A Project! That Might Get Done...Soonish!

Good news: the move is done. Finished. No more living in limbo with some things in the the new place and some in the old. Bad news: moving is a beast and as such we are exhausted. Then there are the moving expenses, which have left me without project funds. The only project I'm currently trying to finish is painting a dresser. I plan on using it for a purpose other than holding clothes. Stalling my painting plans however is the act of finding a paint color. What I have in mind has yet to be found, hopefully a trip to Michael's, Home Depot or A.C. Moore will yield the color of my current dreams. The Hubs has started the process of redoing the dresser already, just a bit more sanding to go.

Thrifting With BJ! Again! Part 1

Once again, a Saturday out with BJ. And once again, goodies abound. First I shall tell you of the lovely, lovely items I did not buy. A beautiful china cabinet at Thrift Store City in Norfolk. Had I the spare 200 smackers I still couldn't have got it because it was already sold. *sigh* . It was about time they had a decent price on a new (ish) piece of furniture. They have a tendency to be notoriously high (a dining room set for $900, puh-lease!). So you can imagine my shock and surprise at a price I would actually consider paying.

There was also a dresser that matched my recent Salvation Army find. There was only one major difference and that was the handles, my piece has hidden grooves under the drawers and this piece does not. Considering that this dresser was from a different company (Bassett) I suppose differences are to be expected. $70 wasn't a bad price either as we are talking solid wood here.

For $13, I could have got my hands on a similar nightstand. There was some damage to the top. I think it was definitely salvageable and worth the price. I'm a little traditional however in my desire to have matching nightstands and since there was only the one, it was a  no-go.

Onto the Goodwill Outlet where I bought a Target lamp for only 2 bucks! It still had the tag that said it was $29.99. Woot-woot, more than 90% off! Now I just have to get a shade. Which is the truth for 4 other lamps in my home. If only I could find nice shades as easily as I find nice bases.I also found a little piece of canvas art for my bedroom.

The Goodwill Outlet is one of my all-time favorites places to shop. Clothing/textiles/fabric and housewares are all sold by the pound. The pound, people! The housewares is my favorite, it's only .59 cents a pound and they consider most things to be housewares. Purses, luggage are $2. Clothing is $1.29 a pound. Paperback books are 25 cents, hardcover 50 cents. I rarely ever spend more than $20 when I'm there but almost always leave with a huge bag of stuff.

Look What I Bought!: Salvation Army Dresser

It's mine! {cue evil laughter} I managed to get to the Salvation Army on Monday and bought the dresser. Plus I lucked out because they give you 3 days to pick it up. Most thrift stores give no more than 24 hours and that's if they give you any time at all. I'll have Salvation Army in my mind more often in regards to furniture buying now. My mother provided the lift to go get it. A lovely employee helped the Hubs load it, which was another added bonus since I was told that the people who help load leave at 3:30 and we picked it up after 6pm.

When we got home the Hubs discovered that we just bought a piece of Stanley furniture. Yay! for thrifting quality merchandise.

The dresser is now taking up residence in my bedroom and performing double duty as a nightstand. It's too big for a nightstand but until I rearrange that's where it'll live. I do love it though, especially since previously my undergarments were living in a plastic (ugh!). So please excuse all the extra stuff on the top because everything has yet to be situated.

Now if I can just get around to refinishing it......

Shoulda Bought It: Salvation Army Dresser

Why, oh why, did I pass up on this dresser? Oh wait, I know why, because I was being supremely cheap and wanted to wait 2 more days so that I could save an extra 5 dollars. Silly me. Now I have to hope I can make it back to the Salvation Army and that it's still there. While this dresser isn't exactly what I was looking for (hoping for one twice as long) this is still too good of an item to pass up. I know I can find a home for this in my home. It's marked at $50 and was 20% off when I saw it (so $40) but I wanted to wait for it to go down to $35. Yes, I know I'm insanely cheap. If I were willing to wait until April 5th (& were it still there) it would be marked down even further to 50% off.

I checked the piece out and it seems to be all solid wood except for the top which has a veneer. This is okay because I want to sand it down, stain it a darker color and paint the top white (a la John & Sherry over at Young House Love).

So, cross your fingers that it's still there! And that my dad will drive it to my apartment in his SUV.