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Thrifty!

Monday, December 6th, 2010

Poo Guy? Gone. I heard you naysayers and I agree. I’m nothing if not responsive.

Being that it was time to switch things up, it was a good thing I found this crazy geometric wannabe Jim Isermann painting at Revivals. Boom.

Boom. Other stuff.

Visited the Mt. Fuji General Store / The Group Formerly Known as Smockshop pop-up shop at The Ace Hotel this weekend and got a new book and a Japanese ceramic bowl. It was really fantastic pop-up, with tons of interesting handmade one-of-a-kind type items to peruse with fantastic women making it all look pretty incredible. In retrospect I should have brought a camera.

Otherwise, thrift type things included some chunky marble bookends, a textury pillow, a Navajo style basket and a Dansk IHQ wood thing (I have no idea what this is used for, I’m assuming to scoop candy into my mouth).

I also picked up this kooky nutcracker and some more ceramics (because I don’t have enough already). The Brick House, where your high school ceramic project comes to retire. Speaking of handmade projects, I found a pair of macrame hanging type things a little while back. They are like 6′ feet tall and hard to photograph (there is nowhere for me to hang them, since I’ve been refusing to install them).

Here’s the pair in all their lumpy glory. I can’t figure out what to do with them, I think I love them, but I’m not sure I have a spot for them in the house. I have a feeling that macrame hanging things are awesome though, and deserve some interior love.

Then there is this.

I still need to clean it up a bit and refresh that wood but I think it is going to end up having to do something with this little mini makeover I’ve been working on…

Because nothing can stay the same around here for too long.

Also, totally gearing up to start offering vintage stuff for sale online again. Can you tell? I’ve been stocking up and am aiming to launch in the new year. Boom.

FILED UNDER: thrifting, thrifty, vintage

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Estate!

Wednesday, November 10th, 2010

Maybe you caught me on twitter (twittering? uggggh) talking in 140 characters or less about a local Hemet estate sale I visited. Oh yeah, and if you want to hear about lame stuff like what I find in thrift stores or the puppy or other crap no one could be interested in you can follow along via @The_Brick_House. I warned you. It’s drivel.

While at the estate sale on Friday I saw a few interesting things, but the pricing was a little wacky. The coffee table above was $85 (plus a bunch of free spiderwebs for your trouble) while this sofa below was $50 (and unfortunately already sold).

Needless to say I left on Friday empty handed. But…

Saturday was 1/2 off day. Since the sale was only about a mile from my house I went back about a half hour before they closed up to check out what was left.

Well, obviously the coffee table was left and marked down 50%, but I wanted it cheaper. CHEAPER! Want to know my big secretly lazy trick for thrifty estate deals? I already said it. GO AT THE END. At that point they really are just giving that crap away. You risk missing out, but you gotta know when to hold ’em, know when to fold them, know when to walk away and know when to run.

Yeah, that just happened.

So, I offered $20. SOLD.

I know you get the idea of what the table looks like, but this is the only picture I could get of the two dogs even remotely together. Poor Iggy is still TERRIFIED of the new puppy and will run away when approached.

I also grabbed a gigantor white ceramic lamp while I was there.

The hulk sized lamp is living in the living room for now. I’m not sure what to do with it, that thing is MASSIVE.

BTW, I know the coffee table switching thing is out of control. I have four in the garage right now and this is a problem I need to address. Obviously, I am addicted to deals! At least its not crack.

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Thrifty!

Monday, November 8th, 2010

I’ve been out and about thrifting it up and not finding too much that I can bring home. Big stuff is questionable due to spare room being an issue, but I might just start stockpiling furniture and begin offering things for sale yet again. I’m finding it more and more difficult to pass up on good deals and pieces I know would look killer in someones stylish home. It may have to be some kind of online thing – that’s what the kids are all doing, right? I’m kind of done with Etsy and Ebay as a seller and have been considering Big Cartel or some simple format that would be a little less stress. I don’t know really. This is all ramblings of a furniture hoarder trying to justify their madness.

But back to what I did find.

So, on the rounds I picked up this poor butterfly with its ass hot-glued to a stick as well as a sea urchin type shell thing. It’s like Animal Planet around here, totally nature themed.