We Bid You Adieu ~ A Peek Into Last Month's Shopping Cart

Have you ever snuck a peek at what the person next to you in the check-out line has in their cart? "What did they get? How much did they pay for it? And where did they find it because I want one too!" is what goes through our minds!

It's a lot like that at Paris Flea Market during the sale: people are always so curious as to what's been bought and is heading out the door. Well, we know it's not quite the same, but in the interest of quenching your curiosity, we thought we'd show you what were the most popular and fasted-selling items for our March opening. (You can click on the photos to see them larger.)


We either sold quite a few desks or they danced out on their own curvy legs and petite little feet. You'd be right to think this one looks like the French Provincial style you grew up with, and now it's BACK! (See? You CAN relive your childhood!) After being updated with a coat of warm, white paint, it sold for $68.00.


Sometimes you may need to scoot around other goodies to find what you're after, like this white dresser. You may remember this from your childhood too. It was just a plain old flat-fronted hunk 'o wood before we gave it a new life with new paint and a hand-painted embellishment around the knobs. Someone knew it was just the right size for their young daughter's room and after cashing out at $85.00, away to its new home it went.


Things were clucking right along when these chickens flew the coop. They were seen on our website gallery (we post current photos the Wednesday before each sale) by an anonymous poultry lover and snapped up first thing on our opening night before we could say "bauckkk"!



Customers love our chests! (Stop staring!) Theses getting-harder-to-find pieces become window seats and coffee tables, not to mention a great place to store your heirloom linens. We find them, leave them plain or paint them and they take their rightly place in one of our decorated vignettes. This one had an extra storage tray inside, and it was snapped up for the price of $189.00


This tall, dark and handsome Duncan Phyffe cabinet with ornate wood mullions was a great size: not to wide or deep, and it fit the bill (of $208.00) for a small Paris Apartment style home. It'll be a great home for all those silver and china pieces it will soon be displaying at its new home.


Another one of the desks ($179.00) that sold, this solid piece boasted tons of storage and the original brass pulls. The rolling chair ($55.00) with the curvaceous back splat went along for the ride when the customers decided to buy both!


And last, but certainly not least was this tall dresser. A great size for craft storage, jewelry or unmentionables (don't mention it!), but it sold before you could see it! Well, it was priced at $139.00, so next time, you'll just have to make sure you get here first! You'll have a chance to do just that at our next opening: April 12, 13, 14 & 15th.

Maybe next month you'll see a picture of what YOU bought listed here! (You can also SIGN UP to get the monthly email announcements so you'll be reminded of each sale and any monthly contests just before it happens.)

We Bid You Adieu ~ A Peek Into Last Month's Shopping Cart

Have you ever snuck a peek at what the person next to you in the check-out line has in their cart? "What did they get? How much did they pay for it? And where did they find it because I want one too!" is what goes through our minds!

It's a lot like that at the Paris Flea Market during the sale: people are always so curious as to what's been bought and is heading out the door. Well, we know it's not quite the same, but in the interest of quenching your curiosity, we thought we'd show you what were the most popular and fasted-selling items for July's opening. (You can click on the photos to see them larger.)


How do you spell "Je ne sais quoi"? Well, we just told you, but if you really want to fill your home with "that certain something" we have two words for you: French Provencal. Yes, it's the same stuff that young girlfriend of yours with the "hip" parents (filled her room with!) had. She may have had the whole set, but honey, that was then and this is NOW. This sturdy stuff has been totally re-done up and down for today's slightly-shabby style. This desk was on the bus home soon after we opened our doors on Thursday night since it had a ticket of 165.00.

But wait, there's more! Two more, in fact. These tall French beauties are getting harder to find. The lingerie chest on the right with all those gorgeous drawers (to put your drawers in!) is long gone (235.00) but it's twin sis may just be there at our August opening (8/4, 5, 6 & 7th).


