My BEST Flea Market Trip ends up at the HOSPITAL!

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  • @julieinitaly
    @julieinitaly  Місяць тому +17

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  • @ginny736
    @ginny736 Місяць тому +65

    One of the prints you showed us you commented….”I think it’s too big for my little home”. One of the best advice I ever read by a world renowned designer was “small furniture and accessories in a small room make the small room look smaller, and vice versa”. Your rooms could benefit from some larger prints.

    • @julieinitaly
      @julieinitaly  Місяць тому +15

      Great tip!

    • @blakehahn-atlantaga8510
      @blakehahn-atlantaga8510 Місяць тому +11

      I agree about using larger prints. Great suggestion!

    • @deborahhebblethwaite1865
      @deborahhebblethwaite1865 Місяць тому +3

      I agree as well🇨🇦

    • @innerding
      @innerding Місяць тому +1

      I’m in agreement as well. Using larger pieces makes the room more dynamic.

    • @JonClowdy
      @JonClowdy Місяць тому

      No no no. Proportion is everything and ppl overuse big art these days 😅

  • @MarilynBurks-z8d
    @MarilynBurks-z8d Місяць тому +34

    Julie, please continue to take us with you!

  • @miseentrope
    @miseentrope 12 годин тому +1

    As a child of hoarders, that Italian flea market gave major shivers. Sure there are treasures, but: so. much. overwhelm. Love your curiosity and ability to curate amongst endless aisles.

  • @showerton6119
    @showerton6119 Місяць тому +24

    I could watch flea market shopping all day! ❤ Thank you for sharing!

  • @designsbydenese
    @designsbydenese Місяць тому +26

    I have that same tray it was passed down from my grandmother to my mother and then me. I love it. It has lasted over 90 years between the three of us.

  • @Kas_and_Nacho
    @Kas_and_Nacho Місяць тому +11

    Italian health care is first class. My husband was very ill in Venice, and we had the same experience as you, Julie. Straight in to see a doctor at the hospital, no charge, free medications. Highly recommended.

    • @SEWalty
      @SEWalty Місяць тому

      @@Kas_and_Nacho you're so lucky, I've lived in Italy for 20+ years and have to continuously jump through loads of bureaucratic hoops to have my health card...

  • @luckygirl10036
    @luckygirl10036 Місяць тому +13

    Love your channel and your fleemarket treasure hunts you get to find and take us along with you and see the beautiful sceneries. Wish you speedy recovery for your foot.

  • @Oliver-Can
    @Oliver-Can Місяць тому +19

    Pretend cooking show is my new fave Julie 😄 it’s jolly funny , it makes me smile 😂

  • @Aurora-qn2dx
    @Aurora-qn2dx Місяць тому +20

    So glad the hospital check up was quick and the drs and nurses where very good and kind..get well soon!

  • @evawohl2572
    @evawohl2572 Місяць тому +18

    Your Little Italian Cooking Show should be on Television!!! Your personality & fun just shines even when your poor foot is in stitches!!!❤🎉❤🎉❤

  • @liss2503
    @liss2503 Місяць тому +12

    So sorry to hear about your foot but glad the trip to the hospital went well. The pictures are beautiful. Love the little cooking show. So much fun to watch. ❤

  • @hapaseoul
    @hapaseoul Місяць тому +7

    Love watching you shop the flea market but found it so entertaining listening to you talk to yourself while you were cooking. Wishing you a speedy recovery.

  • @marilynmcpheron3231
    @marilynmcpheron3231 Місяць тому +7

    I loved the first little picture--I spied it immediately even before you looked in that direction. The scene is great and its in the perfect frame for it.

  • @user-ow3rg8jq9n
    @user-ow3rg8jq9n Місяць тому +10

    You make my heart sing😊. You are so real, and little scattered aces, always thoughtful and respectful of others. You are the true definition of a woman who can and does do anything. All while being a loving wife and mother. Who knew you could be a strong and independent woman who doesn't hate men 🤭. Keep living your life, you good thing 😊❤

  • @marthaizaguirre6363
    @marthaizaguirre6363 Місяць тому +17

    SO sorry about your foot, but glad Luke was with you! Love your fake cooking show! Parmesan cheese sprinkled on bruschetta is also yummy! 🤗

  • @celticlass8573
    @celticlass8573 Місяць тому +6

    One of the things I learned with experience when going to antique markets, is I must have a list of what I'm looking for, going in. There are FAR too many wonderful and beautiful things, especially for someone like me who also loves OLD things, to not have a clear idea of what I'm after, and the more specific the better. Currently on my list, is antique brass candlesticks. It may take me 6 months to find them, it may take me 6 years, but *the hunt is on!* And it's so satisfying when I find exactly what I want, and it's old, and it was so worth the wait.

