Reason I used this hybrid word is because it is 11:30 but by the time I finish condensing my thoughts it will be well into the opening hours of Sunday.
I hope you readers are having a nice weekend. I am pretty impressed, second blog post of the week, right on track. Also not that I am making that kind of blog, Day 2 of better eating is a success. Go resolutions.
Anyways, enough of that. Today My Boyfriend and I went on a journey to Front street in New Westminster. It is also known as "Antique Alley" or "Antique Row". If you haven't had the chance to visit it I highly suggest going. There are a few stores that are specifically vintage/antique furniture and some that carry collectables, books, jewelry as well. There are about 6 stores on the strip and a very big salvation army a block away. Three of these are stores just specialize in furniture, but I will tell you about two of my favourites.
The first store is "Armstrong & Fitzgeralds" the address is 641 Front Street. This store carries an array of everything. Records, record players, sports memorabilia - including jerseys. Tiki furniture, glassware and artwork. A small selection of Vintage purses and jewelry (appear to be mostly costume jewelry). Movie posters, some framed pin-up pictures. Along with a selection of artwork, books, and other trinkets. But my favourite from this store has to be the furniture. They seem to carry a lot of 60's mod furniture, which I love. Specific pieces that jumped out at me today had to be a selection of coffee/side tables. One set, had a lovely burnt orange velvet base about 3ftX3ft at the bottom and tapered in at the top to about 2ftX2ft. The top of the base had a large scallop on each side so the top of the table appeared to be balanced on 4 small points. The top was a square piece of dark glass. The second set had two small side tables and a large dining table. The thing I loved about this set was the marble table top. The marble was clear with orange and white squares in it and an amazing amount of silver glitter. Definitely great.
The second is "Antique Alley Movie Props" the address is 605 Front Street. This one has to be my favourite in the area. This shop also rents out items for movie productions/plays. Again this store has a bit of everything. Quite a large Furniture selection, housewares, books, clocks, lighting fixtures, jewelry, old pictures, cameras and lenses, teacups and dishes, to name a few things you'll find. The last time we went we bought a few fun finds, a mermaid bottle opener, a flamingo cane and an old Krylon spray paint can. The prices are very fair at this store (the bottle opener set me back $12.00)
Another store on Front street is "Westley Surplus", it is an army surplus store. Normally not my kind of store, but this one had some treasures. They had around 4 large display cases of vintage/antique items. Some household and some affiliated with war. An old morse code kit, a huge selection of old salt and pepper shakers, a Bozo (the clown) kazoo, and some really neat old egg cups. If you are in the area, I would definitely check it out.
My boyfriend and I are currently contractors/students so we can't afford to buy copious amounts of treasures, although we would love to! So today I just ended up buying this neat find at the salvation Army. These babies set me back $5.99 and I think they are beautiful!
All in all a lovely day of window shopping. It is officially 1am here in Vancouver, so happy Sunday!
Toodles.
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