Hey friends! Happy Thursday!
Sorry for the blog post silence lately! You might have seen the Instagram post where I shared that I’ve been dealing with some un-fun blog stuff lately – a spam hack and then thousands of broken links. As you can imagine, it’s been a little draining and has left me feeling like doing anything BUT blogging.
Thrift shopping and Craigslist browsing on the other hand? Insanely therapeutic!
My Finds:
I have two new additions to our living room that I’m excited to share with you today! Red is a color I really haven’t used much in the past, but I’m having fun playing around with new color combinations here in the new house.
I found this kilim storage ottoman (originally from Overstock.com) on Craigslist. It was listed for $30 and I offered $20, and the sweet seller was even kind enough to drop it off for me! Bryan has been begging for an ottoman for our living room, so I was so happy to find a smaller one with such a fun textile.
And I’m currently waiting on some new higher sofa legs, since our vintage green velvet sofa sits a little low to the ground. Once I’ve added those, I think his couch-lounging experience will be significantly improved!
The second thing I found recently is this fabulous multi-colored tapestry lumbar pillow with all the tassels! ($10 at the Salvation Army.) I adore the color combination! I was originally thinking of using this pillow in our bedroom, but it just might have to stay right here on the couch.
Thrift Score Thursday Features:
It’s always so hard to narrow down my favorites from the #thriftscorethursday feed on Instagram, but each week I give it my best shot!
I have to say, these vintage lucite Abraham Palatnik cats Francine (@hotcoolvintage) shared just might make it to all-time-favorite feature status:
via @hotcoolvintage
And I am on a vase kick lately! Such a pretty find from Katie (@redhousewest).
via @redhousewest
Anna Rose (@thehowtogal) shared this vintage engineering ruler and asked for ideas to display it. I think it would be so cute zigzagged just like this on a few small nails hammered into the wall!
via @thehowtogal
All the gorgeous vintage florals from paintings to embroidery from @findofthecentury! Such a beautiful collection!
Never pass up a good brass hardware find! Cate (@cate_stylemutthome) scored these lovelies for around $7 at her local Habitat for Humanity Restore! (Did you see my Instagram Stories tour of my local Restore yesterday? I am SUCH a fan!)
Finally, check out this absolutely jaw-dropping credenza Elizabeth (@birchredo) found and refinished. You’ve got to check out the before here – she worked absolute magic!
via @birchredo
Thrift Score Thursday Facts:
New to Thrift Score Thursday? Welcome, and please join the fun!
Simply post a picture of any recent thrifty find on Instagram using #thriftscorethursday!
- You can share any thrifty finds with us – whether they hail from a thrift store, Craigslist, estate sale, garage sale, side of the road, or apartment dumpster! The fun, the funny, the awesome, the odd – this hashtag party is open to all!
- Feel free to use #thriftscorethursday any day of the week! We’ll be keeping up with the hashtag all week long to find our favorites for the following Thursday.
- Each week, Cassie from Primitive and Proper, Corinna from A Designer At Home, Maggie from Maggie Overby Studios and I will pick a few favorite thrift scores to feature! So please understand that by linking up with #thriftscorethursday, you are giving us permission to share your finds via social media or on our blogs.
- Please note that we can only see photos shared by public accounts, so if you have a private Instagram account and we haven’t been showering your finds with love, it’s simply because we aren’t able to see them.
Yes thrift therapy is always my go to relief for whatever ails me! Love that foot stool and pillow…I feel better already I think you need those kitty cats to go along with them. I always laugh now when I see those fold up rulers because they still use them all the time in Germany. I asked my landlord once if he ever used the metal tape measure and he said they could cut you. In all my days of measuring, I have never been cut. I guess I am really good at it. 😛
Love your finds! The pops of red look so good in there!
oh my goodness–those kitties are amazing!
these are all SO good! i am not a cat person but those lucite cats are so unique! i also love your ottoman! it’s SOOOO good!
So many great finds this week, but yes those cats are awesome! P.S. Every time I see your coffee table I die {in a good way LOL}.