    • @shellyrobillard3074
      @shellyrobillard3074 Місяць тому +2

      I have sooo many shapes and sizes all for sale
      Brass candle sticks, big and small

  • @trisha3338
    @trisha3338 Місяць тому +3

    Love the pictures at 9:57 & 10:07! I visited Italy and Lucca for the first time in 2006, when I turned 60. I was with my sister, who has since passed. It rained that day, and I did not get to see as much as I wanted. Those pictures remind me of my wonderful trip 💕

  • @susanfox-mx3nv
    @susanfox-mx3nv Місяць тому +12

    I love your choices. All the pieces you picked had a calming tone. I shop second hand and never see anything that amazing. You have found a shoppers heaven.

  • @debramarie63
    @debramarie63 Місяць тому +3

    I am so happy to know you are doing well after the accident. It was a bit worrying. And the Flea Markets, too overwhelming for me to even think I could go into the building let alone make any decisions. WOW!

  • @kristenashbaugh7003
    @kristenashbaugh7003 Місяць тому +4

    We visited Lucca last summer and it was my favorite part of the trip. Can’t wait to return!

  • @mandelbrot2232
    @mandelbrot2232 Місяць тому +10

    I find it so nice from you that you offer to pick a piece for us here 🤩 I love your channel and wish you a speedy recovery 🥰😇

  • @faithalbers7457
    @faithalbers7457 Місяць тому +6

    Hi! Love the flea market trips. I would be in heaven, too. Wish the cookbook was available in English.

  • @luciodebbie
    @luciodebbie Місяць тому +8

    I'm sorry you got hurt, wishing you a quick recovery!

  • @kitty-kitten-
    @kitty-kitten- Місяць тому +2

    Oh my god you at the end hobbling around, putting the apron on, translating your recipe and winging it had me laughing out loud 😂😂 please do more cooking with Julie. It's hilarious and so relatable

  • @28105wsking
    @28105wsking Місяць тому +8

    I love those sunny days on the coast when the sea is full of sparkles! Be happy!

  • @kcstill3108
    @kcstill3108 Місяць тому +6

    Love the cooking show at the end! I’ve been saving up all my JinI and AV shows. Instead of the news, I’m watching these. Thank you SO MUCH!!! ❤❤❤

  • @laurieralenkotter5477
    @laurieralenkotter5477 Місяць тому +6

    Awe! Julie you are so sweet! I love your videos especially your Italy ones! I wish I could be as independent as you are, willing to learn a second language, buying a home in another country and making it so nice. I really respect your willingness to try new things!

  • @tloveleigh5058
    @tloveleigh5058 Місяць тому +8

    Love the first little painting you picked up with the river! Those colors! And that gold frame!! Interested (if you decide to sell) 😊 Get well soon ❤️

  • @lorrie5422
    @lorrie5422 Місяць тому +3

    Love the idea of the 2 small pictures in your kitchen. Looks beautiful! So sorry you were injured.

  • @FlashintheBand86
    @FlashintheBand86 Місяць тому +1

    At about 8:51 there is a nice picture of plants with pink flowers in a frame with a mat that I like. I saw it again or one that is similar at 9:24. You zoomed past it a couple times. I love that.

  • @sharon9399
    @sharon9399 Місяць тому +6

    Julie that was a fun outing. Thank you🌻

  • @Oliver-Can
    @Oliver-Can Місяць тому +7

    Get well soon! Wishing you a quick recovery

  • @anandhicooray5512
    @anandhicooray5512 Місяць тому +5

    Hi Julie. So sorry you hurt your foot and had to have stitches. So glad that the hospital closest to you was v good in their treatement. Hope you heal fast! Loved, loved, loved the flea market! And your little Italian home!❤❤❤❤❤

  • @pile333
    @pile333 Місяць тому +10

    💐Get well soon!

