Deocrating with Thrifty Finds

I have always wanted my home to represent me, to show who I am and what I love. I realized early on that I couldn't do that by decorating my home with mass produced items, things that you could find in everyone else's home. The thought of buying a picture to hang on the wall and then seeing that same picture on my neighbor's wall makes me cringe. No I wanted my home to be original, unique and different. I am not necessarily a "green" person but I like the idea of reusing items or repurposing items rather than simply tossing them out. I like buying vintage and using it in my home for it's intended purpose or as a decorative object. So I guess that is my lead in to showing you some photo's of my bedroom. The room is about 95% thrifted. I was very lucky to stumble across my bedroom furniture at an estate sale and it was love at first sight. It is a 1960's French Provincial set with "French Blue" stamped on the back. No need to paint this lovely furniture because it's original paint is in excellent condition. 

The bedroom set included this desk and chair. I intend to keep adding artwork around this space all the way to the ceiling. The two french etchings were found at a church sale for $2. The long picture was purchased at an antique store but is not old or original however I loved the ladies with their umbrellas. Some people may have a portrait of themselves hanging on their wall and so do I, only mine was done at Six Flags over Georgia when I was about 5 years old (it's one of my favorite pieces).

The bed is a king size and I love it! All the linens are thrifted except the sheets. Some of the euro shams were found at our local flea market.

This bolster was purchased at an annual antique show that is held at a local church here in Augusta.

I found the Good Night sham in Atlanta at the Scott Antique Show (my favorite place to shop).

Another Scott's find was this charming bistro table. I decided to use it as a bedside table.

It is home to some of my vintage clocks picked up here and there, some photo's of my boys, and a old fan that was given to me by a lady who works at the Lynndale school across the street from where I work. Lynndale teaches handicapped men and women how to refinish furniture, cane chairs and they run a Nursery. You can just see a blue sign behind the table that my father had done some practice lettering on (he was a sign painter). It is a piece I cherish.

The dresser is gorgeous but there was no mirror. I purchased the mirror at an estate sale and painted it. I may change it out at some point but for now I like it.

I found this lovely garden goddess at the Market downtown. It is made by a Aiken SC artist named Ann Baker. If you get a chance check out her work. It is amazing. She is meant to stand in your garden but she was too pretty to leave outside.

I found this little topiary stand at a yard sale and use it as a hat stand. The little hat was an estate sale find.

The lucite purse was a gift to myself purchased at an estate sale.

The chest of drawers houses some of my thrifted treasures.

The little shelf was found at the Annual Junior League Attic sale (it's really a bath room shelf but I turned it upside down and decided to use it a different way). The shelf holds some of my vintage jewelry, a lovely old clock (Scott's show purchase), some lovely angels made in Germany, and my fabulous hand! The picture in the background was given to me by my mother. A missionary friend of hers gave it to her. It is a photo of the Jewish Quarter. I re-framed it and it seemed to fit perfectly in this space.

 

Melva is dressed in vintage of course. I found Melva at the Lakewood Antique show many years ago. 

Sorry the photo is so dark but hopefully you can see the adorable nightstand. It has the most unique doors. There are two nightstands but I use one in my bathroom since I did not need it for the other side of the bed.

So that it a little peak into my bedroom. When I walk in that room it makes me smile. It has me written all over it and I love that! It did not cost a fortune and is still beautiful (at least to me).

Hope you enjoyed this little tour and seeing what I do with some of my thrifty finds!

Hoping you are having a great weekend!

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Furniture (and lots of it)!

Mom and I don't usually purchase a lot of furniture but this past week that was all we bought. We attended an estate sale at a house that was full of furniture. In fact that is pretty much all there was at the sale (not a lot of small stuff). I am going to keep this short and let the photo's do the talking.

 Very Cool!

Chess/Checkers/Backgammon Game Table with Bakelite Chips

I am not sure of the date of the table (still doing a little research)

Mom and I bought this together.

I bought this

60's or 70's End Table

Will need a paint job.

How great would it be painted white with a clock face on top!

 

Mom bought this fabulous vintage french provincial bedroom set.

There was a night stand too that I didn't get a picture of. I took these photo's at the sale since I never get pictures of Mom's stuff.

She also bought this vanity and tray table.

(Check out that Blue Carpet)

One non furniture item that I bought was this Granite Ware Canner/Preserver

Hoping Mom will teach me how to use it!

Since we did our junking during the week, I stayed home over the weekend and did some nesting. I enjoyed sitting on my porch reading in the cool weather that we were blessed with today. I also worked on getting my linen collection under control. I laundered, pressed and organized all my table clothes, napkins and cocktail napkins and put them up in thier new home (the red chest). It's been a wonderful weekend and I am hoping you had a wonderful weekend as well!

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Little Pink Shelf

Yesterday I posted about the Junior League Attic Sale that I attended on Friday night. I found many treasures to sell but of course I had to buy a few things just for me. Of all the items I bought I think I was most excited about a little vintage pink metal bathroom shelf that I picked up later in the evening (I couldn't believe that someone else had not snatched it up). It was love at first sight and I knew I would be keeping this little treasure for myself. Now what to do with it. Well I could put it in my bathroom but it's pink and not sure how it would look in there. I didn't want to repaint it because it is such a charming color, I wanted to leave it just like I found it. So I decided to use it in my bedroom. I flipped it upside down and put in on the chest of drawers as a little display shelf and jewelry holder. It looks really great with my French Blue furniture. I just love it!

This is the color of my furniture - it is marked French Blue

Little Pink Shelf looks great with it!

I love it, I guess you could say I'm tickled pink!

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