Home Decor Thrifting

Hey friends! It's been a while since I've showed you my recent thrift store finds! Today I'll only be posting the gems I've found for our home because, let's be honest, if I posted the clothes I've found we'd be here all day. So here it goes…

First off let me tell you how much I LOVE Nate Berkus. I have been following his work for close to 10 years now.  I have some of his books and have often dreamed of working with him as an interior design student. That being said, you can imagine how excited I was when he did a collaboration with Target. It has been SO hard for me not to buy all of his collection from Target. You all know how savvy cheap I can be when it comes to buying things.  Therefore it was hard for me to justify spending money on buying any of this things from Target.  

Fast forward a few months…As I've told you before, items that don't sell at Target are donated to Goodwill.  So needless to say I ended up scoring some Nate Berkus items at Goodwill for less than half the price! *happy dance*

I found this rug just last week while at a trip to Goodwill. It is originally $130 from Target but I got it for $60!  It's handwoven, super soft, and absolutely adorable.  

I also found these Nate Berkus pillows at Goodwill that were originally $25 for $12.  I wanted them from the moment I saw them at Target so I was SO happy when I found them at a thrift store.  I also found that rad mid century lamp at Goodwill for $7.  The lamp shade was a little dingy, so I just did a little Pinteresting and recovered it with this inspiration and this tutorial.   I LOVE the way it turned out.  

I also found this Nate Berkus bed spread set at Goodwill for $50, originally $90 at Target.  The African woven basket hanging on the wall to the left was also thrifted for only $2!  

These curtains, also originally from Target for $30, were purchased at Goodwill.  To be honest, I don't remember how much I bought them for, but again it was meant to be.  I wanted some simple white and mustard yellow curtains and had seen these at Target, but didn't want to pay full price for 2.  So I waited and found them at Goodwill for a better price!  YAY! 

You've probably started to notice a trend by now that I buy a lot of Target merchandise from Goodwill.  Well, here is one more example.  This cute little yellow pillow was originally from Target for $25 but I scored it for $10!

I have been searching for these handwoven baskets for a long time now but couldn't find one at a reasonable price, and low and behold, I found one at Goodwill for $6 people!  It doesn't get much better than that!  

vintage shopping spree

today was an awesome day.  i took the day off because patrick and i work on each other's days off, so we never get to spend a whole day together.  "and what did we decide to do together on our day off," you ask?  what else, but thrift store shopping!  yep, we spent the whole day hopping from one thrift store to the next to vintage/antique shops and we had a blast.  

we specifically went to long beach because some friends of ours told us about an antique mall there and a street called "retro row."  most of the shops we went to were more vintage shops than thrift stores so they were pretty pricy, but it was still fun to shop around and see some amazing pieces full of history.  here are some pictures from today.  hope you enjoy!  

{this picture makes me really happy because those were my wedding colors!}

do you guys have some favorite thrift stores or locations?  if so, i would love to know so i can go and check them out!  

wish list

so, i have a problem.  i think i am addicted to shopping.  i've never shopped as much as i have the past year of my life.  i think the reason is because i find things for so cheap i can justify spending money on them.  but now i have a list of like a million things that i really want right now, but i can't but them all because i'll be broke!  and this isn't even all of the things i am dying to buy.  i just wish it was going to be my birthday, or christmas soon so i could have someone else buy them for me!  but you know, if you happen to feel real generous, then buy all means, go ahead and buy them for me just for the heck of it :) 

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1.  seriously?  i love this sofa!  i just wish it was a true vintage version.  but it's so gorgeous that i'm not going to be picky.  

2.  i have been wanting a gold michael kors watch for A LONG TIME now!  i am thinking i am going to ask for one for christmas. 

3. i am in love with this chevron iphone case.  the colors and the design are absolutely perfect.  

4.  i saw these pillows at urban outfitters about 2 months ago and it was love at first sight.  the only reason why i haven't bought them yet is because they are $34 each!  i am too cheap to pay that much for pillows.  i actually got lucky at goodwill the other day and found one similar to them, but its still not the same as the ruffled, velvety deliciousness as the original.  

5.  i saw this shirt on a blog i read and immediately fell in love with the cute heart print.  it's adorable, and i want it! 

6.  lately i have been obsessed with big, chunky statement necklaces.  i have imitation j.crew bubble necklaces in turquoise and coral, but i still really want the yellow!  

7.  again, another big statement necklace.  i love how all of the colors in this necklace create such a beautiful color pallet.  

