Who would have guessed that quilting could lead to community mosaics? This was the surprise revelation for Kate Stewart, our featured artist in this month’s Livable to Lovable column. Phil and Kate Stewart moved to Miami two years ago and opened Stewart Antiques Nook. Working the shop on weekends, Kate …
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Fall Antiquing in Globe-Miami
Article by: Elena Brantley Photo by LCGrossAutumn in Arizona often brings family visiting from out of town as we gather decorations and gifts for the holiday season. With sunny skies and cooling temperatures, what could be more fun than sauntering down the wide sidewalks of a historic street alongside family …
Read More »Let’s Go Antiquing! Globe-Miami Treasures.
Antiquing in historic downtown Globe and Miami never fails to fill a weekend with adventure and surprise. From vintage porcelain figurines to a carved oak rocking chair, a roaring 20s fringed flapper dress or a 1950s tin windup carousel toy, you never know what you might find. The people you …
Read More »Pretty Patty Bids Adieu
This summer Patty Dodd and her husband, Doc, are going to close the doors of the little shop on S. Broad Street they’ve run for 16 years. The shop at the end of Broad with the red, white and blue sign has delighted local women with its sheer variety of …
Read More »Exploring Antiques and Collectibles In Globe-Miami
Updated April 18, 2015 There are perks and downsides to living in a small town. Sometimes it’s isolating. Perhaps that is why collectors seem to flourish in small towns like and Globe and Miami; because even if you’re living in a small town, you can bring different eras to life …
Read More »For Collectors – Bakelite: Plastic Planet
Our world would look much different, perhaps with a lot less plastic, had it not been for the advent of Bakelite in the early 1900s. In 1907, Dr. Leo Hendrik Baekeland of Belgium was experimenting with a new form of insulator when he created the compound now known as phenolic formaldehyde resin... He called it Bakelite. From then on, it was all the rage.
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