This booth also featured a looping video about a certain kind of special paint, also for sale. They all looked very fresh and attractive. One booth in particular stood out, because of it’s owner’s talent for painting and distressing pieces. There really was a nice selection of cared-for items that were priced well. Hence, part of the motivation for this blog! **Lots of times it’s next-to-impossible to find things out about the city online.** This illustrates a steady truth about Abilene right now. I discovered this because of photos of furniture on Craigslist, along with the address. What their website doesn’t say is that the location includes a regular retail store on one side, and an area with dealers booths with secondhand/antiques on the other. Now, the two places for furniture that I’ve just discovered are these:ģ. I’m even eyeing the toothpick dispensers. I got some of those (not expensive!) great, rimmed cookie sheets like Ina (the Barefoot Contessa) uses. I pretty much love this place and would buy up every item if I could. Public are so welcome, and they are so personable in here (plus, they have the cutest dog, a chocolate lab!). If you want to, while you’re nearby, check out this other little gem:Ībilene Commercial Kitchens – kitchen supplies! Treadway – A good selection of used furniture, sometimes with antiques mixed in, and attractively displayed. The nice thing about these is their proximity to one another.Ģ. I believe they also have a steady (as in, there’s a waiting list) business making custom dining tables using an old wooden base, for example. The Furniture Junk It is nearby as well, and they specialize in re-painting and/or refurbishing not-too-old furniture. Also possibilities, but smaller, with a mixture of more antiques and decorative items. Plus, it’s nice that they have photos of items online, so you can get some idea before setting out.ĭown the street from Home Again also are Rust ‘n’ Roses and Stokes & Company. Quite a large selection, and all of it reasonably priced. 1st – I’ve always experienced good service here, and a good stock of changing pieces. (They were in the wrong place for furniture, but they did find a couple gifts for women in their life.) I wish I or the other woman who joined the conversation had known then about the following:ġ. They had a couple roommates, had just moved into an apartment and were looking to furnish it at a reasonable cost. When I’d been in Abilene a year or so, I met a couple of young airmen at an Eternal Threads event.
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