As I have mentioned before I LOVE Garage Sales! One man’s junk is another man’s treasure! This past summer I was fortunate enough to hit up a few garage sales! I bought brand new loaf pans, never used, good quality: $1 each! (I used them to make some tasty banana bread!) I also bought a standing bathroom towel rack. The reason I needed a bathroom rack is ours broke when a painting fell off of the wall and smashed into the towel rack; the nail just gave away, the picture was fine but the rack didn’t survive. We had yet to replace it. The towel rack I bought was originally brass toned and had some flaking metal in a corner, but otherwise was in good shape. I bought the rack for $1! As soon as I laid eyes on it I had planned on painting it white. While telling my Mom about it, she had leftover white metal spray paint, so she gave me the remainder of the can which I used to spray paint the towel rack after I scrubbed it up. I regret not taking a before picture but here is the after:
Not bad for $1 and free spray paint! Don’t dismiss something just because of the colour or texture, perhaps a quick do-it-yourself project can turn a mediocre item into a perfect fit for your house!
Lil’ sister and I found this trolley one time. Grant it, it looked really bad before hand. But with some scrubbing, sanding and painting, it turned out alright. I used it this year for Christmas to help clear the table and bring the dirty dishes to the kitchen. I don’t know why I wanted the trolley so bad but it just kind of spoke to me. Unfortunately, my parents didn’t have black spray paint so I actually had to buy it this time, but still not bad for a useful piece of furniture. I think with spray paint the whole project cost me $8.
In the past my parents have bought a book shelf and a really cute solid wood makeup table and scrubbed them up, sanded and painted them. No one would know that they cost next to nothing! Except now that I am bragging that we saved huge by buying the items at a garage sale! Haha!
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