Minneapolis Vendor: Lucky Devil Cigar Box Guitars!

Look who’s coming to Junk Bonanza! Name: Gipson Shoemaker Business name: Lucky Devil Cigar Box Guitars Live in/Business located: Medina, MN You wish you would never have parted with… We hold garage sales and get rid of common-bought goods all of the time but rarely do we part with our found objects. Your style in three […]

Minneapolis Vendor: Wares with Words!

Junk Bonanza welcomes Wares with Words to its first show, Sept. 24-26!  Name: Patti Koskovich Business name: Wares with Words Lives/Works: St. Louis Park, MN/Long Lake, MN My style in 3 words: whimsical, patchwork, kick-back On your junking bucket list: Round Top, TX. You knew you were a junker when: I started researching my next vehicle I buy based on hauling capability Best all-time […]

Minneapolis Vendor: Grain Designs!

 Name: Blain Mikkonen with the rest of the GD team: Grant Koenig, Phil Bruckbauer and Patrick Bresnahan Business name: Grain Designs Live in/Business located: Fargo, ND Your style in three words: modern, industrial, rustic On your junking bucket list: No bucket list here… we’re living our dream and passion so we are eager to look […]

Coming to MPLS JB: History by Zim!

  Junk Bonanza loves history! We’re pleased that Minnesota history blogger Jess Zimmerman, of History by Zim: Beyond the Textbooks, has prepared a special power point slide show that will run throughout the Bonanza for your viewing pleasure! Jess is the Reference and Instruction Librarian at Bethany Lutheran College’s Memorial Library. Over four years ago, after finishing […]

Minneapolis and Portland Vendor: Faded Fleur!

    Welcome, Faded Fleur! This rocking vendor will appear at the Fall Minneapolis show as well as in Portland! Name:  Jody Lynn Myers Business name:  Le Faded Fleur (The Faded Flower) Live in/Business located:  Oak Grove, MN Your style in three words:  Northern rustic romance On your junking bucket list:  It’s always about old textiles, I […]

MPLS Vendor: B.R. Furniture!

Junk Bonanza welcomes first-time vendor B.R. Furniture! Riley knows Junk Bonanza; his mom is longtime vendor Suzanne Thiesfeld of Objects & Art! Name: Riley Thiesfeld Business name: B.R. Furniture LLC Live in/Business located: Carver, MN Your style in three words: rustic modern furniture On your junking bucket list: to tear down an entire barn and use the wood […]

Love and Perseverance: A Junk Bonanza Story!

This is a love story about two junk fans from Appleton, WI, who will finally get to their first Junk Bonanza this Fall! Jim Wilson sent us a private Facebook message last September, noting that our page photos “looked awesome” and that he was “sooooo upset my girlfriend and I can’t make it.”  And then, […]

Portland Vendor: Tin Pony Soap House!

The Junk Bonanza is pleased to feature a select group of hand-craft artisans in its first Portland show! Meet Holly and The Tin Pony Soap House! Name: Holly Grippe Business name: Tin Pony Soap House Live in/Business located: Springfield, OR Your style in three words: rustic, Southwest, eclectic On your junking bucket list: the whole […]

Minneapolis Vendor: Junk180

Name: Jeff and Bobbi Lind Business name: Junk180 Live in/Business located:  Buffalo, MN Your style in three words: vintage, unique, one-of-a-kind On you junking bucket list: The Junk Bonanza has been on our bucket list since the Bonanza started! We still can’t believe we are in!!! You knew you were a junker when… …we we drive […]

Minneapolis Vendor: Shop 501 & Company

Junk Bonanza welcomes Shop 501 & Company! Name: Sara Witta, Maria Leary, Betty Sorenson Business name: Shop 501 & Co. Live in/Business located: Chaska, MN Your style in three words: funky, frilly, practical On your junking bucket list: Round Top, TX You knew you were a junker when… Betty: I grew up always in search of […]