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| I love the curves and handles! You can also tell that we like Root Beer and Cream Soda at our house |
Just down the street from
where we (Jen) live, is an apartment
complex. For the last month or so, there has been a mini yard sale every weekend and sometimes during the week. I have
driven by and drooled over this little black desk so many times I can't even
count; but I kept telling myself, they probably want more for it than I am
willing to pay. Today, while on the way to put up found dog signs, I decided we
would stop just to put my curiosity to rest. Taped to it was a piece
of paper with a big red $5. $5!! I immediately went into survival mode.....MUST....HAVE....DESK!
I should have kept my eyes
on just the desk but silly me wondered what else they had. I turned my head and
saw a hexagon shaped end table. I have been searching Goodwills up and down
this city (along with neighboring
cities) looking for an end table of
this shape but hadn't found one that I liked enough to spend $10+ on. I saw
another piece of paper with a red $5. Can you say WOWZERS? I looked to Mr.
Awesome who gave me the look of "I completely support you Mrs. Awesome" Girls, he is amazing, and
not for sale, be jealous!
I think the girl saw that I
was a sucker for a $5 price tag. She brought out this stand and immediately
said $5? I couldn't resist. I loved the curvy posts and it was in pretty decent
shape. She continued to try and talk me into buying a very large metal
side table with thousands of palm trees on it, the dog (ugliest
but cutest little Wiener Chihuahua mix), a
couch that was upstairs in her apartment (but she would gladly go
get it for me), and then asked if I would come back because
they would have more furniture later (I might actually drive by
later...it is right by our house after
all...)
Overall, I
feel like I hit the mini jackpot; 3 pieces for $15. I can't wait to give these
pieces a little TLC and see how they turn out.
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| Notice my awesome China Cabinet? Click here for that story |
What would you do to them? I need
some ideas people!
-Jen
Oh my GOSH what great finds!!! Thanks for visiting my blog last week! Can't wait to see how they turn out!
ReplyDeleteOMG!! Love that desk! I can't believe it was $5!! That's awesome! I'm a new follower from the trendy tree house blog hop. :)
ReplyDeleteYou've got me hooked! I've seen hexagon shaped end tables everywhere and wonder what I could do with one that would make it a piece I would want to live with! They are soooo cheap where we live and usually haven't been painted. Love the dresser :)
ReplyDeleteI bought the same exact black desk from the Salvation Army for $5. It's my very first piece. It's stripped and sanded. Now I have to make a decision on what to do with it. I keep leaning towards staining the top and painting the bottom white. I'd love to know if you've done anything with your desk yet.
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