Number 1. Costs less, more value, really cheap if you are willing to do a little work!
2. Lots more interesting! Not stuff from the marts, not cookie cutter stuff from some chain furniture store. Unique and often, one of a kind. Look in every magazine. What is hot is what is different, creative.
3. Speaking of creative: this stuff is IT! Mix Victorian, shabby, industrial, painted and natural. Make is say YOU not “Mahogany”, or “Traditional” or any other style that can be summed up in one word!
4. If you go looking for REAL, real wood, real construction, real value, you will come to In Due Time.
5.Surround yourself with the PAST — reconnect with your memories, what your gramma loved, those wall pockets my aunt so-and-so had.
6. Antiques are the ULTIMATE recycle effort. The today word is GREEN.
7. SUPPORTS LOCAL BUSINESSES…. buy locally !! SUPPORT YOUR AREA BUSINESSES…. and get old good old american made things…. from back when that meant quality…!!!
8. Hunting down a treasure, a unique, a one-of-a kind is FUN!
9. There is VARIETY out there. Go hunting, find different, unique, odd, funny, funky, put it all together for a look that shouts INTERESTING!
10.Hey from Queen Elizabeth to Sanford and Son… become a collector and find the oddball and quaint and find that interested and interesting streak in you!
Back in the day when things were well-made and lovely, there were spectacular items like goblets, Christmas ornaments and lamps made in a particular way and were called Mercury Glass. It was also called Silvered Glass. It was originally hand blown in double layers and silver nitrate and grape sugar was poured in the space and was sealed at the pontil. In the mid 1800’s it was make in Bohemia and Germany and later in England and the US. It was considered when it was first introduced as an alternative to silver.
Now it’s back and looking good. Come take a look at this “new” technology in mercury glass.
We have recently received an old pie safe type cupboard that is called a share cropper or a traveler. This wonderful old cabinet, when the top comes off, the drawer and shelves come out, can be folded down and thrown in the back of a wagon or truck and taken to the next house one would live in to pick crops. I have seen several of these as pie safe and only one share cropper chiffarobe. A little view of how things used to be!
Old farming equipment is growing very popular in the decoration department of many restaurant. For example din in an Applebees, Chili’s, or maybe even a mom and pops BBQ. Chances are there will be some kind of vintage rustic farm equipment on the walls. Whether it be a garden tool, to a piece of a tractor or wheel. For some reason these have grown in popularity and will continue to do so. Everyone has an appreciation for the way things were originally invented and used. Here at In Due Time Collectibles we have a special corner with just these items. From rustic signs, to tools, to pieces you may have no clue about. Hopefully we have the answer for you. If you are looking to purchase a large piece of history at a small price you’ve found just the right place.
Great find!Savannah & Statesboro Railway Co. Number 137 valid until December 31st, 1906. Super condition! These folks saved EVERYTHING. Can’t wait to see what’s next!
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