#ThriftScoreThursday

Hey guys! It’s an awesome Thursday today because we’ve got the whole crew back together for #thriftscorethursday and I’ve taken the day off from work. So it’s big smiles all around.

This week I’ve been working feverishly towards next Tuesday reveal of my hallway refresh. There are lots of family photos going up, but I’m also working in a couple of wall decorations. And I’m happy to share with all you thrift lovers one of the pieces today.

I picked up this wooden candlestick for 49 cents a while back. I like the shape and think it’s pretty cool that it’s wood. I embellished the inset detail with a bit of my favorite paint color and added my favorite candles of all time. I pick up these tapered cacti candles on eBay and keep a stash of them for thrifted candlesticks holders.

And for my favorite part of TST, I perused the feed and here are my favorites. (I’ll be featuring them on my feed! @adesignerathome)

And now I send you off to my wonderful friends, Cassie from Primitive and Proper, Brynne from The Gathered Home and Trisha from Black and White Obsession. You’ll find their scores and their features on their blogs. Have a great day!

Want To Join In? Here’s The Rules!

• We want you to participate! Hit up your local thrift stores, craigslist, yard sales, estate sales, side of the road, anything! Thrifty doesn’t necessarily mean from a thrift store. We want to see your good deals, wacky finds and treasures.
• Don’t feel like you need to save those finds for Thursdays! Yes, features are shared on our blogs and Instagram on Thursdays, but we’re all checking in on (and using!) the hashtag all week long. So, when you see/find it, feel free to share it!
• Each week, Trisha from Black and White Obsession, Cassie from Primitive and Proper, Brynne from The Gathered Home, and Myself (A Designer At Home) will pick a favorite thrift score or two to feature! So please note that by linking up with #thriftscorethursday, you are giving us permission to share your finds via social media or on our blogs.
• Please remember that we can only share love for photos shared on public accounts. If your profile is private, we can’t see your finds.

Hey There! How are you guys doing? Find anything cool on the side of the road recently? I did! I’m always too afraid and embarassed to pick up items on the side of the road. I always imagined that my trash treasure wasn’t actually trash and the person would come out yelling at me to go away. I’m ridiculous with the things I think up sometimes.

I finally conquered the fear recently one night when taking my son for a late evening drive. He likes to go by the public works building and look at the trash trucks. He’s obsessed with them. So that’s what we were doing when I noticed that there was something resting against the fence separating the parking lot from the city vehicles. I could make out that it was a large mirror and it looked like wood. I pulled on my big girl pants, jumped out of the car and barely fit it into my little car.

My favorite detail is the top part. The mirror itself is big but not that huge but the extra detail at the top gives it a lot of substance

It’s actually plastic. But still looks cool and was completely free! I’m always eyeing the side of the road now.

I think I’ll end up using it in the hallway (I’m doing a 3 week makeover on it for the New Year New Room Refresh Challenge). Hallways can be such a dark spot. I’m hoping the mirror will help bounce around the light and brighten things up a bit

Since it’s plastic would I be crazy to paint it? I’ve never really painted anything and want to try. The mirror looks cool but I’d hate to ruin even a fake beauty.

Now that I’ve had a chance to share a thrifty find with you, let me share other thrifter’s finds with you by sharing my features from the #ThriftScoreThursday feed. I hope you like awesome vintage/thrifted/found finds!

I have a lot of features today. I’m kicking it alone for TST since the other hosts are dealing with an array of things- keep them in your prayers! So I figured I’d show extra love to the feed today.

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And that’s it from me! Visit me on Instagram @ADesignerAtHome since that’s where I’ll be chillin’ today.

It feels a bit strange to sit down and write a #thriftscorethursday post! We’ve taken the last 2 weeks off to enjoy The Holidays and it was so nice to decompress and focus on other things. But I’ve missed chatting thrifty finds so I’m excited to jump back into the swing of things and share what a recent score of mine as well as loads of great thrifting inspiration from the #thriftscorethursday feed on Instagram. Yay!

First I’ll get my find out of the way since I’ve already sortof spilled the beans on it anyways.

A few weeks back my grandmother gave my mom a large jewelry box full of vintage jewels from my grandma’s husband’s mom. They’re getting to be pretty old and maintain 3 properties so they’ve slowly been passing along duplicate items or things they just don’t need hanging around anymore.

My mom knows I just live for this stuff so when I came over for a visit, she told me to take first grabs on anything I liked. There were tons of things to pick through, and my OCD-like self had to sort and bag everything, but I also found a lot of stuff that I wanted to keep.

There’s the necklaces that I think suit my style and look perfectly. And the necklace charms only need the right chain to be chic. And the watch my dad had snuck off and gave to me later. I love it! It doesn’t photograph well since it needs some repairs- one day though!

And then there’s the lot of brooches I scored. Many have matching earring, too! I have a fun idea for these in the
future (just too busy with other things right now), so for now they’re sitting in bas so they don’t get damaged.

