Coburg Antique Fair
Tags:A great group of ladies gathered in the wee dark hours of the morning yesterday to scope out the best finds at the annual Coburg Antique Fair. It was literally still dark when we all met (6am) and started out on our adventure (good thing many of the booths had lamps). This is one of my favorite events of the year - tons of tons of crazy booths with treasures just waiting to be found.
Here we are about 9:30am, as it was starting to get hot, sharing our finds:
I definitely gathered a few things that just had to come home with me:
A yellow baby scale, a small globe with the planets listed on the base, an Oregon Statesman paper tin for Chris' office, a small white cup...
A group of chenille blankets to add some texture to the baby's room, a great little brown sweater for the little one, and my most favorite find of the day:
A bay of lockers that I am going to repaint and use in my new office space. I love this. Thanks Jill for hauling this one home for me. Anyone have any tips for what kind of paint/the best way to paint metal? Edited:just to clarify I am not painting these myself while I am pregnant.
Following an afternoon nap Chris and I took a couple more steps in moving things around in the house. The shelves were unmounted from the wall in his office and moved out into the living room (and remounted). It was a ton of books to move but needed to be done it order for other things to start switching rooms. One step at a time.
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I have no idea why I had bookmarked this tutorial since the odds of me ever painting a metal file cabinet were slim to none, but I must have been saving it for you! Here's how to do it: http://howaboutorange.blogspot.com/2008/01/how-to-paint-file-cabinet.html
Glad you had such a fun time with your friends. Is it wrong that I tried to see if you had a baby-bump in your photo? :) Hope you're feeling well.
sara
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Congrats on the great find! I've been using metal lockers in my office/scraproom for years now. I love them! They were a great way to keep the room open while keeping little fingers away from my stuff!
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Great haul! and what a fun day!
I was going to suggest taking to a body shop and having them powder paint it.....it will last forever and the surface will not scratch like some spray paints do.
Cannot wait to see it finished!!!
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love the lockers, we have the real full size ones in our mud room for each of our gang; less than I thought at lockers.com PLUS I got to order name plates for each one that go where the numbers go! See if you can get them for yours to mark what goes inside each one. They were like $2 each? cheap!
Go with the auto body shop to paint these, not something you want to do more than once!
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I would sure inquire about whether or not it would be safe to paint while you are pregnant. Those paints may have toxins. Love your finds.
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GREAT finds!!!
I'd use rustoleum for the metal - but agree that the fumes may not be healthy. perhaps a friend could do it for you? TFS!!
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Waaaaaahhhhh!!! I SO wanted to be there!! I even had dreams about Coburg and finding trasures...LOVE that place! Nice to hear you all had a great time...ummm yeah...while we were all sweating out the latest heat wave! Can't wait to hear more details from Jill!!
(ps... Great score on the lockers chica! Go with the powder paint...it's a clean, longer lasting, smoother finish!)
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I love love love flea markets and your finds look so cool Ali, well thrifted! :-)
Had to go check my links for this one but thought you'd get some help for painting that totally awesome locker cabinet - I'd die if I'd found it and had some place to put it! :-) Oh here's the link:
http://howaboutorange.blogspot.com/2008/01/how-to-paint-file-cabinet.html
Have fun painting!
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how did i not go to this event!! right down the road!
they have spray paint for metal... so easy!
extremely jealous of the lockers
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SO jealous of the baby scale, will have to be on the lookout for one for some sweet little shots once our bebe comes. great finds!!
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great finds! LOVE the lockers and that scale!
I was there with friends and came home with nothing! can you believe that?! just wasn't my day for treasures I guess!
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didn't have time to read others notes but i have a great old metal fire safe file cabinet that i re-paint on a regular basis with good old spray paint. nothing excting...i don't even think i used rust-o-leum. takes a few cans but works great. just take time and don't get too close or it will pool and drip. fun stuff!
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Awesome finds...love the lockers and those soft blankets. What a fun day!
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Love the finds - nothing like those treasures!!! Have fun getting organized.
Nicky
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Call a car body paint shop. I've had doors, iron beds, and metal deck chairs all spray painted by these folks. They run pretty cheap, and the product returns looking brand spanking new.
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I will e-mail you. My husband will know how to paint these. That is the sort of thing he has done in the past...
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DH actually sells these! hehehe.
He said that the "proper" way to paint them is to send them to be powdercoated, but the cheapest way that still looks good is to lightly sand and use Rustoleum of your choice. :)
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LOVE that Oregon Statesman tin! How cool!
I have painted a file cabinet before and the easiest way is to use spray paint...
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http://www.hammerzone.com/archives/doors/maintain/paint1/steel.htm
this is a tutorial for a metal door. It would work the same way for other metal things. I heard rustoleum is really expensive...
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We had an old bed that we had done with the powder coating and it was so worth it. It looks amazing and I am sure it will last forever. But this is coming from someone that hates painting anything....
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