Teak table treasure

I think half the fun of thrifting can be the upcycling part that sometimes comes with it. This teak treasure had horrible upholstery and the top was scratched all to hell. A few evenings in front of the tv, some sandpaper, a ton of staples, great upholstery fabric scored at Habitat (donated by Palliser) and a whole bunch of teak oil and it looks almost new.

Sadly after all that, it's too big for what I need, so on to kijiji it has gone. That I guess is also one of the pitfalls of thrifting - you have to buy it right that second or risk missing it. There is no going home and hmmming and hawing about it, going back to the store and looking at it from all different angles... because poof! It would be gone. So impulse buy I did, and this time it didn't quite work out. Oh well, someone else will get to treasure it!

Oh Arborite, how I love thee...

I have a problem. A problem with collecting arborite tables.  I have probably about 7 now, all nicely stacked in the basement waiting for the right time and place to live. Every now and again I get rid of one, in fact, I'm trying to get rid of one right now, but it always seems wrong - what if I need it one day??

This particular little beauty I picked up for only ten bucks - ten! There is an almost identical (arborite is identical, base is different) one at the Old House Revival Company for like $140!

More pictures to come of other things soon!

Okay, finally something resembling a real post!

After being inspired by RetroRenovation.com to post a picture of a vintage find I figured, well, I have the picture handy, why not finally make a post on here?

Welcome to my dining room

Now, oddly enough, normally my dining room doesn't have a table in it, it's usually living room #2, but I'm actually selling the table and chairs a la kijiji at the moment so it needed to be set up somewhere. I scored the table for $5 at a local thrift shop, and the chairs that are with it are part of a set I bought at a yard sale last summer and then lovingly up-cycled by painting them white.

The teak buffet and hutch was another score for $75 at a thrift shop here in Winnipeg, the round thing on the bottom shelf inside the cabinet is called a donut phone and I also scored that from a local yard sale. The big round orb on top is a radio/8-track player that I paid $40 for, so not quite a super great bargain, but I'd wanted one for a while and it certainly was less than others I've come across over the years.

This of course reminds me that it's Sunday and I should be out and about at yard sales. Does anyone else ever get the feeling that they are missing out on stuff when they don't religiously head out to yard sales and things? I realistically don't have any more room, but I can't help but obsess over what I might be missing out on. Sigh. Happy hunting!

Let's get the ball rolling...

Okay, so I don't have a photo to put up yet, which in theory is the exciting part, but I scored a vintage teak table and 4 chairs for $135 today!! Score!! Pictures to follow (eventually).

Coming Soon!

Please check back - I just need to get the ball rolling!