i'm in asheville, but last week i had some seriously great luck at the local thrift stores! i found some really lovely stuff for our home. we currently live with roommates in a shared apartment, so the amount of decorating we can do to make the place ours is limited. hopefully by the end of summer(ish) we'll find our own place and i'll be able to make it a home, but until then i'm collecting bits and pieces so that it's not a giant rush when we move to fill an empty space.
i can't believe i found the beautiful mersman table that all of my other finds are resting on for a mere $9.99 - it was an obvious and definite yes. along with it, i found a beatrix potter portrait of jeremy fisher (from the tale of jeremy fisher) in a pale pink frame for $.99, two vintage glass bottles for $2.99 each, a pair of vintage eyeglasses for $.99 (i'm going to have the lenses replaced with pink uv lenses!), a little wooden heart necklace for $.99, a little ceramic fawn book-end for $1.99, a vintage tool box for $2.99 and a needlework panel for $.99. i also found a huge remnant of rust colored microsuede fabric (super super soft) to recover the dining chairs i bought for us at a thrift store a while back (they're currently a dark brown with bright yellow velvet seats, which is nice, but i think painting them cream and reupholstering with this rust fabric will be a fantastic upgrade)! take a peek...
my second thrift shop stop brought me even more success! i found a gorgeous vintage mustard tablecloth with 6 matching napkins - all of which have adorable lace trim. the napkins were $.99 each and the tablecloth was $2.99. along with those, i found a pretty ceramic vase for $4.99, two pink glass teacups for $.99 each and two rose tea saucers for $.99 each... so fun!
i'm excited about the idea of having a crisp white or cream kitchen with mustard, pink and avocado green accents. i can't wait! have any of you found any great thrift finds lately?
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