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Thrift Score Thursday 57

March 26, 2015 by Brynne 23 Comments

Hello you guys! Happy #thriftscorethursday! How has your week been?

This week we have the lovely and sweet Jess from Bright Green Door as our guest host! From her blog introduction: “If the words vintage, DIY’ed, or the color gold inspire you, you’re in the right place!” Um, yes – blogging soul-sisters! She just completed an incredible kitchen makeover – check out the final reveal right here.

If you’re new to #thriftscorethursday, we’d like to invite you to join into our thrift-loving hashtag party…

Simply share a picture of any recent thrifty find on Twitter or Instagram using #thriftscorethursday!

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The Facts:

– 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, Trisha from Black and White Obsession, Cassie from Primitive and Proper, Corinna from For My Love Of and I will pick a few favorite thrift scores to feature! So please note that by linking up with#thriftscorethursday, you are giving us permission to share your finds via social media or on our blogs.

The Features:

This vintage card catalog that Kim from Reposhture (Instagram: reposhture) found was a total score at $30! I just love vintage card catalogs (who doesn’t?) and I’ve been lucky enough to find (and subsequently sell) a few myself. Fingers crossed there’s another one out there someday with my name on it!

thriftscorethursday reposhture card catalog

Found an awesome vintage light fixture but you can’t actually hang it from your ceiling? Check out this brilliant idea from meganomarrow: suspend it in a vintage bird cage stand!

thriftscorethursday meganomarrow vintage light and bird cage stand

If you spotted these little brass pieces would you know what they are? I would have been stumped! Luckily Sandra (Instagram: lightglassandtrend) knew exactly what they are – vintage brass mineral holders! Stunning!

thriftscorethursday lightglassandtrend vintage brass mineral holders

Finally, this is one #thriftscorethursday transformation that completely blew me away. Would you ever have believed this “before” desk could look so good?! Chelsea from Style Mutt (Instagram: chelsea_stylemutthome) worked her magic on it and it is amazing!

thriftscorethursday chelsea_stylemutthome desk before

thriftscorethursday chelsea_stylemutthome desk after

My Finds:

Are you ready for another round of “Things I Didn’t Buy at the Thrift Store”?

On my most recent trip I spotted tons of share-worthy things that sadly just didn’t make the cut to come home with me. I’m doing my best to only buy things that I either have a purpose/place for in my home or are just such incredible finds/deals it would hurt to leave them behind. Sadly, none of these exactly fit the bill.

This first piece was truly awesome – a vintage Underwood typewriter built into this adorable little desk. It was one of Goodwill’s auction pieces – I didn’t test myself by checking to see what the bids were on it so far, because I knew this was something I didn’t need to bring home. Someone else will get to enjoy this baby!

thriftscorethursday vintage typewriter desk

There were two of these little white metal faux-bamboo and yellow vinyl chairs, $10.50 each. I will admit, I was tempted. But the vinyl was cracked and ripped on one of the chairs and again, I had no purpose or place in mind for them.

thriftscorethursday yellow & white faux bamboo chair

This amber glass canister was so cool! It was $8.99, which isn’t terrible, but wasn’t cheap enough that I felt comfortable impulse-buying it.

thriftscorethursday amber glass jar

This collection of blue and white pieces were really neat. I know some of my #thriftscorethursday friends are going to be jealous of these and think I’m crazy for leaving them behind! The big lidded jar was $15.99, the vase was $12.50 and the adorable watering can was $5.50…

thriftscorethursday blue white china jar

thriftscorethursday blue white china pieces

This clock was really cool and I loved the organic tree-trunk shape. I didn’t care for the ornate style of the gold hands/clock numbers, so at first I toyed with the idea replacing them with something more modern. Sadly they they were covered in a thick coat of pour-over resin. At $15.99, this was another “catch and release.”

thriftscorethursday tree trunk clock

Lastly, check out this cheery (or make that “beery”) Christmas wreath I spotted a little while ago. On my next trip to the store, it was gone. (Sing it with me: “Said the night wind to the shepherd boy: ‘Do you beer what I beer?’ ”)

thriftscorethursday christmas beer wreath

So let’s hear it! Should I have non-buyers remorse over some of these things? What would you have done?

Brynne
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Comments

  1. Cassie @ Primitive & Proper says

    March 26, 2015 at 11:29 am

    love the blue and white porcelain and i love all of your features! never knew what a mineral holder was!

