To celebrate 10 years of Vintage Follie, we decided to go on an antiques/craft road trip! These type of road trips were long overdue and especially after the past year we just felt the need to get out and explore again. After reading through many of our previous posts over the past week we felt the motivation to get out and explore some antiques shop locally - well kind of locally - over the Sussex area.
One of our top shops for finding great antiques and vintage "junk" is a place called Stable Antiques in Storrington. We highly recommend giving this place a visit if you are looking for something unique and vintage for your home. They have several rooms that are crammed high with kitchenware, home decor, collectibles, garden accessories and more! Some are pure vintage, whilst others are what we call 'new vintage' - has the aesthetics of looking old but its not. Unfortunately I didn't take many pictures as we were walking around the shop as we were too engrossed in looking at everything, but the next time we pop by I'll try and take a few to show you the extent of antiques they have.
Of course we managed to find a couple of bits to buy - nothing too extravagant - although I could have been tempted by some vintage parisian style garden chairs - maybe next time!
I picked up a small black bucket with a stag design embossed on it. I think this will look great at Christmas with a lovely poinsettia in it.
I also picked up this metal watering can which I'm considering if I want to plant something inside it to make it a decorative piece or whether I actually want to use it as a small watering can?!
Mum picked up this gorgeous red lantern, which again is perfect for Christmas, with a stag and angel design on it.
Before we headed back to the car, we quickly popped into a store called Village Green Furniture and Accessories. This shop is gorgeous and has some beautiful unique pieces for the home and garden. We can't wait to come back and look around this store at Christmas, to see what beautiful decorations and home decor items they have then.
The next stop on our road trip was the beautiful town of Arundel. This is starting to become our favourite place to visit as it is so much fun just meandering around the streets and finding some beautiful unique shops and cafes.
We had a look around several of the antique stores along the main high street. Unfortunately we didn't walk away with anything this time but we can't wait to go back again to see what new additions they will have. Some of the antique stores are situated down small alley ways off the main street which creates even more excitement!
We found a few of the antiques stores are a bit more upmarket so depending on what you are looking for, there are different budgets to suit. They are still worth having a look around though as they contain some fascinating items.
The best street in Arundel is Tarrant Street, this is definitely worth exploring if you like mooching around stores that sell home accessories, clothing, gifts and more!
Pots & Posies sells a lovely selection of rustic/chic homeware, some of it nautical inspired - which I am obsessed with at the moment. I think the greenery outside the shop just looks so enticing as well - definitely worth a look around!
We also came across this beautiful florists, called
Labour of Love Vintage Home & Garden. The bouquets outside this shop were absolutely stunning and some of them came in small glass jars, perfect for popping on your kitchen or garden table straight away. If we weren't spending the rest of the day in a hot car, we would have most certainly bought a few flowers ourselves!
Our favourite bakery along Tarrant Street has got to be
LG Cafe which is currently takeaway only at the moment. They have a fantastic window display of all the homemade cakes they sell - and it is always difficult to decide what selection of cakes to purchase. We couldn't say no to a sweet treat today - after all it is the blog's birthday! The cakes are priced at £3 or you can get 4 for £10!
They come packaged in a beautiful box, with a sticker that says "Treat Yo' Self" - and we most definitely did!
In case you are wondering, our selection of cakes included:
Fudge Yum Yum
Oreo Donut
White Chocolate and Raspberry Muffin
Orange Overload Chocolate Brownie
They threw in a mini packet of Love Hearts too!
Don't worry - we didn't eat them all that afternoon - there is actually some still left over now!
After we picked up our cakes it was time to head back to the car for our picnic lunch before heading across to East Sussex for part 2 of our road trip day... stay tuned to our next blog post to read about our visit to Crafts@The Malthouse in Herstmonceux.
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