I've been there as a customer several times but this year I will be a stall-holder for the very first time!
I decided I need some space and since my cupboards were packed with 'spares' collected over the years, I have more than enough to fill a stall (maybe I should even have taken two!!)
As well of loads of lovely vintage and more modern preloved furniture and accessories, I'm taking a brand new 1:12 scale shop which I've built from a kit by Barbaras Mouldings.
The only trouble is, as Saturday looms large, I realise that I've become quite attached to it!
I've spent hours installing stairs and lighting, not to mention painting and decorating. But it's only really as it's come together this week and the shop itself has started to look like a proper shop that I've started thinking about what it would sell if it was mine and imagining it with full shelves.......
I should have known I was getting too involved with it when I decided that the stairs needed to be adapted to turn the corner otherwise the layout was totally impractical.
I'm imagining a little living room at the top of the stairs and a kitchen through the doorway to the right.
Then there's space for bedroom at the top of the stairs in the attic and for a little bathroom through the door to the right of it.
Oh yes, I have it all planned out. Let's just say that I won't be devastated if it doesn't sell on Saturday - but don't tell my husband I said that!
Actually, Saturday will be a big test of my resolve. Not just because I really like this little shop but because I'm not sure how good I'll be at letting things go. I can imagine me wresting items back off people and telling them I've changed my mind, ha ha!
Worryingly, I also built this 1:12 scale cottage from a kit but I haven't gotten the inside finished in time for the fair. I'm really quite taken with it too and well, what will I do with it until the next fair in November???
It's just possible that by then it will have squatters........
Until next time,
Zoe
AHHH - I can see you ending up as a dealer, Zoe......wish that I could come to your stall, I am sure that you will have some very desirable and delectable items....but I must remember that my houses are stuffed bit there is always upgrading.......
ReplyDeleteHa ha! No, I can't see me becoming a dealer. Apart from the 'letting go' aspect, I don't go to car boots (I'm not an early-bird!) or auctions and don't like the practice of buying things on eBay for the specific purpose of re-selling them at a higher price on eBay, so it's spares and duplicates only for me - but it's surprising how many of those you accumulate from job lots etc.
DeleteYou haven't left any clue as to your identity, Anonymous and I know several folk who fit the "my houses are stuffed" criteria! LOL
I doubt I could sell something I'd spent all those hours building and decorating, Zoe. You are being very brave venturing to sell either of them but the cottage is particularly appealing to me.
ReplyDeleteHope all goes well tomorrow and you don't end up wrestling with the customers as they pop items into their bags!
Thank you! The cottage has got quite a rustic look about it - I think my love of vintage might have influenced it a bit.
DeleteOh, I can imagine selling these - and other stuff - will be painful, Zoe. But I hope you have a lovely time, plenty of interesting DH encounters, and come home with "lots of lovely lolly" for things your Grecons really need ;-)
ReplyDeleteThank you. And my Grecons say thank you too! I don't really know what to expect but I'm sure it will be a nice day whatever happens. :-)
DeleteHi Zoe, I'm delighted with the things I bought today, thank you so much! Having just read this I'm pleased I didn't have to wrestle them from you. I hope you enjoyed your day.
ReplyDeleteI'm pleased you're pleased Jenny! You bought some lovely items elsewhere too. I had a brilliant day, thank you. We seemed to have a fairly steady stream of customers all day and everyone was so friendly. Very tiring but very enjoyable!
DeleteWell did you sell the shop, Zoe?
ReplyDeleteI didn't sell the shop, Valerie but I have someone interested in both the shop and the unfinished cottage so their future in Grecondale is still hanging in the balance! I took my Lundby Stockholm instead of the cottage and sold that as I haven't taken to it the way I have my other houses - I think I'm a pre-60s girl at heart.
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