I'm not much of an interior designer but I do my share around the home. I simply love flea markets. My latest find is a bunch of elegant Korean silk sashes which I'm thinking of draping on a curtain pole for window decor.

Do you frequent flea markets too?

Yes, I have been to flea markets. Although not much lately. I have been to some yard sales though. We are going to build on another room. We are making it rustic and I found an old but in good shape coal bucket and shovel I am going to use on the stone fireplace.

That's great. Rustic stuff are hard to come by nowadays. I'm on the lookout myself for old cast-iron irons , the one they used to put coals into. I saw a pic in a mags using them for flower pots and they look great with vines cascading down their sides.

Yes, I really love flea markets and yard sales. However, I don't have much time nowadays. I'm too busy with a lot of things.

I once bought a lovely dresser for only $10. What a steal! I still have the dresser up to now.

well you never know where you will find a treasure.We went to our local dump one day to get rid of some junk.We found an old copper coal bucket .We sold it on Ebay for 20.00. Ha!Cost us nothing!

The folks who threw that away must be crazy. Copper buckets are quite expensive nowadays and I already have like 10 ways to use it if I have one. One of my favorite stuff in the kitchen is an old copper pan cover my mom gave me.

I do the online shopping thing for convenience, but I haven't really been able to find great bargains like I do at flea markets and yard sales. EBay used to be a lot better for that in the past, but I rarely go there anymore since the changes they made. It's just not the same as it was 5 or 6 years ago when I was shopping there.

I enjoy going to flea markets and looking for treasures. The problem for me, unfortunately, is that I never really have enough time to do it. I used to go to a lot more yard sales that I go to now, too. I have found some tremendous bargains at places like this!

We make a sort of family outing too. We could spend an entire day browsing through the treasures. But, yeah, doesn't have much time for this pleasure lately too. I was travelling on business and there was this antique shop that was really out of the way and I didn't even have the time to stop and take a peek.