Sunday Fun Day

A couple of weeks ago I had a message on my Etsy shop that a man
named Kevin wanted to purchase a piece of furniture from me for his
wife. They are moving from Texas to South Carolina and he would be
coming through town on his way down and would purchase the server if
I would hold it for him. Well of course I would hold it, it is in my dining
room. Well, this never happened, he did not purchase the piece on Etsy
so I took the piece down from the site thinking they may have changed
their mind. So Thursday I got a call from Kevin saying that he was in
Vermont and would pick the server up Friday afternoon. Okay Kevin,
that's great news but there is one problem, you haven't paid for it. I haven't
paid for it, says Kevin, are you sure? Men! So I asked him to bring me cash
and to call me when he gets closer. Apparently his wife is a designaholic,
his truck was loaded down with fabric, wallpaper, antiques and his seven
year old daughter, Gigi, who happens to be very cute.

 So this antique English server went out on Friday afternoon and is on its way to South
Carolina. This left a big hole in my dining room and I wanted a piece to take the servers
place. I would like to find something smaller, maybe a demi lune. Because Saturday was
the 4th of July, I was afraid that most businesses would be closed, so I set my site on Sunday.
There were three places I had my site set on visiting, Rockfish Gap Country Store (right down
the mountain from Afton), Tuckahoe Antiques ( just up the hill from Rockfish Gap Country
Store on the way to Wintergreen) and Covesville Antiques up 29 towards 64. At the first store
I saw a nice little French piece but it had sold, so up the road I went to my next stop. This is
what I found at Tuckahoe Antiques.

This is a Bigg's light colored Lowboy for $195.00, it is about 30" high and 23" deep
with lots of storage with 5 drawers. It is not an antique, it was probably made in the 1970's.
The salesperson was very helpful and gave me this information. I also found this in another
booth.

This lowboy was originally $350.00 and marked down to $250.00. It was way more
ornate with more carvings, shinny brass and a darker stain. My salesperson said this
was definitely an antique, the owner of this booth used to have a famous auction house
in Charlottesville. I took pictures and decided to head over to Covesville Antiques, which
is also owned by the folks at Tuckahoe Antiques. Here I found two more pieces of interest.
The first piece looked just like the one above, but were the carved shell was an opening.
I was so excited that I forgot to take a picture. The price tag was $250.00 then around the
corner I spotted this beauty.

 It was priced at $225.00, beautiful carvings, pretty brasses and I liked the bottom details
under the shell. Definitely an antique and the wood had a pretty patina. SOLD, because I
was paying cash, I got it for $180.00. Here it is in my dining room all dressed up.

It is the perfect size, not as hunky as the other piece, I love it. You have got to check
out these stores. I could have spent a fortune in these places.