Store Your Stuff in Style: 10 Vintage Options

We attended the Chicago Antique Market a few weekends ago and as we snapped photos of anything that caught our eye, a pattern emerged - there were lots of varied shapes and sizes of storage containers available...

...any of which would provide an out-of-the-ordinary way to stash some stuff.

Shown above, top row, left to right:
1) Metal pharmacy cubbies
2) Classic Louis Vuitton suitcases
3) Old film containers
4) Sorting bins
5) Galvanized steel trays

Bottom row, left to right:
6) Wooden hat box
7) Wooden grocery boxes
8) Egg basket, assorted metal and wooden round trays
9) Wire mesh bins
10) Antique decorative chest

All items photographed at: Chicago Antique Market

Images: Janel Laban

Comments (7)

any other resources for this kind of thing?

posted by illustrationb on August 6th 2009 at 10:42am
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Had to laugh at the film canisters listed as "old" - I work in a theatre that shows films and those cans look identical to what our films show up in every week..! :)

I can vouch for their durability and the fact that you can stash A LOT of stuff in them, however.

posted by ilgps on August 6th 2009 at 11:31am
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I just hit up an antique fair in the Bay Area this weekend. It was amazing. So many good finds...so many in fact that I posted 3 different blog entries about it. I can't wait to go back:

http://thewifeofanartist.blogspot.com/2009/08/not-that-you-care-anymore-antique-fair.html

posted by thewifeofanartist on August 6th 2009 at 12:46pm
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Note that the price tags on those LV cases are turned demurely away from view so as not to cause strokes or seizures.

posted by amed studio on August 6th 2009 at 1:41pm
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I want those wire baskets.

posted by designdaddy on August 6th 2009 at 1:52pm
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I never had any idea how many creepy dolls antique fairs bring out...I wonder if it was the same thing in Chicago.

http://tinyurl.com/lspt9t

posted by thewifeofanartist on August 6th 2009 at 4:16pm
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Vintage Louis Vuitton trunks are available from French Country Furniture. They make great tables and storage. They allso have some low cost vintage leather trunks.

posted by Siberian on August 18th 2009 at 11:17am
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