(Only 10 mins from uptown Charlotte!)
METROLINA ANTIQUE & VINTAGE MARKET
Open Thurs. Oct. 1 thru Sunday Oct. 4
9am - 5pm - Thursday - Saturday -- 10am - 4pm Sunday
7100 Statesville Rd
Charlotte, North Carolina
(704) 714-7909
Here is a peek at some of the gems, collectibles, and treasures you can find...
vintage jewelry for an outfit...
vintage jewelry for a room...
(these would be so charming in a dressing room, hallway, or powder room!)
architectural details, such as doors, columns, windows, and concrete garden sculptures...
love the look & charm of painted furniture? here it is already done for you...
and unlike some other
antique & vintage shows, this one includes more inside tented areas,
giving vendors & attendees more of a protected area to shop in
should the rains come...
loving these chests - great for a guest room, bedroom, or a foyer...
the holidays are coming, and so too are family and times to entertain...
hand painted tole tray for you, vintage snow skies for him (man cave), and a vintage sled for a holiday entry...
industrial globes - great for a kitchen island, stairway, or family-room...
rustic wooden trough bowls - great for an autumn / winter centerpiece...
paintings from florals, to oceans to abstracts...
vintage, brass statement lighting...
steampunk-style industrial design prints...
crocs and pottery...
coins!! (don't tell my hubs!!)
The Metrolina Antique and Vintage Market features the East coast’s largest open-air market, with more than 3,000 outdoor exhibit spaces offering a vast selection of one-of-a-kind items at unbelievable prices. It's been Charlotte's home for antiques for nearly 50 years. From this aerial shot below, you can see just how large the campus is - so wear comfortable shoes, and bring at least one tote - if not a wagon - for your treasures!
Hope
Hurricane Joaquin holds out and doesn't throw any storm-bands our way.
This looks like a great show to attend, and the weather also has cooled
down to be crisp fall air! And don't forget: food trucks will also be on
the premises, to full your treasure hunting fire!
Back
in Phoenix, I enjoyed visiting the gang at Sweet Salvage, a
chippy-chic, rustic fun antiques & vintage collectibles monthly
pop-up shop, and occasionally, I would also attend the Junk In the Trunk
Show - a bi-annual Vintage Market in Scottsdale. But here in North
Carolina, when it comes to a vintage market event, I head to the Liberty Antiques Festival
- which happens rain or shine! Unfortunately, it's rained rather than
shined both times I've gone (back in April for Spring and this weekend
for Fall) - but the die-hard antique collectors and pickers still
attend... with galoshes, raincoats, canes and a buggy - (a few key
Carolina wardrobe items I may needs to invest in!)
The Liberty Antiques Festival is held
just twice a year, with 400 dealers from more than 25 states, that pack a
100-acre farm near downtown Liberty, North Carolina. It's an adventure to dig through the
past to find today's treasures from early American primitive decorative arts consisting of: 18th to 20th century furniture, paintings, pottery, glass, clocks, toys, military items,
advertising memorabilia, decoys, jewelry, quilts, folk art - truckloads of antiques and collectibles, most all "in the
rough." Here's a peek at some of what I was able to go through yesterday, along with my trooper of a husband Jeff...
As
in Arizona, touring these charming rustic events can be a wonderful
source of inspiration. The pic on the left was one of my fave vignette
moments...
And
although some vendors may be a bit 'grumpy' (as was this vendor above)
most of the people are happy to share their back stories to many of the
items they've collected to sell...
You can also be inspired by some of the vintage palettes like this lovely shade of green shown above...
This
medium Greek Key concrete planter (on the right) I actually scored back
in the Spring - and now I shifted it from the back deck to the front
stoop for fall (pics to come!!) -- but they still had some others at the
festival this Fall...
Not kidding when I said rain or shine!!
Below is a "birds'eye view" (click here for video) from the Liberty Antiques Festival, just this past Spring 2015 (but on Friday, which was also the last day of HPMKT)
The north-east may have Brimfield, but the Liberty Antiques Festival here in North Carolina has been voted the Best Antiques Show in the Mid-Atlantic Region and it has drawn even famous Hollywood celebrities such as Julia Roberts and Bruce Willis! (read more about Liberty, NC here)
And it's not that far of a drive from the Triad, Raleigh, or Charlotte...
Liberty Antiques Festival info:
Admission: $7, Adults; children under 12 free
Parking: Free
Food & Beverages are also available - great for lunch!
CONGRATS to the Top 3 Winners of the Benjamin Moore Spring Color Challenge at Olioboard!
Like Sheilah posted this morning: "And, it's over! #OlioLove to everyone
who entered Benjamin Moore's
SPRING MAKEOVER CONTEST on our site! We appreciate your inspiring
creativity!" And creativity there was! Since Olioboard added Benjamin
Moore Paint colors to their site's ProTools, the board designs have
leaped to another level. Here's a look at the Top 3 Winning board
designs below. Links are included to visit the boards, get color info or
leave a Congrats message!
U P D A T E D T R A D I T I O N A L
3RD PLACE
Benjamin Moore Spring
Board design by Stacy Naquin
H I P & E C L E C T I C
2ND PLACE
Moore Designs by Benjamin
Board design by Wilmandine
C R I S P & R E F R E S H I N G
1ST PLACE
Paint Color As Art
Board design by Panache
The TOP 25 boards were sent to
Michelle Zakko, the official color blogger for Benjamin Moore at Color Chats. Michelle is
currently in Brimfield, Massachusetts for the Brimfield Antique Show (along with HGTV's Cari Cucksey! I wonder if Lara Spencer will be antiquing there too!) Benjamin Moore is a sponsor of
the big blogger| media event called the *BRIMFIELD TWEETUP*.
Michelle will review the TOP 25 boards and the 3 winners will be announced Saturday at Brimfield! Check Olioboard, Facebook Page for updates.
Inside the VIP tent - designed by Shane D. Inman
Although I entered the challenge late in the game, it did inspired me to
create a few new boards + update a few existing boards, with more
accurate Benjamin Moore colors. Along with Arizona Tango, here is
another board I had entered:
N A V A J O N E W N E S S
(click link above to get board details)
ROOM CONCEPT: Inspired by the intricate detail of a vintage Navajo
needlepoint medallion + a Southwest woven rug, commonly found in Mexico.
Lifestyle Board design by Lynda Quintero-Davids
NAVAJO NEWNESS II
I think in the past two days, I updated + created 10 new boards. I guess
you could say I got "in the mood" for moodboarding! Next week I'll
share details of a few more boards. I love creating the boards, but my
hand (from the mouse) can only take so much. Since it's the weekend -
It's time for a little DIY :) What are you doing this weekend?
Antiquing? Thrifting? Moodboarding? Painting? or some other home
improvement project? I'd like to fix-up our interior entrance. Jeff put
up the floating shelves we had in the stairway in Florida. I need to
print & frame some Florida images for summer :)