Friday, August 9, 2013

More Rescues...


Rescued Furniture! 
I arrived @ the shop yesterday to find four freshly 
rescued pieces of furniture & a dozen smalls 
delivered from the "mr."! 



coffee table... smokey gray & light blue gray. 


great storage side table  


dark smokey gray fern table



writing desk in a duo of colors




Saturday, August 3, 2013

A Late Night Dance...


I had a date tonight(and not a welcomed one!)
with Restless Leg Syndrome.
It's kept me up dancing with the 
keyboard(have to stand to type!),but at least 
I'm getting some work done!

Autumn Open House flyer 
is ready for print! 






Now to get this jerk(RLS)to go away!
Sweet dreams all!





Thursday, July 18, 2013

Summer Home Show...



It's almost time for our
Rescued Furniture 
Summer Home Show! 

 Here are few sneak peeks from today's 
set up progress! 






We hope you'll come visit us!
See all the details under the 
"next up" tab above! 

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

July Happenings!


 July Happenings!

happening #1
This week we will be having a 
Bare Bones 
20% off @ the "SToP" Sale!
Thursday & Friday July 11th, 12th & 13th

The poor shop has had a slow recovery from Junkstock
& now we are stock piling product for our 
Summer Home Show... thus, bare bones at the "SToP"! 
Trying to make it up to you we are throwing you a 
bone of a 20% discount off your entire purchase this weekend!  It's beginning to look like Old Mother Hubbard's cupboards at The Whistle Stop but, 
they are not completely bare... yet! 
(the "mr." won't share any product! He's hoarding it for the 
Rescued Furniture Summer Home Show!) 

  ***
happening #2
Rescued Furniture
Summer Home Show
@
The Bancroft Street Market


Saturday, July 20th 10-6
Sunday, July 21st 11-5
(The shop in Elkhorn will be closed July 18th, 19th, & 20th while we
prepare & host our Summer Home Show) 
 Usually under a tent out back of the
shop we have moved this show (only!)
(We are not moving our Elkhorn shop permanently!)
to a building with more space
 & air-conditioning! No sweat & no tears 
over paint bubbling on furniture!
We hope you'll grab some friends & make
the jaunt to see us! It is not far from 
the zoo, Lauritzen Gardens & the Old Market!

 The Bancroft Street Market is located
2702 S. 10th St.  Omaha NE 
Just north of the Omaha Doorley Zoo!
 ***

 happening #3 
Ladies' Day Out in
Olde Towne Elkhorn!  


Saturday, July 27th!
You can start the day with an Early Bird 
1/2 off breakfast @ Heartland Cafe, 
shop 'till you drop, break for lunch 
& wind down with the OK Sisters
@ Heartland Cafe's Summer Concert Series! 
Shop hours vary~ some opening @ 9:00 a.m.!
for details! 
***


Keep up with us on 
Facebook & our blog!


Hope to see you soon!

regular store hours
Thurs. & Fri. 10-5
Sat. 10-4
 _______________________________________

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Peep Show Continued! ... of Rescued Furniture that is!

Peep #3! 



Another cubby! X2! 
One broken apart paper sorter 
will become two stand alone cubbies! 
Storage for scrapbook or home schooling materials, 
magazines & more! And sorry folks, they have 
to be painted... mix of new woods and old 
to rescue this one! 



You'll find this piece at our Rescued Furniture
Summer Home Show July 20th @ 
The Bancroft Street Market!

See the Next Up tab for details! 

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Peep Show Continued...

Peep #2! 


An old printer's cart 
begins its rescue tomorrow!
I think it would make great
patio seating... 


Check in tomorrow for more "peeps" 
of what's to come @ our Summer Home Show
of Rescued Furniture! 



Don't forget to mark your calendars! 

Monday, July 1, 2013

Peep Show...

... of Rescued Furniture!
{now you didn't think I would really 
post something else, did you?}

I will begin posting a daily "peep" of some 
the the projects the "Mr." is working on for our 
 These are the before picture & the after 
pictures will come later!

Enjoy a little "peep" @ what's to come
@ our Summer Home Show of Rescued Furniture! 

***

Peep #1


12 slotted cubby!
This is the good side! 
Missing pieces & added pieces that 
don't fit! Can't wait to see it when it's 
rescue is complete!

Stay tuned for more! 




Saturday, June 29, 2013

Summer Home Show...



We're taking our
Summer Home Show
on the road! 

Saturday, July 20th 10-6
Sunday, July 21st 11-5




Usually we set up a tent behind the shop
to house more Rescued Furniture
& larger pieces than our 400 sq. feet
building can hold but, with temperatures
reaching 104 last year, 95 & rain the year before and paint bubbling on the furniture we decided to find a larger space with a 
solid roof & air conditioning to host
our furniture show!

The Bancroft Street Market
is the place!

 2701 S. 10th St.
Omaha NE 
{just North of the Zoo}

The "Mr." is hard at work rescuing furniture!  
Watch for some of the before pictures
here on the blog & on Facebook!
{sorry, no early sales... we wouldn't want
to disappoint those who drive down to see us!}

We hope you'll take a road trip and
come and see us! We'll have the
sweet tea chillin'!  


Monday, June 17, 2013

A Little Peace, Love, Junk... Comin' you're way!


Junkstock...
this week!
Friday & Saturday 9-6
Sunday 10-4

192 & Dodge
on a Historic Dairy Farm.

The Whistle Stop
 will be there vending!
Enter the gate & we're the 
first booth to the left!


Peace, love, junk... music!
What more could you want!
(well, maybe picture, perfect weather!)



Hop on over to 

Junkstock's website & fb page

for all the info.!


It's goin' to be 

GROOVEY! 



Wednesday, June 12, 2013

A Special Visit...




Yesterday I opened the store especially for a group of Grannies... 
Gallivanting Grannies from the Country Register! 
I wish I would of taken pictures! They were a lot of fun! Marie, 
lives here in NE and is the mother of Country Register's Publisher 
and Art Director, Lolly Konecky. Marie and her friends 
(the Gallevanting Grannies, plus one Granddaughter... a Grannie in training!) 
travel Nebraska visiting small towns and then writing about their 
experiences for a continuing feature in the Country Register Newspaper. 

I have been advertising in the Country Register for many, many years 
and it is the one print ad that I do that I believe really works! 
For small town shops, especially ones that have mixed merchandise 
of a little old, new, handmade it is a great advertising resource! 
I believe they have distribution in most states! If you have a specialty 
shop and are looking for a reasonable way to advertise
check out the Country Register and tell them The Whistle Stop sent ya!


Monday, June 10, 2013

Summer Plans!




{photo via pinterest
& Southern Living}

Check out our 
page to see what
The Whistle Stop
is up to in
June & July! 

 It's goin' to be good! 
{because who doesn't love a treasure huntin' road trip?}

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Shopkeeper & Friends Antique & Artisan Market... June 3013


It was June 1st and and it was cold,
windy, & rainy. Not what we hoped for!
Radar showed a big band of heavy rain
coming and so most of the vendors
packed up to go home around 1:30.
Then wouldn't you know... it stopped raining.
Go figure! 
That's the risk with outdoor shows! 

Here are a few pictures from our market.
There are more on fb. Sorry, my website
is still on the blink so I can't load any there.






















If you able to come to our outdoor market 
we thank you!
For those who couldn't thanks for stopping 
here to take a look!

Enjoy your day!