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In our spare time, we’ve been (admittedly slowly!) working on a series of tables made from vintage suitcases. This is the first one we’ve managed to finish and put up for sale. It’s in our ...

http://www.wehaveyourcollectibles.com/2016/10/13/vintage-suitcase-tables/

If you’d have seen the wifely lately, you’d know a bit about what we’ve been working on due the color of her hands. *wink* For those of you who haven’t had the pleasure, we’ve just made...

http://www.wehaveyourcollectibles.com/2016/06/12/in-the-mood-for-red-white-blue/

An incredible vintage smoking table, smoke stand, or standing humidor — still with the original copper liner! But it’s the outside the fabulous outside details which really make this a stando...

http://www.wehaveyourcollectibles.com/2016/04/22/handsome-vintage-wooden-smoking-stand-humidor-with-freemasons-ashtray/

Gardening in dressers & drawers is all the rage now. We posted a bunch of ideas on our Tumblr (this post specifically). And you can keep an eye on our Gardening Pinterest Board too. (As well as F...

http://www.wehaveyourcollectibles.com/2016/04/19/fargo-moorhead-repurpose-with-vintage-gardening-ideas/

The opening weekend of the Elkhorn Antique Flea Market may have been rainy and not-so-nice, but we sold over half our inventory anyway! Since then, we’ve been focusing on restoring, repairing, ...

http://www.wehaveyourcollectibles.com/2015/06/24/vintage-furniture-anyone-come-to-the-elkhorn-antique-flea-get-some/

Part of our “back to school” display at Exit 55 Antiques, featuring an antique chalkboard, an antique Fox Typewriter from The Fox Typewriter Company of Grand Rapids, Michigan (anyone else rem...

http://www.wehaveyourcollectibles.com/2014/08/31/back-to-school-antiques/

On a barn pick, I got a rather large box of antique wooden roof shingles. Since there are times one just has to put the piles of supplies to use, I began making a series of classic signs, such as...

http://www.wehaveyourcollectibles.com/2014/07/18/signs-from-antique-wooden-shingles/

Just a darling little vintage (nearly antique; circa 1930s) carved wooden cuckoo clock from Germany (or Austria) — just look at the the clock face framed by a pair of gnomes! Measures 10 inches...

http://www.wehaveyourcollectibles.com/2013/09/21/cuckoo-for-old-cuckoo-clocks/

While hubby and I thrill to go pickin’ for antiques in barns, there’s more than a little work involved in dealing with the not-so-nice side of “farm fresh”. “Farm fresh” really is an ...

http://www.wehaveyourcollectibles.com/2013/09/05/antique-school-desks-back-to-antiquing-basics-or-how-to-clean-antique-furniture/

I don’t like to throw anything out, if I can help it. I suppose that’s true of most lovers of vintage items and antiques… Many of these “old used things” can go on to live another life ...

http://www.wehaveyourcollectibles.com/2013/08/08/vintage-inspiration/