How To: Remove Sticky Residue
Lately it seems the price tag stickers from thrift stores have become, well, more sticky, leaving behind annoying sticky goo after removing the price tag. So, I’m here to tell you how to quickly remove...
View ArticleMaintaining Your Vintage Wardrobe
Vintage is many things. On one side we love vintage because it’s unique, more flattering and of better quality than the majority of contemporary clothing on the store racks today. However, vintage...
View ArticleAre You Antique Show Ready?
The Portland Antique and Collectable Expo is about the vintage lover’s equivalent of a marathon. Or remember those Black Friday ads that Target had awhile back of a woman training for it? Yeah, it’s a...
View ArticleAntique Mall Price Tag Lingo
Have you ever been antiquing and seen a price tag similar to the one below and wondered what all of that gibberish was? Have no fear, the Atomic Redhead is here! Here to offer up some help on...
View ArticleBeginners Guide to Vintage Shopping
In my numerous vintage shopping excursions I have observed many people coming into shops who are not familiar with vintage, and may be just starting out. Some get overwhelmed, others confused, so I...
View ArticleHow To Organize with Stocking Boxes
Recently Julie of V is for Victory Rolls was lamenting on Instagram about the difficulty of organizing many of her vintage accessories, and asked fellow vintage loving Instagram’ers to share their...
View ArticleHow to Tell Vintage from Repro Halloween Decorations
Halloween in around the corner, and with it many people are shopping for Halloween decorations, including vintage lovers who do their shopping at antique malls. However in recent visits to antique...
View ArticleAtomic Redhead’s Disneyland Tips
June 2019 NOTICE: This post is somewhat out of date. I am planning an updated guide sometime in the summer or fall of 2019. Once a new guide is created, I will post a link to it, which will replace...
View ArticleOur 1954 Home: Dressing Room Tour & Storage Solutions
Awhile ago I did a tour of my dressing room on Instagram Stories, and I got loads of requests to do it as a blog post. So I am happy to say I am finally here with that much requested post! There was...
View ArticleHow to Restore and Reupholster a Vintage Wood Dining Room Chair
When my dad came to visit back in February, he brought with him four of my dream dining room chairs, the “dog bone” or “dog biscuit” style chairs by Heywood-Wakefield. The chairs had some issues, but...
View ArticleSafe Ways to Display Vintage Halloween Decorations
If you have frequented antique malls or flea markets this fall then you’ve probably noticed some vintage Halloween decorations for sale, most of which are made of paper, card stock, and thin cardboard....
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