You've heard of "bed-head"? We wouldn't mind getting it from this darling gently arched, carved-wood embellished headboard/foot board set! The set with side rails was snapped up for 142.00, and it's new owner has been having sweet bed-headed dreams ever since.


Not too tall, not to short, and loaded with lots of ornate shabby details, this four drawer dresser with wedding cake embellishments was perfectly staged with lots of other summer matrimony memorabilia during our July sale. Priced at 219.00, if you love it so much why don't you marry it? We must speak now--someone already said "I do!".


Summer is the time to spice it up, and we can only imagine this 6 drawer RED dresser is still dancing the salsa in it's new home as we speak. It started out with some old-fashioned Americana lines (can you see the original keyholes?), was painted red, and given a rustic distressed finish. Muy caliente, no? Si--229.00!


Please take a seat. Or two. These two totally different dining chairs where given the same sleek ebony paint treatment and charming flourish black & white fabric upholstery seats. Hmm, which one to choose? Take both! At a price of 38.00 each you can't afford not to. As long as you shop at Paris Flea Market, you'll always have a place to sit!


Maybe next month you'll see a picture of what YOU bought at the August sale (August 4- 7th) listed here! (You can also SIGN UP to get the monthly email announcements so you'll be reminded of each sale and any monthly contests just before it happens.)

We Bid You Adieu ~ A Peek Into Last Month's Shopping Cart

Have you ever snuck a peek at what the person next to you in the check-out line has in their cart? "What did they get? How much did they pay for it? And where did they find it because I want one too!"

It's a lot like that at the Flea Market during the sale: people are always so curious as to what's been bought and is heading out the door. Well, we know it's not quite the same, but in the interest of quenching your curiosity, we thought we'd show you what were the most popular and fasted-selling items for June's opening. (You can click on the photos to see them larger.)

We thought this pine dining table would go quick both for the price ($248.00) and the fact that it could easily be mixed in a home with so many styles, and someone else must have been reading our mind, because it's gone onto its new home!

Ooh la la! We don't expect you to decorate your entire house to look like you live in a Paris souvenir shop. A touch here and there is a great way to remind yourself of how much you love it though! Would you believe that some of our customers have a "Paris room"? This 3 1/2 foot Eiffel Tower is now the centerpiece of a Parisian display.

Did we tell you that we have vintage clothing, purses, hats and jewelry? Last month we discovered people had a HUGE appetite for what we had to offer, and it was all heading out the door wrapped up in our signature pink polka-dot tissue and tucked into our shopping bags. This month we had even more to satiate customers. Next month, all you bathing beauties need to "get in the swim" of things and check out our kitschy vintage swimsuits. Esther William's (who?) got nothing on us!

OK, we have to admit this picture was taken before we opened the door on Thursday night. You are gonna kick yourself when you find out (We are warning you right now--get your softest slippers on right now before you read the next line!!!) that these fabrics (most from Calico Corners) were going like hotcakes priced as low as $4.00 up to $12.00 a bundle!

Does anyone really sit down at a coffee table to drink their coffee nowadays? We're all so busy that we doubt it. But who could resist this table? It's a huge, PINK, round disc of sweetness on short little legs, just begging us to bestow our undivided attention upon it! We're sure that the customer who bought it for a mere $23.00 (our best bargain of the month!) will have plenty of cash left over to make a run to Starbucks, come back home and use this table for it's intended caffeinated-purpose!

Now you're really gonna get jealous. There's only a big empty spot on the carpet where this cute dresser on wheels ($164.00) and it's side kick (AKA glass-front and sides display case priced at $148.00) once stood. But there will be something equally as fabulous in their place for our GRAND OPENING August 5, 6, 7 & 8th!

So there's your peek. All done without any sidelong glances, squeaky-wheeled shopping carts or worrying about picking the slowest check-out line in the store. Maybe next month you'll see a picture of what YOU bought at the July sale listed here! (You can also SIGN UP to get the monthly email announcements so you'll be reminded of each sale and any monthly contests just before it happens.)