We both have a slight obsession with vintage findings. We both enjoy a good treasure hunt. We both have budgets. We love D.I.Y. (do it yourself) projects. We both have ideas, visions, and creative intuition just begging to be utilized with endless possibilities in store. Why not team up and blog about it?
Last night was our first official venture out to a little store you may have heard of called "Goodwill"...get the nickname now? Our sole purpose in these (now regular) trips, will be to find treasures amongst the piles of crap that we can refinish, re-purpose, or restore...all of which we will do on a budget, using methods and supplies everyone has access to and can recreate themselves...and we'll show the steps involved on how to do it! Before and after!
Salem is lucky enough to have what I call a Goodwill "Bin" store - where everything that gets rejected from the main Goodwill stores, then goes directly to the bin store where everything is then thrown together into giant bins, only to be sifted through with sheer madness, just hoping for a buried treasure to surface. There are literally lines of people waiting for the new bins to emerge from the back rooms. Hey, first come, first serve, finders keepers, you snooze, you lose! What's even better about the bin stores? You pay by the POUND! The more you buy, the cheaper it gets! YES. Treasure hunting at its finest :) Unfortunately, we didn't make it to the Bins in time last night, but we'll get there soon enough.
Here's what we found at the regular Goodwill last night though. Love it.
This "E" still had the Anthropologie price tag on it!!! Anthro: $10. Goodwill: $2.99. SOLD. I was very excited about this :)
Vintage beverage dispenser: Made in Italy, $9.99
Can you imagine this little storage piece refinished with cute knobs and lined with a cool fabric or vintage wallpaper? Endless possibilities!!
SO much fun, so little time!
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