Thrift Store Finds

When we got lost coming home from the in-laws last month, we also stopped at the Salvation Army Thrift Store in Chatsworth, Georgia. They didn’t have a real big selection, but I did find one thing that I liked enough to bring home.

I have been looking for something similar to this letter holder to hang on the wall. I don’t know why I wanted one, but I did. I found this one for $3.99. Right now it is hanging on the wall in the laundry room. I am thinking I may put it in my office and put greeting cards in it, sorted by month for three months at a time. Just pick out the ones for this month, mail them out, and move the next ones up. What do you think of that idea? OR, I could use it to save coupons. Hmmmmmm……

What would you do with something like this?

Fabgrandpa were poking around a large junk store in Bremen, Georgia a couple of weeks ago. We were on my home from my doctor’s appointment, and it is right on the way. I found this beautiful brass lamp for only $8. The shade added another $2 to the price of it. I have seen lamps similar to this one new advertised for $125, so I think I got a really good deal!

The lamp shade is stained and dirty, so I have a DIY project coming up to recover it. It looks like it would be pretty easy to do, and won’t cost very much to update this shade. We’ll see.

I have been looking at lamps since we closed on the house in December 2011. Last week, we went to one of our favorite junk stores to get some DVD’s. They sell them three for ten dollars, so we go there every couple of weeks to get something new to watch. Of course, while we are there, we always look around to see what’s new in the shop.

Before I bought it, I asked the guy at the store if it worked. He took it over to one of the electric outlets and plugged it in, and nothing happened. He had to do a little work on it to get it to work, but who wants a lamp that doesn’t work? I don’t think I have ever seen a lamp like this before. It has a wrought iron stand, pole, and frame for the shade The shade is made of lace fabric, and can be removed and washed. It weights a ton, but is very sturdy. It would take a lot for someone to knock this thing over!

The guy at the store wanted $65 for it, but I asked if he would take $50, and he said yes. That is a very good price! If I could have found a new floor lamp that I liked, it would be a whole lot more than that. What do you think? Good deal? or a hunk of junk?

 

This week we went to Cedartown to take care of some business, and decided to stop in at a thrift store while we were there. I found two pretty serving bowls for a total of $7. The one above is the one I like the best. It has pretty flowers inside, and plain white outside.

The second bowl is clear glass, with some cut glass look to it. I like this style, and think that deserts would be pretty in it. You know, like a banana pudding or Death by Chocolate type of triffle.

I have looked for serving bowls in stores new, and they just don’t seem to sell them anymore, at least I haven’t seen them in any stores I have gone in. I can only find plastic ones.

Where do you find bowls like this to buy new?

 

We actually found this dresser in a shop in Tallapoosa, Georgia last spring, but we didn’t buy it until this week. We went back to the same place just to look, and the dresser was still there. It was manufactured in 1929 at the Gettysburg Furniture Company. The sticker is still on the back of it.

I love the drawer pulls on this dresser:

We still need a dresser to go in the bedroom, but with this piece at least we have some drawers to put some of our clothing in for a while. We can wait for a while to get another one.

While it wasn’t so thrifty on the price, it is still reusing and recycling instead of buying new. And that to us is all part of being thrifty with resources.

Oh, the joy of being able to pick through the thrift stores again! Today we headed over to the Old Navajo Trading Post on Route 66 in Flagstaff. Fabgrandpa had spotted a fishing reel there back in July, and has talked about it several times since then. We were both hoping it would still be there, and sure enough, it was. It is a Ambassadeur 5500C spinning reel, in like new condition. He got it for $25, which he says is a great bargain, because they cost around $65 and up new.

My best find for the day was a set of two tables. They are painted in turquoise and white and are perfect for bedside tables in my new bedroom.The large one was $35 and the small one was $24. Cute!

And last, I found these adorable piggy salt and pepper shakers, for $8 for the set. I know $8 doesn’t sound like much of a bargain, but they are being recycled and that is part of why I buy at thrift stores and antique shops.

Going to Flagstaff afforded me the opportunity to go to a thrift shop. This particular shop, Old Highway Trading Post on Hwy 66 is an antique shop. It has a wonderful variety of “stuff”, most of which is not junk.

You might have noticed in previous posts, that I am sort of addicted to rhinestones. I found the neatest rhinestone hair comb! It is a little tiara, on sterling silver. I got it for $15.99, and I just love it!

Don’t I look “royal” with my tiara? I think I am going to wear it to the grocery store!

 

 

 

I really wanted to get to a couple of thrift stores here in Flagstaff while I was here, but that was not to be. I did get over to Tuesday Morning, and found a couple of really good deals there, though.

I found two bras that were normally $39 that had been marked down to $10 each. I also found a hank of really nice soft yarn that is a blend of cotton and viscose, regularly sold for $12.99 but marked $4.00, probably because they only had one left.

Did you have any good thrifty finds this week? Link up and share yours with us: