by Rhoda on March 21, 2010
It was a crisp, but sunny Saturday a.m., as Debbie and I, along with her daughter, Tiffany, hit the yardsales in Chelsea and found a couple of estate sales and a few yardsales. This one was out in the country at this neat house and the lady had a huge barn filled with all sorts of collectibles and antiques. We got excited just driving up and scoping out the scene. 
The barn was a treasure trove. She has been an antiques collector for years and was in declutter mode.
Debbie spotted this set of shutters and got them for the fantastic deal of $5! I was about to wrestle her for them, but really she can use them more than I can and they will be so cute down at her Gulf Shores condo. I think this was the deal of the day though. She was a happy girl. I think I’ve created a monster now and Debbie finally “gets” the yardsale and thrifting thing. ‘Bout time!! 
I only found 2 things at that sale and these were my finds for the day. A rickety old plant stand with a lot of character. 
The top is 1/2 falling apart, but it will look cute with a nice plant on top, so I’ll just have to find the right spot for it. It was $10. 
And this pretty old old painting was $20, more than I usually spend, but I loved it, so decided a splurge was OK for something like this. I’ve got a fun project going with all my vintage artwork that I can wait to show you, so this will be joining them.
Today’s Thrifty Treasures is brought to you by Crystal at Vintage Remixed. She has a cute Etsy shop called Olive Rue and is offering up some cute giveaway items. Click over to my giveaway page for all the details on this $50 prize, but don’t forget to sign up!! Crystal was a regular at my Thrifty parties last year and you might remember her blog, Olive Rue. Now she’s back with a new blog, called Vintage Remixed, so go on over and say hello.
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by Rhoda on March 20, 2010
Happy Saturday, y’all!
The winner of the TDW custom stamper is, lucky #2:
Cathy with the Stylish House
Congrats, Cathy, I hope you enjoy your stamper, in fact I know you will, I just LOVE mine!
For those of you who didn’t win, all 286 of you, if you’d still like to get in on a custom stamper of your very own, never fear, I have a 15% discount code for you: all you need to do is click over to The Paper Cafe, pick your fave, and order with this code for a cool 15% off your order: SH15OFF
Coming into our house into the split foyer, there are stairs going UP…….pretty hardwood stairs that we had done when we moved in here 4 years ago. The whole upstairs main living area got new hardwoods to go with what was already here. 
Going DOWN the stairs from the foyer to our lower level, we still have carpet on these. I really, really wanted to get these done too while the others were being installed, but at an additional $1,000, it wasn’t happening. So, we left them alone. 
Until now. I’ve talked to my hubby and he gave me the thumbs up on ripping up the carpet from these stairs and doing something pretty with them. I’ve already peeked and there is plywood on the stairs and I think the edges are all rounded, so I’m going for it. I’ll pull out the carpet tack strips, along with all the staples, sand it smooth, probably add lots of wood putty AND some trim molding, then I’m gonna paint the stairs black and the risers white. And, I just might even add a natural runner down the middle. Something that will be durable and look good too.
That’s my plan and this is going on my to-do list, sooner rather than later. Did you see what Sarah did with her stairs? Check it out, she ripped up all her carpet and stained them and they look fantastic. Mine soon will too. I’m not trying to match the upper stairs and these will be more casual, but I think they will look just fine. Anything’s better than carpet, right? In a perfect world, I would be ripping up the carpet from the entire downstairs and staining the concrete. But, that’s a whole ‘nuther discussion. 
UPDATE: Chair is SOLD; to my next door neighbor who secretly reads my blog
On another note, I’ve got a chair and ottoman for sale if one of you local Alabama girls might be interested. This has been in our bedroom and it’s slipcovered (which my mom made for me) in a pretty gold sort of damask solid cotton fabric.
I’m asking $75 for the chair and ottoman. It has bun feet on it and the fabric underneath is a cream and seafoam green. Can you tell when I bought this chair? It is still in great condition and is perfect in a smaller space, but if you wanted to use the green striped fabric, the chair would need a good cleaning.
But, I have to get rid of it cause I’m moving the white slipcovered chair and ottoman in its place, since I brought home a chair from Grandma’s house that I’ll show you soon. I’m playing musical chairs again.
Email me if you’re interested! I’ve got a few more home decor things that I’ll put up for sale later on. Doing some changing out around here.
Come back on Sunday evening for the start of this week’s Thrifty Treasures party! Thanks for joining in and making it fun.
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