New finds, Old Treasures

For all my friends and family back in LA stuck in LA 5 o'clock traffic....


This is 5 o'clock traffic here in Nashville, going about 60mph. :)


Since we've been here we've been looking around for inexpensive furniture and decorations to fill up the other 2 rooms in the house. :) so here are some of our cool finds:

When we were downtown on my b-day, we picked up a couple of small touristy things... We found this magnet and couldn't resist. It's now become our little southern catch phrase... it comes up in conversations randomly and we always have to say it in a southern accent...



We also got these two I thought were cool. The one on the right is the Nashville flag.



This is a dresser we found on Craig's list for only $20. It's not in the very best condition ever, but we love the old 'aged', 'antiqued' look, and it's a good solid piece. I gave it a good cleaning and now it's shinier and prettier.



This rockin' wicker rocker was also a steal at $20. It's pretty big and comfy... and bright (it looks orange, but it's like bright fire engine red). We're going to spray paint it and I'll post some after photos of that too. It goes on our front porch.



This is an awesome Antiques sign we scored for FREE! Thing is... it's HUGE!!! like 6 or 7 feet long!! We didn't know where we were going to use it, but we couldn't pass it up. It has that old crackling paint look... you know the one they sell special paint to make it look old and peeling... with this one is actually old and peeling. Very cool.



Both these shutters were also with the Antiques sign. They're really cool cause of the paint peeling and the old aged look. We love them. Also the color of the blue one is so rich for how old it must be. I think the blue one is going to be our new headboard. The green ones are actually facing away from each other... They're supposed to look like the ones at the old cowboy saloons in the old western movies... where the cowboy enters through them and they swing shut behind him... then the whole place turns into a bar fight...

They don't look that great right now, but after a good scrub I'll post some after photos of these too.



This floor lamp was marked $18.95 at the Goodwill, but at the register the lady took $5 off. SCORE!! the lampshade belongs to another table lamp, the one that came with it is not that nice (in my opinion... but Scott likes it - we'll see what happens to it.)



This is also another thrift store find... It was $6.95! But it had the wrong type of shade on it... but that's a super easy fix. They sell the little wire things that hold up the shade real cheap. But it needs a good coat of paint to cover up this goldish weird color.

I love it when stores think something is broken or busted and sell it for a lot less than it's worth so I score and then I can go fix it up for only a couple of bucks. :D



So there you have it. :D Thrifty shopping at it's best. I totally love spray paint now... I found a whole isle of it at Wal*Mart in all kinds of colors... and even some fun finishes and textures... It's perfect when you find that great piece of furniture but it's the wrong color. I'm using a Pewter one with a 'hammered' texture to cover up some gold fixtures - it's going to be awesome!! :)

:D B.