Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Make your House Beautiful - by being thrifty

Vibrant Colours!
Thrift store tricks to finding the beautiful stuff

  • Go thrifting often ... they add new things every day & you don't want to miss that perfect addition
  •  Look for bright vibrant colours -----> like this blue canister set
  •  That shelf that holds all the wooden trays and bowls might surprise you ... find matches or mismatches and they polish up beautifully with a soft rag and olive oil ... check out the shine on the bowl set and salt and pepper set below
  • Jars with the vintage zinc rings are beautiful and usually really really inexpensive!
  • If you can't find the vintage zinc rings - check out pinterest and I'm sure you'll find a pin on faux zinc ...
  • The shelf full of old smelly suitcases usually has a few treasures - vintage hard traincases, suitcases or leather doctors bags ... perfect for filling full of rolled up towels in the washroom
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    Zinc Ringed Mason Jars ....
    Check the tool area for vintage trays and drawers, sometimes they just need a little elbow grease and are lovely new display pieces ...
Baribocraft Salad Set
Baribocraft ... check the label
Galvanized Anything
Traincases!!



What thrifty beautiful items have you found lately?





1 comment:

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