Flea Market Baby: The ABC's of Decorating, Collecting & Gift Giving

It's a girl. It's a boy. It's Flea Market Baby-the latest arrival from authors Barri Leiner and Marie Moss (Flea Market Fidos, 2002). This unique decorating book celebrates the popularity of old-fashioned ideas for a new generation. Authors Leiner and Moss offer their vintage nursery know-how with easy and inspiring ideas for decorating, collecting, and gift giving with flea market finds.

Nestled throughout the book are tips and tricks for repurposing vintage wares, like turning a chippy pie-safe into an inventive changing table, showering a new mom with a keepsake present from the past, or creating one of a kind bedding from vintage textiles. The book's clever approach will help fill a child's room with a playful spirit that turns it into a personal and nurturing space.

Leiner and Moss take us on a tour of their favorite flea markets and junk shops as they gather the goods for feathering the nest in a unique way. With more than 200 color photographs and dozens of decorating ideas, Flea Market Baby is the definitive retro registry and resource guide for parents-to-be.

Barri Leiner is a freelance writer and publicist whose clients have included Revlon, Cynthia Rowley, Calvin Klein, and the Chicago Tribune Magazine. She is the former style reporter for WGN-TV/Chicago. Leiner shares her flea market finds with husband Eddie, daughter Emma, and their Maltese, Bart.

Marie Moss is the author of Hello Kitty's Little Book of Big Ideas and Hello Kitty, Hello Everything. She is the former fashion director of Seventeen magazine and a photo stylist. Moss has appeared on Oprah, The View, CNN, and MTV. She has made flea market fans of husband Stephen, daughter Maisy, and their mixed-breed terrier, Twiggy.