Some Peoples Junk...

This week was bulk week for garbage pick up in our city, so naturally that means drive around and see what you can find...lol. That is exactly what we did. This is the second year that we have done this.  I have to admit every time I have done this or have found something on the side of the road that I want, my heart starts racing not because I am excited (obviously I am, what is better than finding something cool and FREE!), but because I still get mortified picking someones garbage. So it was the first time I have picked this year because here in WI it is still winter and not much is out yet. So I went through the whole heart racing, risk someone looking out their window and hoping they don't know who you are...lol. But I quickly got over that when I found all my finds!!! So I wanted to share with you all what I have found.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A corner shelf. I can't wait to paint this! I love all the detail!

 

 

 A little door of some sort, I am not sure what it is part of, I think some kind of cabinets. I love the hardware. I am not sure what we are going to do with it yet, I just thought it was cool.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This table is very heavy! I love the wooden legs.

Not sure what we are going to do with the top of it yet.

 

Another little table. So cute!

We have a few ideas for this one :)



 

 

That is it...due to the weather I don't think people are really up for spring cleaning yet. Just waiting for it to get nice out...just wondering if that will ever happen here in WI...lol

Leather Top Desk

I wanted to share another before and after (we are finally getting good at taking before pictures :) ) This is the desk we found this past weekend, we fell in love with it instantly. The desk has awesome curves and a beautiful leather top with a floral trim.

 Here are the before pictures...

 

 

 

 

Here are the after pictures. We left the top leather of course and wood on top. Then we painted the desk white and distressed it a little. The hardware is original. I love the hardware and the floral boarder on the leather top. I have seen tables like this before, but never a desk. Can't wait to see what else we find this summer if it ever gets here...

 

 

 

 

Spring is FINALLY HERE!!!

Today was one of the first city wide thrift sales in our area! So of course EVERYONE was out (I think everyone has cabin fever!!!). We did score a deal! We found an awesome desk with beautiful curves with a leather top! I am always saying how Miss Bailey is in the back piled with our finds, well today we had to take a picture in celebration of it being finally thrift sale season! She is such a trooper, hopefully as she gets older she learns to love picking :)

 

 

Can't wait to show you the desk when it is finished. Also stay tuned, it is getting nice out so we are going to get some new pieces finished. You can always check them out on our facebook page Vintage Junkies or Shabby Shed Boutique.

Flea Market Time!

We are sad to say we are not going to be selling at The Market anymore, but they are still open and have the same fabulous stuff that you will normally find there! Please stay tune for up coming dates for the flea market we will be selling at.  Details to come...Tentative flea market date May 18th 2013...

 

Vintage Junkies

New Desk

 

My friend has been wanting to get a new desk for her daughter, Ellie, because her younger daughter, Hadley keeps playing with Ellie's computer when Ellie is trying to get her homework done and was getting very frustrated with her younger sister. So Jenni asked if I had any desks. Of course we had some on hand (just a garage full of furniture, that is all :)  ). I sent her some pictures and she liked this one. I got this desk from craigslist and it has been sitting in my garage for at least 3 months, my husband is glad I got out of the garage.

 

Jenni was putting the desk in their activity area, which is awesome, she painted the walls with chalkboard paint so the girls can draw on the walls. She has a table and chairs so the girls can do their crafts, the top of the table is chalkboard also. So when I was trying to think of ideas to match her space, so of course we used chalkboard paint, we painted the top and the front of the drawers chalkboard. We painted the rest of the desk green. We added a little flower on the top corner of the desk and put a flower on each side of the drawer so you see it when you pull the drawer out.

 

 

Green Dresser

 

 

This is another dresser from Dells. The dresser is almost as tall as I am (I am 5ft 3in) So for a dresser it is pretty tall. The dresser was white all over except for the back, it was painted green. At first my mom and I painted it red, but it just wasn't sitting right with us. We liked the color that was on the back of the dresser so much that we went and matched the  paint color up to that green as close as we could. (I really should take a picture of the back to show you, I will have to update later.) So this is how it turned out. My mom striped the top and we left it wood. We put new hardware on it because one of the wooden knobs that was on it was broken. We stenciled little flowers on the sides, to give it more a little more character.



Mirror Makeover

 

We have another before and after!!! This was a mirror my mom and I found. I love anything floral so I said we had to get it. It is in good shape, had a few minor nicks on the wood. We painted it mint green, distressed it a little and made it look antique to show off the details.

I think this would look lovely in a shabby chic room.

 

This was the before....