Favorite Thrift/Yard Sale Finds

Let's all join the party at Rhoda's at Southern Hospitality. She's asking that we post our favorite yard sale and/or thrift find....okay, this is going to be hard for a lot of us because we have a lot of favorites. I have decided on mine, what about you?


I must admit that my first favorite is not thrifted or from a yard sale but instead bought at my first auction about 4 years ago. Hubby and I went intent on finding a sideboard....instead we found two -- one for the den and one for the dining room. The one pictured here is my absolute favorite.

Now for my favorite yard sale item. The hubs came home one day all excited about a street find. Yep, that's right, he found this little baby on the street in front of a house in the not to nice section of town. I wish I had a picture of the before....it was all scuffed up and even worse (for me anyway) smelled of smoke. We aired it out, hubby sanded it and I painted it (black of course) then distressed it before adding a coat of antiquing glaze. While it is still not in the best condition, some of the drawers need to be redone, I really love this chest of drawers. I use it in my bathroom to hold all kinds of things. That way, I can use the top for display just as you would use the chest in any other room. I recently added the appliques after spraying them black, sanding them and brushing over with a dark wood stain.

And there you go! I hope you join in the party so we can all share some of our favorite pieces around the house.