When I sat down to write about my day at the Scott Antique Market, I immediately knew that there was no way I could squeeze it all into one blog post. This place was absolutely massive. It is impossible for me to capture how huge it is through a camera lens. You’ll just have to take my word for it. If treasure-hunting is what you want, then this is the place to do it.
The market is located at the Atlanta Expo Center, and it is a sprawling sea of vendors with merchandise of all types and in all price ranges. There are over 3300 exhibit booths, (and no I did not accidentally add an extra zero.) It’s almost overwhelming, but in the best possible way. The market is split up into two areas, the North and South buildings. They are far enough away from each other that you have to drive from one to the other, but they offer a shuttle bus that runs back and forth every 30 minutes. Not only are both buildings full of vendors, but there are countless tents and booths set up outside each building too. I quickly picked up a few tips. Skip the inside of each building (especially the North building) if a bargain is what you are looking for. That is where the overpriced high-end goods are located. If I had known better, I would have skipped the North building all together. The South building is where it’s at! I did, however, find my favorite booth located outside the North building, and there was a tent full of interesting stuff located in the parking lot too. Aside from these two areas, my favorite part of the whole thing was the HUGE area of booths located outside the South building. This is where my friend and I both scored our “treasures.” More on that later.
If you live in the Southeast (or are here visiting), I highly recommend visiting this place. It is certainly an experience like no other. It is the second weekend of each month, and it is the largest indoor antique show in the world. And here’s another tip, if you go toward the end of the weekend, you’ll find the best deals. When all is said and done, these people have to pack up ALL of their stuff and take it back home with them. If you saw the amount of stuff, you would understand why no one in their right mind would want to do this.
Now that you get the idea of how insanely huge this antique market is, below are some photos of our experience. I will be continuing this post tomorrow, and also featuring my very favorite vendor.
There were beautiful chandeliers everywhere. I loved this one with the turquoise beads. |
More chandeliers. |
Lots of cool lamps. |
My friend was thisclose to buying these lamps. |
Lots of cool repurposed things. |
Gorgeous chairs everywhere you looked. Lots of French-style furniture too. |
More beautiful chairs, and burlap as far as the eye could see. |
Gorgeous headboards. |
More headboards. |
Holly Spain says
Ahhhh, how I love Scott’s. Hoping to get down there this summer! It is the best by far
Erin Spain says
Holly,
It was a whole new world for me! Totally amazing.
-Erin
nunnysbabygirl says
You do realize that you were actually in Heaven…right? This HAS to be what Heaven looks like! lol! I would LOVE to visit this place, & “The World’s Longest Yard Sale”!! Visiting each one of those, @ least 20 times each, is a definite “bucket list” item. 🙂
Erin Spain says
Yes, it was quite heavenly! And I’d love to go to the World’s Longest Yard Sale too.