Returning from a quick trip to Door County this past week, Dear Husbola and I decided to take our time coming home--to hit the antique shops on our path of course. We have made this trip before--so we have our mental list of shops that we always stop at--and we were eager to shop.
Dear Husbola and I have a rule--even if we not bought something at a shop in several years--we will still visit a shop in our path. You just never know.
Years ago--we picked up a brochure for the shops in the Fox Valley of Wisconsin--and we visited all the shops. There is a small one--off the beaten track, in a little town in the heart of cheese country. We stop every year. Great stuff-nice owner--reasonable prices--ALWAYS find things. Always. But the front of the shop does not say "Whoa there--STOP HERE!" Instead it says "Tired Town-Pass Me By".
This trip--what did we find? A 1930s complete film projector, two gorgeous ornate electric church candlesticks, a huge ornate hanging chandelier from a church, a great little lodge table and a collection of great old industrial gauges--and a bunch of other stuff.
Really. Trust me on this. Hope springs eternal. Stop at that little off the beaten track shop--no matter what it's curb appeal-if any.
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