~A little Junk Re-Fluffing & Stuffing going on today!~

BOY....am I ever pooped!  A day off...really? Is that what it is called??  It was supposed to be...so I headed out early this morning to spend a little moment in my booth at The Sleepy Poet, Re-Stuffin & Re- Fluffin my JUNK!  I can't believe I have it packed this tight! It is all in....now if someone will take it all home with em!  Back to work at The Depot tomorrow. The weather is supposed to be full o sunshine this weekend....good weather brings lots o shoppers.....Back to my Booth... Here we go!


Lots of Hues of Gray & White

Great Springy colors are in Artsy Fartsy's air.......

Had to get this sign....wish I had a little bit of that "Sweet Charity" about now!

A little Rust & Tarnish fills the mood.....

Shades of Spring, it's on it's way!

My little NC Mountian Farmtable sitting patiently waiting on a new home....

My Fav piece of the week ....Chippy Pink Pole, Ha! Thanks to Tammy over at Refunked Junk!

Old little Primitive Salesman Sample Cupboard...LOVE...would make a perfect addition to a bath.

And yes...those Rusty, Crusty Scales...I can't get enough of em'!

And this darn little plate...she is too cute and has been sitting for months now, I refuse to let her go unsold!

Thanks for stopping in to love on my JUNK....boy do I ever have more to come....the garage is still packed and stacked.  Hope everyone has a great weekend and that you score lots of good JUNK!  Blessings, Janna

"Here we go.... a little Chippy & Rusty!"



Rusty for how I feel after trying to move around this new blog template......Chippy for the goods I bring you to see.....Seriously this post is taking forever. (Over an hour now)!! I want the old template back. Not much for change I ain't!! I need some serious blog help. I will be calling on some of you soon!  I am a little sad that I have no funny stories to tell like usual , I have just been so pressed with time & work all I have to share is good JUNK pics!!! I have been collecting JUNK and compiling pics for the past few weeks....... so here we go with the first load!



My Favorite Green Chippy Chair

Adorable little chippy white cupboard...thinking about making it my new/old island in my kitchen???

 

This was my Junk collected about 3 weeks ago, little red table received a makeover,  pics to come soon....

Yelloware.....it is near and dear to my heart.....if it is chippy the better! The darn white Dental table...too cute, too bad I did not notice it was missing it's rear wheels! Kinda like how I feel lately!!! 



My most recent collection of JUNK....



Adorable yellow chippy table, thanks to Christy at The Dry Sink...

added a little Turquoise paint and coat of wax to the

top and she was sent on her way to my booth at The Sleepy Poet.....

Love the new Flea Market Style magazine....is it ever packed

full of good JUNK goodies....and ideas...I just never get time to do them...I think this is my fav issue yet!

Fresh out of Flea Market Style....page 124, got me one of these suckers...

Resting comfy in my spare guestroom (we have never had a guest)!!

And the Junk Jewels... I have created a few here and there in between running The Depot, (plug...plug The Largest Antique Mall in the South)!! JUNKING, taking care of 3 dogs, a cat, a rabbit, husband, and two more booths...yes two more....announcement NEW Shop Alert.... my dear friend Carolyn with Pack Rat Antiques has offered me a room inside her fabulous store in Monroe, NC. So stay tuned for pics to come, in the mean time hop over and pay her a visit. http://thepackratantiquesshop.blogspot.com/ Tell her Janna sent you!  I will have my chippy goods, Buttered Maple Syrup Candles and JUNK Jewels available there soon!

Thanks to everyone for the wonderful comments and support, in this crazy rat race I am running it gives me a little extra steam! Never in a zillion years did I think I would be given the awesome opportunity to do what I love as a full time job...what a ride. Not to mention my wonderful staff and 450 plus vendors!!! I have been truly Blessed! Until next time.....Keep a JUNKIN!!  

~I have Returned to the JUNK!~

I am trying to return back ..... a little at a time....trying to re-discover, re-purpose, re-JUNK myself!! Swamped, buried, coming up for air from my job at The Depot! I have had a zillion customers come through reminding me that I have gotten slack on my blog posts! I forgot my Blog account password, then it took me a day in itself to remember how to manuver around and get all the Christmas pics and music removed! Speaking og MUSIC...New music alert on my blog..... The Avett Brothers... yes they are awesome and from NC! You may have seen them play with Bob Dylan on the Grammys....I won't mention one of their favorite places to shop around Concord.... to those of you who have seen them out and about, we are honored!
OK....to the JUNK... a peek inside my pantry...lots of new Chippy, Crusty, Stained Ironstone and Saltwear...what should a girl do...keep or sell???

My favorite OLD mountain antique shop find.....tattered & worn they are! And for $15 bucks...just had to get em. They fit like an old glove!

I am still into making old re-purposed jewels... my friend Bonnie brought these in stamped up and ready for my shop! I just love their rustic not perfect look! If it looks perfect like it came off the showroom floor.... it is not for me! Me and Hubby used to do these but after doing a few together I figured the marriage was more important!!! Bonnie entered our marriage just at the right time!

