Thrifty Treasures for the Week

Thanks you guys for all of your kinds word for the loss of my Restoration Hardware clearance store. It was a sad day but I am over it now. I moved on. To the thrift stores to be exact. 

I found a few things this week that I thought I'd share. First up is this chair I spotted as soon as I walked into the Lutheran thrift store nearby. Those Lutherans sure know how to price their things right. I picked up this little beauty for $3. I really like the shape of the back and the wide seat.

It even has nice shapely legs. Sort of straight and fluted up front and curved in the back. I will have to get some stripper for this one as the paint is peeling and well, it's not the best idea to put good paint over bad. I don't think it will be too hard to get it off. Knock on wood. Did you knock?

The ironstone platter I picked up for $1 and it will replace the one that I broke when I was hanging up my triangle shaped window frame. It's not as pretty but I have an idea to spruce it up a bit. The stack of white dishes were actually two stacks of 4. When I saw there were eight matching plates I grabbed both stacks. Eight plates for $2, not bad at all. They have this pretty rope detail on the edge. Hope you can see it. I am still having issues photographing white things.

The small milk glass dish was yet again, just $1. I just loved the ruffled edge.

I'm glad that my thrift store luck is coming back. It really comes in waves around here. I guess that's true for a lot of you. Have you all been having any luck or have you lost your mojo?

I'll be linking up with:

Coastal Charm's Nifty Thrifty Tuesdays

Southern Hospitality's Today's Thrifty Treasures

One of Those Days

Well, what a craptastic day it has been. I realize, just as I'm going through the toll booth, that I left my phone at home. Crap. I hate that. It's like forgetting to put on underwear. It just feels wrong. So excited am I, to be going to the one store in this area which is great, that I do not care that I don't have underwear on forgot my phone. This is a store that not everyone has. I have no Ikea, no Home Good, not even a Hobby Lobby. But I had a Restoration Hardware CLEARANCE CENTER. Had people, had.  This funny feeling crept in as I pulled up to the outlet mall. I could not see the sign on the building. I was craning my neck at the stop light. It's not there. There is no sign. This is so not good. I pull up and there is paper covering the windows. I had to park and inspect it further. It's been closed since January 31?? No, has it been that long since I've been there? I desperately drive around the mall hoping that they just moved. Nothing. It's gone. I would have taken a picture of myself weeping beneath the closed sign but I forgot my cell phone. 

I stopped in a store called Journeys because, the nice mom that I am, I decide to look for some Vans for my son. He's been looking for a certain color that is nowhere to be found on this earth or online. I ask the young hip girl, wearing way too much make up about Restoration Hardware closing. Do you know what she said to me? "What sorta store is that?" They didn't have the shoes and now she's giving me attitude. Just great.

I decide to stop at an antique mall on the way home. I should have known better. This is Destin. I knew prices would be high because of the area. I was just going to browse. But man, that was the highest priced antique mall I had ever been in. It was a very pretty store with lots of pretty things. I was shocked when I was in the back and saw the area where the sold stuff was being held. There was a lot! Those multi gazillionaires with their boats that look like floating condos don't mind those prices. I however do. 

So, I came home empty handed. Ate a pbj sandwich and called it a day. Oh, one last thing. The pottery barn shade I showed you the other day that so many of you liked. Sold out. Yep. Icing on the cake man. I'm ordering a plain one from Lampsplus.com. It's $30 and I'll probably have to trim it out a bit but I'm tired of looking. Thanks Beckie for the idea of trying Old Time Pottery. They did have great inexpensive shades but not the size and shape I needed. I will keep it in mind for a smaller one.

Hope you all are having a good day!

Shopping Trip

Today I thought I'd take a little drive. Anyone want to come? I am going here. Well, not this exact one. The one near me is a Restoration Hardware clearance center. Even better. I am going to look for lights for the half bathroom that is being built. And whatever else that must come home with me. Isn't the front of this store just beautiful? Can someone just move in to a store? That would be so great. Our store is not this beautiful but the prices inside are so much better then the ones online that make you choke and spew your coffee all over your screen.

Lovely corbel bookend from Restoration Hardware....$69...each. Wipe off your screen.

My corbels from an estate sale, $1... for both.

The concrete was poured yesterday. Exciting I know. Today, the guys are here filling in the trenches. More excitement. My husband will be thrilled because those have been bugging the crap out of him. I just hope my sprinklers still work after everything is filled back in. The framers should be here today too. It will look like a room soon. A tiny room, but a room none the less.

Three Trays and a Bottle of Wine

We had some friends visiting this weekend. It was great seeing them again. The weather was not all that great so the guys did some fishing while the girls hit the thrift stores and even managed some yard sales despite the heat. I didn't find anything at the thrift stores on Friday and was a bit bummed about that. Saturday we were a little slow getting out to the yard sales but still found some good things.

We hit one estate sale. It was the 4th sale at this particular house. I have only been to the last two. I posted about the things I found the last time. Corbels, blue jar and something else which has escaped my memory. 

This time around everything was 50% off. So I picked up two white enamel trays, a round green enamel tray and some new glass bakeware. A covered casserole and a pie plate. Too boring to photograph. Now, if I had whipped up a pie, then maybe. Pie does sound pretty good right now. Anyway, she gave them all to me for $10. Even less than the 50% off! I reaaally like the green tray.

The white trays were pretty darn disgusting. The one on the left is washed. The one on the right was pretty dirty but the one of the left was even worse. I was in such a hurry to clean it. It was a greasy sticky mess but it came right off with a little Mr. Clean. What a guy.

I found the bottle at a yard sale. I believe it's called a demijohn. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. I saw one at that huge estate sale, the one I mentioned over and over, and I didn't get it. Then I saw Kim's over at Savvy Southern Style and I was really regretting not getting the one I saw.  So, when I came across this one for $2 I grabbed it. 

It has this little tag on the handle and the label is in okay shape. I just have no idea what it says since it's in Greek. Anyone?

It was fun shopping with my friend again. I miss that. She got even more stuff then I did so I think she was pretty happy. I can't wait to see what everyone has found this past week. 

Linking up to:

Coastal Charm's Nifty Thrift Tuesdays

Southern Hospitality's Today's Thrifty Treasures