Silver tray

I’ve been looking for a silver tray to convert my ottoman into a coffee table* and I found a beautiful one after a few weeks of casually looking at an Antique/junk store on Burnet. There’s no sign to distinguish the store except for a a general “Antiques and Collectibles” sign.  In the place nothing is priced and items are piled up to the ceiling! I have some grainy cell phone pics below to prove it. The woman that owns the store surprisingly knows where everything is and prices your desired items on the spot. You should visit if you love digging for treasures - it’s worth a visit for the experience alone - but good luck finding it among the numerous antique and thrift stores on Burnet! 

*thanks for the idea, Mom!

Weekend finds on Burnet.

On my first trip to the Burnet Road Flea Market I found the darling tribal print stool above. Lately I’ve been infatuated with African and Indian fabrics and prints (click here to see the shoes I’m coveting) so I was thrilled. I also purchased a cropped, 3/4 sleeve raccoon fur coat from the 1940’s because I need yet another piece of cold weather clothing. Ha! 


The flea market is on 48th and Burnet and is open from 8-4 on the 2nd and 4th weekend of the month. 


Burnet is home to numerous thrift stores as well, like Top Drawer, Savers, Assistance League of Austin and St. Michael’s Academy. There are a hand full of vintage and antique boutiques on Burnet too. 


The empty flower pot (in the back of the first picture) I bought at Miguel’s Imports (also on Burnet) which we came across purely by accident when we were looking for the flea market. They have huge, gorgeous imported pots from Mexico and Asia and they happened to be having a 50% off sale. The giant “Papaya” planter my friends purchased took four of us to move up the stairs! Sorry, I don’t have any pictures so you’ll just have to take my word for it! The mostly outdoor shop and plant selection brought me back to my outdoor nursery days when I worked at Perennial Point in Plains, Pennsylvania during the late 90’s. Right before the Y2K chaos. Ha!