Thrifted Finds: Furniture Re-Styles

In case you are just meeting me for the first time - I am obsessed with thrift store shopping and garage sales! Not only is it better for the planet to reduce, reuse and recycle, but you can't beat how much money is saved by buying used (especially since we recently moved and are working to furnish a larger space). I often find well made, high quality pieces that after a bit of scrubbing, sanding and new paint become great additions to my home.

This post is a collection of some of the furniture finds I have scored, check it out:

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$40

What was intended as a TV cabinet made a great wardrobe first in our main bedroom and now in our breakfast room. My favorite part about this piece is the molding detailing at the top.

$18

This old desk became a makeup table (and then a desk again) for my daughter's room. Some people like to buy all new hardware, but I find that as long as everything is in good working order, a cleaning and painting is all that's needed.

$20

Once refinished I turned this small dresser into a large bedside table with storage.

Again, the molding 😍

$7.50

I wasn't exactly looking for another faux fireplace; we already have one faux one in the main bedroom and real ones in the family and dining rooms, but at $7.50 I couldn't pass this one up. Originally priced at $30, then marked down to $15 (which was the color of the week at Good will and netted another 50% off), the final price was just seven dollars and fifty cents! After cleaning and painting it now lives in our front room.

$27

This dresser is another breakfast room piece and I use it to store all of my cookie cutter collection.

$48

Again with the breakfast room, I use this display cabinet for my.....faux breakfast foods! Well, the top anyway😉 The open area I like to change out seasonally and the storage cabinets house my collection of cake stands and plates. I'll have a faux breakfast food post in the future.

$50

Our front hall has enough room for a display cabinet that this time I filled with faux ice cream treats. My Husband was kind enough to bring it home in a recent snowstorm, hence the frostiness in the top pic 😄 Also, if you peek to the left side of the cabinet and in to the front room, you can see that after 5 months I still have boxes yet to unpack. Sigh.

$17

Off to the side of our front hall is a large storage closet that I turned into what I call my 'bakery' 😊 Primarily it's where I store all of my off season fake bake decorations, but I thought why not make it cute too? This $17 bookshelf with drawers (that I painted white) made the perfect spot to display some faux bakery items as well as lending a bit more storage.

$34

Last time with the breakfast room, I promise! This vintage piece used to be a record player cabinet, with top storage on one side and front cabinets on both sides. It was gray when I found it and I painted it fresh white, of course, and use it to store cake pans and all of my silicone molds.

$80

This buffet was getting a little expensive at $80, but was perfect for housing all of our home office needs, computer games and school supplies. It was dark brown at first but after a coat of white I placed it next to the desk area in the front room.

$25

In between the fireplace and a door to the kitchen in our dining room is the perfect spot for a small cabinet. This one was wood colored veneer that I painted white and filled with faux pies and puddings.

My favorite part about this cabinet is the gold detailing that I added around the glass with some hot glue and a bit of ribbon.

*I took this pic while the floors were still being worked on. The tile in the kitchen is new but we are keeping the vintage parkay in the dining room, front room and front hall. I have a lot of scrubbing and polishing of the wood yet to do and floor transition pieces will go down as well.

$100

I still can't believe that I spent $100 on a piece of furniture, it's just not my way! But I had received money as a Christmas gift and decided that after saving so much on every other piece, it was ok to splurge a bit. Still crazy though, since I'm so used to finding display cabinets for under $50 😎

After painting the cabinet white, I used it to display my faux cookie collection. I don't know how well it shows up, but I added some of that gold ribbon to the windows on this piece too. I'll have a post in the future where I show what's inside.

$35

I was looking for a display piece for the dining room where I could put all of my faux cakes as well as store extra sets of dishes. This cabinet/ book shelf was perfect for storage and display, but didn't have the glass doors that I wanted (I hate dust). I'll share posts in the future both featuring how I made the glass fronts as well as the pretty cake collection inside.

And there you have it, a whole bunch of examples of how thrift store shopping can furnish your home!

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Want to see more of my furniture restyles?

Bakers Rack Repair

Custom Labels For Plastic Storage

How To Customize Your Plastic Drawer Storage

Buffet Turned TV Cabinet

Customize Your Shelving With Contact Paper

File Cabinet Makeover

Desk Chair Makeovers

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I hope you enjoyed this thrifting post, thanks for stopping by!