  • @BubblesUp61
    @BubblesUp61 Місяць тому +3

    Love your flea market finds! Thanks for letting us tag along.

  • @RichardMcGrath
    @RichardMcGrath Місяць тому +11

    Best wishes for your five stitches to heal fully and quickly. I vote YES on the two wall pictures for the kitchen wall. :-)

  • @RubyTuesdaysVintageHome
    @RubyTuesdaysVintageHome Місяць тому +3

    So sorry you have this injury and had to have stitches hope you quickly recover - love the flea market could spend all day there thanks for sharing ❤

  • @carolmiller848
    @carolmiller848 Місяць тому +2

    You’re in my idea of heaven!! I have a BFA degree and I love the art you chose. I could work there too and be perfectly content! Filled with treasures!

  • @tinafrye4865
    @tinafrye4865 Місяць тому +2

    Julie, how on earth did you cut your foot? I pray you have a speedy recovery. I love shopping with you. My daddy had a booth at a local flea market. He would go digging in the dumps about 2 days a month. He found many beautuful treasures
    . I'm sure he would have loved going on junking sprees with you via you tube. I have several pieces he gave me that I cherish.. He was the sweetest man. I miss him!
    Can't wait until our next adventure with you. Until then have a great week.

    • @dgritt4543
      @dgritt4543 Місяць тому +1

      Same here❤ I miss my Dad too😢 In our hearts until we see them again one day in Heaven.❤

  • @tzok09
    @tzok09 Місяць тому +3

    I love the little landscape and Italian scenes.

  • @arlene9993
    @arlene9993 Місяць тому +2

    Wow! What a feast of a store!! Julie, that first picture frame you showed shows signs of borer/woodworm exit holes. Be sure to treat it before placing it in your home to protect your other beloved furnishings.

  • @longwaytotipperary
    @longwaytotipperary Місяць тому +7

    I adore this episode! Your enthusiasm is so uplifting!! Love the flea market excursions and the cooking show is fabulous!!

  • @Kiwichick138
    @Kiwichick138 Місяць тому +3

    9:29 the little pic of a house in black frame, looooove

  • @patriciaverbeeck8263
    @patriciaverbeeck8263 Місяць тому +3

    I like the two art pieces you held up to your wall, you can always change them out later if you find something you like even better!

  • @lfurches
    @lfurches Місяць тому +1

    The first two you said you liked are the ones I liked as well. So cool. 9:35 I love the black frame and the Italian street scene. When I broke my toe, I was in the ER for 7 hrs.

  • @jamierae7405
    @jamierae7405 Місяць тому +2

    Julie you are very unusual but authentic. You are warming up to me, or I’m warming up to you. Either way I like your sincerity.

  • @gloriaoppen8412
    @gloriaoppen8412 Місяць тому +4

    That flea market is overwhelming!

  • @carolpalmer9606
    @carolpalmer9606 Місяць тому +4

    Hi Julie. Just discovered your fab vlogs. I just love a good brocante, I could spend forever wondering around my local ones. I’m from Kent but now live in rural central France. Hope your foot heals quickly and looking forward to your next vlog already. X

  • @BettyKoehler-zg5sv
    @BettyKoehler-zg5sv Місяць тому +1

    It is so cute the way you keep saying “oh my gosh!” when you were checking it all out!! You were obviously in your little piece of paradise! You kept sighing like you were totally overwhelmed. The way things were stacked would be hard to find anything….but you did just fine! You will be back! You should have your cooking segment on television! I sure go!! Love from Pennsylvania 💕🌷🐻

  • @-.-.-.-.-..
    @-.-.-.-.-.. Місяць тому +2

    That little picture in the black weaved frame is great! OMG Julie! That brown transferware? plate on the wall you showed on the first place… I was screaming at the screen please please get that one! So beautiful.

  • @Bergantin23
    @Bergantin23 Місяць тому +4

    OMG,,,,,so much temptation. Love your Italian home. Cheers from Barcelona

  • @rosemariedeschenes7013
    @rosemariedeschenes7013 Місяць тому +1

    We stayed at Hotel Lucca in Bruges, Belgium. It was built by two brothers from Lucca in 1365. They were merchants who imported goods from their hometown. After seeing this vlog, I understand why they were successful. Glad you got your foot treated. Wishing you a speedy recovery ❤️‍🩹

  • @karenmominee5572
    @karenmominee5572 Місяць тому +3

    Love the videos! Enjoy the cooking, treasure hunting, everything!!

