I finally made it!! I met Chanel at the Iowa State Fairground Flea Market a few years ago when we first moved up to Ankeny. I have also shopped with her at What Cheer Flea Market! Now I’m shopping a new antique shop she is running in the Merle Hay Mall! This shop is so […]
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I truly love shopping at Antiques Iowa!! Why? Because it is a real antique store, which seems to be rare anymore! Of course there is newer stuff and stuff that I have no interest in, but it is filled with old stuff. There aren’t booths of handmade items, soaps, candles, mass reproduction pieces, etc. So
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Are you ready? Today I’m sharing my impromptu visit to Simply Iowa, in Fairfax, Iowa. I recently shared about my visit to my friend Jacey’’s shop, A Beautiful Purpose. I made a detour before heading to my youngest football game in the area. While visiting Jacey, she said I should also visit our friend Barb,
Do you ever see an antique shop on social media and thank oh my goodness this place looks amazing!!! And then you just never get there? Maybe it’s a few hours away, maybe it’s another state away, but you just don’t make the trip. Well my friend Jacey’s shop, A Beautiful Purpose, is that shop
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I wanted to convert our Morton building into a shop and one way I created the look was with this grain bin awning! I’m not sure when exactly I came up with the idea, but I wanted to make the front more unique, more like a storefront and less like a Morton building or barn.
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