The Vintage Bricoleur ~ Finished in 25 Days.

As most of you know, we have opened our own store inside the

 High Hand

 fruit sheds in Loomis, CA.

This whole process has been very fast. 

 For over a year now, my husband and I have been looking for the perfect place for us.  It was important for us to be close to home, but also be in a place that had good traffic.  After checking out a few places in Loomis, we thought, "What about High Hand?"  We walked inside and I fell in love.  The sheds are 110 years old and full of character.  There were already a few other businesses inside the sheds and we felt that we could be an asset by adding a Vintage Home Design and Antiques shop.  After a few visits with the owner of the sheds we came to an agreement. 

He would give up a portion of a room where he stored and sold pots, for us to build our store.  This all took place the second week in October.

So...

After drawing up plans and submitting them to the County,

we waited,

and waited.

Finally, we got the go ahead and on November 5th, we started the building.

The whole family was involved and we even had some very appreciated help from a friend visiting from Canada.

Progress!

 Framed, sheeted, windows installed and trimmed, overhang framed.

Insulation and drywall.

Beautiful wood ceiling, electrical and fire sprinklers.

Siding, and paint.

Tape and mud.

Paint samples. Can you see the difference?  We chose FROST.

Again, lots of help from friends and family.

The painting took place on Thanksgiving morning.  Just one week before opening.

Another helper. 

(There was also lots of help behind the scenes in the way of meals, babysitting, encouraging visits, etc.)

Black Friday evening. 

Baseboard and trim, and a coat of Poly on the floor.  The kids are cleaning the cracks.  The next morning the trim was painted

And here is the start of our first window display on Sunday the 27th!

Wow, what a month!

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday we moved in and on Thursday December 1st, we had our soft opening.

Friday was our Grand Opening Party, and as you know it was a great success. 

Thank you again for your support.

Once again, the finished product.

One window display.

And the other.

So... now that you know how it all came to be, come by and pay us a visit.  We love visiters and the shop is full of treasures waiting for you.

The Vintage Bricoleur

3750 Taylor Road

Loomis, Ca 95650

Coming soon Grand Opening pics.

Terry (one of the bricoleurs)

The Grand Opening was Wonderful...

The Grand Opening for our store was Wonderful.

I would like to share some pics of what you missed if you were not able to make it.

The shelves are packed with treasures!

You can see just the bottom of the beautiful Phonograph Lamp.

Salvage architecture hanging over a huge Farm Table. 

 Primitive Pine Cabinet full of  ironstone.

Sheet music garlands hanging in the window.

Pretty Shabby White Cupboard filled with goodies.

Old Post Office Boxes and a Primitive Bench with French books and antlers.

  French arm chair with a grain sack seat.

Small table set for two.

This little corner is FULL of Vintage Silverware Jewelry.  It has been very popular.

Beautiful glove box.

Pretty glass urns.

Primitive divided box with pears, concrete duck and Ironstone.

French book through a glass block.

Small prints, lace bags.

Primitive wood peg board holding a collection of pitchers.

Bicycle license plates from Belgium.

Large spools of twine.

Ironstone and pewter.

These are just a few pics to give you an idea of what it looked like.

I will be sharing more pics of the Grand Opening Party and some of the people who came to support us. 

Terry (one of the bricoleurs)

We are OPEN! A sneak peek of the store.

Yay!  We are Open!!!

Today was our Soft Opening and everything went well.

I will share a few pics, but for those of you who do not know, we,

The Vintage Bricoleur

have opened our own shop in Downtown Loomis, Ca.

We are located inside the High Hand historic packing sheds along with several other businesses.

Our business hours are

Tuesday - Saturday 10 -5

Sunday 10 -4

O. K., a sneak peek,

The front entry.  Welcome.

One of our store front windows.

And here is the other. 

The store is packed full of treasures for you to choose from.  We have everything from furniture to gift items.

Please join us for our

 Grand Opening Party

Tomorrow, December 2, from 4 -6 p.m.

3750 Taylor Road Loomis, Ca, 95650

~Refreshments will be served.~

I will be sharing more pics soon!

Terry (one of the bricoleurs)

Featuring Sweet Silver @The Vintage Bricoleur

                                          Meet Brenda from Sweet Silver.

This talented lady creates beautiful things out of vintage silverware.  We are happy to have her as part of our team at

The Vintage Bricoleur.

Tea Pot Lamps

Pendants

Madallians


Beaded Bracelets

And so much more.  She has several items that are new this season!
Here is what Brenda has to say...
We just love old silverware!  My husband George and I have spent many, many hours over the years combing thrift stores, garage sales and antique stores for interesting, rare and unusual silverware.  As our vast collection grew so did our ideas of what to do with it all.  It finally all came together in late 2002 when Sweet Silver was born!  George's mechanical ability and my design ideas together create the unique, one-of-a-kind items featured at our shows and shown on this website.
       We handcraft each piece from a variety of authentic, vintage silverware.   Each piece is unique due to the design and wear of the silverware.  Sometimes a fork will just demand to be a zipper pull and other times it immediately suggests a pendant or an easel.


Please welcome Brenda!
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Grand Opening Party
Dec. 2, 4-6 p.m.
3750 Taylor Road
 Loomis, Ca 95650

Terry (one of the bricoleurs)



Featuring The Olive and Rose @ The Vintage Bricoleur

I am pleased to announce that Sandy from

 The Olive and Rose

will be joining us in our store

 The Vintage Bricoleur.

Sandy is a talented lady who has experience in vintage home design.  She is also the promoter of Mes Amis, the antique street faire in downtown Roseville, Ca.

Here she is in her space at Remnants of the Past.

Beautiful pillows out of a vintage quilt.

I love this photo of Sandy and my youngest daughter Arica, it shows her love for people.

These two photos are of a wedding that Sandy designed.

Please welcome Sandy!

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Grand Opening Party for

The Vintage Bricoleur

Dec, 2, 4-6 p.m.

3750 Taylor Road

Loomis, Ca

Terry (one of the bricoleurs)

Featuring Miss Worm @ The Vintage Bricoleur

Meet Laura of  Miss Worm.

Laura is my husband's sister.

Laura will be taking a small area in the shop that will be filled with beautiful items many of which will be handmade.  Jewelry, flower pins, quilts, pillows, you name it, and all vintage inspired!

Laura has a space at Scout Living, and as you can see she does not waste an inch!

She is to be featured in the next Sac Magazine for her one of a kind jewelry.  She can do custom orders.  She made me a special necklace that says "bricoleur".  I love it.

Please welcome Laura.

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Grand Opening Party for

The Vintage Bricoleur

Dec. 2, 4-6 p.m.

3750 Taylor Road

Loomis, Ca 95650

Terry (one of the bricoleurs)