8.  don't you think this dog tag stamped anniversary necklace would be a perfect anniversary gift for our 2nd anniversary in a month?  i think so :)  

{happy shopping!}

home tour

hello there friends!  recently i have been inspired to thrift for household items.  i know i already showed you the things i bought this last weekend, but i thought i’d show you more things that i have thrifted over the past 2 years for our home.  i love to decorate my home with thrited items because they add so much character and personality to an otherwise boring room.  they are wonderful conversation pieces and i love how they tell a story.  people me ask all the time where i found certain things in our house and when i tell them a thrift store, they never believe me.  so, without further ado… 

all of the decor on this shelf were thrifted.  every. single. one. people.  i absolutely LOVE the retro starburst bowl and i recently just found that cute little owl figurine.  he makes me smile every time i look at him.  

this entire shelf was thrifted as well.  patrick and i like to collect old cameras and clock radios.  these are a few of the ones we have.  i LOVE the camera on the left that i found at goodwill.  it has like a million lenses.  not sure why you would ever use that many lenses, but it looks cool, that's for sure!  

the white vases and the little vintage desk lamp are thrifted from this shelf below.  patrick and i fell in love with that little lamp.  its has so much personality and it actually works!  he turns it on when he sits here to do homework and it just makes me happy seeing it shine.  when i bought those white vases i bought them with the intention to pain them different colors.  however, the plain white is starting to grow on me, so i think i am going to keep them white.  what do you think?  

this frame, little clock, and iPod station/radio were also thrifted.  patrick gave me that super rad retro frame for my birthday a year and a half ago and i absolutely love it!  i have actually never put a picture in it because i don't want to detract from the awesomeness of the frame!  

i love the story about the iPod station/radio.  patrick and i saw this at target after we first got married, but it was $100!  being the bargain shoppers that we are, we didn't want to spend the money on it.  well.....one day while i was looking at goodwill for christmas gifts for patrick I FOUND IT!  at goodwill!  for only $15!!!!  and the best part is that it works!  i could not wait for patrick to open it up on christmas morning.  i almost just gave it to him early,  but i'm glad i didn't because he was SO excited christmas morning when he saw what i had scored.  

my jewelry organizer is made out of a cork board i found at goodwill and then snazzed it up a bit.  i painted the frame and then put fabric on the cork part.  it has been so perfect for my necklaces.  

this awesome mint clock radio and the typewriter were also thrifted.  i think this clock radio is probably my favorite thrifted home decor item i have ever purchased.  the color, the hands, the dials, the shape.....everything is perfect.  

good luck thrifting items for your home and have fun!  

{happy thrifting!}

one man's trash....

well hello!  i know what you are thinking....it has been FOREVER since i have written a new post.  life  has been a little crazy and i will admit i got a tad bit lazy there for a while.  but i am happy to say that i am back and ready to show you all of my amazing thrift store finds.  i am sorry for the absence, and i will promise try not to do it again.  

now, lets get to the rest of the post.  you know that saying "one man's trash is another man's treasure?"  well, if that's true I AM RICH!  you guys, i seriously find SO much good stuff at thrift stores it is ridiculous!  i will often times look down at my outfit and realize that every single part of my outfit was thrifted!  craziness!  

this post, however is not about clothes, its about fun stuff for the house that i have found within the last week thrift store shopping.  i am obsessed with all of them so much and it actually inspired me to write a post about them.  so here we go....

i have been looking for a vintage crewel embroidery art piece for a few weeks now.  i have looked on etsy and thrift stores, but never really found one that i liked for a price i was willing to pay.  enter Goodwill.  i found this beauty at Goodwill yesterday for 5 bucks!  

patrick and i made some new friends on thursday and went to their house.  their whole entire house is decorated and designed with vintage furniture and accessories.  needless to say i was IN LOVE!  i wanted to steel everything they had.  they had a theme throughout of vintage old ship paintings and other decor and patrick and i really liked it.  patrick told me to start looking for stuff like this while i thrifted and, welp, i found one within the first 10 minutes of looking!  i love this little decorative art piece, and i especially love the 3D aspect.  

ok, the next piece is my favorite.  i saw a chair like this probably 6 months ago at goodwill and wanted to buy it so i sent a picture of it to patrick, but sadly, he didn't like it.  i have regretted not buying the chair ever since.  until this last thursday.  remember those friends we made?  well, they have bought so much furniture from thrift stores that they have too much for their house and wanted to sell some of it and guess what?  we were the happy recipients!  patrick and i got to look through their amazing treasures and they had the EXACT same chair i saw a few months ago but it had a pair!  it was the first furniture i saw there and i immediately told patrick "I AM buying these chairs."  he actually likes the chairs now.  he said that they look better in person than they did in the picture.  and i couldn't be happier to have them.  they are perfect in every way.  

this rocking recliner is patrick's favorite.  it is another piece of furniture we bought from our new friends.  patrick calls it his "man chair."  he has yet to sit in it to watch a movie, but i'm pretty sure the cuddling days on the couch with his wife are over.  he will now be cuddling in his man chair.  needless to say though, it is a pretty amazing mid century recliner.  

the next item i found is super random, but also super rad and it was super cheap!  it's a food warmer!  the funny thing is that it actually still works!  i wasn't completely sure that i was gonna buy it but it was only going to be 50 cents!  i figured for that price i'll find a use for it somewhere.  i'm pretty sure that i'm not even going to use it as a food warmer, but probably as a decorative piece in our house.  

patrick and i have been in the market for a vintage side chair for a while now.  we bought one about a year ago from our favorite vintage store in downtown fullerton, out of vogue, but we didn't really love it that much and wanted something more retro looking.  i found this beauty at salvation army yesterday and couldn't be happier.  the chair is practically in perfect condition.  i seriously think that no one ever sat in it.  and now its all ours! 

  

{happy thrifting!}