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Monthly sales turn Fallston’s sleepy Main Street into a booming home decor destination

ne weekend a month, sleepy Main Street in Fallston is transformed into a home design destination. Three stores — Farmhouse Design District, The Painted Mill and The Vintage Tin Can — host monthly tag sales at which serious vintage hunters and casual shoppers alike can find deals on one-of-a-kind reclaimed wooden tables and benches, antique chairs, old-style lanterns, handsewn pillows and more.

“We try to open up together as long as everyone can do it,” said Sabrina Barney, owner of The Vintage Tin Can. “It’s always

Obusy, it’s always crazy — it makes us crazy, but we love it.” The monthly sales began in 2014, when Painted Mill owner Jen Jennings-Janson opened her three-story home decor store in what had been a feed warehouse. The Vintage Tin Can and Farmhouse Design District opened in 2015 and 2017, respectively, and have coordinated their monthly sale dates ever since. With all three stores open at once, Main Street bustles with shoppers and cars that spill onto Fallston’s country roads while waiting for a parking spot.

Despite the congestion, friends Carly Ross and Michel Zderko said the sales are

BARBARA HADDOCK TAYLOR/BALTIMORE SUN PHOTOS Amy Neill of Baltimore looks at a lamp made from a vintage fan that she's selling in her booth, New Is Old Old Is New, in The Vintage Tin Can building.