It said: “For you. Come get it.”  and it had an attached picture of some roadside garbage.  Luckily for me I’m in with The Devil and when I asked her to load up the garbage in her car and bring it over, she gladly obliged.

It needed a lot of sanding, a lot of wood filler and an enormous amount of love. But hey, FREE is my price these days.

And just so you can see just how much work this dresser needed, here is close up of the drawers.

I’ll take solid wood stickered-up, roadside garbage over brand new laminate particle board any day. I’m classy like that.

 

 

 

 

The quest to recycle furniture continues.  Roo and I found this pair of dirty bass boat chairs/bar stools while we were out thrift store shopping.  Only $25 for the pair – a little spray paint, a screwdriver and some elbow grease and they look like clean bass boat chairs/bar stools.  Who knew I’d be able to fish right at my very own kitchen counter top?

If you’ve been following me on facebook you know I’ve been in a bit of a makeover mood.  My most recent makeover is a pair of chairs I purchased for $50 each from a thrift store in Denton, TX that benefits Habitat for Humanity.  I really intended to reupholster them myself, but ummmm, I’m not that good – so, I had them recovered by Jay’s Upholstery, also in Denton.  They did a fantastic job.

Although, fantastic job on reupholstery = not so dirt cheap. But I’m happy with the results AND my purchase benefits a good cause. AND no one else has chairs like mine. AND I’m going attempt to reupholster an ottoman with a hot pink basket weave fabric to match. AND as a special bonus, I can’t currently look at the chairs because an itty bitty kitty is currently trying to shred them, so I have them covered with blankets. Not sure how long that will last, but at least I know they are cute on the inside.