thrifting lately…

I have been on the hunt for vintage sheets and pillow cases to use in our sweet girl’s nursery and hit the JACKPOT the other day at a local thrift store!



Some sweet floral sheets…



I loved the color of the pink sheet (second from the top)…it feels as though it’s been washed a million times.  Love it!



The pillow cases were all marked $0.99 and then the sweet lady at the register gave me a discount! Some of these pillow cases will be cut up to use for a quilt, but several are going to be turned into pillow case dresses…



Especially this one!  I can’t stand how cute the floral pattern is combined with the pink piping and ruffled edge.  Adorable!



I also found this queen-sized lace bed skirt (for $2.99, then discounted!) that I originally just bought for the lace…but now I’m thinking it might be a sweet crib skirt for the Jenny Lind crib I’m painting.

All of those fabulous treasures were mine for less than $18!  Gotta love thrifting! Have you found any sweet deals while thrifting lately?

Linking up to:

Thrifty Treasures @ Southern Hospitality

a sneak peek…

We have been blessed with  beautiful weather here in Missouri for the last two days, so I’ve been spray painting up a storm.  Here’s a sneak peek of the thrift store brass lamp that I showed you here.  Hopefully I’ll be able to finish it up and show you the finished product in the next few days!

How has the weather been where you live?  Snowy or flip flop-worthy?

thrift store brass lamp…

Have you noticed the trend among our beloved blogdom to find a cheap brass lamp at the thrift store, add a little spray paint, recover the shade (or buy a drum shade), and end up with a beautiful creation?  Yeah, so have I.  And everyone in Southwest Missouri must have, too, because I have gone from thrift store to thrift store in search of the glorious brass lamp and had NO luck.  Until today…



I was walking around an antique junk store in town and found this little beauty tucked back into one of the antique junk booths.  I was sure that the price tag would read $30, as most of the tags on the lamps had, but I’m pretty certain that angels sang as I read the price tag and it said $4!I said little beauty, but it’s actually about 30 inches tall.



I plan to spray paint the base of the lamp and change up the shade. I’d love to buy a drum shade for it at some point, but recovering the shade will work for now.  My question is what color should I paint it?  I’m thinking that it’s going to go on top of the black dresser in our entry way to replace the too small table lamp that’s currently sitting there.

Turquoise?

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White?

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Green?

Any other color suggestions?  Have you made over a sassy brassy lamp?