This is my absolute FAVORITE time of the year!! Yard sale season!! It's on people, 100% as of this past weekend, I'm getting my yard sale on!! When I'm not attending a sale, I'm trying not to get killed off of Craigslist when I'm buying from the Craigslist killer and buying from second hand stores. I purchase as much as I sale off of Craiglist too. It's my thang if you know what I mean. When I'm not online you can bet your bottom dollar I'm attending your local yard/garage sales tho. No make up rolled out of bed in my pj's, yours truly-in all her glory.
Moving on, my house consists of at least 40% of used goods. My favorite in life is a good deal. I also love to see what fellow second handers buy. I fist pump for those that get a good deal.
As I have blogged before, Maddox's whole room is second hand. When we purchased our home I was on the hunt to save a buck, re carpet, re paint and decorate on a dime. I bought new/used fixtures, got a free stainless steel sink from some home in Middleton that had a what we call 'curb alert'. I purchased a 'swan neck' faucet(fancy shmancy name) for $30. I bought our tile to re tile the whole house for $50. Bought a used washer/dryer set from a friends dad, a stainless steel package at a whole sale appliance store that over bought, yay for us. This included our oven, microwave, dishwasher and fridge. I also recruited family and friends to help paint; paying them in red bulls, pop, pizza and gift cards. No, I did not photograph these item, meh. No need to see how bad the dishes need to be done. But, I did take pictures of the rest of our used 'loot' in the Henderson household.
Hold on to your britches, here we go...
$40 King Headboard-Craigslist
$35 Standing Mirror-Thrifted
$1 shabby mirror-yard sale
Maddox's bedroom crib, changer and shelf-Craigslist. Rocking chair-thrifted and recovered.
$5 frame-thrifted
$2 side table-yard sale
$10 lady lamp-yard sale
$150 couch from Grandma Betty/The Brinton's Grandma :D
$75 Grandmother(maybe, she's not a father so I say we'll call her mother) clock-Craigslist
$25 coffee table-thrifted
$1 vase on right-yard sale
Chandeliers-both from yard sales(spray painted)
The 1st is the kitchen chandelier-$40
The 2nd is the living room(she's ginorm and delish)-$75
Little vase guy in the bottom left corner $1-yard sale
Lovely gold candle aubra $2-yard sale
This clock was bought for honestly maybe 30 cents, let us say 50 cents just to be on the honest side. Purchsed at some store that is a last chance graveyard for items. It is amazeballs heaven for my mother and I. Yes, you may catch an STD but is it SO worth it....100%
$4 green candle aubra left-consignment store
$8 candle aubra set, one in the middle and the other pictured on right-thrifted
$1 shabby frame-yard sale
$5 mirror-yard sale
$2 frame-yard sale(spray painted, story of my life. answer to all problems)
$15 patio set spray painted, shocker-yard sale. Clearly needs some cleaning :D
Wierd stand in the corner for $1-yard sale
Bench I stole from my mom and 'white washed'-free to me
$1 yard thing-yard sale
I'm also adding into this post, my crafting skills that are never put to use...meh. A free 1995 nasty vine wreath transformed nicely into a cute shabby wreath...thank you Pintrest for the idea, I'll take it. Made with cut up and rolled baby clothes, I also threw in a necklace I cut up that's no longer used in my life. Rock on :)
Next project: painting my cabinents and using the hardware I purchased at a yard sale for $15...pray for me, or come help. Whatever you choose :D
Dane cracks me up, he took his cake in the box. What a hoot.
