If you are looking for a fun outing Pillars will be hosting their annual housewalk on Sunday, June 13th with Frank Fontana from HGTV’s Design on a Dime as their guest speaker. More pictures to come this week!
Where do we start? The cherry dresser, the Victorian screen with 6 oil paintings, the carved Victorian couch, or the the 25 boxes that we are currently unpacking? We just received an entire Estate from a 103 year young woman. We will be adding more pictures of her one of a kind items this week. Stop by and take a look at The Corner Shoppe in LaGrange this weekend. We currently have one or two of everything you could possibly be looking for!
As promised, here are quick pictures of some great vintage china in the shop. And we are soooo happy Lee DeWyze won American Idol! We will be closed this Monday for the Memorial Day Holiday. Enjoy the day and stop by this week if you are looking for bridal gifts. We have plenty!
This week at The Corner Shoppe in Lagrange arrived two matching antique bird’s eye maple dressers with beveled mirrors and serpentine fronts. Also, a fabulous vintage oak halltree with umbrella holders arrived. Wouldn’t this look great in your front hall? Between the season finale of “24″ and “American Idol” we hope to be posting more of the vintage jewelry (Coro, Kramer, Eisenberg, Lisner, Florenza, St. John’s, Trifari), the Johnson Brothers Devonshire and the antique Haviland china that has arrived this week, so check back later or stop by for a visit!
On Monday, this Drexel sofa table with two seats and vintage Mahogany china cabinet landed in the store. We will be posting later pictures of several pieces of vintage pottery and china that also arrived. Today we are putting in a plug for Google to visit their home page and vote for one of the images drawn by school age children. Over 33,000 entries were received, so check out those young creative artists!
Finally, a reminder, if you are reading our Blog from the beginning, that’s great! It will give you an idea of the items that frequently land in our store and the type of items we consigning. However, to see our current inventory, go to Craigslist and search for The Corner Shoppe under the furniture category. The store is packed full so stop in for a visit soon!
We have not been giving the crystal, silver, pottery and jewelry their fair share of the pictures on this Blog. First of all, they are difficult to photograph well and second, the vintage furniture usually takes center stage. So, with weddings and anniversaries just around the corner, here are a few pictures of the interesting vintage pieces that have landed in the shop over the past week.
