antique
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At Boulder Bookstore, there’s more than just good reads—look for decorative bookends and notebooks handmade from antique book covers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
"And source things from online marketplaces or antique markets for unique pieces that tell a story and make a space feel more lived-in and curated over time."
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
It also featured what we’d now call a “vintage” kitchen, featuring antique appliances.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
The red and white Victorian farmhouse had belonged to their friend, the late Steve Baker, who served as the city’s longtime historian and had packed the property with thousands of antique relics over his lifetime.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
I climb onto the antique thing and start pedaling.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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Her father was a traveling antiques dealer, but also operated a lakeside summer resort in Michigan, where, at a young age, Steinem was enamored of the musicians who passed through to play.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
“I don’t remember a time when we weren’t shopping for antiques; it’s what we did on weekends.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Egglestone, who has been in the antiques business for more than 25 years, said the comedian was a pleasure to be around, and the show had boosted visitor numbers.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
In a trip in November 2013 to Vincenzo Caffarella, a decorative arts and antiques shop in London, £170,000 was allegedly spent on a "vast amount of property" including Venetian lamps and vases.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
“The most up-and-coming Chinese art and antiques shop in all of Los Angeles.”
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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In another project, he considered mounting antiqued mirror on the ceiling, but when the budget wouldn’t allow it, he used a shiny Cole & Son wallcovering called Antique Mirror to achieve a similar effect.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
Of course, the only caveat is watching the slick show in the antiqued DVD format.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 1, 2021
Do you think it’s OK to have a low-key party to celebrate our child, or is this an antiqued ordeal that needs to go?
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2021
Designed by Stephen Rieman and Mark Krasne, the condo features antiqued mirrors, hand-stenciled doors and a wet bar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2019
If you are using dull coloured carpets and hangings, have your modern reproductions antiqued.
From The Art of Interior Decoration by Grace Wood
In her free time, Annie loves to make random playlists, doodle in her reporter’s notebook and go antiquing.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2025
Two lamps weren’t just two lamps, but the best outing she spent antiquing with my grandmother before she passed away from Alzheimer’s disease.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2024
“We love to go to estate sales and antiquing together — it’s hard sometimes because we all like the same things!”
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2023
At this year’s TromaDance, the Demmers sat in lawn chairs next to a newly renovated drive-in speaker that Mr. Demmer found and repaired while antiquing in Detroit.
From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2021
Occasionally she disappears for the day, to go antiquing in the surrounding towns.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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