Holiday Hours

The Old House Revival Company will be closed

Christmas Eve

Christmas Day

and Boxing Day.

We will be open again on Saturday December 27th.

Wishing you a wonderful holiday season in our Winter Wonderland.

Stay warm everyone!

The "To Do" list is long and the days are short!

Just a quick little post to help all the last minute shoppers out there...we have gift certificates available.

Can't decide...let your loved ones choose.

Available in any denomination.

For more Holiday inspiration visit our new Christmas Album in the photo gallery on our website.

Open House - December 4th

Twas the weeks before Christmas and all through the house, the staff have been scurrying…

… to treat you to a Christmas delight!

The Old House Revival Company is pleased to announce our
Customer Appreciation Holiday Open House
Thursday December 4th from 11:30AM – 8PM

Come celebrate with us!

We’ll have all sorts of goodies in store:
Soothing Hot Cider
Yummy, yummy Cookies
AND
10% off All Old House Merchandise
….plus look out for even better markdowns on selected items in store.

Note: Many of our Antique mall vendors are joining in the festivities and you are likely to find many special prices on the second and third floor too!

Don’t forget we’ll be open late…until 8PM!

Project Ideas for Tin Tile

Tin tiles were popular in the later 1800s, and the early part of the 1900s. The tiles were an affordable way to achieve the same decorative effect of a much more costly to install plaster ceiling.

Interestingly, the tiles also provided a measure of safety from fire. The ceiling tiles slowed the spread of flames from downstairs to upstairs rooms, giving occupants a little more time to escape.

Our stock of Antique tin tiles has been locally sourced; salvaged from buildings in and around Winnipeg.

Tin tile can be used for more than just ceilings. Our very creative Old House customers have repurposed tin tiles for all kinds of interesting applications --- as headboards, backsplashes, and fireplace inserts.

Salvaged tin tiles often have a beautiful patina that makes them fantastic as decor items. Build a frame around a tile, hang it as art...or keep things simple and just nail or screw the tiles to the wall as is.

Recently staff at the Old House made over an old metal lantern-style fixture with some tin tiles that had oxidized and rusted so much that they had holes in them!

The lantern top reminded us of a witch hat. The tiles were spookily corroded...it was a perfect and timely pairing --w ith a candle lit inside the lattern cast dark and unearthly shadows on our Halloween sale.

This project was quick and simple. We made templates from one of the lantern's original panels. The tile was easy to cut to size with tin snips. We picked sections of tile that were particularly corroded and some that had existing holes and punctures in them.

Happpy Thanksgiving

The Old House will be closed on Thanksgiving Monday...but please do visit us on Saturday or Sunday. We will be open for our regular hours:
11:30 to 5:00 on Saturday

and Noon to 5:00 on Sunday.

Climb the stairs to our wonderful Antique Mall,

have poke around,

work off some of that pumkin pie...

then go home for another slice!

Include us in your Halloween plans

JOIN US
We’re celebrating Jodie’s favourite holiday –

ONE DAY ONLY

Spooky Halloween Sale
– Friday October 31-

Discounts on selected items will scare you!

We’ll have costumes,

we’ll have witches’ brew,

we’ll have treats …and as always we have great stuff!

Thank you!

I just wanted to thank Joanna and Eric for the lovely sunflowers they brought me! I absolutely love them!
It was very sweet of you, but you didn't have to - I enjoyed helping you!
Thank you,
corinne.

Embroidery fun!

The Old House hosted a free embroidery class on July 23, 2008. Its amazing how quickly

students learned a few basic stitches. The class participants each finished a really cute sampler design with iron on transfers and instruction courtesy of our Antique Mall vendor Urban Nostalgia.

We definately hope to hold more classes like this in the future. If you are interested please contact us.

A lovely selection of these adorable transfer patterns from Sublime Stitching are available here in the Antique Mall...along with accessories like embroidery scissors and t-shirt stabilizer. We also have a variety of vintage pattern books for all your retro crafting needs.

For those of you too busy to try embroidering your own linens... our vendors have a lovely selection of "ready made"vintage pieces in beautiful condition.

Birthday Success!

We'd like to send a big thank you out to all our new and returning customers. Our Antique Mall's First Anniversary Sale-abration on July 19th and 20th was a great successs and we enjoyed sharing Birthday cake and lemonade with all of you.

Polishing the good silver.

Don't forget to join us in celebrating the one year anniversary of the opening on our Antique Mall.

We've had a busy week getting ready for our big sale event this weekend.... and now we're ready to welcome everyone with birthday cake and great savings.

