Thrifting finds ... just what I was looking for ... and more.

We had a huge garage sale this week-end and after seeing how much stuff I have, I was not much in the mood to go thrift shopping for more ... but Wednesday is MY day to go to Fabulous Finds Thrift Store 25¢ Sale. I always find something I can use and 

Mr. Z. and I have a lunch date every week.

Today I found something that I really needed.

                                        

I am building a floor lamp chandelier out of recycled lamp parts which I had hoped to finish for the garage sale ... but NOT ... and I was looking for SIX chandelier shades for it. It also has the sixth light on the top which was added after this picture ... can see it in this picture with the shade. It will have lots of prisms. Beautiful, like new shades for $1.00 each. I may paint the red dots black. The metal parts are oil-rubbed bronze, but look black.

I hit a snag in finishing it, but will blog about it when finished.

 
 The small ironstone platter was 25¢ ... nice old green bottle, thick glass and lots of bubbles, was $2.00 and the large, solid terracotta pear was $1.00. 




 
The Wm. Adams & Sons platter was the only item I bought in the 25¢ sale ... the

rest was bought inside the store. 

These look great on my ladder shelf in front of my large Apple Cider sign that I have had for ages. Mr. S. had apple orchards for a while and this sign was where his apple cider was sold.
It is huge (cut from a 4'x8' piece of plywood)


Last week: $3.50 bought seven nice heavy ironstone bread or dessert plates and the little creamer was 25¢ ... and they look so pretty under the wire trash 
basket cloche.

Remember the 
wire trash basket cloche light 
I made?

... well I had another thrifted basket

 ... cut the bottom out of it, shaped the top, spray it silver and made another cloche with a lamp part piece for the finial ... 
it looks so pretty on the stand I made from spindles and a round wooden disc.

Happiness is when find just what you are looking for when you go 'thrifting' ...

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Fabulous Finds ... See what great stuff I bought.

Wednesday is my day to go Thrifting at the 

25¢ Sale at Find's Thrift Store ....

 unfortunately none of these items came from that sale, 

but I did get some good buys ... 

 well, maybe this did.

I got this board there for $2.00.

I plan to make a sign with it ...

maybe fresh fruit, vegetables and flowers ...

or it could be a back to a small garden bench.

Break for a special announcement ...

  I am so honored to have Deb at Lavender Garden Cottage feature this post.  Be sure to go visit her Link Party each week ... lots of talent and inspirations there.

now back to what I have found ... 

This 4' x 7' piece beaded board came from ReStore Habitat for Humanity Thrift. $5.00

This will come in handy when building furniture or as Angie at Knick of Times suggested ... a backdrop for photos. Yes, I have used it for that and it is GOOD.


Then there was this Estate Sale of a lady who had a space in and Antique Store ...

she was also a hoarder collector ...

her three bedroom house, plus a screened-in porch was so full you could not walk through it ...

also the garage ....




and ...


three storage units ... 

she had great stuff ... old stuff ... and cheap ...

 

This is part of what I bought the first week ... 

well, and maybe a few more things. 



     Nice, very old Newel posts that just need some TLC ...  $6.00

 

I went there to buy Antique stoneware ...and I did ... 

 Isn't this set just beautiful ?

 This pitcher is about eight inches tall ...

This beauty is big and about twelve inches tall ...

 

 ... decorated all over and inside too ...








It took the Estate Sales people four week-ends of sales 
to even half-way liquidate this estate. 

 

Happy to add this square bowl to two others I have like this.

 

The fourth week, they were finally able to get into the kitchen to sell what was in the dining room and kitchen. 

 

Inlaid doors ... 

what can I do with these ??? 

... just hang them on the wall ?

... make a cabinet for them ? 

Hope you enjoyed seeing my fabulous finds.

Thanks for visiting ... 

Blessings, 

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