The Vintage Market

The Tacoma Home & Garden Show® introduces a new attraction in 2012 with the  debut of the colorful “Vintage Market,” a collection of over 20 local vendors selling unusual and  one-of-a-kind home décor items, vintage signage, furniture, garden art and more.

“The ‘Vintage Market’ spotlights repurposed and shabby-chic treasures for the garden and home. It offers showgoers the opportunity to discover the beauty, value and fun in rescued items,” said Tacoma Home & Garden Show Manager Jeff Swenson.

Hand-picked local participants in the “Vintage Market” include:

• John Bob Cool Junk, from Federal Way, has a passion for rediscovering the forgotten unique and everyday piece and updating it in a fresh and current style. You will find an emphasis on mid-century vintage furniture, collectibles and garden furniture in their display.

• The Junk Salvation, by Puyallup’s Funky Junk Sisters, has a love for all things vintage and carries one-of-a-kind and whimsical pieces in their flea market. They also travel with their vintage trailers in their Junk Salvation shows to bring their sense of creativity and love for old things to others.

• You’ll find wicker bridal baskets, metal bird cages, old catalog file drawers from school libraries, old hand tools, sets of lawn furniture from the 50’s and 60’s, boxes galore, and much more at the booth of Wit’s End from Auburn.

• Junk Dreams from Tacoma will be displaying vintage concrete, “mini-gardens” installed in Victorian chairs, refurbished vintage deck chairs, garden aprons, vintage garden tools, and small plant vignettes.

• Today’s Country Store, from Sumner, is all about rescuing and recycling anything vintage and showing people how to repurpose items. They sell everything from period architectural pieces and fancy chandeliers, to vintage trailers and old metal motel chairs, and even the farmhouse sink!

• You’ll delight in the stunning collage display from Bellingham’s Ormolulu, of industrial furniture, garden vintage, farm chic, French chic, and quirky, fun merchandise.  They’ll also display hand-made, repurposed salvaged lighting fixtures.

• One of the unique items that NW Tub Company, from Centralia, will be bringing to the show is an old-world style garden shed with a late 1800’s widow’s walk which crowns the tin roof. They custom build and deliver old-fashioned potting sheds which are unique in size and style.

• Garden Party, from Snohomish, celebrates Vintage Cottage and Garden Style design with a Nordic influence perfect for the Pacific Northwest.  Expect to find one-of-a-kind vintage items that are “just the thing” to push a room, patio, or porch over the top!

• If you’re looking for French-inspired mannequins, furniture, gifts for the home, and garden salvage, then visit the booth of French Bulldog Antiques of Seattle.

• Beverly B. Burrows, from Seattle, focuses on twig and branch trellises and arbors, interesting sticks, unique garden objects, and a variety of other out-of-the-ordinary items that can be used for home or party events.

• Gather, from Seattle, has an enthusiasm for finding eclectic and vintage home décor, garden collectibles, beach-inspired furnishings, industrial chic, and just plain cool junk.

• Simply Roses 2 U, from McKenna, will display home and garden décor, custom-upholstered vintage furniture, metalwork and French-inspired pieces.

• If vintage-inspired bird and nest related items are your thing, then The Vintage Nest, from Snohomish, is your place to be. They will have an abundance of shabby-chic furniture, shelves and signs; lots of touches of blues and whites; and plantings in old toolboxes and other found objects in keeping with the garden theme.

• Scout, from Seattle, is known for their always-fresh twist on refurbished and repurposed painted vintage furniture, home accessories, and unique garden-inspired finds. It’s all about cottage chic, farm-style charm, and color, color, color!

• Find creative and unusual jewelry and more at the booth of Blue Ewe, from Puyallup. You’ll see jewelry made from recycled soda caps and vintage wallpaper; garden tool displays and holders from repurposed furniture and tools; and garden totes made of vintage material.