Thrifty Shopping Tips & Tricks: How To Detect The Best Materials For Less, Business Office I

ve decided to start a novel serial on the weblog virtually all of the awesome materials I come upwards across Thrifty Shopping Tips & Tricks: How to notice the best materials for less, Part One

Hey ya'll! So, I've decided to start a novel serial on the weblog virtually all of the awesome materials I come upwards across when I'm out thrifting together with such. And it won't simply live express to thrift stores. There are tons of amazing places to notice discounted or second-hand dwelling decor... yard sales, Craigslist, Ebay, auctions, estate sales, antique malls, vintage shops, consignment stores, relieve shops, together with fifty-fifty a few retail places that I love.

Let's non seat a fourth dimension postage stamp on the series, but simply know that it's gonna be recurring. Unless yous loathe it together with thus we'll simply pretend it never happened. Like a bad perm.

So, anyways, during the occupation solid renovation over the past times few months, I decided to larn rid of virtually 2/3 of our stuff. It was totally crazy, but I wanted a fresh start, together with this seemed similar the perfect fourth dimension to practice it. Plus, since Jesse simply needs a blanket together with a box of poptarts to live happy, he was totally on board amongst my crazy occupation solid purge. So I sold a lot together with thus donated the rest. Basically, a lot of my thrift store junk ended dorsum upwards at the thrift store.

Insert this music video.

And every bit a result, I've spent the past times few months searching my favorite spots (some are simply local, some are nationwide) for items that better achieve the vision I pick out for our house.
I mean, it's probable that I'll totally mess upwards this vision I have, but it's worth a go.

I've exclusively brought dwelling a few items thus far, but I've been taking tons of pics of all the amazing things I notice along the way.
So, buckle up...this is 3 months worth of treasure hunting.

Let's larn started amongst a petty Craigslisting.

One of the primary things I've been looking for is a sideboard to serve every bit a TV stand upwards inward our living room. Remember the one I constitute acre thrifting lastly twelvemonth together with passed up? I've been looking for i amongst the same shape together with dimensions ever since together with finally constitute i simply a dyad weeks agone on Craigslist. Not exclusively is it nicer, but it was $50, has non bad hardware, together with it's the perfect size.

You'll pick out to utilisation your imagination for now, but this weekend I'm going to strip together with stain this thing. You guys enquire me tons of questions virtually the strip/stain process, together with I simply don't pick out a lot of experience inward that area, thus I decided it's fourth dimension to expand my repertoire.
I've got a genuinely cool persuasion for it, too. I think yous powerfulness similar it.
I may regret telling yous virtually this if it backfires.

I had to search Craigslist for months to notice a sideboard that was the correct pinnacle (and the correct price), thus I came across a lot of non bad materials inward the process. Here are a few of my favorite finds.

This french provincial dresser was virtually $100. It's a lot similar the i inward our master bedroom, together with seems to pick out already been painted a chalky gray, which I totally love.

This petty antique dresser was also nether $100 together with had a non bad shape, too.

And thus this bluish painted buffet.
Basically, Vern's uncle.

And thus this sideboard was a lot similar the i I brought home, but it wasn't long enough.
It looked a lot longer inward the Craigslist photo. And that's why yous e'er enquire for dimensions before yous drive all the means out to someone's house. Isn't that affair non bad though? I think this i was a petty pricier at $150 (although all the same a full deal).

Another affair I e'er proceed my oculus opened upwards for is a non bad mirror amongst a unique frame. H5N1 non bad mirror tin john totally brand a space.

I've constitute an insane amount of non bad ones over the past times few months. My kickoff few faves were from Dutch Valley Antique Mall.

It's basically a giant warehouse amongst materials stacked to the ceiling together with a 1000000 individually run booths. It's to a greater extent than materials than yous could ever await through inward a day.
And it's thus much fun to larn lost inward there...although sometimes kinda creepy because there's commonly exclusively i other someone creeping approximately similar I am...and literally, yous could larn lost inward there.

But anyways, they pick out the most amazing mirrors.
Pinterest worthy mirrors. I was thus bummed that this Venetian mirror was already sold when I constitute it.

I've been wanting a Venetian mirror forever, together with it's totally insane to come upwards across i for nether $100.
Can't yous simply imagine it...like this?

Source: Decor Pad

This i was pretty amazing, too. I know it's a petty out there, but that affair would live incredible over a dresser or vanity.
I'd convey it dwelling simply to run into the await on Jesse's face.
Terror.
And intrigue.
But to a greater extent than oftentimes than non terror.

Or this one. I honey this one.

Reminds me of something similar this.

Source: Rima Brindamour

I also constitute a few non bad mirrors on Craigslist.

Like this plane mirror for $50.

I know that seems totally over the top, but larn past times the orange-goldness. Imagine it spray painted a bold color, similar this aqua mirror.

Source: Knight Moves Blog

Great, right? If yous tin john think exterior the box simply a petty bit, yous tin john contain some ornate materials into your decor together with pick out it await genuinely updated together with amazing.

And also, random tidbit, if you're ever looking for an amazing brass bed (which seem to live on-trend again), at that spot are majority amounts of cool ones on Craigslist. Like this i for $40.