I didn’t want to take anything that was broken because I’m notorious for holding onto broken things for far too long. I just end up tossing it years later.

But there were a couple pieces with really interesting detail. I just couldn’t pass them up and risk them getting tossed aside.

Pretty cool, right? It’s the second time I’ve inherited jewels from a deceased family member and it’s still such a special moment.

If I can find a fashionable way to share styled pics with them, I’ll post them to Instagram @adesignerathome

And now for the heaps of jealousy inducing thrift scores. You may want to skip these if you envy easily 😉

@mariaski63 is an incredible thrifter. Here are 3 she shared while we were out.

And then there were lots of ornate treasures shares. I’ve recently started an Imari ceramics collection and I think the piece on the very far right may be an Imari piece. The gorgeous details in those glasses and that mirror are everything I want in life right now.

Be sure to stop by Cassie, Brynne, and Crystal today, click on their pretty faces below to head over to their blogs. And check out the #thriftscorethursday feed and tag your finds!

Want To Join In? Here’s The Rules!

• Want to host? Got an Instagram and Blog? We want to hear from you! Fill out this form for details.
• We want you to participate! Hit up your local thrift stores, craigslist, yard sales, estate sales, side of the road, anything! Thrifty doesn’t necessarily mean from a thrift store. We want to see your good deals, wacky finds and treasures.
• Don’t feel like you need to save those finds for Thursdays! Yes, features are shared on our blogs and Instagram on Thursdays, but we’re all checking in on (and using!) the hashtag all week long. So, when you see/find it, feel free to share it!
• Each week, Trisha from Black and White Obsession, Cassie from Primitive and Proper, Brynne from The Gathered Home, Myself (A Designer At Home) and occassionally a guest co-host will pick a favorite thrift score or two to feature! So please note that by linking up with #thriftscorethursday, you are giving us permission to share your finds via social media or on our blogs.
• Please remember that we can only share love for photos shared on public accounts. If your profile is private, we can’t see your finds.

Hey guys! If I didn’t have to work today, it would be my all time favorite day of the week. I love rescuing pieces through craigslist, thrift stores, inheritance and other outlets. And I love even more that through #thriftscorethursday, I get to glimpse into your treasures and we cheer each other on. You all are awesome.

Today we have the final #thriftscorethursday post for 2015. We’ll all be taking a break to enjoy time with our families and just deplug a bit. So I wanted to share something bigger since I don’t think I will be able to hold off my excitement for a few more weeks.

I will regularly send craigslist listings to my husband while I’m up late or on lunch break. Normally he just flat out ignores it. Other times he will tell me to give them a call. Earlier this week I sent him a listing for a trunk. I’ve been on the hunt for a trunk because my son has a ton of toys. Especially big trucks. And Christmas is here so there’s going to be even more toys. I’ve been using baskets lately, but I have so many baskets with toys right now and it’s becoming a little overwhelming.

He ignored the text. But that didn’t bother me much. I wasn’t really in the market for a wicker trunk, I was just drawn to this one because of the interesting brass details. I was really just searching for a brass trunk.

I came home from work on Monday and it was sitting in my living room. I was so happy, it was such a surprise!

This trunk is huge and it’s in pretty great used condition. I did a tiny bit of digging around and found this hamper with very similar hardware and the same wicker for $260. And this appears to be the same exact trunk for $300! We paid $40 for the trunk and it’s huge! 3 feet wide and tall! It’ll hold all my kids garbage and recycling trucks perfectly (it’s his obsession ;))

Now that I’m finished boasting, I want to share some gorgeousness from the #thriftscorethursday feed on Instagram. Always tag your photos so we can see and possibly feature them! And be sure to stop by and give these guys some love.

Be sure to stop by Maggie and Brynne today, click on their pretty faces below to head over to their blogs. Trisha is taking a bit of a break for work and Cassie is still being punished by Instagram :/ But they’ll be back soon!

Want To Join In? Here’s The Rules!

• Want to host? Got an Instagram and Blog? We want to hear from you! Fill out this form for details.
• We want you to participate! Hit up your local thrift stores, craigslist, yard sales, estate sales, side of the road, anything! Thrifty doesn’t necessarily mean from a thrift store. We want to see your good deals, wacky finds and treasures.
• Don’t feel like you need to save those finds for Thursdays! Yes, features are shared on our blogs and Instagram on Thursdays, but we’re all checking in on (and using!) the hashtag all week long. So, when you see/find it, feel free to share it!
• Each week, Trisha from Black and White Obsession, Cassie from Primitive and Proper, Brynne from The Gathered Home, Myself (A Designer At Home) and occassionally a guest co-host will pick a favorite thrift score or two to feature! So please note that by linking up with #thriftscorethursday, you are giving us permission to share your finds via social media or on our blogs.
• Please remember that we can only share love for photos shared on public accounts. If your profile is private, we can’t see your finds.