Goodwill Finds ~

Here are a few of my latest and greatest Goodwill finds. 

I have been on the hunt for a round accent table for our family room and everything I love just happens to be way too expensive. So image my delight when I spotted this lovely table for just $14.99! Now it needs a little lovin' - but with a new finish (either a darker stain or maybe black) it will be perfect.

I love how chunky these candlesticks are - they were $1.99, $2.99 and you guessed it $3.99.

And I love this little dish. It matches my "cake stands" I made a few months ago perfectly. I have recently learned it is called boopie glass. I just love the base. 

So stayed tuned for the fabulous transformation of that great, and cheap, round table! And does anyone have any great tips on how to strip this?

Look at all of these groves and angles!

.99 Cent Vase Turned Cloche ~

During my thrift shopping this week, I came across this vase for .99 cents. I instantly turned it upside down and could see the beautiful cloche it was meant to be.

So I picked up this knob at Target for $4.99. Seems like I should be able to find one cheaper, but the cheaper ones always seem to be cheap plastic - imagine that.
And grabbed my liquid nails.
As the knob was drying, I searched for my base. I had purchased this at Michaels way back. I believe it was .99 cents.

I turned to my black spray paint and began hunting for the next part of the base. This candlestick I picked up a month or so ago at the gigantic Goodwill in Seattle for - you guessed it - .99 (I am on a roll here).

And yes, painted it black as well.

And I put them all together -

I liked it, but I wasn't LOVIN' it. So remember these candlesticks I picked up this week? I used one on my crown project here. I grabbed the other one, ran out to my very cold garage and painted it black - spray paint takes a LONG time to dry when it is 4o degrees...

Ah, much better -

Then I made a tag.
Why the 4? Well there are currently 4 of us in our family - but I am holding my breath secretly hoping for more!
And here is the cloche that little vase was meant to be...and for the grand total of about $9 bucks (and the pesky knob was $5 of it). Now I just need to find some Fall items to replace the playful chess pieces...


I linked this up to Frugalicious Friday over at Finding Fabulous!

And Miss Mustard Seed is hosting Furniture Feature Friday. She also has a giveaway for those who link up!

I added this to Transformation Thursday over at The Shabby Chic Cottage. Be sure to head on over, there are always a ton of great ideas!

Thrift Finds to New Pedestal ~

So do you remember these guys I picked up at Goodwill last week? Each item was .99 cents.

I spray painted them black and headed for my tube of liquid nails.

I received this floor vase from my Mother-in-law years ago. And the other day noticed the shape of the vase....hum

I thought - what if I added a knob to the top?
(This knob came from Home Depot for about $6 bucks)

It looks like this...

So put it altogether and here is my new cloche with pedestal base! And the final tally: base $2, glass dome was the cost of knob $6, the tassel (I think I picked it up at Tuesday Morning for $2) - so the grand total = $10ish! I am loving my new glass cloche with pedestal base.

I linked this up to Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch - a ton of great ideas over there!

Kimba at A Soft Place to Land is having DIY Day! I just love this linky party - always full of fabulous projects!

I also linked it up to Trash To Treasure Tuesday over at Reinvented!

I just added this to Creative Cats Friday over at Poppies at Play!

Goodwill Table From Ugly to...

So do you remember this table I purchased at Goodwill a couple weeks ago?

Well here it is today!!!

I first primed it with spray primer and then sprayed it black. It was okay, but you could really see the texture underneath - I wasn't a fan. So I turned to my handy dandy hand sander and went to town! I think I may have taken a bit more than necessary off, but it sure was fun. Then I painted on black interior paint - I just like the finish better than the spray paint I was using. And sanded the edges...

I love the new table, and do you remember it was only $7.50!!!! Seriously, you have got to love Goodwill!

I added this link to the DIY Party over at A Soft Place to Land!

Goodwill Finds...

My Mom and I headed to the Goodwill late last week and here are our finds...

These babies were $2.99 each. They are from Bombay Company.

This glass dome was $2.99


This Halloween tablecloth was only $3.99

And the score was this table...

It was $14.99, but luck would have it and blue tag was 50% off...that makes this bad boy only $7.50! I have primed it and spray painted the table. It still needs a little lovin' and then I will show it off! I am thinking a hallway table...

$8 Thrifty Vignette...

Remember a couple of my thrift finds a few weeks back...

I kept coming up with different ideas for the cake stand, but when it came down to it, it was pretty cute as is. I did add a cute ribbon with a chandelier crystal (I had a pack from Home Depot) just to "bling" it up a bit.

For the frame I used my go-to Miniwax gel stain and stained the edges.

Then I cut out a piece of decorative paper to fit the frame, traced around my fleur-de-lis wood cut-out from Michael's (I used it on the vase re-due last week). Then I cut out the letter "P" from my computer.

Assembled the frame back together...lovin' my .49 cent frame...added a few accents I had in the closet.

And here is a nice little vignette for under $8! Linked to DIY Day over at A Soft Place to Land!

Rags to Riches...

My Mom and I recently hit up one of the local Goodwill stores

and here our our finds:
Column $2.49
Spoon & Fork $3.99 each
Frame $.49
Cake Stand $6.99
Metal Basket $3.99


Maybe a cake stand or a pedestal for...
Wisteria


A heavy metal basket and oversized wall spoon and fork.

Similar to these...image from here


A great frame, and only .49!


And last but not least, a paper mache column...hum...
it was just to hard to resist for $2.49.
maybe something like this...image from here