Browse through these pages to get practical answers to the most frequently asked questions about how to check out an item before buying it at the flea market, which techniques to use when renovating your treasure, and how best to show off the prized item in your décor. Each chapter covers a different material, from glass, ceramics, and metal to textiles, leather, wood, and stone. If you need to know how to look after lace, the smartest method for storing vintage clothes, whether you can create a floor out of those old boards you've salvaged, or how to repair marquetry, this book will tell you how.
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If you like car-boot sales, antique fairs or flea markets, you'll find this book invaluable. Written in association with "Country Living" magazine, it is an informative and knowledgeable guide to every sort of collectible to be found. China, basket-ware, textiles and glass are but a few looked at in depth: history, care, restoration and display or use. How to tell pottery apart from porcelain, detect a real Lloyd Loom chair or bakelite ashtray, where to find your local market and innovative ideas on how to use your finds in attractive ways. Packed with advice and many colour photographs, this is another practical "Country Living" guide, presented in a question and answer format for easy reference. - Lucy Watson
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About the Author
Caroline Atkins is a freelance writer and editor specializing in interiors. She writes for many magazines and is the author of Country Living Country Christmas.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Flea Market Finds & How to Restore Them (Hardcover)
What a gem! This book has all that is needed about your flea market find. The only complaint is that it didn't cover enough items!
Find information on history, care and preservation. The title says "restore" but I feel that it is preservation that the author covers. Exactly what I wanted as I don't want to make something new and then make it look old again!
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This was a gift to my daughter. She called me immediately to tell me how much she loved receiving it! Great shopping experience!
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good basic information, not so informative for me as I have been reading comprehensive books on this subject for a while.
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