Need a Little Retreat?

We are thrilled to announce our 'Petite Retreats': 

intimate seasonal vintage markets, held here on our farm.

We've prepared one of our small barns as a shop/showroom, 

opening one weekend each season to share Retreat Style with you. 

Our first Petite Retreat will be held

Mother's Day Weekend

May 8 & 9

from 10 AM to 4 PM

This event is open to everyone, 

so pass the news along - and bring friends!
{feel free to link to this image & post)

Several of our special friends will be joining us for this Spring market, bringing their fabulous finds to share. Though our market is small &  intimate, you'll find wonderful inspiration and vintage-style treasures galore. We'll have music and refreshments, and even sunshine... we hope you will plan to join us!

We chose Mother's Day because our Island hosts an Artist's Studio Tour that weekend - with over 300 participating artists. You'll be able to enjoy not only our Petite Retreat, but also the scenery, the beaches, artist studio tours, wonderful shops {like Poppyseeds in Stanwood!} and perhaps even a stop at the famous Diamond Knot Brewery or Cama Beach on your day trip here. We'll have info on all of the hot spots, so you won't miss them...

Put our inaugural Petite Retreat on your calendar for May 8 & 9!

PS: Camano Island is 15 miles North of Everett,

then a short, straight 7 mile drive from I-5 across a bridge. 

No ferries! 

Please note that our farm is open for events ONLY.

Address will be posted on our blog before the event.

{More Petite Retreat vintage seasonal markets

are planned for July, September, and November.}

Fan-Fair!

 

Are you on Facebook?

Help a girl out:

Timi of Come Junk With Us

made a bet with her hubby.

now if she doesn't reach 500 Fans in just one more day,

she'll have to pay the piper.

And it ain't pretty:

Poor Timi 

will be forced to empty the blackwater tank

from her travel trailer for the entire summer!

Now, this takes away from her time junkin' 

and taking buses to great shows, 

so

go Fan 'Come Junk With Us' on Facebook now!

Take Me Away...

We went to the beach today and took a friend along...

Bob's amazing Piano Bar creation 

photos on our Retreat Facebook Page

{Are you our Fan on Facebook yet?}

{Photo by Retreat}

Tres Magnifique!

 

We just received our copy of the PORCH magazine 

'Romantic French' Spring 2010 issue...

...and it is gorgeous! 

So many wonderful photos of shows, products, displays, 

and shops that are absolutely drool-worthy. 

If you love vintage French style, this one is for you!

And we are proud to say you'll find Retreat Style on pages 29,30, and 31:

  

 

We are thrilled to be included, and offer our thanks to the publishers.

You can order your very own copy of this PORCH issue here!

 Image Credits: Photos included in magazine, and shown above, by Deb Kennedy for Retreat Style.

Flea Today & Tomorrow!

Hey, Western Washington Junkers, we just found out about a last-minute flea market near us! Thanks to Debi Burton at Ormolulu for sharing the news:

Friday at 10:00 AM and Saturday 10 - 4 Flea/Swap Meet.

Exit #208 from I-5, about EIGHT miles North of Everett. 

Sylvana is about three miles West of the freeway.

There will be over 30 dealers there selling their wares at great prices!
{including Debi Burton, so say hello!}

Food, vintage, household, garden, tools & computers, etc. 

Bargains galore! 

$1 per person admission donation requested

This is a fund-raiser for Viking Hall in Sylvana . . . badly in need of remodeling. Tiny community in need of your support. While in Sylvana, shop at Sylvana Mercantile, too - a great small antiques & collectibles mall!

{Thanks for the info, Karen - I adjusted the mileage estimates!}

A new vintage show in Seattle!

 Come Junk With Us

Presents

The Collection

A Vintage Inspired Flea Market

Friday March 5th

Early Bird Shopping from 5 pm - 8 pm

$10 entry

Gift bags for the first 30 people

Door prize drawings

Saturday March 6th 

8 am - 4 pm

$8 entry

Gift bags for the first 30 customers

Prize drawings every hour

Location:

Knights of Columbus Hall

Bothell-Everett Hwy

Bothell WA (just east of Seattle)

Cash Sale

Visit www.comejunkwithus.com for more information
AND a coupon for five dollar admission to the show!

You don't want to miss this amazing gathering of wonderful vendors with

FABulous treasures...plus great food, giveaways, swag bags... and more!  

{we'll be there shoppin'!}

You also don't want to miss THIS:

Farm Chicks Show Junk Junket!
Timi just announced some AWESOME perks
that you can only get as one of her Junk Bus Junk Queens,
{trust us, really incredible perks!}
so get your reservation in TODAY.
www.ComeJunkWithUs.com

All You Need Is Love!

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!

Oh La La!

 

We just got word that some of our photos will be included in the upcoming 'Romantic French' issue of PORCH magazine! Click on the link to see the other bloggers who will have their photos in this issue, and you'll see why we are so thrilled to be included.  Talk about good company - Thank you, Polly!

This issue is NOW AVAILABLE! 

Click here for link to PORCH Magazine order page

3 Day Antique show in Seattle!

 Hey all you antique, vintage, & junk fans!

Sand Point Antique & Design Market has just added a new date 

to their show calendar, and it's a WHOPPER:

A three day Sand Point antique show!

Three glorious days of buying & selling your favorite things and "Old Stuff! 

