BARN SALE | Authentic Farmhouse Antiques - This Lovely Little Farmhouse

Last weekend was our semi-annual barn sale camping trip and boy did we rack up on some dusty old junk! Just kidding, most of it was clean.

vignette of vintage brass candlesticks, a muffin pan, an orange reed's butterscotch patties tin and a coat hanger with a chippy white wood background

This particular barn sale happens twice a year and since it’s a few hours from our house, we all pack up and make a little vacation out of it. My mom, over at Rambling Rose Farmhouse, and my dad started going, then a few trips later, we joined in. Now, my married brother and his family even started coming so it’s my whole immediate family which is just so much fun!

It’s like a mini family reunion filled with food, campfires, the best kind of shopping, bike rides, and just being together with none of the normal life responsibilities. Well, except keeping the little people alive, of course.

What is a barn sale?

So, what exactly is a barn sale anyway? Basically, it’s like a big garage sale that’s filled with antique and vintage items. It’s typically held in and/or around a barn. Prices can range from super cheap all the way to they-must-really-like-their-stuff.

a small orange vintage tea tin next to a reed's butter scotch patties tin and three antique brass candlesticks

What do you buy at a barn sale?

Whatever you like! Barn sales have so many venders and such a variety of goods that you’re sure to find at least a few things that you like. That is, if you’re a lover of all things vintage and antique like we are!

You’ll see lots of cast iron, tons of baskets, blue Ball jars, vintage tins, egg beaters, and so much more!

a set of copper colored measuring spoons hanging on a vintage green dish drain

You can see more of the goodies we’ve found at past barn sales in this post:

BARN SALE FINDS | antique farmhouse decor haul

And this one has tips for a barn sale plus a video of our finds for that trip:

8 Simple Tips To Find Farmhouse Decor At A Barn Sale

Antiques Tunnel Vision

For me, it’s really easy to get kind of honed in on one thing and end up coming home with A LOT of that one thing. A few trips ago, it was baskets. This year it was containers for candles.

Honestly, I’m not even sure how it happened. I think I said it would be neat to make candles in antiques like Antique Candle Company. Or maybe I saw one thing and mentioned that it would make a good candle.

Either way, next thing I know, I’m the proud owner of about 60 various little cups, jars, tins, and other small things to make candles in *facepalm* It escalated quickly from a thought to 2 feet all the way in!

blue and white willow cups in a vintage vignetter

Here are some more of my little candle things:

a vignette of a vintage Kerr jelly glass jar, a silver dish, a brass candlestick, and a blue willow china cup on a vintage linen with a chippy white wood background

assorted small brass containers on a vintage linen table runner with a white chippy wood background

My favorite find from this year is…oh man, that’s hard! I definitely love all of the brass candlesticks I was able to find.

assortment of vintage brass candlesticks on an antique linen table runner with a white chippy paint wooden bacgdrop

vintage brass candlesticks on a white linen table runner sitting on chippy white painted boards

I’d been looking for some brass candlesticks for a while but was having a hard time finding some. I had a very specific style that I was looking for. Being picky makes it more of a challenge for sure! That plus how expensive they always were kept me walking away empty handed.

I had actually just almost bought some in a shop we went into that were this same style and 3X’s as expensive. I sure was glad I didn’t get them when I found these!

I also really like this brass container that I got for candle making: