Thrift Store Finds & Makeovers

This cute little silver-rimmed condiment tray was only $5.00 at DI. One more thing to add to my collection of real silver. It came with three silver plated italian spoons. The whole thing just needs to be shined up and it will look great.



This is the pencil cup that I found at tj maxx. It just needed something to make it pop, so I painted the "S" white.


I've been collecting these little stacking baskets. Every time I see them I grab them up. I have four so far and they all fit perfectly together. I want to put them in the new pantry, I think. Each one was $1.50 or less. I've priced them at wal-mart and they are close to $9.00 each.


This small pitcher was only $1.00 and the two glass caraffes were the same price. These will actually stay in the kitchen because they are glass and the hubby wouldn't dare take them to the garage. At least, I hope so. It has worked so far. Then, there is the four cute glass jars that I'm going to put into my kitchen on the counter. All were under $1.00 each.




The lazy suzan was only $2.00 at the DI. It needed the bottom bolt tightened, because it was lopsided, but it works great now. I painted it black and decopaged the paper cutout onto the top. I want to add some sparkle or silvery paint over the top, but haven't gotten around to that yet.




I found all these fleur-de-lie and other stuff at Hobby Lobby's 80% section. They ranged in price from $1.90-$2.90. I wanted them to go on my mantle above the new fireplace. One was a mirror and I still want to add a silhouette to it, and the other two were gold. I hate gold stuff! So, black spray paint is what they got.

Thrift Store Finds & Makeovers

I found some great stuff that I just needed to spray paint. Boy, I love to spray paint. The whatchamacallit thingy's that support a bar, finials?, are going into my laundry room so I painted them black to match the desk I'm working on. These only cost me .75 each so eat your heart out!



Then, there are the pillar candles that I found for $1.00 each to add to my collection. They were painted black and so were the salt and pepper shakers. Only the outsides, so yes, I can still use them for food. They were only .50 each.




The little side table we acquired somehow, can't remember, when we were first married and it has been floating around the house for years. I painted it black to match the new reupholstered chair and the cofee table in the front room. Does it look like I paint everything black? I don't really, but that is all I've shown you so far because it is the fastest way to finish a project. I always have a .97 can of spray paint on hand.



There are the completely gaudy gold plant shelfs that I scored for .75 each and I also spray painted them black. I wanted something to put some greenery into at the new house.




The crazy lime-green cabinet door that I found for $2.00 is destined to become a message board. I spray painted it black, no suprise there, and haven't gotten around to actually adding the coarkboard to the center. I think I'll put it above my desk in the kitchen - at the freakin' new house when I move in - if it ever gets done!!!!!?????



I also found this cute little cupcake holder for $2.00. Not sure if I ever will make that many cupcakes cut enough to display, but it will come in handy someday, right?

Ethan Allen Bench

This was my $40.00 Ethan Allen thrift store find. All I did to this one was sand down the imperfections, not many, this sucker was in mint condition. Then, I spray painted this baby black. My trigger finger was itching. Love, love, love how it turned out.

Yay for Red Wagons!

I've been looking forever for this little guy. I didn't want to spend a million dollars on a brand new one. I found this one at the DI for $8.00. Yay! I sanded the rust down and then pulled out my handy-dandy spray paint. This time it was rust converter and then painted the inside black over the top. Looks brand new doesn't it? Makes you jealous, doesn't it?

Thrift Store Finds, Cookie Jars & Chalkboard

I saw this picture frame and knew right away that I had to have it. The picture inside is a little odd. I mean, who would hang this in their house? It was only $10.00 so I lugged it home and started painting. I painted the frame the same color as my vintage sewing table. Then, I went to Home Depot and had a piece of MDF cut to the right size to fit the frame ($8.00 aprox.) and a can of chalkboard paint ($5.00 aprox.) and put it all together. My girls love it and they color on it all the time.



I found these glass pitcher's at the DI for $2.50 each. I can't keep any pitcher in my kitchen for long. The plastic ones end up in the garage with my husband and his tile saw and they are ruined and broken before they ever make it back to the kitchen. I was super excited to find these ones. They are NEVER leaving my kitchen and the best part is, they were cheaper then plastic ones from Wal-Mart!


These cute little cookie jars were only a few bucks each at the SAVERS near my sister's house. I can't believe I found these. I painted the wooden tops red and next I think I'll add some black ribbon around the necks, but I'll wait till we are in the new house so I know if they match everything else.

Chest of Drawers

This vintage chest of drawers I found at the local DI for only $10.00. I am going to put it at the foot of one of the girls' beds. It has two drawers and is in incredibly good shape. I just added a few nails to the back to make the backing a little more stable and then removed the ridiculous floral contact paper someone had added to the inside of the drawers. Super easy to remove in one sheet. Then, I sanded the top down and added new wooden plugs to fill the holes from a decorative railing that used to be there. Then, I spray painted it vintage white and added some new drawer pulls. I think it turned out great. Now it's just hanging out in the garage for a few more weeks until we move. I hate waiting!

Vintage Sewing Table

I found this cute little vintage sewing table (minus the old sewing machine - I wish) for $6.00. I saw it every time I went to the DI for a month and loved it every time I saw it. I finally just went ahead and bought it. I figured I could find something cute to do with it. Plenty of space in the new house. I painted it light sky blue and purchased a new knob for the front and voila! It's super cute, don't you think? My husband thought it turned out pretty good, too, but griped about the color. He didn't think that anyone did things in this color. I guess he hasn't checked out one of my favorite blogs recently. It's called Just Beachy. You can find it at http://chriskauffman.blogspot.com/ LOVE IT!




This picture looks a little darker blue than it actually is, but I still love it!


I added it to my basement bathroom, since there is plenty of room until we add the bathtub and shower. It works perfectly with my bath set from hob lob. Check that post out at http://pretendingtobedomestic.blogspot.com/2009/09/basement-guest-bathroom.html

Emma's New Booster Chair

Remember this $2.00 beauty from the DI? I painted it pink and love how it turned out. My little girl gets a "big girl chair" and I got to get rid of the huge, massive, ginormous high chair that was taking up my entire kitchen. Yay!!

Basement Guest Bathroom

I have been collecting baskets from the DI thrift store for a while now and I found the perfect ones for my the basement bathroom in my new house. I got spray paint and painted them to match the towels I picked up at Wal-Mart. I splurged on one of the towels. The one with the leaf cost like $6.00 but all the other towels were under $1.50 each.


The largest basket I'm going to put large towels rolled up in and then hang the brown basket on the wall with some hand towels rolled up in. The light blue basket is for the back of the toilet and is just the perfect size to put three rolls of toilet paper in.


I'm seriously going nutty waiting to move into my new house. Why can't it just be done already!?


The cute little soap dish and jar with lid, I found on clearance at Hobby Lobby. They were in the 80% off section. My fav. section to look in. I always head straight there everytime I go to Hobby Lobby. I think they ended up being like $1.90 each or something insanely cheap like that. I knew they would come in handy someday. I bought them before we had even decided to buy another house.


They soap dispenser is from Wal-Mart as well. It was only $1.99. Can't wait to see how all this looks in the new house! Did I mention I'm going crazy waiting for the house to be finished?

New Coffee Table

I found this great little coffee table at the local DI for only $10.00. THe only thing wrong with it was the track underneath the drawer needed to be nailed down better. One nail, that's it!


I sanded down the top and used wood filler to fill in the gap around the edge. My girls would have that filled up with crayons, crumbs, etc. in no time and I didn't want to have to clean it constantly, either.


Then, I spray-painted it black. I love spray-painting! Super fast, easy and it turned out so great!