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    Home » Budget Decor

    Thrifty Finds

    Published by Pam Kessler | 255 words. · About 2 minutes to read this article. - 18 Comments

    I went to an estate sale on Friday and found a few things. This was day number two for the sale, so it was picked over and a lot of the really neat stuff I had seen in photos was already gone, but there was a fair amount of B-list stuff left. Plus it was a 25% off day, so it's always fun to get stuff for less than the price tag.

    I found these two 1970's-ish framed nautical prints. With plastic frames. Yeah, rocking the plastic frames.

    I liked the prints, so I will try to paint the frames and see how they look at that point.

    I had every intention of having them painted, so I could show you a fantastically impressive before and after in today's post, but then spring sprung up yesterday and I was out enjoying the beautiful day instead of painting.

    I found a silver serving tray and two tiny little loaf pans. Silver serving tray, because I'm still loving tarnished silver and loaf pans because I thought I could make some gardening doohickey thing out of them. No idea what, but they looked promising.

    Last year I bought a large enamelware basin that I couldn't bring myself to use in the garden, because it was in pristine condition. That won't be a problem with this one, because it already comes with a big old rusty drainage hole.

    Hope you had a wonderful weekend. I survived the clock changing day on Saturday with only a few time related mishaps.

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    1. Robin

      March 14, 2013 at 10:59 am

      Great finds. You can never have too many silver tarnished pieces or red and white enmaelware too! I love the loaf pans too. can't wait to see what you do with them for the garden. I was just thinking the other day that I need to add a little whimsy to my garden.

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    2. craftyles

      March 12, 2013 at 10:54 am

      Love all your finds. The red enamel ware is perfect for the garden. ALso love those loaf pans. Can't wait to see the boat prints all done up!

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