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" Take a cue from your favorite returning drama when Mad Men set designer Claudette Didul sends you off to find hidden vintage treasures. &amp;quot;Shopping in thrift stores and flea markets is just like shopping at Ikea\u2014put your blinders on and focus on where you need to go, and what you&amp;#039;re there for,&amp;quot; says Didul. &amp;quot;Don&amp;#039;t get distracted.&amp;quot; Log on: &amp;quot;Etsy, Ebay and Craigslist are great, even if the item you want is in another state\u2014last year we bought the vintage candy machine for Sterling Cooper Draper Price from a couple in Oregon who were trying to lose weight and had it Fed-Exed to us,&amp;quot; says Didul. &amp;quot;Also sign up for estate sale emails. Many people who are either retiring or have passed away have held onto their furniture from the &amp;#039;50s and &amp;#039;60s, and now their entire estate is up for sale. My contact even texts me photos.&amp;quot;  Be fashionably late: &amp;quot;You might think all the best stuff is gone towards the end of a flea market, but that&amp;#039;s also when you get the best deals on the remaining furniture. Often times you can find a dealer who doesn&amp;#039;t want to lug large items home again\u2014and they&amp;#039;ll deliver it.&amp;quot;  Flip it: &amp;quot;Turn over any piece of furniture you&amp;#039;re interested in and make sure that there isn&amp;#039;t any mold where it sat in a damp basement or shed, and that the piece has good bones so there isn&amp;#039;t anything falling apart underneath, or loose springs\u2014those are dealbreakers. Remember that fabric can be reupholstered. Already have a place in mind for a piece when you buy it, so it doesn&amp;#039;t sit sadly in your garage.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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