March 19, 20 & 21, 2010 

Friday, Saturday, & Sunday

Get more info on the Sand Point Market blog

{Retreat won't be there selling.... but we may be there shopping!}

Or Maybe Door Number Two...

That part in my last post about faith & hope?

Yeah. 

Thank you, God, for answering prayers.

For providing our needs. For honoring promises.  

For working miracles. Thank you.

And thank you to hearts & spirits that are open to help, 

even when they don't know why, or realize they are helping.

One.more.step.through.the.doorway.

I'll Take Door Number One...

Doors. 

Just as on 'the Price is Right', we never really know 

what lurks behind them 

or what will be revealed when they are opened. 

We wonder 'Is this is a door I should go through?', 

and quote pithy verses about them, 

like: 'When God closes a door, He opens a window'.

Sometimes the door just sits there, taunting you, 

almost daring you to open it.

And so, you do, and find something wonderful.

Lifechanging even.

The thing with doors and doorways is, you have to choose:

Stay on this side, or go through.

You can stand and look at that lovely opening and all that it leads to - 

but if you don't walk forward and through to the other side, 

you just might as well not have opened the door at all.

Going through that opening in the wall can mean going through a LOT.

From a philosophical perspective, 

the wall is the hard stuff and going through it 

is the only way to get to the other side - to the good stuff.

We threw open the danged door 

and jumped into the opening. 

We are in the process of going through the wall.

It's really cool on the other side, let me tell ya'...

but this part, here in the middle, well, it's hard.

That stuff about closing doors & opening windows? 

Nah. He's on the other side, telling us to just keep going.

One more step, one at a time, and we'll get through.

Some walls are illness. J & C are in that doorway.

Some walls are relationships. B is in that doorway.

{I'd really like to carry them over the threshold of those doors, let me tell you}

Some walls are business situations. P is in that doorway.

Some walls are financial, and we're in that doorway.

Just tryin' to do everything we can.

Thing is, all of us - all of you, too, I suspect -

just do our best in every situation.

Whether we chose the door or it flung open in our faces, 

we take those steps one at a time

and keep looking ahead to the good stuff.

Wherever you are, whatever wall you face

and whatever door is in front of you, 

Have courage. Have faith.

You have company on this journey, and you can do this.

{I keep saying that to myself, 

and sometimes it actually helps...}

Flea Market Style Magazine

It's OUT!!!!

Ki Nassauer just posted on her blog that copies of the new magazine 'Flea Market Style' are arriving in stores already! It wasn't supposed to release until February 23rd, but it looks like we are all getting an early Valentine's Day gift!

To those who have asked: Go to the Flea Market Style blog for information on where to find the mag, and no, subscriptions are not available. Yet. If this brand new INDEPENDENT magazine receives support by us purchasing it,  it can continue to be published on a regular basis and then subscriptions may be available.

The photo above shows you what you should be scourin' the magazine racks for!{And be sure to look for stories by Heather Bullard on the BH Boys and the Queen of Tarte in there}

PS: BARNHOUSE MARKETPLACE has it!

Retreats

 

You know we can use pretty ordinary materials to create something special, and we've got another fabulous Retreat getaway in the works... Can't wait to share it! {Are YOU on our mailing list??}

Currently Available from Retreat:

We have large pieces that are still available:

 

Elegant Bench

5' high X 7' long X 20" deep

$950.

4' long Small White Bench
$125

80" long Large White Bench

$225

  

40" square Formal Table

$295

  

40" Square Farm Table

$395

  

Worn Table Top Finish

  

80" Long Farm Table

$545

(chair in photo sold)

 

Worn Table Top Finish

 

6' tall Wine Storage Rack

$495.

White Piano Bar
$1495
(Local Seattle area delivery & set up available)

Collaged Piano Bar
$1995
(local Seattle area delivery & set up available)
(bench in photo sold)

If you are interested in any of these products, contact us at RetreatStyle@gmail.com for more information about purchasing them.
Local delivery of larger items available; crating/shipping not available at this time.

Please note that these are 'one of a kind' items made from salvaged materials,and are not available in other sizes or for custom orders.

Merci!

Merci, Grazie, Muchas Gracias, Danke, Arigato, Mahalo, and 

Go raibh mile maith agaibh!

Thank you SO MUCH to all of our wonderful friends who came to shop & say hello at Sand Point this weekend. We love seeing you and catching up with your adventures, and we appreciate your support of Retreat. Thank you for your encouraging words about our products & displays - you really have no idea how much they touch our hearts! 

A lot of effort goes into Retreat - and not just the furniture & decor accessories we create & sell, but our presentation style and marketing, as well.  So many lovely people commented on our 'look' and our 'shoppe', we had to have just been beaming like idiots! {for one: Thank you Emily, and we WILL be in touch about that story for your program!} We found that our newly-designed product hangtags really did the job of educating people about what it is we do, how, and why - a big improvement over 'they paint furniture'! {ACK!} I guess we are also known for creating tents, too, hmmmmmn??!

To all of the new friends we made & wonderful people we met this weekend who are visiting here for the first time, welcome to our little world! We'll be sharing sneak peeks in the coming month of our 'secret project' {make sure you are on our mailing list!} and also of the shops that we will be delivering some of our furniture & accessories to. And that includes products heading to the BarnHouse Online Marketplace for March!

Until next time:

recycle. reimagine. redecorate. relax. Retreat!