They may be known as Treasures and Trash, but you might recognize them by Mike’s signature feather hat and Janet’s comforting smile!
Name:
Treasures and Trash
Vendor:
Janet and Mike Brown
Lives in/Business located:
Mendota, IL
This will be Bonanza vendor appearance:
4!
Specializes in:
vintage industrial and reclaimed barn wood furniture
Favorite activity besides junking:
riding motorcycles and spending time with family
Would save if the workshop were on fire:
Mike: My wife, my own ass and my help
Janet: My sander
You knew you were a junker when:
Mike: I bought my first antique when I was 13 and that was a start of the adventure.
Janet: when I met my husband he sucked me right into the disease. We still love it together, 29 years later.
Three words that describe you:
Mike: the only one
Janet: strong confident woman
Three words that describe your product:
worth looking at
If you couldn’t be a junker, you’d be:
Mike: a brain surgeon or a bum
Janet: a drug counselor
When you found it, you knew it would sell immediately:
Janet: I found a goat-riding cart from the Masons or Odd Fellows. I knew it was a winner and it was. My husband thought I was crazy.
You couldn’t stand to sell it once you found it:
Mike: That’d be my wife. I could never get rid of her!
The Browns are a fabulous couple, and a fabulous couple of junkers! Be sure not to miss them at the Bonanza!
Kim
LOVE love love these wonderful pieces…looking forward to stopping by!
saw them at Oronoco – they had these wonderful curly sided pails….
too funny!
So loved to see your beautiful work again. Can’t wait until my dining room is ready for one of your amazing pieces.