I had four days to power shop my way through the West Texas town of Abilene and it was so much fun. The city of Abilene first came on my radar as a antiques and vintage mecca about tweleve years ago and it did not dissappoint. Listed below are the stores that I shopped. If you would rather watch then read, click here to watch my Instagram Stories about this trip or watch the YouTube video below. A link to my Google Places map of Abilene can be found at the end of this post. There are about 47 places on the Google list. I only made it to 17.
Day 1
- Hen Shack Boutique and Salon – Funky, Fun and Bright – this place rocks. I actually went twice.
2. Al’s BBQ – Good and quick. Much needed after a very long day of flight delays.
Day 2
1.Front Porch Coffee Shop – Any antique shopper knows that you’ve got to get fueled up beforehand and this place was a score. The biscuits and gravy were really good and I grew up on good homemade biscuits and gravy so I’m kind of an expert. The coffee was legit and there was no shortage of Authentic Texas Cowboys in creased jeans, tipping their hats and greating every lady with howdy ma’am. I will never take offense to that behavior.
2. The Antique Station – Well curated store with seasoned pickers and vendors. The owner was a very nice gentelman with great stories of a long history in the business. He only works on Mondays, so I was lucky to have gone on the right day to meet him. There were some lovely Quarter Sewn Oak bedroom sets that I was swooning over. Huge armiores, with good provenance were abundant.
3 .Frontier Flea Market – this place was packed with stuff. At the opposite end of the spectrum from the last store, it packed a punch with a fun, quirky and thrifty vibe. I loved it and found a lot of items that I would have purchased if I had already worked out the shipping situation. The ladies that were running it were great.
4. The Furniture Junk It & Junkers Alley – WOW! I’m pretty sure that’s exactly what I said when I walked in the door. This amazing place is a must see. It is more of a vintage market with multiple vendors that are excelent pickers and merchandisers. I found so much stuff here and this was the exact moment when I relized that I would have to find a pack and ship store. SO MUCH good junk. I could go on and on but I will just post the pictures instead.
5. Living Chic – Words cannont express my love for this store. It’s more of a upscale antiques design center with truely lovely items, inculding custom designed Christmas Trees. The shear quantity of luxuriuos antiquties was mind blowing. Just layers and layers or goodness. The owner was the sweetest and most talented lady that I think I’ve ever met. I didn’t purchase anything, although I would have loved to, if I had any other style of home than my current Mid Century Modern home. Here are some of my favorites from the store.
6. Vintage Marketplace – Super fun and LARGE market with lots of vendors and a ton of painted furniture and a couple of different paint lines. Lots of fun stuff.
7. Rust & Roses Antiques – Great store with some very nice painted furniture and some fun Texas gypsy style clothing companies.
8. Moose Mountain Coffee Bar – this was a great mid-day boost.
9. Gypsy Rose Antiques – More traditional antiques with multiple vendors and a huge hidden warehouse.
Day 3
- Big Country Coffee – great drive thru coffee
- Tres Chic – this store was beautiful. Watch my YouTube video to see the inside and all of the goodness.
- Laura’s Boutique – This store carries a lot of the same lines as my moms store and I got the idea of doing the Facebook Live fashion shows from them.
- Urban Relics – Another great market with a good amount of industrial antiques. I really enjoyed this store.
- Elmwood Antiques Center – This is a more traditional antique mall with lots of good finds.
- La Villa – the is a fun and funky place to find unique metal art.
- The Arrangement – another great boutique with lots of cool clothing, bags and gifts.
- Bunny Run – I wish I would have taken more photos inside of this store. There were som great painted pieces in this store.
Day Four
- Ya Ya Gurlz – this is one of the stores that I discovered way back in 2011. It was so much fun and I should have bought more but I had already bought so much and since they don’t open until Thursday, I was already tapped out by then.
Click Here for the link to my Google Places List for Abilene, TX