My Favourite Thrift Store

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Decor and Design, Furniture, goodwill, Home and Garden, Paint, thrift store finds

As many of you already know, thrift stores can vary greatly in the kinds of things they carry. Some are better for clothing, others for books or toys, and yet others for furniture and home decor. In Vancouver, I have my favourites that I try to hit regularly, but there’s one that always seems to have the best selection of furniture. It’s also the store that is just a little bit out of my regular route and has very hard to find parking! I was able to pop in this weekend, however, and was not disappointed.

One of the first pieces I spotted was this waterfall dresser. I’m not a huge fan of this style, but I did like the detailing on the top drawer and even though you can’t see in the photo, this dresser is on castors, which I love. The hardware is falling off, but that’s no big deal as it would be replaced anyway. It’s quite scratched, but overall in pretty good condition. I could just picture this in MMS Flow Blue Milk Paint with a lovely chippy finish. I didn’t take this one home with me, but was tempted! It’s still bothering me a little that I left it… maybe it’s still there. I’ve been looking for an armless chair for several weeks now to use with my small secretary desk. This one caught my eye and was in great shape. All it needs is some paint, new foam and fabric – an easy update. I took this one home. These little side tables caught my eye as well. I love the legs on the little one. That’s a piece of marble (I think) on top, which has come unglued. I’m not sure if I like the larger one, but it could look good repainted in the right space.  I think this is a sideboard… I like the glass door in the centre with the detailing. The two different sized drawers would be great for storing cutlery, or possibly media storage. I think this would look lovely in a pure white or even something vibrant like the La Craie St. Anne (see below).

Photo by: Vintage Charm Restored

I totally fell in love with this little secretary (in fact I didn’t leave it’s side until I flagged down the store clerk to let her know that I wanted this). This desk is child sized and my daughter immediately commented that she could put all her art “stuff” in the drawers. She was quite excited about the whole thing until I told her this meant that we will have to let go of another piece of furniture in her room to make room for this one. Tough choices! Needless to say, this baby came home with us.

Here’s some of the other pieces I’ve picked up here in the past:

My Coffee Table with Storage

Secretary Desk
Damask Cane Chair
French Provincial Coffee TableNot too shabby!

All in all a very successful day at my favourite furniture thrift store!

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Finders Keepers Friday

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fleur de lis plant pot, garden pots, Home and Garden, indoor ceramic plant pots

Maybe it’s my new April issue of Country Living Magazine or possibly the promise of longer days {can you believe daylight savings is tomorrow?!!} that’s got me thinking about switching out some of my indoor plant pots {I don’t have many plants, because I can’t seem to reliably keep them alive} for more tasteful ones. I’ve been lucky lately… I scored two really great pots at a local thrift store for under $10:

This one is made of some kind of tin, but the finish is an antique white with light distressing and a brighter white underneath. No painting required!!

When I saw this Fleur-de-Lis pot for $4.99 I knew it was meant to be!

Adorable, right?

I’m still trying to get over the fact that I didn’t have to do anything to these – other than stick some plants in them!

Homesense also has some great ceramic pots of various sizes in stock right now – and the prices sure beat some of the astronomical ones I”ve seen at some of the higher-end garden shops {who pays $500 for a garden pot}?!! I found this one ($20) for my little fern. She seems to like her knew home.

I love the crackle finish and the glaze that was used to give it that rusty look in spots.Are you in the mood for spring?

Bar Stool Replica

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Bar stool, Business, french graphic, Furniture, Home and Garden, Paint, Seating, Shopping, Stools

I rescued this bar stool from the curb a few months ago and it’s been sitting in my garage giving me the evil eye every time I walk in there. I decided to look for bar stools on Pinterest (I’m so addicted!!) and found so many I absolutely loved! BUT, I REALLY loved one that I saw with a french graphic on the top with black legs, so I decided I would try to replicate it, but give it my own twist as well.

Here’s how mine ended up:

And here’s how it started…. sort of – as usual I forgot to take a picture of it before I started priming/painting the top… but the legs are the original ugly green here. Before the top was white with stickers all over it.

First, you may notice that there are some rungs missing… well, instead of going to the effort and cost of replacing them, I decided to just fill the holes. These little buggers were quite deep, so I used some balled up masking tape and stuffed it in and put wood filler over top. Then I sanded and primed the areas I filled.

I spray painted the legs in Krylon black satin (thankfully this weekend was sunny, so I could get outside on the grass… Yeah!)

For the top, I didn’t bother sanding much – there were some bumps and grooves in the wood, but my plan was to distress the surface anyway, so these would add to the overall look I was going for. I didn’t prime the surface either; it had previously been painted white and was covered with stickers, so I just removed them and got to painting with my antique white Behr paint.

Then onto the image. I picked this one from the graphics fairy and got to transferring with my carbon paper. The transferred image came out really light, but I was able to see enough to get the outline started with my paint pen.

As I was working, my paint pen blobbed out on me and created this mess, which wouldn’t wipe away… soooo I decided to scrap this part of the graphic (which was tedious anyway) and finish the rest. I later sanded down the part I wanted to get rid of and re-painted it.  Here’s how it ended up looking… I think I like it better without the top part anyway!

I distressed a little and put some minwax finishing paste on the top.

Voila!

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