Thrift Love

I have a lot of furniture to get.

After this weekend, I have a lot of furniture to re-do.

My friend Erica commented on a recent post pointing me to some awesome antique/flea market/thrift stores. I saw her comment Friday and made sure to visit them 4 hours later (as soon as I left work).

$130 later I now have a coffee table, dresser, and a cedar chest.

The coffee table is a long rectangular shape with great curvy legs and a cute little side drawer. (the only pictures I have of it are on my phone which is across the room and I am too lazy to get it to upload the pictures.)

This great coffee table came from a local store and cost a whopping $40. This sucker is SOLID wood so it was a fantastic score, as it won't wear out on me in a few years. (Tulsa area people - its at 11th and Yale)

One my way home from antique diving I stopped at an estate sale in my neighborhood. I got really lucky and snuck in right before they closed for the day. Even luckier that I found a great dresser and cedar chest. The dresser was priced at $100 and the cedar chest $65 - too expensive for my penny a day budget.

Don't fret my friends, Saturday was half off everything and since I got there at closing (on Friday) the nice gentleman told me he would give me both pieces at 50% off and I could pick them up them up the next day... even better he helped deliver the monster of a chest.

Dresser/Chest of Drawers

Cedar Chest modeled by Maggie

So what are my ideas for these diamonds currently sporting their ruff?

I think I will pull a pallet board chevron look on the top of the coffee table and paint the bottom... color to be determined. Add cute anthro pulls and we are in business.



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 As for the cedar chest, I am thinking a tuffted top and painted bottom to accent the front details

The dresser is going to be a feat, mainly due to its size, but I am thinking white and spraying the current pulls an awesome color to give it that special pop.

Outside of getting a house together I seem to keep adding to my to-do list... Gotta Love It!