Wednesday evening projects!

Schedule of activities for
July 9^th, 16^th, 23^th & 30^th

We’re OPEN LATE
Wednesday evenings
until 7:00 pm
for the month of July

We have a series of fun activities planned for each evening.

July 9 – Demonstration and sample project ideas using door hardware

July 16 – Demonstration of techniques and examples of jewelry made with antique hardware and other vintage finds like old buttons and chandelier crystals.

July 23 - Free Embroidery Lesson

A crash course demonstrating several basic embroidery stitches and funky iron-on transfers. You will have the opportunity to try the stitches making a sampler to take home. Please contact us to sign up. 477- 4286 or house@the oldhouserevival.com. Materials provided.

July 30 – Embellishing antique and vintage finds with paint.

Join us in the store for inspiration and information
…and great shopping…
our Antique Mall Anniversary Sale is already full steam ahead…

Don’t forget the Big Bash Sale on July 19^th and 20^th…
we’re looking forward to the party!

Now… should the cake be lemon chiffon or angel food?

Project Demo: Turn over these ideas!

We are excited and looking forward to our very first Wednesday evening with extended store hours.

For the month of July the Old House will be open late on Wednesday evenings until 7pm.

We have a series of fun activities planned for each evening we'll be open.

First up, on July 2 & 9, 2008:

What to do with all those sad little door knobs that can no longer function as door knobs but are just to nice to throw away and....

What about all those impossibly beautiful door knobs that we just don't have enough doors for?

With just a little bit of time and some easy to find materials those door knobs can be recycled for new purposes --- they make great hooks for coats or can be used as tie backs for curtains.

We also enjoy seeing them hung on the wall as art.

We'll show you how...step by step and we'll have project samples on display.

Wednesday July 2 and 9

Open - 11:30 until 7pm.

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Happy Canada Day

Just a short post to announce that the Old House will be closed on Canada Day, Tuesday July 1, 2008.

Enjoy the festivities everyone.

Note:
We will be open with our regular hours for the rest of the weekend ... with our Canada flag proudly on display!
Saturday, June 28 - 11:30 to 5:00
Sunday, June 29 - Noon to 5:00
Monday, June 30 - 11:30 to 5:00

Remember - OPEN until 7:00 pm on Wednesdays in July!

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Big Bash Birthday Party & Sale

The Old House Revival Antique Mall is One Year Old.
To mark this important milestone we're having a party and sale on
Saturday July 19 and Sunday July 20th

Actually,
we plan to celebrate all month long!

Keep your eye out for in store specials and sales throughout the whole month of July

And there's more...
Evening hours!

For the month of July we will be open on Wednesday evenings until 7pm
with a demonstration or speakers scheduled for each evening.

A great opportunity to pick up some useful "old house" tips for your home as well as project ideas and instructions for crafty creations that make use of antique and vintage materials.

Check back for details and a schedule of events!

Come celebrate with us.

July Hours:
M,T,Th, F, S: 11:30 - 5:00
Wed. EXTENDED HOURS: 11:30 to 7:00
Sun: Noon to 5:00

Do we have crocks?

We could not resist the opportunity to acquire a large collection of crocks, mostly Medalta, in varying sizes from little to big 10 quart vats! The possibilities are endless: store some kitchen or garden utensils, use as an umbrella stand, store your magazines, plant a plant, the skies the limit! Come see our display... you can't miss it when you walk in the door!

Treat your Father to a walk down Memory Lane!

I can't believe it's nearly is June 15th. Father's Day is is around the corner! Here is an idea for a special way to spend the day with Dad. Take him for a walk through the Old House Revival Company and stir up some good memories of his past. See what stories of his childhood are evoked when you visit the store. Or inspire him to projects future!

Old yet new!

As much as we here at the Old House love the beauty of patina only created by years of use and weather on our old house parts, there is something really special and exciting about finding new/old stock.



Something about the idea of retro hardware neatly tucked inside its original box --- or snuggled in a sealed envelope --- whiling away the years in some dark corner or over-full garage is really appealing.



Recently unearthed --- These fantastic bathroom sconces in deco styling. they've never been installed and are in perfect condition. They even have a date stamp on the back -- NOV 17, 1954.



We have them here for you ready and waiting to fulfill their lighting destiny...finally...after 50 years!



We have THREE pairs... get them before they're gone.

It's getting a little crowded in here.

Announcing the sale event of the season. It's getting a little crowded in here. John, the owner of the Old House business has decided to make room quickly by holding a 'John Doesn't Love Me Anymore Sale'. Various items will be laid out for your inspection and approval in our parking lot. It's not that they're not worthy --- its just that John has moved on. Prices will be more than fair.

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Join us for....

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The

‘John Doesn’t Love Me Anymore’

Sale

Saturday May 31rst
9:00 AM to 2:00 PM
in the parking lot at The Old House Revival Company

John is cleaning out “The Old House”

A little bit of something for everyone…
chairs, tables, lighting, glassware, pictures, bottles, miscellaneous, miscellaneous and more miscellaneous!!!

Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to pick up
one of a kind items --- many wonderful finds

…they all need a new home and someone new to love them!

Happy 75th Birthday, Dick!

Today is Dick Turnbull's 75th Birthday! His wife, Margaret organized a surprise Birthday party for him last night. Margaret did a great job of sneakily bringing family and friends together. And the best part of all -- the surprise party was indeed a complete surprise! Dick had no idea what excitement the evening would hold when he left work for “early dinner reservations with his family”. Many special guests travelled from out of town to celebrate with Dick.
We are very happy to have this stained glass expert in-house — come say hello, see his work and wish him Happy Birthday when he's in the store - Tuesdays to Saturdays! Happy Birthday, Dick!

Job Posting

Do you like people? Do you like Antiques?

Would you enjoy working in a warm friendly atmosphere, helping people find neat stuff?

The Old House Revival Company Antique Mall is looking for a sales assistant that would like to job share a part time position.

Hours to be shared with one other person are: noon to 5pm, Thursday through Sunday.

Duties include: customer service, retail sales, and light cleaning duties in our 2 floor Antique Mall as well as assisting with other projects as assigned.

Submit your resume to
The Old House Revival Company
324 Young Street
Winnipeg MB
477-4286

Happy Mother's Day!

The staff at the Old House Revival Company would like to wish all Moms a very Happy Mother's Day!

Gardening Saturday Fun!

We had fun at the Gardening Saturday put on by the Friends of Assiniboine Park Conservatory on April 26th! Thanks to all the folks that found us at 324 Young Street after they saw us there! Remember: If you need interesting accessories for your garden or porch or just the plants on your window sill, come and see us!

Mother's Day!

Mother's Day is just around the corner! Treat her to a gift from the Old House - we have many treasures to chose from!

We're going to a Garden Party!

The Old House Revival Company will be one the participants at

The Friends of Assiniboine Park Conservatory

Gardening Saturday

Displays – Demonstrations – Workshops
featuring a guest appearance with

Keynote Speaker Marjorie Harris,
editor-at-large of Gardening Life magazine

April 26th 9am to 4pm

Canadian Mennonite University, 500 Shaftsbury


Check out our display!


for more information see: http://www.friendsconservatory.com/

New Arrival!

A beautifully restored Baker's Table has arrived in our store! It's a charming piece with loads of character, two drawers plus two flour bins, one divided, and a cutting board. A useful addition to your vintage style kitchen!

Virtual Facelift

The website www.oldhouserevival.com has received a long awaited face lift! How exciting!

It's nice to have a site which allows our customers a better window into what we do here at the Old House. In addition, we have more information on and pictures of our fantastic Antique Mall.

Please, drop us an email or leave a comment on the blog regarding your thoughts on the new site. Is there anything you'd love for us to include?

Don't forget to check back at the blog, where we will post in store event news and info on what's new on a regular basis.

Our Antique Mall

Have you visited us lately? This fall, The Old House Revival C0. was pleased to open the 2nd and 3rd floors of our building as an Antique Mall. Our vendors have a wide variety of vintage and antique wares, from furniture to lighting, clothing, jewelry, decor, books and toys. It's a feast for the eyes. Stop by and see for yourself our constantly changing displays which INSPIRE and marvel at all the new "old" merchandise!

Beginnings

. . .

The current Old House building was the old Peter's Auction located across Young Street from the CBC building in Winnipeg, Manitoba. There were a few small holes in the ceiling that needed attention. The old roof was removed and new one built. The old brick facade was restored by sand blasting. The interior had to be dried, emptied and gutted. The sandblasting crew returned to do the interior. All walls, both brick and wood as well as the ceilings and beams were blasted. The floors were levelled and sealed, new windows installed. Foam insulation was added and some walls were framed. The woodwork and floors were sealed and the installation of shelving began. Old doors, sandblasted, were fitted to form wall panels and wainscotting.

The finished product is awash with ideas on how to use antique building materials in new and creative ways. However, to see them best you will have to come and visit us at The Old House Revival Company, 324 Young Street.