  • @redeemed7773
    @redeemed7773 Місяць тому +2

    I love that picture with the Italian village in the black frame ! I love that type of pictures of Italy, please buy when you find, I would buy them!

  • @monicaw5036
    @monicaw5036 Місяць тому +3

    Oh my gosh, I would for sure shop until I drop! How on earth do they expect someone to get things off those tables? That's totally crazy but so awesome.

  • @Un-Cooked-fnm
    @Un-Cooked-fnm Місяць тому +1

    How absolutely mind-blowing the ER rooms here!!! HAAAA! The first time I went was the mid 80s and someone was smoking under a NO SMOKING sign! And yet, coming in at a rating of 5th in the world for quality, the nationalised health care system here in Italy is a treasure. I have lived in Lucca since 1999-so grateful for it. Thanks for all.

  • @kellyh8347
    @kellyh8347 Місяць тому +1

    Julie-OMG-I love the pretend cooking segment!!! Always WITH Italian tomatoes-I actually go to Italy because that the only place where you can taste a real tomato!!!
    You really need a GoPro for these excursions, so you can have your hands free-it’s challenging to get used to, but, you will eventually love it. Try watching Josh and Hailey on Hairy Tornado in the states. They are very successful resellers. Also, have you seen Alla’s murals in ‘dreaming of a chateau’ in her house in Oro, on Lake Como? She is a brilliant artist who has done several murals throughout her and Sergi’s home. All of the artwork is hers as well. The garden is fantastic. She posts daily and I would suggest looking for her murals-I think you will love them! Thank your so much for all you do!!! You are a true inspiration!

    • @julieinitaly
      @julieinitaly  Місяць тому

      Checking them out now! and yes on my next trip in a few weeks - I am bringing a go pro with me!

  • @gailalbers1430
    @gailalbers1430 Місяць тому +6

    Definitely on the round frames ; those are rare !

  • @jeanniesays6731
    @jeanniesays6731 Місяць тому +2

    Hoping your foot heals quickly. ❤
    I also like the two pictures you chose for the kitchen.

  • @luciodebbie
    @luciodebbie Місяць тому +5

    I did love the miniature art in the cheap frames 😊

  • @tonitemperance9960
    @tonitemperance9960 Місяць тому +5

    I would lose myself in those flea markets, for hours. Cutting board is fantastic 👌

    • @lisagrant4455
      @lisagrant4455 Місяць тому

      Have I missed an episode where you provide an update on the space under your home? Would be awesome if that’s yours as well!

    • @julieinitaly
      @julieinitaly  Місяць тому

      News soon!

  • @thespiritualadvocate
    @thespiritualadvocate Місяць тому +2

    Hope your foot is healing nicely💕, absolutely love seeing you sing a tune in between preparing Bruschetta! My favorite scene, so sweet and in joy as you prepared your meal for you and hubby. 🙌Bless you in pain and all, such a trooper❤such an inspirational woman you are to me!!🎉
    Xo

  • @reneelyall6976
    @reneelyall6976 Місяць тому +2

    Get better soon, you need to rest sweetie, so your foot can heal. love you1

  • @evamaritasundqvist3385
    @evamaritasundqvist3385 Місяць тому +1

    Che bel video. Il tuo entusiasmo e' contaggioso🙂 . Seguo tutti vostri canali e mi mettono di buon umore. Abitavo in Toscana 17 anni e mi manca molto! E anche GB e' un paese che adoro, quindi seguire te e tuo marito e' il top10👍❤️ . Siete fantastici insieme! Buona guarigione col piede🍀

  • @claudiamann7111
    @claudiamann7111 Місяць тому +1

    Good thing you went to the hospital and got stitches. Great haul from the antique store. That store was massive.

  • @terryalonso3446
    @terryalonso3446 Місяць тому +1

    Your excitement and enthusiasm is hilarious!!

