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Thrift Score Thursday 125

August 18, 2016 by Brynne 8 Comments

Hey friends! Happy Thrift Score Thursday to you!

What’s been keeping you busy lately?

This week, I didn’t have much of a chance to do anything thrifting related, but I did get a chance to put two previous thrift scores to use in our living room…

My Find:

Do you remember these enormous pieces of art by artist Forrest Moses that I found at Goodwill a few months ago? They were – wait for it – $9 each, and turned out to be signed originals! In our old house, they hung in the living room and dining room.

I’ve been wanting to hang them both over the sofa here, but I’ve been a little bit chicken about putting holes into the walls for some reason and let it paralyze me for far too long. This past weekend, I finally decided to grab my hammer and my 50 lb. hooks and get these babies on the wall…

Thrifted Forrest Moses monotypes in the living room

And yes, this is where I admit that I hung them just a little too low.

Decorators advise that art be hung at eye level, but I didn’t really account for a proper amount of  breathing room between the bottom of the art and the top of the sofa. Really, it wasn’t totally apparent until I was editing these photos, but I’ll probably be moving them up a few inches… What do you think?

Thrifted Forrest Moses monotypes in the living room-6

Questions of height aside, I’m absolutely loving them together in our living room! They bring in more of the rusty neutrals I’m loving so much lately!

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Thrifted Forrest Moses monotypes in the living room-8

Thrift Score Thursday Features:

Chosen weekly from the #thriftscorethursday feed on Instagram! Here’s what really caught my eye this week…

I love a good collection, and Regina (@luvewant) is well on here way with this adorable trio – two brass twins and one marble elephant!

Thrift Score Thursday feature brass and marble elephants via luvewant

via @luvewant

Janell (@mesavintage) shared a snap of this gorgeous vintage woven wall hanging! Again, there are those rusts and neutrals I’m digging so much lately, not to mention the delicious texture of this weaving!

Thrift Score Thursday feature woven wall hanging via mesavintage

via @mesavintage

And check out this ingenious idea from Kiova (@golddustgoods), who paired these antler plaques with a special vintage frame to create this striking wall art display!

Thrift Score Thursday feature framed antler plaques via golddustgoods

via @golddustgoods

I love love LOVE Thrift Score Thursday followups! I shared these Norman Cherner style side chairs from Sarah (@sawissinger) almost 100 weeks of Thrift Score Thursday ago – week 35, to be exact – in an as-found state. I’m so glad she tagged me when they made their glorious reappearance – the new upholstery job and refinishing are incredible! Read more here on her blog.

Thrift Score Thursday Norman Cherner chair redo via sawissinger

via @sawissinger

Do you know what else I love? When a #thriftscorethursday  post makes me radically rethink my thrifting blinders. You know that deepset value system of what is and isn’t worth inspecting?

I have to tell you, I would totally have walked by this wooden bird candle holder that Oscar (@oscarbravohome) showcased so perfectly here. My eyes probably would have read the simple wooden shape as “primitive” or “country”, not “modern” – thankfully, Oscar saw its potential! I’ll definitely be re-calibrating my thrifting radar after this!

Thrift Score Thursday feature wooden bird candle holder via oscarbravohome

via @oscarbravohome

I feel so honored that my post on How to Shop Craigslist could have encouraged Melissa (@melissabrandman) to score such fabulous vintage spun fiberglass chairs! And I’m so envious of this beautiful outdoor space – I feel like an Alice in Wonderland-esque tea party is required!

Thrift Score Thursday feature vintage spun fiberglass chairs via melissabrandman

via @melissabrandman

Finally, I’m crazy about this dining room shot from Melissa (@megillicutti), featuring a $10 marble table that was meant to be sold, but couldn’t be parted with… A saga I trust many fellow gatherers will know well! All I can say is, you made the right call, Melissa!

Thrift Score Thursday feature marble table via megillicutti

via @megillicutti

Thrift Score Thursday Facts:

Now, after all this thrifty inspiration, you might be just dying to hit up your local thrifting joints and score some fabulous finds of your own… Good – that’s highly encouraged! As is sharing them with the rest of us thrift-score-loving folks so we can admire them with you:

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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.

Be sure to check out the finds and features from Cassie, Corinna & Maggie!

Thrift Score Thursday Cassie

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Thrift Score Thursday Corinna ADAH

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Filed Under: #thriftscorethursday, Decorating Tagged With: Art, Thrift Store

Comments

  1. cassie @ primitive & proper says

    August 18, 2016 at 6:32 am

    how did i miss meg’s marble table?!?!? OMG!!!! i love her feed so much!
    awesome features today! and i love your art above the sofa! i agree it needs to scoot up a bit, but the size, scale, color, style, everything is perfect!

    Reply
    • Brynne says

      August 23, 2016 at 8:07 am

      Thank you Cassie! I’ll have to re-share pics once I get them inched up a teeny bit!

      Reply
  2. Maggie @ Maggie Overby Studios says

    August 18, 2016 at 8:09 am

    I missed that table too Cassie! Brynne your prints look amazing in this space and go perfectly with last weeks pillow. Looking good in here!

    Reply
    • Brynne says

      August 23, 2016 at 8:08 am

      Thank you so much, Maggie! I have lots more plans for this space, but it’s fun to have it evolve with each new find!

      Reply
  3. Gretchen@BoxyColonial says

    August 18, 2016 at 8:26 am

    yay elephants! I’ve been off my game a bit this summer because things have been so busy, but I’m diving back in today. Older kids have their first piano lesson of the fall, which is the perfect time for Abe and I to hit a thrift store or two.

    Reply
    • Brynne says

      August 23, 2016 at 8:09 am

      Woohoo! Fingers crossed you find some great things, Gretchen!

      Reply
  4. Robbyn says

    August 18, 2016 at 9:54 am

    Brynne, I love your art and I would not move them higher. I have struggled with this same issue every time I hang art and finally asked a friend at an art gallery; his response? Hang them for the way they will be viewed MOST. If people are standing, eye level; if people are sitting lower the art to create a better experience. Just a thought . . . . I would love to sit and stare at them for hours!!

    Reply
    • Brynne says

      August 23, 2016 at 8:12 am

      That is some wonderful feedback, Robbyn – thank you! I definitely think they are best appreciated about where they are currently, but I might move them up maybe two-three inches just to gain some visual space between the bottom of the frame and the back of the sofa.

      I know that it’s easy to hang art too high, so I was fighting against that impulse when I first hung these up. It’s a real science to get it right, I’m sure! 🙂

      Reply

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