I'd heard about Lucketts Store for a few years but had never gone to their Christmas Open House. This year I was loving all their enticing Instagram pictures of Christmas-y vignettes and planned a trip up to Northern Virginia.
It was a 2+ hour drive for us, and Granny, Hannah, and I left home to arrive just after their 10 a.m. opening. We had no clue the number of folks who already would be there in line! The line stretched forever and forever to get into the Design House: 
In fact, we decided not to stand in that hour-long line, so we didn't have the chance to venture inside the Design House after our long trip: 
Instead we browsed the many outside vendors and their wares. Here we are after just arriving: 
I spotted a Christmas barn quilt among the other treasures: 
I really liked these yard displays and had been looking for something like this for awhile: 
Here's a similar one below at our friends' house in TN that I snapped when we visited last year. I'd love to make a Welcome name sign for guests to our home, so the taller red one in the background above was my first purchase. I was thrilled that I'd finally found something appropriate for this idea: 
This antique quilt was a beauty: 
Lots of Christmas-y scenes on the grounds: 
Here's another little cottage full of gifts:
Photo op display: 
Bringing home the tree: 
Other stores in the area were benefiting from the Lucketts Store crowds and having their own Christmas Open Houses. We browsed another really neat antique store called The Cottage across the street from Lucketts:
And what's a Christmas Open House without cider and cookies nestled in a little red wagon? : 
And that was our Friday adventure...an excursion to the famous Old Lucketts Store. Wish you could have been with us!:
~Deb
Next Up: Saturday Adventure ~ Meeting Pat Sloan at VA Quilt Museum
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I'm laughing because this weekend we went with my husband to a business (similar to home depot) to buy some plants and gardening things (here we are in late spring) and we were surprised by the amount of Christmas decorations on sale. So early! In Argentina, the Christmas tree and the manger are assembled on December 8th.
Everything very nice and it looks like it meets the three "R's" (Reduce reuse recycle)
¡Saludos!
Posted by: Nix | Monday, November 06, 2017 at 05:10 PM
What a fun place. So glad you three got to go. Love your welcome sign purchase too!
Posted by: victoria | Tuesday, November 07, 2017 at 12:08 AM
QUE LINDO PASEO¡¡¡ ME ENCANTAN LAS ANTIGUEDADES, LAS COLCHAS TEJIDAS Y QUILTING, USTED YA LO SABE DEB. ASI QUE TIENE OTRA SEGUIDORA DE ARGENTINA Y DE MI PROVINCIA BUENOS AIRES? WOW QUE BUENO. ME ENCANTA VER A SU MAMA TAN LINDA, SE LA VE MUY BIEN. ALABADO SEA EL SEÑOR. BENDICIONES DESDE MI HERMOSA CIUDAD.
Posted by: ANA | Tuesday, November 07, 2017 at 08:32 AM
looks like it was a fun day.
I just came across a place to visit near us.Vintage Village.Exuding charm and whimsy, Vintage Village brings the hobby of antiquing into the 21st century by creating a space where all ages feel welcome to wander and play among the multigenerational antiques.
Posted by: Tammy C | Wednesday, November 08, 2017 at 07:45 AM
Virginia is just beautiful this time of year and you all just make it more beautiful by sharing these oh so fun places to shop!!
Enjoy!!!
Posted by: Krista Ehlinger | Wednesday, December 06, 2017 at 04:27 PM