Weekly Finds 05_09_16

Friday was my day off from Employee Appreciation Week...... my favorite part of the week.  Usually John takes off and we head up north for a long weekend.  This year we had a few events planned that kept us at home.  So Friday I was alone and free to do what I wanted.  GARAGE SALES!!

They started off really slow..... I found this plastic water lily for .10 cents.  It might not last too long but I couldn't resist a bit of pretty for our pond.  

Then I found this table and things started to look up.

A detail wood wall hanging

A ugly tray (guess I took that photo upside down)

A farmhouse stool, you all know I love my farmhouse stools.

A couple of old table leaves that will be perfect for a project I'm brewing up.

Metal canisters

A ratty old shelf that I just couldn't leave behind.

A child's chair that has no legs.... perfect for a photo prop for those babies that risk falling off their chairs.

A number of other items I didn't photograph including an Old Navy Bubble Bee and Skunk costume for the littlest granddaughters.  

And then when I walked into a sale and the furniture starts to beg me to fix it up it must be time to go home.   After buying this challenge of course.

I started to take the tacks out of the stool and grunted and groaned that they were too tight, too many, too hard, too............. and then John did it.  Totally in my plans :)

Well he found these were used for the cushion.  A t-shirt, button up shirt, a sweater and a pair of shorts.  That's crazy!!

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weekly finds 5-4-16

It's starting to warm up and that means garage sales..... yeah!!

A fun bottle

A side table

A farmhouse stool that was made by some hard working husband so he could take his boots off at the door after he got scolded for wearing them in the house.

Another farmhouse stool that is a little chunkier

Perfect wedding chandelier 

A cute little owl that needs some TLC

A sucker for birds

I'm not sure what this is but I know what it will be when I'm done with it.

Tray

Wood duck

Lots of wood bowls

A metal rolling cart with a brake and flip out sides

A heavy metal wall hanging

I didn't buy this.... however it was finished in our garage and left behind for me to paint. 

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Weekly Finds 4/24/16

 Weekly finds are pretty fun this week.  This vintage owl planter is a hoot.

When these things are cheap enough they are fun to use as painted planters 

Thought this wood bowl would make a fun painted chips and salsa (summer suppers) holder.

This jewelry box had good bones and details.

The inside is a fun orange in really good shape.

A concrete plant stand heavy enough to withstand our windy springs on the prairie.  

How about some boxes that were built in China to ship molds across the pond?  

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Weekly Finds 4-17-16

We just had a fantastic weekend with unbelievable warm temperatures for April.  We've all been waiting for these days and they are finally here.  I'm sure we will get some cool days again but we sucked up the sun as much as we could for now.  Kayaking season has begun..... and so has garage sale season.  

Let's get to the weekly finds.  This tools box was a nice size and in good shape.  

Someone took lots of time to make this divider frame for the inside.  So far I can't think of what would possibly go in those grids but the whole thing is removable in one piece.

I loved this flour container, perfect cottage look for up north.  A little cleaning and this has found a new home on my cabinet at the cottage.  

Flower hangers

A funny looking lantern.  

Wood and metal candle cup holder. 

A old liquor bottle

The label was peeled off just the way I liked it.

Perfect vase

I love these sugar jars as vases as well.  

I like them painted but until then I couldn't wait and had to put one of the daffodils in it.  

A nice frame - love, love, love all that detail.... color, not so much.

Can't you see this basket used as a planter for the patio?  

A brass bowl.

With a hammered finish

John came with Gayle and I on Saturday and he scored this tray.  Which was a great way to make him happy as we junk shopped. 

Skelton keys.

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weekly finds

A couple items from last week came home with me.  I'm not usually in the market for flower pots since I have so many already but this one caught my eye from across the store.  

Beautifully cracked WHITE paint, old pottery and in great shape.  One of my plants this summer will look stunning in this pot, and for under $1 makes it even more perfect.

My mom had polka dot glasses like these so when I seen these polka dots in drinking glasses I had to have them.  Mom's were tall and narrow at the bottom like a ice cream glass but these will make perfect vases for those summer flowers.

The dots are etched into the glass.

This wood drawer box thing was kinda fun.  

And very gross.  I'm not sure where some people have this stuff before bringing it to the store but it's kinda disgusting to think about what some of this dirt might be.  

Wash hands after touching..... kinda finds.  Hand sanitizer comes in handy for these finds.

Last I found this table.

Good solid table with someone's art project written on top.

Not to worry that mess will be gone soon.  I'm thinking some changes need to happen to the construction on the table too so Mr Hemmer will need to put his happy eyes in and come on out and help me.  

Later....