#319: Finding the Good Stuff

This week's episode is a treasure-hunting guide — how to actually find the best antiques, vintage and handmade stuff online and off. We're also sharing our tips for starting and maintaining a Little Free Library.

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Tips for buying art on Ebay:

Put in the type of painting

Keep the words "vintage" or "antique" in the search to weed out all the new stuff

Be consistent

Give it good and different kinds of search terms

Find the fanciest stores that sell vintage

 

Tips for buying on Etsy:

If you are looking for art, you have to have the word original in your search

Go down your own rabbit holes

Save your favorite shops

 

Tips for a Little Free Library:

Check out littlefreelibrary.org

Clean out your library every once in a while

 

Book Report:

Emma - The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods

Elsie - Understory by Chloe Benjamin

 

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