  • @melissaphillips3088
    @melissaphillips3088 Місяць тому +1

    Julie i would be overwhelmed too. It is fantastic to see such a place with so many treasures. How do you control yourself? Just amazing the items and variety of things they have!! Love this Julie❤

  • @cinnamonsvintagecellar9543
    @cinnamonsvintagecellar9543 Місяць тому +3

    Just watched this video . 👏🎉💫BRAVOS 💫🎉👏for your fortitude & perseverance of presentation of the recipe with the stitched up sole of your foot...ouchies.. totally salivating with your flea market hunting. So many items there that aren't available here in USA flea markets... I use to be a seller at many of the southern California flea markets.. blessings to you & yours

  • @Heggerud_gard
    @Heggerud_gard Місяць тому +1

    I learned to make bruschetta from some nuns in Assissi that had an B&B at the convent. Put them on a griddle pan with olive oil, then rub in garlic, slice a clove in half. Then they served it like that with soup, etc. we ate more bruschetta the soup! So they had to learn us how to make it , but they also had a version with sundried tomatoes. And tomatosauce ( this was in april so tomatoes was not in season) II think they had a version with pesto and one with olive tapenade. I prefer the one You made with fresh tomato onion and basil, but let the salsa stay for a while to make it saucy and delicious ! Love thrifting!

  • @CW008
    @CW008 Місяць тому +1

    This was so fun! I loved the first picture you picked ( very blue stream) . You are living my dream and I am enjoying your adventures!

  • @JMarSa-1
    @JMarSa-1 Місяць тому +2

    So glad your foot is on the mend, when I saw you limping before going to the hospital, I was concerned. The two pictures you showed in the kitchen looked good there, the one on the stone shelf, nice colors on both of the pictures. Live with them where you placed them for a few days and see if they are keepers! On the bruschetta classico I think the final shot with the tomatoes piled on was beautiful, very authentic! I’m so there!

  • @cindyblumenthal52
    @cindyblumenthal52 Місяць тому +5

    Julie, I LOVED the tiny paintings or prints that you thought were cheap frames. I would buy it and take it out of the frame to sell it. It would be cheaper for shipping anyway.

  • @juliechartier8689
    @juliechartier8689 Місяць тому +1

    I adore the paintings and art. I can feel your excitement and am thrilled to follow you shop. Thank you for sharing your posts. We just returned back to the states from Tuscany. I love Italy.

  • @kitty-kitten-
    @kitty-kitten- Місяць тому +1

    Lmfaoooo no your cooking segment and the video cuts were perfection 😂😂 and you just putting the toast in the toaster had me howling 😂😂

  • @tammyreneewalker5244
    @tammyreneewalker5244 Місяць тому +2

    Just found your channel. Can't wait to go back & watch other videos. Hope your foot is feeling better. I am learning to appreciate art/pictures. Collect vintage & antiques. However, art has never been my stongsuit. 😂 The bruschetta looks yummy. Have to add a little balsamic with mine. 🩷

  • @Rbmc2611
    @Rbmc2611 Місяць тому +1

    Love the pictures that you chose for yourself and I love where you want to put them!

  • @jeanniesays6731
    @jeanniesays6731 Місяць тому +8

    I can’t wait until the sale of my house in Sicily is final and I can find flea markets to decorate it.
    Lately I’ve been obsessed with a bruschetta I made with what I had on hand that was so good I’ve made it a few more times. I grill the bread slices in a pan with olive oil until golden on both sides, then rub it with garlic. Then sauté halved grape tomatoes and rough chopped Kalamata olives just until the tomatoes are soft. Then I pile it onto the bread and tear burrata over the top with a pinch of salt and freshly ground pepper. So good!

  • @KimDe05
    @KimDe05 Місяць тому +1

    The pictures are amazing. The dishes are amazing. I would have a hard time picking. I LOVED that pitcher it is gorgeous, I love the colors. I am so sorry you got hurt. I hope it heels quickly.

  • @vickiebasu1080
    @vickiebasu1080 Місяць тому +2

    Sorry to see you injured. Get well soon!

