Spruce the table for a few bones.
Over the weekend, I was thrilled to be a part of the AZ Tour de Thrift as hosted by Ashley and Jax. We met at Mimi’s Cafe for some great breakfast and delicious conversation. Or is that great conversation and delicious breakfast? Meh, it works both ways.
I ventured down to the southwest side of town (a region rarely ventured unless an IKEA trip is on the agenda) with Kelly to get our thrift on.
One on the list of great things about Goodwill stores is that they host a 50% Saturday once in a while. The coordinators were using their noggins when they opted to have us all flex our bargain muscles by planning the event so it landed on one of these sacred Saturdays. Read: I got tons for close-to-nones. (Nones is not a word, but the “s” on the end makes it rhyme-ish with tons.)
Armed and ready with my $5 gift card every attendee received before the journey began, I scored a great tray ($1.49) that I instantly envisioned dead center on the dining room table. Whoa! What’s that a few rows over? An overabundance of milk glass bud vases ($0.35/ea…I bought five) in all shapes and sizes?! Done.
After later rummaging through my generously packed swag bag, I stumbled across a Behr Premium Plus Ultra, Paint & Primer in One color sample in Gem Turquoise (500B-4). If I had squee-d any louder, I’d be carting Husfriend and Nugget to a hearing aid sizing appointment this morning. I was pretty stoked. Which, in hindsight, is pretty pathetic that paint samples and thrift store finds make me so excited. I’ll spare you the edge-of-your-seat-suspense and carry on to the before and after.
Before:
**Yes, watermarked and stamped as the before shot…can’t say so much for the after shot. I was too antsy to post.
After:
***Yes, I love the natural light that makes out with my dining room too. You can be jealous. I won’t tell.
Now…are you not in love with that?! You don’t have to be, I suppose, but then we won’t be cyber pals anymore for about three minutes. I guess what I’m getting at is that I don’t want you to hate on my mean crafting skills in the comments. Aight?! Aight.
I love, love, LOVE the Gem Turquoise so much, I even spruced up the boring old black on black chalkboard with a more weathered look in mind. Can we all nod in unison and agree I’m on a beachy, summer kick right now? *nodding slowly*
My next thrift hunt…atypical-for-a-backyard furniture. Why? Because we have a backyard to enjoy and entertain in now. Post forthcoming.
5 reactions:
Gorgeous! And I'm not just saying that so we can be cyberfriends (or so you won't hit me when we see each other IRL). How super cool that it was not only an ultra-bargain but that with a little paint it has been transformed into something so fabulous! If you weren't already my friend, I'd want you to be my friend.
6/21/10 7:31 PMOh I love it! Your tray looks so awesome in turquoise with the milk glass bud vases on it.
6/23/10 6:35 AMI'm going to add this post to my Tour de Thrift linky. I'll also be sending it on to Behr. They'll be thrilled that you are thrilled with the paint!
Thanks for coming, it was great to meet you. Hopefully we can do it again!
Ashley
It look sooo awesome! I can't believe you found all those awesome vases! Amazing! The tray looks fab!
6/23/10 7:06 PM@Ashley
6/23/10 7:11 PMThanks Ashley! I appreciate the passing along of the info to Behr too. I always use their paint & primer line for projects.
@Jax @ AlyandAsh
6/23/10 7:12 PMThanks Jax! I was pretty stoked to find so many different ones. Usually people drop off their plethora of all the same. I'm sort of kicking myself for not grabbing a few more, even though they matched a couple in the set.
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