Customers share handcrafted pieces made from items purchased here

Sometimes our customers send us pictures of their creations after they have renewed a piece they bought from our store. Here are some photos of those upgrades that we have received so far!

A Herington woman bought the yellow dress on the left for a costume for her granddaughter to dress up like Belle Starr, the outlaw that ran with Jesse James. Here is the outcome of the full costume view! 

Here is a well worn black and green dresser that a Fort Riley woman bought from our store.

She turned that into this dresser for her daughter.

Here is another rough dresser that a Council Grove woman bought.

It needed some TLC and got turned into this creation!

Sometimes, our customers will find a unique use for something they buy here, such as this wooden drawer separator box used to display nail polish colors.

Do you have before and after pictures of something you have purchased from our store? If so, email them to Stephanie Gilbert, store manager, at PrairieChicKansas@gmail.com.

For more information about the store, visit the More about the Prairie Chic store Tab here.

Market Day planned at Prairie Chic on Nov. 2

The staff at Prairie Chic Handcrafts & Antiques store has just announced Market Day on Nov. 2. 

It's open to flea market vendors who would like to sell their items inside the store. We also may have a food vendor on site, but more details to be announced on that soon. For the event, we are offering our special event rental rates of $2/sq. ft. with reservations prior to the show or $3/sq. ft. on the day of the show.You set up your own items on your own table, and pay according to the size. Sorry, but if you have a circular table, it is measured on the square. This is on a "cash and carry" basis, so you tend your own sales and no credit cards nor collections will be taken by our staff. To sign up, please contact our store at (785) 258-8004 or the store manager, Stephanie Gilbert, at PrairieChicKansas@gmail.com or (785) 571-3955!

We also have art classes planned to start Sunday, Nov. 9 (also on Nov. 16 and 23) at Prairie Chic. Come learn how to paint glass with one stroke technique from rural Hope resident and amazing artist, Tana Davis. We are offering a $40 class fee + $15 supply fee. We will also offer classes on Sunday, Dec. 7, 14, and 21. Supplies may be used for both classes! Call 785-258-8004 and leave a message to register now for the November class!

We will also be the dropoff location for the Tri-County Area Chamber Holiday Hoedown Festival wreath auction, set for Saturday, Dec. 6! For those who are interested in selling a wreath for their organization or their business to earn a bit of holiday spending cash or easy fundraiser, we are selling them on consignment. You name your price and we market the wreaths to sell them for the holidays. 

Are you interested in putting one up for the chamber fundraiser, or in selling one for your organization? If so, please contact our store at (785) 258-8004 or the store manager, Stephanie Gilbert, at PrairieChicKansas@gmail.com or (785) 571-3955!

We have also rescheduled our inaugural Recycled Robots Art Competition for area residents! The event is planned to start at 10 a.m. Nov. 15 here at the store (9 S. Broadway St., Herington, KS 67449). Our competitors are welcome to bring anything they would like to bring to help hold it together. The goal of the event is to stimulate latent artistic juices of area residents. The competition is based on looks, but extra points will be given if the piece actually works as a robot. This is open to age 14+ and children (with parental supervision). The winner will receive $100 and the piece will be displayed in the store for 30 days. 

For more information about the contest, please contact our store at (785) 258-8004 or the store manager, Stephanie Gilbert, at PrairieChicKansas@gmail.com or (785) 571-3955!

The staff at Prairie Chic Handcrafts & Antiques store have announced a discounted rate for our holiday handcrafted decor and gift items (sorry, no antique items allowed in discounted spaces)! We are now offering 1/2 price on wall space, so instead of $15/sq. ft., it's now $7.50/sq. ft. per month (with a minimum of 4' space). That's just $30 for a 4' space per month (plus 15% commission rate). But, wait. That's not all! If you pay in advance for the holiday season (now through Dec. 31), you can prepay just $75 for the period. To reserve your spot, please contact our store at (785) 258-8004 or the store manager, Stephanie Gilbert, at PrairieChicKansas@gmail.com or (785) 571-3955!

We are Prairie Chic Handcrafts and Antiques at 9 S. Broadway Herington, KS. Come on in and consign your furniture here, or check out our other vendor booths with vintage and handmade items while you are here, or consider us if you need climate-controlled indoor storage units on a monthly basis, also. If you have items that you are not interested in selling, but need more space in your home, we offer climate-controlled indoor storage units on a monthly basis, also. We have 10' x 10' for $105 a month or 5' x 7' for $65 a month, plus a $20 one-time administration fee to start your lease. We're open Wednesday though Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

For more about our store, see the More about our Store tab here.  To see some of the items we now have for sale, please view the our Facebook  album here. We also have a Pinterest page if you'd like to check that out. 

If you have any other questions or prefer to call with your questions, please contact our store at (785) 258-8004 or the store manager, Stephanie Gilbert, at PrairieChicKansas@gmail.com or (785) 571-3955!

Customers drive variety of vehicles to get to Prairie Chic

We've had all types of customers come in to shop at Prairie Chic, and they drive many types of vehicles to get to our store. We've had trucks, cars, mini vans, and even an antique original Model A Ford driven up to our store!
Shoppers in our store have come in from Hutchinson, Topeka, Council Grove, ... and even from as far away as Hope, Tampa, Woodbine, Burdick and White City.

Has it been awhile since you've been in to our store? We have several new items on consignment now, including a baby grand piano, a gas stove, a table, some yard art, a planter stand and a nightstand. Also, all of our booth vendors have added new items into their spaces as items have been sold.

 We will also have lots of traffic for the Area-Wide Garage Sales planned this Saturday! You can find out more about this on the Area Wide Garage Sale Facebook event page.

As always, for more about our store, see the More about the Store tab. If you have any other questions or prefer to call with your questions, please contact our store at (785) 258-8004 or the store manager, Stephanie Gilbert, at PrairieChicKansas@gmail.com or (785) 571-3955!

Artists who repurpose wood pieces can sell their works

Artists can use wood to repurpose a discarded door, a disastrous dresser, a nuisance nightstand, a bulging bookshelf, or any other worn out wood pieces into something new. Someone with an imaginative mind can see potential in something that others may consider as rustic recycling material. Someone who has some crazy carpentry skills could imagine something similar to these examples:



These aren't the types of pieces that will be found in a metropolitan mall, but they are just the types of work that we are looking to help you sell. They are the types of items that will give the Prairie Chic store its unique offerings. Would you want to create a work of art or other repurposed creation that you could sell? If you have items like these, or any others made out of mangled metal or broken brick or other past prize pieces, and you would like to sell them in our store, contact Stephanie Gilbert, store manager, at PrairieChicKansas@gmail.com.

For more information about the store, visit the More about the Prairie Chic store Tab above.