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For Immediate Release Contact: Rick McConn 800-999-2148 rick@marburgershow.com Ashley Ferguson 800-947-5799 ashley@marburgershow.com www.roundtop-marburger.com Marburger Farm Antique Show Goes Green April 1-5 in Round Top Junk Beautiful Author Featured on Wednesday April 2 at Noon to 3 pm Round Top, TX ---2/18/08 When the gates open April 1-5 at the Marburger Farm Antique Show in Round Top, the world’s most earth-friendly objects will spill out of the five football field size tents that house the 400 dealer mega-show. These objects are called antiques.
“Antique dealers and collectors are the original recyclers,” says Margaret Marsh of the Marburger Farm Antique Show. “From generation to generation, antiques have allowed us to enjoy and re-use the gifts from the past.” Halfway between Houston and Austin, the Marburger Farm Antique Show was purchased last year by Marsh and her family from its founder, John Sauls. Opening Tuesday, April 1 for Early Buying at 10 am, the show features dealers from 37 states and several countries. These professionals have built their careers on helping customers create warm and unique homes with antiques of all styles and from all parts of the world.
On Wednesday, April 2, Marburger Farm will host a book-signing by Sue Whitney, who, with her partner Ki Nassauer, make up the famed “Junkmarket Gals” of Minneapolis, MN. Whitney will sign copies of their new book, Junk Beautiful: Room by Room Makeovers with Junkmarket Style, published by the Taunton Press. Junkmarket style re-purposes old items to be used in new ways. From noon to 3:00 on April 2, Whitney will sign Junk Beautiful books and greet Marburger shoppers. She will speak about her passion for creating high style out of humble objects and show some eye-opening samples of re-imagination at its best. Together, Sue Whitney and Ki Nassauer have helped countless fans spin straw into gold with a design philosophy that blends environmental conservation with pleasing aesthetics. A frequent television guest on HGTV and shows like the Today Show, Whitney will begin her day at Marburger Farm with a 9 am – 11 am tour of the show to award “green ribbons” to the best re-purposed antiques at the show. At 7 pm that evening she will appear for another book-signing and reception at Austin’s famed antiques venue, Uncommon Objects, 1512 S. Congress, 512-442-4000. “With her eye for transforming old pieces, Sue Whitney will find kindred spirits here at all price levels,” said Rick McConn, new co-manager of the Marburger Farm Antique Show. Urban Country from Venice, California will bring industrial antiques from factories that their customers use as tables and for storage. Lisa McQueen of Terre Haute, Indiana brings mirrors of all sizes, framed with antique ceiling tin, each one-of-a-kind. “Many dealers feature old general store counters that are re-purposed as kitchen islands,” said McConn. Kevin Stone and Mark Diamond from New Orleans will arrive with a fresh container from their travels in Europe, including French and Italian chests of drawers that some shoppers convert into sinks and counters, as well as doors from European armoires that buyers use as cabinet doors in new kitchens. They also will offer a 7 foot tall 17th century bookcase from Tuscany, faux marble, carved and gilded. “It’s really dreamy,” says Kevin Stone. “Today there’s a lot of new poorly-made furniture out there,” he continues. “But if you want good furniture that will last, good antiques remain a much better buy than good new furniture. Plus, you get to live with something that has history, intrinsic value and that will appreciate in value.” “If bamboo is a green material, then antique bamboo is the greenest of all,” says Stefani deLaVille of Coco House & Co in Palm Beach of her Brighton Beach bamboo furniture from England and France. Hers will come in many colors, including a French rattan porch set in old blue and white paint. Eric Brown from Missouri will fill one of the 12 restored early Texas buildings at Marburger Farm with formal antique chandeliers and sconces, plus lighting that he creates from antique architectural and agricultural fragments such as columns and cast iron gears. For some, re-purposing is a lifestyle. Austin dealers Kathy and Dan Gross of Austin-Woodhenge have re-purposed antique furniture, hardware, textiles and prints for 43 years. Exhibiting in the small Marburger artisan tent, they will offer benches made out of old beds with custom cushions, framed vintage prints and paper boy bags and antique European grain bags made into purses that pack a graphic punch. The Marburger Farm Antique Show itself will pack plenty of ideas for using old things in new ways. The show starts Tuesday April 1. Admission is $10 at 2pm that day and is good all week. Early Buying begins earlier on April 1 at 10am for $25. The show continues Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 9 am to 5 pm and Saturday, April 5, from 9 am to 4 pm. The gates open daily at 8 am for breakfast and free parking. For information on vendors, travel, maps, lodging, shipping and more, see www.roundtop-marburger.com or call Rick McConn at 800-999-2148 or Ashley Ferguson at 800-947-5799. |
