Road trip ideas and favorite shopping spots.
Tips For Round Top Antiques Week So glad you joined us for week ten, the final week of our Where We Hunt series. I saved the best spot for last! Antiques Week happens twice a year in Round Top Texas and some of the smaller surrounding towns. Towns like Warrenton, Burton and Carmine. Most people around…
Welcome to week 9 of our series, Where We Hunt. One more week to go as we reveal our secrets, tips and favorite spots to hunt for the best junk around. Join us next Friday for the last hot spot and a SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! This week we explore junk yards! Sounds like an obvious spot for…
Ahhh…the most obvious of all hunting grounds for purveying goods. Here are a few tips that hopefully are new to you! Here are my who, what, when and where of garage sale shopping Who – What kind of shopper are you? There are many varieties in the yard sale world. If you aren’t having luck,…
Welcome to week 7 of our 10 part series on where we scour for the best junk around. Check here if you missed a week and want to catch up. A Case for Books The Library might seem a bit odd as a hunting ground for junk. It pretty much has only one item to…
If you have followed Hunt & Host at all you have heard me profess my love of curbside shopping. I mean I REALLY love it. When I drive around it’s like following the Easter Bunny on Easter morning. I just find little treasures hidden in piles on people’s curbs. I feel the same way as…
It is as much fun to hunt out new thrift stores and resale shops as it is to hunt the stores themselves. Almost every town has one or two, even itty bitty towns. They are like downsized department stores. They are not all about one thing – you have clothes, furniture, housewares, books, bedding…on and…
When I shared about junkin in Small Town USA I mentioned local hardware stores. Often the hardware store is a combo job…hardware/feedstore/auto parts, etc. Our deer lease is close to Junction, Texas which is a precious little blink of a town. They have a combo store I’m quite found of. I found this nifty little…
So glad you joined us for week 4 of our 10 part series Where We Hunt. Today we visit small town USA… Do you road trip much? Do you often drive to your family vacation destination? grandparents? weekend getaways? Any direction you head the open road is riddled with small towns. They are full of…
Welcome to week three of our 10 part series – Were We Hunt. Stick with us as we walk you through some unexpected spots to gather goodies for your home. One of the coolest stories I know involves treasure from my friend Janet’s attic. Twenty years ago Janet’s parents house was burglarized. One thing not stolen…
Welcome back to our junk hunting series. You know, the spot where we tell you all the best places to score trinkets and treasures for your home. This seems really obvious. I know a lot of people who spend a great deal of time in their yard. I know more people who don’t. How many…
Welcome to H&H’s ten week series on where we hunt. Our family is constantly on the lookout for interesting stuff. Junk some might say. Gems to others. Over the next ten weeks we will tell you about our go to shopping grounds, some expected, some not. You’ll get tips that work for us. Hopefully, we will…
Be sure to check in January 2nd for the kick off of the H&H Where to Hunt series. Every Friday for 10 weeks we will walk you through all the places we frequent to find cool stuff. Be sure to let us know what questions you have about the who, what, when and where of…