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Guides to thrifting and vintage in Connecticut, notes from the shop, and how to take care of old things.
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Vintage Christmas Decorations Worth Buying
What I look for when I'm buying Christmas, split into what to put in your own house and what to give away. Brass, glass, Spode, tins and the table.
Vintage Christmas Decorations Worth Buying
What I look for when I'm buying Christmas, split into what to put in your own house and what to give away. Brass, glass, Spode, tins and the table.
How to Date a Glass Christmas Ornament
Somebody hands you a box of ornaments from an attic and asks whether any of it is old. Here's the order I check things in, and it takes about ten...
How to Date a Glass Christmas Ornament
Somebody hands you a box of ornaments from an attic and asks whether any of it is old. Here's the order I check things in, and it takes about ten...
How to Read a Clothing Label
I read labels all day. Here's what the tag is actually telling you, the part that's allowed to stay hidden, and what I do when there's no tag at all.
How to Read a Clothing Label
I read labels all day. Here's what the tag is actually telling you, the part that's allowed to stay hidden, and what I do when there's no tag at all.
How I Find Vintage, and What I Leave Behind
Where everything in the shop comes from, what makes the cut, and what I leave on the table.
How I Find Vintage, and What I Leave Behind
Where everything in the shop comes from, what makes the cut, and what I leave on the table.
Thrift Store Etiquette
The unwritten rules of thrift and vintage shops, written from the other side of the counter. Ten things that help, and one that is really just the whole point.
Thrift Store Etiquette
The unwritten rules of thrift and vintage shops, written from the other side of the counter. Ten things that help, and one that is really just the whole point.