The Mountain Home
Sautee Nacoochee, GA Onsite Antique Auction Memorial Weekend 2012
Located in the scenic Sautee Nacoochee, Georgia Valley sits "The Mountain Home" built by George Walton Williams in 1876. The beautiful three story "Gothic" home sits on 6 acres along with original slave cabins and a stone smoke house. Mr. and Mrs. William Isenecker, Jr. bought the home from the Smith / Williams Family in the early 1980's. The onsite estate antique auction features a collection of the Isenecker's years of travel and their love of antiques and antique furniture.
North Georgia Antique Auctions
Connie Morris and I are now holding monthly antique auctions at 129S Antiques & More Auction. Our North Georgia auction house gallery is conveniently located between Cleveland and Gainesville, Georgia at 6418 Hwy 129 South, Cleveland, GA 30528. For that extra special weekend getaway of North Georgia antique hunting. We are centrally located between Atlanta, GA, Chattanooga, TN and Greenville, SC in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains.
Our North Georgia antique auctions are held on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month. The 1st Saturday of the month antique furniture auctions will feature furniture from the Midwestern United States including antique, contemporary, distressed, elegant and painted mahogany, oak, pine and walnut plus a large selection of farm and household primitives. The 3rd Saturday of the month antique auctions will feature a large trailer load of antique furniture, primitives, glassware and collectibles from homes and estates located in the Northern US plus local North Georgia antique consignments. Be sure to check back often as we will be featuring hundreds of photos for these monthly antique auctions.
North Georgia auctioneer Connie Morris is the owner and auctioneer for 129S Antiques & More Auction. Connie Morris a graduate of the North Georgia School of Auctioneers holds Georgia Auction Licence #AU003498. Connie has experience in holding Georgia estate auctions, court ordered auctions and business liquidation auctions.
My name is John Reinhart and I supply the antiques, primitives and antique furniture that is sold on the 1st Saturday of each month at 129S Antiques & More Auction. Previously I spent 12+ years building, supplying and promoting an antique furniture auction located in Metro Atlanta (Cumming, GA). I am also the owner and webmaster of this antique furniture and auction related website.
129S Antiques & More Auction Schedule
Decorating with Antique Furniture
Decorating with antique furniture is a great way to get a fun, beautiful, and decidedly unique look for your home. Modern furnishings look great, but they are not always appropriate for those of us that live in older homes. When you decide to decorate your home with antique furniture, however, you can fill that older home with pieces of furniture that complement the architecture, materials, and structural details without having anything look out of place. What's more, even new, modern homes look great when antique furniture is used to decorate. It's a great way to give your home a more uniquely you appeal. Even if you live in a row of cookie cutter subdivision houses or a bland apartment!
Ready swap out your home's furniture for antique? There are a few things you need to keep in mind, and one of the most important is cost. Most people simply cannot afford to replace all their furniture all at once. However in today's economy antique furnishings can be had at very inexpensive prices! If you know where to look and take your time shopping, even older very ornate pieces of furniture can often be purchased at a fraction of what they once cost.
Antique auctions are a great place to find a large selection of inexpensive antique furniture for your home. You can also scour estate sales, yard sales and classified ads looking for great pieces that will fit into the decor style you are shopping for. Also keep an eye out for flea markets in your area, as they can often be a treasure trove of antique furniture that you can pick up on the cheap (relatively speaking, of course). With these places, you never know what you might find, and the thrill of the hunt is one of the most exciting parts for many antique collectors!
If you are looking for more specific items for rooms in your home a certain style bed set for the bedroom, an antique sideboard for the dining room, or even some Victorian parlor furniture, then heading out to an antique mall or antique show is a good idea. Antique malls and shows are full of, you guessed it, antiques, and many sellers specialize in different eras and types of antique furniture, making it easier for you to find exactly what you are looking for.
Also bear in mind that antique items are just that antique. Antique furniture is old and will not always be flawless in fact, the better condition an item is in, the more it is often going to cost you. So as you shop, keep an eye on the condition of the items you are looking at. A piece may look too beat up at first glance, but if you can buy an inexpensive couch and reupholster it, or get a cheap, but scuffed up table for the dining room and add a new coat of stain, then you will have a lovely new antique item for your home at a fraction of the cost of buying new furniture.
When you shop for antique furniture for your home, make sure you look for pieces that speak to you and make you happy. Select furniture that not only looks great on its own, but that will also look great in your home. Decorating with antique furniture can be very rewarding and the perfect way to achieve just the right look for your home for many years to come.
