Prairie Vintage Revival

Prairie Vintage Revival An old barn. A love of antiques. A dream realized. Sharing my passion and my treasure hunting with seasonal markets in the barn loft. Welcome to my page!

Located in Vermilion River County, Alberta. My name is Juanita and I live in rural Alberta in the Vermilion River County. My husband and I are serial DIYers and thrifters. We are always up for a challenge, a good deal and a great transformation. My love of all things vintage and antiques has been a life long passion. Currently I'm loving the cottagecore trends. Anything English or French country g

rabs my attention. I have a little antique and vintage shop in my barn loft and this year(2024) I've been open one weekend a month with the occasional Saturday thrown in. I don't have stock or time to be open more. And I enjoy changing things up often. So if you come one month, chances are things will have changed by the next month. I don't like to hang on to stuff too long as I believe all of these treasures are meant to be enjoyed. So it is for that reason I do price my stuff pretty reasonably and often below market value. The barn needs repairs and upgrades. So our focus is on working on these jobs in small increments and the money I make goes immediately back into those costs. I will always be a thrifter at heart but my shop is not a thrift store; I buy 95% of my stock and that is what sets me apart from the thrift store market. Watch my page for upcoming vintage markets, events and more. I love to keep people excited about what's to come next!

07/07/2026

Morning five update: we are now working hard to get pens made so we have guys here putting posts in today. And hopefully horses are in proper pens by the end of the week. We’re also getting the outdoor arena fenced so that Lauryn can do her training outside and be utilizing that space.

I was hopeful to wake up this morning to a dropped water level. The skies are blue. The sun is shining. But no, the water level is the same. It is still high at the road, and it is still high in the pasture and corrals. But the breeze sure does help with the smell and the bugs. And we are seeing some new water fowl take up residence so that’s fun. My thoughts are with everybody in Manitoba who are dealing with way more than this. And everybody who has flooded basements. It’s one thing to move animals to higher ground, but it’s a totally different thing to be dealing with flooding in your own home and throwing things out and living in mould and mildew.

07/07/2026

Monday evening update. It’s been 86 hours since the barnyard flooded. The water level to the NW (the back pasture) is the same. The water level in the corrals is roughly the same with the back part dropping a bit as the swath of water just spreads out more. The south pasture is more wet with less visible grass than yesterday. The lower field where the water is running looks less deep but that’s just because the water has spread out. At the road, the culvert unclogging saw little to no progress here today despite a track hoe working for 8 hours. The bank is too steep and slippery so he built up the bank to road level with the hopes of coming back to access the issue. The reality is this- the culvert isn’t long enough into the creek. It is being buried by mud and clay every time they come to unclog it. There’s just too much water on that side.

We went for a drive to see what’s happening west- lost of water in sloughs and ponds with some areas still overflowing which means more water is coming our way.

We are just moving on in spite of it. And setting mosquito traps.

07/06/2026

Monday morning check in. Look at that beautiful blue sky. This is our 4th morning with the lake that is now a swamp. I fear the mosquitoes will be our next trial and tribulation. This is like the plagues in Exodus. But for now— peace, sunshine and beauty.

Update this evening:I drove to Vermilion for the first time since Thursday. I cannot believe the volume of water on fiel...
07/06/2026

Update this evening:

I drove to Vermilion for the first time since Thursday. I cannot believe the volume of water on fields. It’s just incredible. Ponds and sloughs have quadrupled. Water lakes are where there was dry ground 4 days ago. Every field is soaked. Some crops are being washed away or drowned. I saw top soil completely moved in swaths.

We have had a few neighbours stop in or reach out. Everyone has some sort of water devastation. One is dealing with ripping out their flooring and drywall. Another is vacuuming water continuously. Another is on day 34 of water vacuuming. The water table is so high. And all of those people offered help to us. We are not in dire straits. We are so thankful that we aren’t throwing away memories and treasures. We will find hay. We will make new pens for horses. The water has started to slowly recede in the barnyard by about 8 inches.

The sun shone all day. No rain came our way for the first time in weeks.

Thankful and blessed by all of the care and concern.

07/05/2026

Sunday noon.
Water still as it was. Barn loft is dry.
Yard is a mess.
Goats have taken over. Horse pens are being planned and we will be temporarily setting up in the house yard. Permanent ones will get built by fall. We are basically expecting to not have barnyard or lower pasture until next year. Pivot and carry on. I might do an online “flood sale” this week to get some cash flowing so we can do barnyard cleanup before September. Thanks to all who’ve checked in and come over. We will be doing a clean up day at some point where we would love lots of help. Maybe in August .

And this is why some people get blocked on my page. Also- don’t support this guy’s business. I blocked him years ago. He...
07/05/2026

And this is why some people get blocked on my page. Also- don’t support this guy’s business. I blocked him years ago. He is the bottom of the bottom feeders. 🫣🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

For all the armchair engineers out there telling us we shouldn’t have a barnyard or a farm where we do…. I will get a li...
07/05/2026

For all the armchair engineers out there telling us we shouldn’t have a barnyard or a farm where we do…. I will get a little sassy here and tell you
1. We have lived here for 5 years. This is our 6th summer.
2. We know the family who built this place and lived here for 7+ decades
3. We don’t live in a flood plain.

4. There are creeks, ponds and sloughs everywhere around here. There’s also lots of trees and hills. That’s part of what we love about it.
5. We knew the creek could overflow and we knew that the barnyard gets wet every spring.
That’s not what is happening now.
6. The county has come 5 times to clean out the culvert. I have opinions about how they’re doing that and how the culvert isn’t actually doing its job. But that is not the reason for all this water.
7. What we experienced Friday morning was a sudden surge of a LOT of water at one time. That surge was too big and too fast for the creek or culvert. It spilled south into the barnyard and down the hill. That has never happened before and we know that because water creates a path and damage that can be seen for years.
8. The water is still the same height today as it was on Friday morning. It hasn’t receded. The pressure is a little less but it is still gushing down through the corrals and into the field. Watering bowls that are 50 years old are submerged. Animal shelter that has been there for 50+ years is in 6 feet of water. Fences are buried. Our well head is down there but it is thankfully just on the border of the water so it isn’t getting flooded.

Thank you to all the offers of help and support.
I offer poopy water to those of you who are grouchy, rude and critical.
Anyone going through a natural disaster doesn’t need keyboard “experts” telling them what they’ve done wrong. Sometimes Mother Nature is all the cruelty we need.

Now. Go have a good Sunday and be kind to everyone you meet.

Blue line is the natural creek path. Generally quiet, slow moving and very low.. like inches and mud. The orange marks is where the water is overflowing.

07/04/2026

The pressure on this end has slowed slightly . It has broadened the path so it’s not as deep. But still flowing like a river.

07/04/2026

There’s not a lot we can do but it’s kind of surreal to realize that we have lost access to 60-80% of our pasture, corrals, pens, bale feeders, watering bowls, shelters.

07/04/2026

My page is now a flood zone documentary page.
Here we are 30 hours in. Water level still the same. Water not moving much through culvert. It’s definitely moving more through the barnyard down the hill. I am still baffled where this is coming from.

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531046 Range Road 55, Vermilion River County
Clandonald, AB
T0B0X0

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