every year winthrop (the town the boyfriend lives in) has a town wide yard sale, and this year the weather decided to cooperate. the boyfriends mother, aunt & i hit the pavement early and found a few goodies. warning, these before & after photos were taken with my blackberry so the quality isn't the best.
i purchased this rusty old wire metal apple basket for $3, spent $3 on a can of light blue spray paint, scraped it down with steel wool, and voila, instant cuteness. not quite sure what i'll put in this basket (plants? towels? flip flops?)...
i also picked up this little glass & brass rolling cart, which i wasn't sure i'd be able to bring back to life but thought i'd give it a shot since these things sell for big bucks everywhere. i spent $13 on it, another $6 for polished chrome metal spray paint, $3 on new glass bumpers, windexed the hell out of the glass and BAMM, it's ready for summer cocktails to be rolled out on it. thinking about replacing the casters, but i haven't looked for anything just yet...
i also bought a hexagonal framed bevelled mirror for $8 but haven't figured out alter it just yet, as well as a $3 wooden stool (it's funky, i'll post pictures of it soon) that i think i might give to my mom for her house in nova scotia because it looks like it belongs there instead of my apartment.
it was nice to spend the afternoon refurbishing my finds, very rewarding indeed! one woman's trash is another woman's treasure!
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