Today was definately NOT slim pickins at the auction barn!  There are goodies and then there are G.O.O.D.I.E.S. Today was full of GOODIES! This was my absolute favorite A big stack of womens’ magazines from the 1800’s. The illustrations and typography are so….ahhhh….ohhh….sigh…..BLISS! A real visual delight! Would you just look at those covers! Here’s the bulk of the things I brought home… Here’s some of my runner-up favorites… Antique Glasses  Vintage Fishing Minnow Pail  Bell Cloche  Antique Wood {Read More}

Every so often, a customer takes the time to send me photos of items they purchased from Knick of Time so I can see how they used them in their home. It’s a real blessing to me to know that they love what they got from me and wanted to share it *with* me!   Here’s a few photos I’ve received recently: Elisabeth ordered 2 sets of wood candle wall sconces.They look so gorgeous in her home! I love her style! {Read More}

This lovely old table came from a farmhouse in Illinois. This was no “Sit around and look pretty” table. It was a “You gotta earn your keep around here” table…and it showed. The farmer had clearly used it as a work table – I believe in the barn, so the top was badly worn, complete with crookedly hammered in nails. The rest of the table had the perfect chippy, rustic look,so I knew it was a table worth saving!Instead of {Read More}

Here’s what I brought home today Probably my favorite thing is this Dupont Explosives Wood Crate I also loved this antique Cape Cod cranberry shipping crate And this old tennis racquet is pretty cool too Love the aged pages in this 1800’s Bible.  The cover isn’t connected anymore, but it’s still beautiful. Be looking for these items in my Etsy shop soon! www.etsy.com/shop/KnickofTime Due to unethical websites stealing content, I can no longer provide a full RSS feed. I work {Read More}

Tuesday night is Auction Night for me and it was a little slow this week. There was tons of stuff – lots of it great stuff – but prices were going higher than I wanted to pay.  I wasn’t getting much and I was getting cranky because the temperature was about 98 and this building had only a few ceiling fans going. I hate going home with an empty van, after driving 30 minutes to get there, so when this {Read More}

Pickins were a little slimmer (and more expensive), but here’s some of what I did bring home today: An antique radio I may convert into a night stand An antique alcohol crate with great typography A large wicker basket A cool wooden tote/crate A horseshoe & stamped leather harness Not shown in photo – a cool spindle accent table, a mid-century footstool & a cool red wooden folding chair Due to unethical websites stealing content, I can no longer provide {Read More}

So, yesterday I showed you the wood floor we refinished in our living room.  It turned out so beautifully beyond what we could have hoped and we couldn’t believe we lived on such nasty carpet for 5 years before discovering what was under it. Excited now, we moved on to yank out the same carpet in our bedroom, which is a mirror image of the living room, sharing one wall. Well…although also lovely in spots, this floor had suffered more {Read More}

One of the pitfalls of liking the things you sell, is that sometimes it’s hard to part with the things you sell. I try to get only loosely attached, but still. Here are a few items from the last year that I *really* hated to see leave: 1907 Waltham Ladies Pocketwatch I paid $6 for it at a consignment shop.  Yeah, someone’s grandmother is rolling over in her grave over that.  I actually had no idea it was a valuable {Read More}

I wish I had a picture of the carpet that was in both our living room and bedroom when we moved in 6 years ago, but I lost my computer (dumb) that had the photos of the floor.  I never saved the photos anywhere else (dumber), so they are lost forever. Suffice it to say – it was pure filth (there’s an oxymoron for you!)  Barns have cleaner floors. We knew there were wood floors under the carpet, but we’d {Read More}