Here she is....in all her dirty glory...my next project...hope it does not take me as long to finish her as it did to get back to blogging!!! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE her colors found underneath her old cream paint! She is a work in progress after pics will follow, date of release to be announced...LOL!!

For those of you that did not see this beauty over on my Facebook page (Janna Jordan Baker) here it is...well I got my hands on 4 of these.... 1800 circa Old Rennaissance Revival Chairs... Eastlake... They are fantastically the best! Some have the old horse hair stuffing hanging out all over, those are my fav! One is available now in my booth at The Sleepy Poet, $105.

A big Thank you to everyone for still following me even though I have been MIA! I will have some great JUNK & booth pics on the way soon. And if you have not visited The Depots website, please check us out. We are definitely one of the Biggest & Best on the east coast, I am not just saying it because I run the place.... it truly is packed full of the best chippy, crusty, rusty finds around.... a pickers paradise....that is where I find 95% of my goodies! I will see everyone soon! JUNKER HUGS, Janna

~ I am on my way back to Blogland SOON!~

I promise I am on my way back....OMG is has been too long..so long I forgot my darn password to my Blog account and not to mention the Christmas pics on my Blog!!!! I have been caught up in the hustle and bustle of running The Depot and with the Holidays I lost sight of everything. I have still been Re-Purposing & Re-Living the JUNK!!!! All I need now is to get the memory stick cleaned out on my camera and get to snapping those wonderful pics of my rusty, crusty, chippy finds that are piling up in my garage! So stay tuned ....I am working on cleaning this page up a bit! Hugs and Blessings, Janna

~1st Annual Christmas Open House at The Depot!~

Hop in whatever you have and head to The Depot for.......

The Depot at Gibson Mills 1st Annual Holiday Open House! Saturday Dec 4th, 10 -8pm. Guaranteed to be a funfilled day packed full of Good Ole Junk Deals, food, fun & door prizes! Plan to spend the day, have lunch in our new restaurant, Hot Diggittee Dogz located in our Design Center, then be entertained ly local folk artist Jacob Early with his Holiday Tunes!!
This will be an event you don't want to miss........And for these pics... I snapped them last year up in the NC mountains..... just Dreamy & White... as I type this post it is 72 freakin degrees here in NC today!!!! Where in the heck is winter???
Hope to see everyone at The Depot!! Blessings, Janna

~Not Alot to Say...but alot of JUNK Pics~

This is a quickie of a post.... dinner is cooking on the stove! I created a 3rd ( I have lost my mind) new booth over at The Depot. Just a few pics of my booths in progress along with some fabulous pics of our Depot Vendors! I have also posted more Gallery pics of all this great JUNK on our Depot website, just click above on Depot or heck click this one! Thanks to my friend aka. My Assistant Manager Rachel for the scripture on my big old grey door.....

Now.... if I can just sell that old chippy too die for baby crib then maybe a shopper could get into my new booth....any takers only $105!! It has the best chippy green paint ever!

My neglected booth #2... hopefully it will get a makeover befor the 1st of the year!

Finally my more neglected booth #3....

Ok... Enough of my chit chat... sit back listen to the tunes and visit our shops at The Depot!

Is this not a Gorgeous booth.... Ms Susan has one of the best around! And her Southern accent is the best, just imagine the movie Steel Magnolias, thats her!!

Ms Susan's feedsack pillows are Grand... she handmakes everyone of them. Heck if I had time to make my bed that Malt pillow would be a perfect fit!

Amy from Nanbrook Farms..... you have to vist her blog!

Come back for a visit soon! I should have the 2nd round of pics soon! Have a great week! Blessings, Janna

~North Carolina JUNK...we got it!~

I hit the Junk trail early this morning to make a few deliveries and pay a few visits on my day off.... It did not take me long for the JUNK to start oooozing out of my packed car!! I had intentions of being back home in 3 hours (yeah right)... well that quickly turned into 7 hours of JUNK COLLECTING! I decided to pass on the Big Antique Expo that everyone came to town for, in return I hit the little shops out in the middle of no where land that no one knows about (and I did not know about until today)! Keep in mind I spent a whopping $126 bucks on this load of goodies! The pics are quickies, I am sooo embarrased to pull it all out in the drive, I know the neighbors think I am a nutcase! Not only does she hoard it but now she is taking pics of it all, I can hear them now!!

Those Old Signs... I am in LOVE with them all.... keep or sell??? Tough decision!

Vintage sacks, Vintage Jewels... Love it all!

Little Chippy stool...a must have!

This was not a today find .....but is this a great old sign or what??? Yep from the Sleepy Poet. It is still in the garage because it weights a zillion pounds, no dragging this baby out for the pics!! She stands about 5 ft tall!

OMG...loads of old numbers.... the little on man on the side of the road gave them to me for a steal!!

And more #'s and signs... I think I may have to pay him another visit. You know I got 30 mins down the road and wished I had not left a few of them behind, does this happen to you?

Well enough Junk until next time. I have ventured out and opened a 3rd booth at The Depot, so new booth pics coming soon! Blessings, Janna