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Flea Market Baby: The ABC's of Decorating, Collecting & Gift Giving

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A wonderful, inspirational reference book. I read it over and over again! I can't get enough! I study it, make lists of ideas and head off to the Flea Market! I just LOVE it! A great gift for the vintage lover! Or treat for yourself!Grab it up and ENJOY!!!!!!! Keep em' comin' PLEASE!!!!!

I am absolutely delighted with this book. If these authors want to write more books in this vein, I would want them all! I don't even have a baby to decorate a room for, but I was enthralled with it nevertheless. Charming decor and collecting ideas using all sorts of vintage things (which I love!). An absolute must-have for any mom who likes the vintage style, antiques, flea markets, etc. I agree it would make a terrific shower gift for a mom-to-be. It will give her plenty of ideas. And you know what? Even if she doesn't even like "old" stuff (or just doesn't know she does yet!), she may still get helpful ideas and/or may find it as delightful to look through as I did!

this book is a great additin to a home decor library. I really enjoyed it, but I would have liked more information on sources and how thigs were made.

I absolutely loved this book! A friend gave it to me for my baby shower. If you're like me and admire the vintage look, but never knew where to begin or what to look for--I think you'll find this book as helpful as I did. The authors give such creative and useful ideas! Instead of being intimidated, I am now inspired to go to the flea market and begin decorating the baby's room! The photos are beautifully done and the writing is fun and clever! It was a great gift! I can't wait to get started!

The authors show examples of their flea market finds and how they converted them into useful treasures. The photographs of their end-use conversions are beautifully illustrated along with charming descriptions of their origins. I found enough great ideas to fill our nursery many times over.

I was quite disappointed in this book, which is fairly self indulgent on the authors' part and doesn't offer much useful information. If you've never thought about buying vintage baby items and don't have much imagination, it might be a good starting point. However, it is quite limited.

For one thing, the photos and items featured in the book are almost exclusively mid-century in vintage (50s and 60s), which is certainly not the only vintage style in the world or the only style available at flea markets. Also, don't expect to see any photos of nurseries or other rooms, not even a wall or a whole crib. All the photos are of single items or small vignettes, which are often extracted on a white background with no context. Oh, and the pages of "resources" for flea market shopping are useless for most readers outside of NY/NJ and the Chicago area.

I will keep looking for a good inspiration book for vintage nursery style

I also LOVE this book as well as their book on Fido! I am not in the market to decorate a nursery, but I do collect vintage childrens things, and this book has many wonderful ideas! I highly recommend it to anyone who loves vintage childrens things :)

This book is pretty well written with lots of lovely photos of vintage pieces. Not exactly what I thought it would be but it was super cute!

Flea Market Baby is a cute lightweight book - well designed but without much content. Readers looking for solid, workable nursery and gift ideas (whether for crafting or purchase) will be sorely disappointed, although others seeking pretty pictures and examples of excellent photo design may well be delighted. It seems as though the authors started out with a good idea, but somehow lost their way in execution - what makes for a fun hobby is not necessarily that which translates well into a book. Ideas for using flea market finds start strong, but rapidly lose steam. Giving a retro baby shower? Buy old invites and use old decor. That's pretty much representative of the depth of the content.