It’s Thrifty Thursday!!! The other day I was perusing an online yard sale page and spotted someone selling a bunch of chippy old goodies. I jumped at the chance to go grab some and came home with a truck load. Now I have to decide what I’m going to do with all these new thrifty finds.

First up is this old chippy wood door. It’s a good solid (aka: heavy) old door with lots of chippiness. I scored it for $20. Now the question: Do I leave the chippy or get rid of it and repaint? I’ve had my eye on some old door projects for awhile….I may just have to give one a whirl!

Of course I grabbed a couple more windows because I totally need more right? But if the price is right I’ll pick them up when the opportunity presents it’s self. I see lots of windows sold for upwards of $30 or $40 and I don’t pick um up for more than $5 or $10. Sometimes it takes patience but it usually pays off.

If I spot shutters for a good prices I always grab them! My favorite thing to do with them is turn them into card and mail holders. But with the matching two shutters I’m wondering if I shouldn’t find something different to do with them? I picked these up for $5 each.

Now check out this really awesome frame. It’s plastic and badly needs some TLC, but isn’t it amazing? Wanna know what’s even more amazing? I scored it for $5.  But I’m really stumped on this one! A paint job is in order but then what? Maybe just leave it as that, an open frame for a wall gallery. Any ideas?

Well that ends my latest Thrifty Thursday finds for now! Got some great stuff and now it’s the hard part, deciding what each piece will become!!!

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Earlier this week I gave my window memo board another makeover! Come see the before, the after, and the after again!

The thrifty finds haven’t exactly been flowing in lately. Which is part by design, part lack of good stuff. I have a lack of opportunities on places to sell my goodies these days. Finding a full time booth has proven difficult. The good news is I’ve found a couple good shows to do in the local area so things are finally moving. So as things go out, I get the itch for new projects to work on. Enter my current Thrifty Thursday Finds…..

I scored these chairs for $8 each. Good deal riiiiight? I just have no idea how to recover these beauties! I’ve only done the super simple chair seat re-upholstery jobs. Any great tutorials you want to share?

On the way to Hobby Lobby (way too many of my sentences start that way!) I came upon an Estate Sale sign. And in a “squirrel” moment I followed the signs. Estate sales are always a mixed bag and you never know what you will find. Luckily I found this sweet little table for $12. Since I wasn’t expecting to attend an estate sale I barely had enough cash to cover it. I’m bad about having cash on me anymore.

So there ya have it….three awesome Thrifty Thursday Finds. Now the hard part begins and I have to decide what to do with them. Any thoughts on what kind of makeovers they should get?

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Here’s a recent makeover I did on this coffee table. By looking at the before of this Round Pallet Coffee Table you would never guess what a beautiful table it turned into!

The other day on my facebook page I mentioned pulling off the road for some “dumpster diving”. Well if you were curious what I picked up….here it is!

I spotted this headboard propped up against a trashcan at the curb. Of course I quickly pulled over and immediately got the 3rd degree from my kids. They are the type of kids that notice any change or difference in our day to day routines. The minute something “unusual” happens I get bombarded with questions. I quickly loaded the headboard in the back of my minivan and hopped back into the car. Upon which my children began asking if I had just stolen something. I tried to explain the complexities of dumper diving but I don’t think they grasped the concept. I guess most of my trash finds seem to happen when I’m alone.

I still don’t think that the kids are convinced that I didn’t STEAL the headboard….either that or they just love giving their mom a hard time! When I pulled the headboard out of the van my neighbor commented on the fact that she had considered stopping for the same treasure. Looks like I snagged it JUST in time!

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Check out last week’s Thrifty Thursday find while you’re here…..

So it’s been quite awhile since I have posted about my Thrifty Thursday finds! To be honest, since leaving my current consignment mall booth I haven’t really been trying to snag a whole bunch of thrifty finds. I am on a ton of waiting lists and I miss so much having my own space. So if you know of anyone or anywhere in the Shreveport/Bossier City area in Louisiana let me know ; )

Every once in awhile a score a great find and I keep it ALL to myself! Well this is one of those scores! I stumbled upon this church pew on a facebook page for $75. Now let me mention that I have wanted a church pew for….well years. Of course this isn’t exactly what I had in mind when I had done all that wishing, but it was like one I had never seen before.

This church pew has really awesome individual cushioned seats. Of course my first concern was, do those seats come detached so I can recover them? Fortunately they do! So right now this isn’t much to look at, but I have BIG plans for this little gem. I can look past the cobwebs and fuzzy peach seats and see it’s potential! I can’t wait to tackle this one!

So that’s all I got this week! What thrifty finds have you scored lately?

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Post 1 of my 3 part posts about our trip to New York is up on the blog! Come get all the basic details from our trip!

Alright it’s time to get thrifty!!!

I’ve talked about how I’ve struggled to score awesome thrifty finds here in Louisiana. So I’ve been relying a lot of facebook yard sale pages. There are a few in my area and I have been pretty successful in finding some really great thrifty finds!!! So let’s see what has made it’s way into my garage…….

I was recently told by someone that no one wanted these old sewing tables anymore. They are obviously not being used as their intended purpose, but I refuse to give in that these sewing tables can’t still become something to enjoy. The wood part on this table is pretty bad. Beyond repair bad. I do have plans for it though. Broken, rusty, dirty doesn’t scare me much!

Another great find was this pedestal coffee table. I scored it for $25, again on a facebook page. I love pedestal tables! I’m still trying to decide what to do with this one? Anyone want to weigh in?

Lastly, I found these two shutters at a parking lot sale. I’ve been keeping my eyes peeled for wood shutter to make some more card holders. I picked them both up for $12, now that’s thrifty!

Ok that is it this week! Thanks for checking out all of my Thrifty Thursday finds!!! Any great ideas for what I should do with these goodies???

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So it’s been about forever since I’ve posted some Thrifty Thursday finds.

That is mostly because I haven’t been finding a whole lot of awesome thrifty goodies lately. However when people know you have a love affair with junk somehow it finds it’s way to you. My husband’s father is working on an old house and has accumulated a lot of “junk”. I of course made sure that he knew, to me it wasn’t junk! A few weeks ago a big junk pile made its way to me.

Check out all this window and door goodness!!! There are varying degrees of condition in there….some glass panes broken or missing….and lots and lots of dirt. I’m sure to some people this just looks like a huge pile of trash….to me it’s endless possibilities!

The other pile of goodies that my father in law brought were these old banister spindles. Awesome right? Ok so I think so. My hubby sides more with a pile of junk….but I see possibilities! My first thought: candle holders. Other than that, I’m stumped. However, I’m super excited to have some fun with them.

So what ideas do you have for these thrifty goodies?

Of course I also recently scored this amazing old drop leaf farm table. I already gave it a beautiful makeover that you can see HERE.

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Earlier this week I shared how I created these Tiered Urn Flower Pots.  In 4 easy steps I brightened my front porch and officially welcomed Spring. See how I did it HERE.