My Peddler's Mall

I thought you might be interested in seeing my favorite place to shop. We have several of these Peddler's Malls all over Louisville. This one is located in a former hardware store. I'm going to give you a little tour.

This is the front of the store. I'm sure you are all aware of how these malls work, but I will explain it briefly. Each booth is assigned a number, there is a central checkout location. The cashier rings up your purchase assigning your money to the proper vendor.

There are many booths with glassware, some are much cheaper than others. This is one of the more expensive booths.

There are also several booths with socks, socks, socks!

This cute little piece was sort of standing all alone in it's booth.

Here, you can see that it is listed for $30.00

This chair was $14 and some change.

Some vendors keep their booths neat, others do not.

Vintage baby buggy, $40.00

There are a couple of booths that have primitives.

Two piece sofa set (?) for $44.45.

A nice old chest for under $60.00.

This booth has very random things, some old tools, and household items, in the foreground, golf balls!

I took this picture to show the variety of things you can buy, a couple of beds, sinks, tires, and appliances.

I thought this was a good price on this vanity $20.00.

This is the only thing I bought, a set of 5 spindles for $2.00.

This is a vanity in the back room, I think it was $35.00.

Some very inexpensive saucers from Joey's booth. Most of them are .96 Joey's booth # is 396 and all of his prices in in 96

Lots of figurines and cups waiting for a new home (Joey's booth)

Glassware from Joey's booth (opposite of the figurines and coffee cups)

This is the back wall of the store, one of my favorite spots (Joey)

More stuff in Joey's back room booth.

This is another booth that belongs to Joey, it is behind the back wall. A huge back room with lots of junk!

Another view of Joeys back room booth.

Another view of Joey's back room booth.

So, my friends, that is your grand tour of my favorite place to shop. Most of these vendors buy their good from auctions. Many of the auctions are from storage units, that are foreclosed on due to nonpayment. I have seen many sad things in my wanderings...children's pictures still in frames, nice pottery plates with birth announcements on them, very sad. I can't help but wonder about the homes some of these wonderful items have come from, ohhh the stories they could tell! I can't help but get a little nostalgic when I see vintage items.

Do you have these type malls in your area? I certainly wouldn't refer to them as "thrift stores" but some people may. Thrift stores... that is another story for another day!

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