On our walk to dinner Friday evening, BC and I strolled into an antique emporium that even he was in awe of. The Hudson Super Market, in a former supermarket building, is a global bazaar of antiques. It is a beautiful styled store and each section has it’s own distinct personality.

BC took a lot of video of me in my “natural habitat” some of which will be included in a little vaca video I’m working on. I forgot to take many pictures, so I pulled some stills from the video footage. I’ll include some of BC’s commentary below, as seeing an antique store through his eyes is infinitely more amusing.

BC: “What do you do with those?”

Me: “Remember when Anna asked on my Facebook page, where she could buy grainsacks to use to reupholster furniture? Well, this is where!”

Me: “I wonder what these (large safety pins) were for?”

BC: “Giant Diapers.”

Me: (giggling) “Adult diapers?”

BC: “No, diapers for Giants. Or ogres. Ogre diaper pins.”

These are white linen wrapped french readers. With real french words inside. Which BC made me read to him and then we made fun of the horrible french accents we’ve been sporting since Europe. On a side note, I’ve always loved seeing book collections with the same color covers and wondered how this could be pulled off. I wonder what if the colors of my books (without the book jackets) would be all the same?

Ah! He makes his first appearance on SG. This is BC. I didn’t ask permission to use his likeness and he won’t know that I’m doing so until he reads this post on the train tomorrow. But doesn’t he look comfortable on that grain sack covered down pillow and mattress?

Me: “Oooh, you should make this your desk chair”

BC: “That looks like a (bleeeep) hazard, cut your (bleep) trying to sit in that.”

I thought these 1950′s french magazines were super cool. But what to do with them?

I’d tear them apart to make wallpaper!

My new pet, the Day of the Dead carving.

A neat little boat chaise.

These lockers had shelves already built into them. I always wonder how people utilize old lockers without building shelves inside. I guess in some cases they don’t!

Cool snake carvings that would be awesome grouped on a wall.

And a magnificent birdcage!

On the way out the door, we met the owner of the Hudson Super Market, Able. He told us that the 7,000 sq. foot space was filled with antiques from all over the world. I didn’t realize it at the time, but it’s actually a kind of collective, featuring the inventory of 12 different dealers. Now it makes sense why each section was so clearly defined.

While everything was really interesting, my favorite collection was the Industrial French one in the front. The dealer responsible is Stephanie Lloyd and there’s more of her eye candy inventory available on the website.