Flea market help: interior designer's kit

One of the main reasons people shop at flea markets is to find decorative items for an apartment or house.

Designer and flea market shopping expert SFGirlByBay shares a great tip with her readers: create a "Trusty Little Designer's Helper Pouch" for when you shop. She writes:

When you have your handy, dandy pouch along with it helps take the guessing out of whether a flea market or yard sale purchase (which, do remember, you can't return) will work when you get it home. Or whether that fabric or accessory will compliment your living-room paint. If that pillow will really offset the sofa color the way you've been envisioning.