Anyways, aren't those all such non bad finds?

Another i of my favorite stops is a local identify hither inward Knoxville called Becky & Garret's Treasures. It's a petty minute hand/vintage type store amongst amazing finds that are commonly pretty inexpensive.

I could pass all solar daytime inward this store. They constantly larn novel stuff, together with 99% of it is secondhand together with totally unique.

They pick out tons of petty trinkets together with accessories.

That mirror was virtually $25 together with real similar to the i I pick out sitting above Vern #2.

They also had this non bad convex mirror.
I got thus excited, but passed it upwards because on closer inspection it was plastic. So close! I'm determined to notice a convex mirror to add together to a gallery wall.

They also pick out non bad petty accent furniture, together with most of the fourth dimension it's already painted.

Check out those bluish together with gilt lamps, too. Add a dyad modern drum shades together with amazing.

I genuinely brought this brass leafage plate home. It was simply $2, together with I figured it would live a non bad catch-all on a java tabular array or dresser.
One of these days I volition pick out a java table. Life goal, ya'll.
Very distressing petty life goal.

They also had this amazing crystal chandelier.

It reminded me of this one.

Source: House Beautiful

And I also constitute an insane amount of king of beasts caput stuff. It would pick out been funny, had I non wanted to purchase them all together with hoard them. That made it to a greater extent than of a 'flee' situation.

Check out this brass bucket. How awesome would that live on my fireplace?
The work is that I exceed upwards on all this amazing materials because I am such a tightwad. And thus I halt upwards coming dwelling amongst a $2 leafage plate.
I guess that's in all likelihood a skillful work to have, but it's difficult to experience that means when yous walk away from a Mufasa bucket.

And thus there's simply an entire room filled amongst goodies. Like the bench...and the Equus caballus caput on the bench...and the large silvery tray leaning on the bench.

One of my readers genuinely told me virtually this amazing identify before this twelvemonth when I wrote virtually my thrifting secrets. And thus I went, totally cruel inward love, together with realized that my mom's best friend genuinely used to run an amazing thrift store inward this exact same edifice before he moved away to the Myrtle!

Random fact of the day.

Another i of my favorite places locally is called Cottage Door Antiques. It's kinda similar Becky together with Garret's....they simply pick out rooms together with rooms of random stuff, together with yous never know what you'll find. And it's all minute manus or vintage.

Sorry for the blurry photo. I literally took that pic from my telephone acre driving past times today.

Like a paparazzo.

Singular form.

I honey bluish together with white pottery, ginger jars, etc. together with brought dwelling these petty bowls for a dollar each.

I kinda honey that lamp, too.

And thus I got this petty silvery jewelry holder for $2 to concur all of my petty tidbits of jewelry that I habiliment everyday.

Because I keep wearing my earrings to bed together with thus flinging them off onto the flooring when I'm one-half asleep, together with then the vacuum eats them.

It's a real distressing situation.

Even though I commonly purchase them inward a 10 pack from Target for $5.

So, the bluish together with white bowls ended upwards beingness perfect petty containers for my makeup atop the silverleaf vanity. And perhaps the cuteness of the silvery box volition entice me to live a responsible jewelry owner.

Probably not.

And lastly but non least, a few other finds that I brought dwelling that weren't minute hand, but that I constitute on clearance inward some of my favorite spots.

I did halt upwards bringing dwelling a mirror afterall. I constitute this rustic sunburst mirror at Hobby Lobby inward their clearance aisle (it's commonly an entire aisle for 90% off), together with it was $20. I was physically incapable of non bringing it home. And it ended upwards inward i of our newly redone rooms. I'm non certain if it volition remain there, but for forthwith it's a skillful fit.

Sidenote: You tin john also larn regular priced materials at Hobby Lobby for 50% off using their online coupon (click on the correct manus corner where it says 'printable coupon'). I genuinely pick out their app on my telephone together with simply describe upwards inward the store together with they scan it.

Just persuasion yous should know.

And thus I also constitute a few non bad things at Southeastern Salvage (one of my all fourth dimension favorite places that I'll speak virtually inward special inward the side past times side post inward the series).

I pick out to hold off to tell yous virtually a dyad of my finds from there, but i was this carpet on clearance for $60, together with although it powerfulness seem slightly insane, I hope you, I pick out a vision.

Or I powerfulness simply acknowledge I'm crazy inward a few months when I can't figure this affair out.

Either way, a worthy gamble.
Also, yous in all likelihood call upwards this pic from my Instagram when a plane pooped on my shoe.
I mean, seriously.

Raise your manus if yous think plane poop + hot pinkish carpet = non bad identify to end.

It's unanimous.

So, I already pick out virtually half dozen other places to tell yous virtually (3 of my favorite thrift stores, to a greater extent than virtually Southeastern Salvage, a petty ReStore action, an estate sale, together with whatever else I come upwards across from forthwith until then), but we'll preserve that for role 2 because there's already over xxx pictures.

And yous guys pick out a life to larn dorsum to.

Have a non bad Memorial Day weekend, together with I hope to live dorsum side past times side calendar week amongst some updates on the house, perhaps involving chandeliers and/or a painted step rail.

Time volition tell.

Love ya'll!

Til side past times side time!