Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Trash to Treasure

I used to think that vintage was old things and I knew that I enjoyed seeing and having them. Now that I am mature and vintage and I are about the same age I love vintage. Thrift store finds and garbage pickin's get me all excited. I found this dresser about 5 years ago and knew that it would be perfect in my hall area. All yucky faded brown it sat in the hallway with little use since it was hard to open some of knobless drawers. Being the bargain shopper that I am , I occasionally check the clearance paint aisles for returned cans of paint. Then one day in Walmart there it was a strange eggplant color that I had considered at full price was only $5.00. Then a search for the brushed silver knobs made the dresser functional. I had known that the mirror would be perfect placed above the dresser and the picnic baskets would fit under. All of the glassware had been gifts from friends and the frame cross stitch I had done myself when I had more patience and vision. So there it is a hard to decorate awkward hall corner for about $100.00 bucks. I like it. Inspirations pages http://www.etsy.com/storque/spotlight/get-the-look-decor-all-you-need-is-love-12474/