When Molly Bodungen opened a consignment shop, The Mercantile, in El Campo, Texas, she said her original purpose was to be a workshop where people could bring in their own pieces and she could walk them through the process of painting them, but the consignment took off and became so popular that she found she […]
Category: Stories
Browsing an Antiques Store: Shoppers Open Up, Experience Flashbacks from Past
Flashbacks and trips down memory lane are just two of the things people experience as they stroll through the aisles of an antique store. For one Midland man, who was often fondly called the “music man”, a stroll down the aisle of Sunflower’s Showcase Antiques meant a meeting with a long-lost brother. The gentleman walked […]
Gatherings for the Home Store Features True Antiques, Antique Reproduction Pieces
A mix of antique reproduction pieces and true antiques, Gatherings for the Home Store in Sugar Land, Texas offers a unique combination of primitives, and country along with accessories to compliment the items. Cherry Whittington, who has sold primitives and country pieces for 22 years, also offers accessories such as real natural floral pieces to […]
Vintage Engines Power Restored Machines
It is a beautiful spring morning in Louise, Texas where an occasional train whistle, and a rooster crowing can be heard in the background. Charlie and Margie Stehno are both dressed in matching khaki coveralls and wearing white straw hats. Charlie smiles and points toward Margie “She makes doing all of this worth it.” “All […]
Junkology – Repurposed and Upcycled Junk
“It is junkology that we have turned into something else and made for sale,” said Lucy Capps, owner of LL Junkology Shop, located at 401 E. Main in Eagle Lake, Texas. LL stands for Lucy & Lynn. These two women work together to take a lot of junk and do something with it – they […]