    Reply
    • Brynne says

      March 29, 2015 at 12:01 am

      I know – I had no idea! And now I want one (or several)!

      Reply
  2. All Things Big and Small says

    March 26, 2015 at 12:14 pm

    Looks like you have a great thrift store nearby! I love those ginger jars! I recently linked your DIY Hicks pendant! It is such a great idea!

    http://www.allthingsbigandsmallblog.com/2015/03/our-kitchen-before-and-ideas.html

    Reply
    • Brynne says

      March 29, 2015 at 12:14 am

      There are some good finds sometimes – I was honestly surprised to spot so many in the same trip though!

      And thank you for linking to the light fixture tutorial! I think it would look great in your kitchen 🙂

      Reply
  3. Julia Konya says

    March 26, 2015 at 1:03 pm

    those mineral holders are beyond amazing.

    Reply
  4. Kim says

    March 26, 2015 at 1:17 pm

    Those mineral holders, totally dig. And I hate to say it but I would have passed over that desk a hundred times over……so glad Chelsea did not. What a transformation!!! Thanks for featuring the card catalog, woo hoo for the dewey decimal system!!
    Kim@reposhture

    Reply
    • Brynne says

      March 29, 2015 at 12:15 am

      Yes, so awesome that she saw the potential in it! And three cheers for the good old dewey decimal system 🙂 Love your card catalog find!

      Reply
  5. Trisha D says

    March 26, 2015 at 1:32 pm

    Haha do you beer what I beer! Those blue and white pieces are lovely. My cheap-o self would have had to leave them behind as well. Chelsea did such a wonderful job on that desk!!

    Reply
    • Brynne says

      March 29, 2015 at 12:16 am

      Hehe, I'm glad you enjoyed my Christmas carol alteration 🙂

      Reply
  6. Designitgirl says

    March 26, 2015 at 3:13 pm

    You did the right thing, but that desk was super cute. If you have no place for it than it needs to go to another home. Love them all

    Reply
    • Brynne says

      March 29, 2015 at 1:12 am

      Yes, hopefully someone falls in love and gives it a good home!

      Reply
  7. Mekenzie @ interiorsbykenz.com says

    March 26, 2015 at 4:23 pm

    Love that yellow chair!

    Reply
  8. For My Love Of says

    March 26, 2015 at 6:41 pm

    Lol. That beer wreath. What perfection. Maybe a crafter thought they could salvage the wreath by ripping the beer off. That desk transformation is really something else!

    Reply
    • Brynne says

      March 29, 2015 at 1:14 am

      Ooh, good thought! 🙂 Haha.

      Reply
  9. Kristen @ Pursuing Vintage says

    March 27, 2015 at 1:58 am

    Ooohh… I SO want a card catalog!

    Reply
  10. Amber Wills says

    March 27, 2015 at 2:02 am

    Those are incredible features!! That light fixture looks just like one that Emily Henderson posted about. It was hanging out in her hoard of awesome things.

    Reply
    • Brynne says

      March 29, 2015 at 1:15 am

      YES – I saw that! So awesome!

      Reply
  11. Gretchen says

    March 27, 2015 at 12:24 pm

    That light fixture is just amazing! And the chairs you passed up are super cute, but, yeah….chairs that need work. There's never a shortage of those (in my garage).

    Reply
    • Brynne says

      March 29, 2015 at 1:16 am

      Yep, I'm trying to be so much better about not bringing home "project pieces" if I'm not specifically looking for a new project!

      Reply
  12. ananda says

    March 31, 2015 at 4:47 am

    thank you to you all for taking me on such a fun thrifting trip!! i have to make time for such trips once a month, because i am always walking around like a lost soul staring at pieces and trying to imagine what they could become! would be so fun to go with you and throw ideas around!! xoxo

    Reply
    • Brynne says

      April 1, 2015 at 2:54 am

      How fun would that be to go thrifting together? I'd love it! 🙂

      Reply
  13. Kim @ This Belle Rocks says

    March 31, 2015 at 3:39 pm

    I didn't get to participate this time around, but I am already working on a post for *this* Thursday. I hope I got some good enough photos of my "catch and release" treasures that I can use (being that you can't really stage those or move them to better lighting.)

    Reply
    • Brynne says

      April 1, 2015 at 2:55 am

      Awesome! Yes, totally understand – sometimes you're just at the mercy of thrift-store lighting! Can't wait to see your finds!

      Reply

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