Last weekend was gorgeous and I was so excited to set some time aside to shop some yard sales. I found 4-5 sales on Friday and then got up early to go to 2 church yard sales Saturday morning before some other events we had planned for the day. The church yard sales were super […]
New (yard sale) light fixture for the stairway
I am on a mission… remove all the brass light fixtures from our house! I have 1 more downstairs to remove, and a few more upstairs. And the best thing is I am doing it with all yard sale/thrift store finds! I will have to do a roundup post when I am all finished off […]
Frugal Friday Finds: lots of pillows, IKEA curtains, and decor
I was so happy to finally get a chance to do some yard sale shopping last weekend! In between crazy schedules and rain almost every weekend, I hadn’t shopped a yard sale in over a month. I picked up this metal star for $1.00 at my parking lot yard sale. And this metal/rattan basket for […]
$2.00 yard sale candlesticks makeover
Remember those candlesticks I picked up a few weeks back at a yard sale for $2.00? I finally got them painted and redone. This is what I was starting with… wood multi-colored candlesticks First I spray painted them with Rustoleum gloss white spray paint. But I was wanting them to have more of a weathered/antiqued […]
Friday Frugal Finds: first Friday yard sale shopping of the year!
Excited to be sharing my first “Friday Frugal Finds” of the spring today. Last weekend was a gorgeous weekend and there were yard sales everywhere. I only got to stop on a few on Friday as I was out headed to town and running errands but I still found some very specific things I was […]
Decorating with thrift store pillows
Once again I have to say a heartfelt thank you to my readers for your comments, emails, posts on facebook, and just general concern/comfort in the recent passing of my father-in-law. So many people came to the viewing and funeral – personal friends of ours, co-workers from many, many years of my FIL, church family, […]
Use yard sale dressers (or trunks/chests) to add extra storage in your home
This post is part of a series – “5 weeks to an Organized Home.” You can see all the posts in this series by clicking here. And to make sure you don’t miss any posts you can sign up to have every post sent to your email or follow me on facebook. So today I […]
Friday Frugal Finds:Value Village home décor, new pillows, table linens, milk glass, and more!
I had a great shopping trip at Value Village a week ago. I have really been finding some great deals there lately. Liz Claiborne white sandals – $1.99 Set of 4 brown placemats – 99¢ each. Set of 4 white napkins – 49¢ each. Have really needed some new white napkins and these are […]
Some new kitchen art + a little bit of fall decorating
I made just a few inexpensive, 5 minute changes in the kitchen and thought I would show you. This picture was taken back in January when I did my eat in kitchen home tour post. I have a whole list of things I want to change in the eat in kitchen in that post along […]
Friday Frugal Finds–$2 bench, $12 nightstand, and more
I know you have been just waiting inpatiently to see what this $2.00 piece of furniture was that I brought home from Value Village 2 weeks ago. Here’s the picture I posted on Instagram and Facebook. And then because I did my 5 mantels in 5 days series last week I didn’t post my normal […]