Shop Early For Christmas Weekend in our warehouse/showroom, Arundel by Candlelight, Mangan Antiques and The Vintage Garden

October 04, 2013

Shop Early For Christmas Weekend in our warehouse/showroom, Arundel by Candlelight, Mangan Antiques and The Vintage Garden

Good Morning

from

Arundel Eccentrics Antiques

We have our

"Shop Early for Christmas"

weekend.

I know,

its not really that early.

Some people have probably done all their Christmas shopping.

My lovely Mum did hers REALLY early.

She used to start collecting bargains in the

January sales for the following Christmas.

Then she would have them all wrapped by July.

Only thing was, by September she was

all perplexed as to whether

it was the right gift.

She would carefully unwrap all the wretched parcels

and drive us mad asking what we thought.

Was it the right thing for Aunty Jean?

What about cousin Lynn's?

Ha ha

Miss it now.

Anyway, do come and see us if you are in town.

10-4

Friday ( today)

Saturday

Sunday

We have all our

Arundel Christmas cards

Arundel castle

We've booked our space on the

Arundel By Candlelight evening.

We will have a large stand just opposite

The Swan in Arundel High Street

sharing with our neighbour
French Loft Antiques
from

The Old Brewery Antiques Warehouses

If you have never been to

the Arundel by Candlelight,

I suggest you put the date in your diary.

December 7th.

Its well worth the visit., music

The town is bursting with people and festive fun.

Photos aren't brilliant but you get the idea?

We know several antique dealers
that work more,
lets say
" Off the Beaten Track"
or maybe down
" The Road Less Travelled"

Antiques and Interiors in and around Arundel.

Looking for antiques or interior pieces? Something interesting for your home.

Maybe a cheap and cheerful battered bargain to paint and up cycle with your own individual style.

Or a beautiful investment decorative item that you can put immediately in pride of place.

Your taste in interiors could be traditional or it might be contemporary. Possibly even bordering on the wacky. Alternatively you might just want to browse and see what catches your eye and suits your wallet.

Arundel with its diverse collection of individual shops ,warehouses and car boots, could hold the answer. Lets start with the latter. If you have never driven down to Ford airfield bleary eyed at 7.30 on a Thursday or Saturday morning you've missed a treat. The car boot starts early . Sellers queue and snooze in cars and vans from around 3am. Some come for miles as Ford Car Boot is renowned for being the best in the area. Vendors even travel from France and Holland.

You COULD saunter down later in the morning after a leisurely breakfast. But you would miss the buzz. Trade and private buyers alike, dashing to peer into the backs of unloading vans and cars. The deal often clinched before the item has even seen the light of day. You'll possibly walk back to your car clutching a real gem of a bargain. But if you haven't found that perfect item ,there are local flower and book sellers, bread stalls and coffee stands to help you cope with disappointment.

And there's always next week.

Back in Arundel itself and down Tarrant Street you will find Antiquities, Vintage Maison, Gasnier and Daughters and Nineveh House. A myriad of antique and vintage items of furniture or small collectables.

If its art you are after look no further than the Zimmer Stewart gallery or Arundel Art Room.

While you wander, do look beyond the main streets, for Arundel holds so many hidden gems.

Go inside the arcade in Tarrant Street and check out the Walking Stick Shop with its many antique canes. If you are looking for an antique picture restorer you'll find one in Tarrant Street.

In Arundel High Street , there is the Old Print Shop, Spencer Swaffer Antiques, Scandinavian Collectables, Crown Antiques, Bridge Antique Centre and Arundel Antiques Warehouse..........Phew

Maybe stop at the vintage style cafe, Lula Mae for sustenance.

Or the Tudor Rose and afterwards peruse the area in their basement displaying antique and vintage small items.

Venture over the bridge and down the little alley next to William Hill. Turn left at the end and you will find the only remaining buildings of the 19th century Arundel Swallow Brewery. Relatively untouched, the three large brewery warehouses are now home to decorative antique and interiors showrooms in the quirkiest of settings. French Loft, Harmony Trading, Arundel Eccentrics and Nass Interiors all trade from what is fast becoming a snoopers paradise.

You will need to drive to The Vinery at Poling just outside Arundel. It's one of the areas best kept antique shopping secrets and well worth investigating.The site was for many years a mushroom farm. Now the long tunnels are home to antique dealers and restorers. There is even a shipper should you want to send antiques to far flung destinations.

Most are open in the week and Saturday morning, but be aware the gates are closed Saturday afternoon and Sunday.

There are antique and interiors traders working from all manner of places. Check out the farm shop at Crossbush just up the road from Arundel and you will find as well as their free range organic meat, vintage items stacked up just outside the front door. If its antique mirrors you want, you might want to contact Clealls Antiques at Lyminster who work by appointment from their lovely home.

For details of antiques and interiors venues and their opening times go to ;

http://www.arundel.org.uk

http://www.thisisarundel.co.uk

Here are a couple of our friends
in the decorative antique trade.

Mangan Antiques

Just outside of Chichester in Sussex,

nestling in the small country village of Runcton,

down a little windy lane,

you will find the very large warehouse, showroom of

Mangan Antiques.

Husband and wife team

Julie and Rudi

will give you an extremely warm welcome.

You will no doubt be given coffee or tea,

and if you have travelled a distance to see them,

maybe even a nice chilled glass of Italian wine.

For, visiting their antiques warehouse is an entire experience.

Selling to both international dealers and local trade.

Their large barn is packed full of an eclectic mix of

furniture, chandeliers, mirrors and object art

picked from Italy, France and England,

from 18th century carvings to 1960’s designer pieces.

The first thing you will notice on entering are the chandeliers.

It's one of their their specialities and their sister company,

or should I say brother,

http://manganbrothers.co.uk/

will renovate and restore, clean or rewire your own chandeliers.

Take a little meander through the showroom......

You will also find

Mangan Antiques at

Ardingly and Newark Antiques Fairs

You'll know them by the Italian flag billowing high above their stand.

Here is someone else its well worth checking out.

Wonderful setting,

delightful people,

and some great pieces.

Sally and her husband,
Rupert,

run

The Vintage Garden Company

from their home in a lovely rural setting,

near Pulborough.

http://www.thevintagegardenco.co.uk/

Here is a little about them taken from
their website ( thanks Sally)
& some photographs of
a few of the wonderful
vintage and antique pieces they sell.