  • @Batlady
    @Batlady Місяць тому +1

    Praying for your foot to,heal quickly… paintings are beautiful.. and yes that niche is,perfect for your cookbooks..love your house it’s cozy and you are such a talented woman you did amazing work as you also did in Mapleton.. just lovely.. your husband is a very fortunate man to have such a lovely, talented and loving wife .. God bless both of you and your beautiful children ❤️

  • @MEDWink
    @MEDWink 25 днів тому

    Round art in gold frames-BRILLIANT!!! 👍👍

  • @wdjones4735
    @wdjones4735 Місяць тому +1

    I’m glad you got your foot stitched up! That Flea Market was amazing❤️Your cooking show is fantastic👍🏻
    I still love that ceramic fish at PG & Deborah’s in the new kitchen converted showroom from the trip you posted 2 weeks ago.
    Thank you for sharing! You find such wonderful treasures🙂

  • @cynhanrahan4012
    @cynhanrahan4012 Місяць тому +2

    Wow, that is exactly my bruschetta recipe! I do mix my tomato, onion and basil in a bowl with the salt and let some of the juice drain, and the flavors marry. Definitely do the garlic thing, it is not overwhelming, it's delicious.

  • @lb8141
    @lb8141 Місяць тому +6

    I would spend everyday there until I went through everything ❤❤❤ Absolutely fantastic.

    • @celticlass8573
      @celticlass8573 Місяць тому +2

      It would take so long, you'd have to start again when you were done, in case there's more to see lol. Especially if you dug!

  • @GeminiXxX-i2o
    @GeminiXxX-i2o Місяць тому +2

    Sorry about your foot, cuts should always be a hospital visit ! Love the cooking sessions at the end, really glad you went with it in the videos and I agree with the cookbook placement ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

  • @celticlass8573
    @celticlass8573 Місяць тому +5

    OMG I would spend as much time as it took, to go through all those pictures. WOW.

  • @kathleenharrison5023
    @kathleenharrison5023 Місяць тому +1

    That place is like a hoarders dream! 🤣. It would be amazing to do some shopping there, not going to lie! So many treasures just waiting to be discovered!!! ❤🙃❤️Love the first painting you liked! The rest are nice too but the first one is my favorite! Round framed ones are great too! Love scenes from Paris too!❤❤❤ I’m coming back with you!!!
    So sorry you cut your foot! I hope that it’s getting better. Take good care.❤❤❤

  • @margaretdevery6547
    @margaretdevery6547 Місяць тому +4

    Omigosh, I'd be bankrupted in that market. Such fun!
    I'm sorry to hear about your foot. Take care, Julie

  • @rose2fame1
    @rose2fame1 Місяць тому +1

    Hi Julie, hope that you are feeling better. The bruschetta looked nice. Have a great week.

  • @rebeccalowry9296
    @rebeccalowry9296 Місяць тому +1

    Best cooking show ever! I could watch you peel paint! You are so entertaining!😂

  • @bptatum
    @bptatum Місяць тому

    I love your pretend cooking show! And I loved San Giamono. It was my favorite morning when in Italy last spring - touring the church , eating gelato & browsing the shops.

  • @shonamaclean4959
    @shonamaclean4959 Місяць тому +2

    Love the flea market finds, but really enjoy the views of the villages and landscape ❤. Glad your injury is healing!❤️‍🩹

  • @BetsyFloyd-me4cc
    @BetsyFloyd-me4cc Місяць тому +1

    Love that apron! It reminds me of a Little House on the Prairie pinafore!

  • @redeemed7773
    @redeemed7773 Місяць тому +1

    I ❤ your channel, I get so excited when I see you have posted something! Sorry about trip to the hospital, glad you are ok though.

    • @julieinitaly
      @julieinitaly  19 днів тому

      Thank you! New flea market vlog on Sunday 15th December!

  • @k.cooley4306
    @k.cooley4306 Місяць тому +2

    I love the picture dated 1985 on the back. The frame is quite good also.

  • @mariamoyabooks
    @mariamoyabooks Місяць тому +1

    I love that store you visited, if I go there I will probably buy half of the store 😅😅😅
    Those paintings were awesome...I love the candelabra, old books, coffee sets...etc

  • @joyreynolds9185
    @joyreynolds9185 Місяць тому +1

    Love the tray and the round frame pictures.

  • @tzok09
    @tzok09 Місяць тому +2

    Oh I love the 3 scenes from Paris!

  • @marychrishannon7048
    @marychrishannon7048 Місяць тому +1

    For Cooking Utensils: I use a ceramic tissue box holder. It is approx 5 in square and 6 in in height. Works great. Except if you pick it up to move it. I've had it for decades.