Register for Chalk Paint Classes at FOUND. On Feb. 21, you can learn how to spruce up "tired" furniture and home accents using chalk paint. We discovered a brand the we LOVE to work with - Little Billy Goat paint. Read about it....

Last Sunday, three sessions of makers gathered around the back counter at FOUND. We were overwhelmed by the response to our first workshop - what started as one session of 10 people turned into 3 sessions that afternoon, making Valentine necklaces, while learning to stamp on metal charms. This is just the first of many mini workshops and demonstrations that you can expect during 2016!....

Just sold another Argus 75 at FOUND. Argoflex cameras were produced right here in Ann Arbor, Michigan from 1949 through 1964. Though it uses 620 film, one reason this model is so popular now is that you can easily aim the camera on your cellphone down through the viewfinder on top and snap interesting vintage-style images. 

These long, cold days of January call for some pampering!

The Annual Candle & Lotion Sale is now in progress at FOUND in Ann Arbor! Get 20% off all candles & lotions, plus candle holders, bubble bath and lip balm, through the end of the month... 

Pine trees, little plaid shirt and backpack ornaments, Santa Claus dressed Stormy Kromer style, wood snowflakes create a woodland holiday window at FOUND in Ann Arbor. It's super easy to decorate with this theme. Toss a Reindeer feed pillow on the couch, hang some..

Found: an unexpected collection. That pretty much sums up what our shop is about. You never know what you'll find. Or how common things will be re-imagined as something entirely unexpected.

We have a selection of old cameras as FOUND. Imagine how happy we were to find someone making cuff links from recycled film cans, and using film canisters as packaging. read more...

Here's a DIY jewelry display idea we used in the new FOUND store:

1. Sand the rough spots off a salvaged wooden pallet.

2. Paint it with watered down white paint.  continue reading...

The new FOUND shop is beginning to take shape. We're excited about the vintage finds that will go into our space. Things are pretty much a jumble right now, with paint cans and ladders and piles of boxes. We've covered the windows so that our mess is not visible, but here's a little peek. Read more...

FOUND is excited to announce that we have found a new home!

It's an amazing light filled space, with old brick walls and wonderful character, on the street level of Kerrytown Market & Shops. It is more than twice the size...read more.

I pull up to a yellow parking meter by the woods, but time stands still for an afternoon at the yellow lake house. This is the place where our family has gathered in the summertime for almost 40 years... Read more.