Matt Goes for Mid Century Modern Furniture To celebrate the 5th season of Vintage Garage Chicago, we gave away $250 “Garage Bucks” to spend at the April season opener. Chicago designer Kevin Grace (HGTV, “Steve Harvey” show) was on hand to help our winner spend his bucks on mid century modern
Vintage Easter Postcards
The wonderful graphics of postcards and greeting cards catch me every time. This page features some of my best vintage Easter postcards. Even after 100 years the colors are as bright and vibrant as they were then. Some of my favorites are below. From left to right here’s a little
Vintage Christmas Trends 2018
If you love vintage, the holiday season is always special. The decor from days past always brings back memories of this time of year. Whether its the ornaments your Mom or Grandma hung on the tree or the toys you got for Christmas. Here are 5 hot vintage Christmas trends
Vintage Garage Chicago April Season Opener Review!
It was COLD but the vintage was HOT! It was great to be back for the April season opener at Vintage Garage 2018. The dealers bundled up and weren’t afraid to bring it. I’m constantly amazed how many love the Garage. We couldn’t do it without you and we thank you.
Vintage Valentine Postcards
Check out a portion of my vintage postcard collection, the Valentine’s Day category! Vintage Valentine postcards are bright and happy, full of hearts and wishes for love. Many made in Germany and USA. Then postcards moved into cards that were small and large, homemade or printed. Some were decorated with
Beck Colors Pop-Up at Vintage Garage Chicago
This Sunday is our season finale, with 100 AWESOME vintage vendors, extra vinyl, PLUS Chirp Radio. As if that’s not enough, we are honored to be one of 4 vintage markets in the country to host a special one day pop-up for Colors, the new Beck album. Exclusive merch and stuff,
September Retro Chicago Flea Market Finds
This season is our last at the Garage location. 2019 it will be under construction. We’ll be popping up, so keep an eye out and make sure you are on our email list. September is one of my favorite months because I LOVE retro Chicago stuff. Retro Chicago is the
Re-imagining – Paul and John’s Update
Nice of John to give us an update on his piece and a peek at his shelves of things to become something else. Unless he changes his mind again, we will be seeing his curbside find turned into an industrial show piece this Sunday at the Vintage Garage Opener. We’re
Appraisal fair favorites, September
The September appraisal fair at the Garage brought in a new round of cool vintage goods. We’ll be back on the 3rd Sunday of October. 1 free item appraisal per paid admission. Here are a few of our favorites from September- Ideal Shirley Temple Doll, 17″ from the 1950’s. Her original
Vintage Design Trends Fall 2016
Vintage Design Trends Fall 2016 Check out what we are seeing vendors featuring at the Vintage Garage Chicago this summer and our predictions for vintage design trends for fall! 1. Mis-matched sets Matchy-matchy is boring. If you are putting together a new bedroom, don’t go for the whole matching set.