Decorating with Thrift Store Finds

I love thrifting.  It let's me change up a room frequently and I don't feel guilty about spending money.  I really can't justify spending full price for anything anymore.   Here are some things I found recently.

This soup tureen was $7.99 at the Salvation Army store. It looks antique, but there were no distinguishing markings on the underside, so I'm not sure.  In any case, I love it so it doesn't really matter. It matched my color scheme perfectly and sparked me to re-do my whole display on and over my  antique sewing machine.

This plate was .99 cents at Value Village. 

I added it to the wall display over my antique sewing machine as well.

I got four of these plates at the Salvation Army Store, at .99 cents each.

 There were matching bowls, which I didn't buy and now regret, but they blend nicely with my Mikasa French Country dishes.

This plate was $1.99 at Value Village.

  I used this one to update the display over my bookcase. 

That's all for now.  Happy thrifting!!!!!

A Re-Inherited Antique Phone.

 Just a short post today. 

 Thought I'd take this opportunuty to show you this great antique phone I inherited.

The ear-piece had come off, so I used epoxy glue to repair it.

And the dial cover was missing, so I took a picture of some hydrangeas from the internet and made my own .

I got the idea from this great antique French phone I found a picture of.

I really like this Danish antique phone- but I'll settle for mine which was" free".

Just for fun, here are some other antique phones that I love.

This one is sweet too!!!!

And I wouldn't kick this one out of my bedroom.

What can I say......

And this one satisfies my need for a little bling in my life.

But back to reality........

Here's the phone on my end table in my living room- and it even works . I'd forgotten how much work dialing a phone is , but I'll probably just use this phone for decoration, and to answer incoming calls.

  And did I mention that I saw the same phone at an antique store and they were asking $125.00 for it.  The shop owner said she could get twice that for it, so it made me happy to tell her I had the same one and I got it for free.