Junking Treasures

It's been awhile since I've posted

about my junking treasure hunts.

I go to estate sales,

garage sales,

flea markets

and thrift stores

when I can...

not as often as I used to,

but I still have fun with it!

I found these magazine holders

at a going out of business sale.

I got a lot of them for one dollar.

This is what they looked like

when I got them.

After I had them for awhile

I decided to do this to them...

They are turned around,

 (magazines are still in them),

painted black,

and stenciled with gold paint.

Looks pretty good on my book shelf.

My entry now has...

 this chair that I found at a flea market,

for one dollar,

AND

 the bamboo hat rack

 I found it at the thrift store

for 6 dollars.

I wear lots of hats,

and collect walking sticks,

so this was a good purchase.

I may redo them later on....

who knows. LOL

But my best find was....

an oval wooden table for 10 dollars.

(I forgot to take a before photo)

I had my DH cut it in half

and mount them to the wall in 2 rooms.

Now I have 2 half tables,

that I painted black,

costing me 5 dollars each.

This one above is in my dining area

covered with family photos.

The large basket under the table

and the smaller one on top of that

came from the thrift store too.

Large one for one dollar

and the small one was 50 cents.

Great storage.

Here is the other half of the table.

It is in my entry.

The painting above was done

by my daughter Amy.

The lamp was here in the house

when we bought it last year.

The metal cross was found outside on the patio

when we moved in.

The gourds in the basket

came from a local garden.

I could probably have another blog

about my junking adventures.

 I try to repurpose items,

save them from the landfill,

and make something useful out of things

that someone else didn't want.

It helps save the environment...

reduce, reuse, recycle!

You know how to do it!

So, that's another way that I...

Savor the Day!

Yvonne