I smell...

...a bargain! I had another day of deals this past Saturday and was waiting until I had my photo to write the post. And wouldn't you know that Rhoda at Southern Hospitality is having a Mr. Linky yard-sale-a-pa-looza!?! I love Rhoda. She is very sweet and has a beautiful home with lots of great decorating advice.
So mama and I hit the big highway-long yard sale that started in one little town and ended several towns over. We didn't make it the whole way, but let's say we made it far enough! We started at 7:00 and I left Steve and Savannah home in bed! Whiny husbands and 3 year-olds do not make good yard sale companions.
I took a "group pic" of my finds because I'm too lazy to take a pic of every little thing and then upload it. Sue me! I got a small Christmas tree, an old table runner, an old basket, a vintage pair of Mr. & Mrs. Claus salt & pepper shakers, a Pottery Barn Kids step stool, two small paintings, a striped storage bin, a milk-glass vase and a Southern Living at Home plate all for $15.50! Yeah, baby! Mama got several things including a $5 chair, plant stand, a few dishes/pottery and a braided rug.

After mama drops me off back home, she calls me about 20 minutes later. She's stopped at a few more sale on the way home and finds a bedroom suit that would be good for Savannah's room. So, me and Savannah load up and check it out. 30 minutes later and I have bedroom furniture for Savannah for $300. It's a little more than I would normally pay for used furniture, but it was in good shape and it was a chest of drawers, dresser with mirror, nightstand, twin headboard and mattress. Here's the chest of drawers with one little ding on the bottom that daddy can fix.


Wow! I'd say that was a good yard sale day! Some of you had asked about the furniture I got last week for the thrift stores. I don't have before pics. We got to scrubbing and painting before I could get a pic!
Here's my $7.50 chair after some serious TLC. That's my $6/yard fabic on that seat. I feel like I "rescued" this one because someone had "inscribed" on the back of the top: Weed, 2008 and drew a marijuana leaf. Nice.
Here's the chandelier. Before, it was your typical 1989 shade of brass. I'm holding out for finding some shades, Rhoda!
Here is the table I bought a while back on Craigslist. I got a table and 6 chairs for $100!!! The top was scratched and stained but we sanded the crap out of it and stained and finished the top. The chairs will be recovered in the same fabric as above.

Here's my $7.50 mirror. Before, it had a weird grey-ish paint wash on it. We scraped 90% of it off with our fingernails. The rest took a little more muscle, but wiped it down afterwards with some wood oil and it looks great!

Detail of the top of the mirror.

So there you have it!!! Soon, I will be moved into our new house and take all my yard sale and His House junk with me. I love it!