Transforming Curb Side Junk

Once a year our city offers residents large item 'JUNK' pick up.

Most of the time it is old toilets, mattresses, out-dated TVs,

broken down furniture, etc.

Fun or curiosity, we count yearly the more unusual

items that are 'junked' in excess.  

This year it was 12 baby cribs and 3 pink toilets.

Throughout the years I have found many great items.

However, the past few years 'good junk' has been minimal. 

That changed this year!

We found antiques, vintage, furniture

and garden items. 

Here is my best SCORE...

This center walnut-stained shelf.

I thought it would fit my mantel and it did!

I love the original wood of this piece, but the 

wood had some issues, besides it was too dark for my room.

So, I chose to repaint it with Annie Sloan white chalk paint.

It took me 32 hours to paint this piece with three coats of chalk paint 

mainly using a 3/4" brush on the scrolls/details and columns.

To finish it, I hand-waxed it.

 First coat of chalk paint.

Now finished, it sits as a cabinet shelf on my mantel.

Love my 'JUNK' find!

Found Treasures

If you have visited my blog before you know we recently repainted

5 rooms/hallways in our home.

I adore lighter shades: creamy whites, shabby whites, vintage whites... they have always been splattered amongst the other colors in our home.  

When we recently repainted these rooms/hallways, we use white on the trim work and either soft white or vintage lace white on the walls.  Our recent redo allowed us to swap décor
with other items in soft neutral tones.   

I had a lovely gold antique mirror that never sold in my vintage shops.  I could not bare to part with it at our local thrift store, so I decided to give a fresh coat of paint.  

Here is the mirror in its original gold paint being prepared for painting

 

voilà

Gold or white, what is your preference?

Our town every Spring offers large item pickup.  Over the years I have picked some awesome freebies from the trash of others -
you know what is one man's trash is another man's treasure!

Since I closed my vintage resale shops, I only bring home items for us, SO here is the piece of furniture that came home with me...

Isn't this a wonderful Thomasville dresser? 

It was in great condition other than a few shabby chic nicks, which I LOVE.  I did replace the (replaced) brass knobs to these fun porcelain crown knobs I found at Michael's on clearance for 39 cents each... that's right 39 cents each... Woot, woot! 

Here is a comparison of the knobs

Which knob would you have selected? 

May you find treasures today - perhaps free on the curb, at a tag sale, but mostly may your heart be blessed with treasures
from those you love ~ Tami