Everyday Photos by Jodi Anderson

thrift store finds, oh my

I scored at the thrift store yesterday. 

I have been wanting to trade in my oversize rectangular dining room table and get a smaller, round one for more than a year.  I have watched thrift shops and tag sales.  I have peeked at craigslist.  I looked at new ones online and in catalogs.  Thursday, finally, I found four chairs, identical but being sold separately.  There was also a cheap, plain, round table.  I toted the chairs around to the table and tried the two together.  Then X tried them.  Then I called theother23 to get his opinion. 

Today, he goes to pick them up.  (Grand total = $82.50)

I plan to paint the chairs and table.  I haven't completely decided on the color, or lack thereof, but it is going to be something rather pale, I think.  Being that I like to keep walls and floor very white, I'm thinking of going with either a pale grey (my favorite color) or ... ???  I don't know.  I will think about it for a day or two.  I am going to put new fabric on the seats.  I am thinking of going with a darker grey, like a pewter, but something that is easy to clean and not prone to be injured by cat claws. 

I also found some cool storage-decor ... a dark tan set of metal drawers, like card-catalog style and a black tin set of pans, two small ones with a lid and a larger one without, to match a grey set that I already have in the studio/office.  I collect icebox cast iron as well as icebox tins and refrigerator glass. 

I think that my weekend may revolve around the items purchased Thursday.  (Yay!)  Any plans for your weekend? 

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recently thrifted

[ catherine carr full-length vintage skirt ]

literally flipping the bird

I wish that I had the time/energy/fortitude to share more of my thrifting finds. 

If I were to daily post one of the treasures that I have thrifted in, say, the last five years, I could probably do one blog daily for approximately six months.  Maybe twice that.  Thrice? 

Yes, I may have a problem. 

Last week, I found this owl ring and it fits on the middle finger of my right hand.  While I rarely use, *ahem*, hand gestures, I can now LITERALLY flip someone the bird. 

Generally, I do my gesturing with my mouth.