Lovely, Lovely Weekend...

This weekend I decided I would finally go and mooch round Fanny's Antiques - a well established Berkshire Antiques emporium, situated surprisingly in the centre of Reading. I was on the search for an Edwardian style chair or stall for my dressing table and thought I would make sure I had a look round the renowned Fanny's first...  

 

The beautiful ground floor display, especially for Valentines Day was appealing and inspiring, and yet was quite a commercial visual display, set in a some-what unconventional leaky building which housed an eclectic mix of antiques. You need to be on aware of certain pieces and know what you are looking for in a place such as this. 

For me, a relatively new antique shopper, this is slightly overwhelming, however do not get me wrong I do think there is some real bargains to be found!  

I did discover a few nice pieces including a fabric wrapped chair (below), a children's christening trinket, an elaborate metal frame mirror (below) and some petite cups and saucers. Although I did not purchase any of them on the day, I am very inclined to visit there again soon, to see what I can discover, however perhaps not on such a wet and bitter day. 

Secret Vintage House Sale

Had a really great weekend in that I found this gem of a surprise... my mum had luckily heard from a friend about a secret antiques and vintage fair, held at a house near to where I lived. We popped along and spent a lovely few hours in the afternoon browsing round this gorgeous home opened up for people to look around. Packed to the brim full of vintage pieces (all very reasonably priced), it was nice that it was displayed in a homely setting. Like a child in a sweet shop everything caught my eye and I ended up buying a sweet paper-mache hand-painted jewellery pot, a floral painted umbrella stand (which you can see below) which is an ideal bedroom bin and a couple of silver vintage band rings. 

The atmosphere was lovely and sociable and everyone was very welcoming, with teas and cakes in the front room too, with an option to give a charity donation to the MS society, I believe they raised quite abit, and there is truly nothing better than shopping and giving at the same time.