You see, I love thrift stores and antique stores. Not the fancy, dolled up stores either. No, the trashier looking, the better. Because it's in those places that I can actually find things I ♥ and not pay much moola!
Back in January Virgil, Stephen and I along with Virgil's parents spent the weekend in Oklahoma looking for bald eagles and loons. We didn't find any - but outside of Muskogee, OK we did find an "antique" store. We passed it by and I screeched at my dear Hubs, "Go back, go back!" So he turned around. Stephen and I were so excited we were panting like a couple of puppy dogs about to get a treat.
I can't remember the name of the place. I was too excited to notice something like a name! At first I thought, man this IS a bunch of junk, but slowly I began to notice little treasures here and there. Nothing I was interested in buying, but little treasures all the same. Then I noticed another huge room at the back of the store. As I entered the room, I saw them! A 4-piece set of vintage Crazy Daisy pyrex cinderella-style mixing bowls!!! I grabbed them to check the price tag fully expecting to see $65 to $115 which is what I had seen them sell for in the past. But that was at those dolled up antique stores. This set was $20!!!! I wrapped my arms around them like a long lost lover!
I passed an older lady who gave me a side-long look and said, "I guess you know you got a good deal on those." I said, "Yes ma'am!!"I was pretty much done at that point. My excito-meter was leveled at a nice hum and I was feeling pretty good. And then I saw this:
Please ignore everything in the above photo except for the lovely metal typewriter stand. The last time I saw one of these lovlies the price tag read $75. This one? $7!!! So I bought it too. And my hubs still thinks I'm crazy as it is sitting in our garage piled up with a ceramic pie holder and two tackle boxes. BUT, this spring I'm going to paint that baby a lovely shade of green, yellow or aqua and it will make a darling plant stand for our entryway!
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3 comments:
Oh Amy ~ you scored!! I love the "trashy" places too ~ you NEVER know what will turn up in those places. And yes, the prices are usually very cheap. I used to have a typewriter stand just like that but it got tossed during one of our moves. Never would have thought to paint it & use it for a plant stand. Ahhhh... Love the Pyrex bowls too. It's amazing that all the pieces were there. So cool!
Oh, my eye went right to that typewriter stand! I never thought they were attractive at all back in the day, but now.... This is so funny because I just saw one of those the other night in an old church and both my husband and I commented on it. I think you will be able to do something smashing with it!
joan
Amy, I love your finds! I keep seeing those tables as nightstands or end table and I think they are sooooo cool. You could even try Merediths technique of stenciling birds or something on there!
This is sooooo cool!
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