The Journal

The Finds

Things worth bringing home. And a few I probably should've left behind.

Vintage blue dresser with brass Greek key hardware topped with glassware, pottery and a toaster oven in a thrift store
FoundSeptember 2026

Newburyport, MA

The kind of dresser that makes you forget what you came in for.

Brass table lamp with a pleated cream shade on a crowded thrift store shelf
Left BehindSeptember 2026

Portsmouth, NH · $18

It's been three weeks and I'm still thinking about her.

Thrifted stoneware jug, stacked antique books and brass candlesticks on a wooden dresser at home
BoughtAugust 2026

$6 jug, $2 books, brass I did not need. The dresser was already mine, for the record.

Outdoor flea market tables covered in vintage glassware and framed paintings on an overcast morning
FoundAugust 2026

Brimfield, MA

6:40am. Coffee number two. This is the good part.

Woman on a sidewalk wearing an olive cap, thrifted denim jacket, cropped tee and wide-leg jeans
Thrifted & StyledAugust 2026

How I Styled It

The jacket was four dollars and two sizes too big, which is exactly the right amount too big. I cuffed the sleeves once, left everything else alone, and wore it three days in a row. The trick with thrifted denim is to stop styling it before it starts looking styled — one good cap, one soft tee, and let the jacket do the talking.

Side view of a dense rack of secondhand shirts in faded greens, beiges and denimScuffed brown vintage cowboy boots on a thrift store floor beside a wicker basket
The HuntJuly 2026

Still looking for the perfect broken-in boot in a 8.5. Two years and counting.

Shelves of vintage cut glass and colored glassware behind an antique shop window
Left BehindJuly 2026

Wiscasset, ME

I don't need eleven green goblets. I've thought about it a lot since.

Worn mid-century wooden armchair with faded striped upholstery in a thrift store furniture aisle
BoughtJuly 2026

Dover, NH · $47

The Find of the Month

I told everyone I was going out for milk. I came back with a chair strapped into a hatchback with the seats down and one very confused dog. The stripes are original, the frame is solid oak, and the cushion smells faintly of somebody's grandmother's house — which I've decided to keep. Forty-seven dollars, and it's the best thing in the room.

Mirror snapshot of a woman in an olive cap photographing herself in an ornate gilt vintage mirror
FoundJune 2026

Bought the vest. Thought about the mirror. Regret is a genre.

Small-town New England antique shop with wicker chairs and a dresser set out on a brick sidewalk
The HuntJune 2026

Somewhere off Route 1

Closed. On a Saturday. Adding it to the list and coming back.

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