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I love the Goodwill Store

I can’t tell you enough how much I LOVE THE GOODWILL STORE.  Fortunately for me, there is one just down the street from where I work.  Unfortunately for me, I am totally addicted to it.   Its like crack for frugal moms.  Every day it calls my name and it takes every fiber of my being  to not get into my car at lunch and drive down there.  And, if I do drive down there, it pains me not to walk out with a shopping cart full of re-purposed treasures.

Recently, the Mister surprised me at lunch on his day off and showed up at the office to take me to lunch.  After a quick lunch I told him we were going somewhere that I wanted to show him.  I directed him down the street to the Goodwill store.  I was thrilled and he indulged me.  The first thing I found was this decorative Christmas tag looking thing FOR $1.99!!!

The Boat Anchor

The Mister calls it “the boat anchor”  because its made of cast iron and weighs a ton.   After debating where it will be mounted in my plane-jane undecorated house for the last two weeks, I decided on the bare space over my kitchen window.  By the way, those kitchen cabinets are getting a planned makeover in the next few months.  At one time we were going to replace them, but they are so expensive to replace.  So, we decided to paint them Kilz Casual Colors ‘blackbread’.  Its going on all of the cabinets in the house and a few furniture pieces as well.  I can’t wait to show you the results.

Over the Kitchen Window

Freecycle Armoir

Look at what I found through Freecycle!

I couldn’t believe it.  Saturday morning I opened up my email and there it was, listed for FREE.  The only catch…there was no photo.  So, I called the Freecycler and asked if it was still available.  Then, the Mister and I scheduled a time to go over and take a look.  We took the seats out of our van just in case she was a keeper.   As soon as I walked into the room I knew I had to have her.  Isn’t she just ugly beautiful?  My new motto:  Ugly – Its the new beautiful.

Can you see all the potential?  The Mister is not crazy in love with her but I think she will grow on him once we complete her extreme makeover.  As soon as we got her home the mister insisted that we deposit her in the garage so he could start sanding her down.

And the hardware?  He insisted that it will go.  We have the perfect pulls picked out at Target. These are Liberty Half Round Foot Pulls and Liberty Hammered Pull in oil rubbed bronze.

I cant wait to get this project completed. So, here is what I envision.  She’s going to get a good sanding down with some 80 grit sand paper.  Then, primed inside and out.  Followed by two coats of Kilz Casual Colors “blackbread” which is so dark brown its almost black.  I cant wait!  She is going to be gorgeous!  And when we are finished, she’s going into my bedroom.

One of my my favorite inspiration rooms can be found here by the lovely Rhoda at SouthernHospitalityblog

For More Bedroom Inspirations:

Here are some more of my favorite inspiration rooms.  I think they were all from Better Homes and Gardens Real Life Bedrooms but  I lost the link.