Junk Bonanza

That year when I posted about my experience at Junk Bonanza, I froze and walked out with one thing. This year, I brought ammo, er my Mom and sister to help me pull the trigger when I found something I liked. I also thought of a few things I wanted to find before we even went which turned out to be a good thing. On my mental list of three things I wanted...I came out with two.

 

I love the parking lot. It's full of U-Hauls and trailers. I'd like to think the U-Hauls belong to potential buyers, not the sellers.

 

 

This is the only other picture I took, shame on me, from the day. They're old school posters for the classroom! If I were a teacher I would have probably picked up a few of these. So stinkin' sweet!!!

 

Here are my three finds. I'm not sure what this really is but I saw it when we went in and saw it on the way out. And it's definitely something someone made, not so much of a farm fresh item, but I just really liked it for some reason.

 

This was my favorite find of the day and something that was on my mental list. It's an old egg basket I'm using for Stella's toys in the living room! It screams beautiful to me.

 

And this bench was also on my mental list. I also wanted to find a shelf/coat rack to go above it but had no such luck. I'm thinking next time I need to find some wire baskets to go underneath it for hats/mittens and shoes.

 

Have you found any old treasures lately? I really need to start exploring some of the many thrift stores around here. Happy Friday!!

My $1 Find

On Saturday I went out to the Summit Hill Neighbrhood garage sales with my friends Megan and Amanda and this is what I picked up for $1...

It's a Christmas tree topper!!! Our next Lady Balsam won't be naked on top anymore!

I thought it was perfect and it was actually my only purchase of the day. Amanda and Megan hit the motherload and filled up Amanda's van. They are seriously pros when it comes to garage sales.

I didn't realize it was in black and white when I took the first picture but I thought it looked pretty neat so I'm sharing it with you:)

What the Junk?!

Oh hey Monday, you're back. If only I could have one more day added to the weekend then it would be much better. On Saturday I headed to the Junk Bonanza Fair at Canterbury Park bright and early and it was a magical place. Unfortunately I saw everything I ever wanted to find and I froze. I'm terrible at making decisions and without anyone with me to give me their two cents I walked out with only one thing. I swear, I could have filled up a U-haul (which there were plenty of the parking lot, oh and lots of trailers).

Let me rewind before I show you my purchase. Junk Bonanza is a place where you can find anything old, vintage, or pulled from a barn you name it! Think American Pickers (one of my favorite shows on the History channel) in one big building. They had old tables refinished and beauitful might I add, mason jars galore, wire baskets, old furniture, clothing, farming equipment, signs...anything and everything. 

Part of my problem was I was overwhelmed by all the greatness I found and couldn't think of what projects I wanted to start or what room to look for things. The other part of my problem was even when I found something I really liked, like an old dresser that just needed new handles, I wasn't sure if Joe would like it or not so I kept walking. He told me I should have just went for it. Live and learn I guess.

As for the one thing that I knew I had to get, here it is.

Sweet, huh? I thought it would be pefect for the house and I plan on putting it on top of the shelf/coat rack that I'm going to make for our kitchen. Not sure if I'll spray paint it (the red is bright red) or if I'll take off the cover, take out the lights inside and leave it like this...

Either way, for $30 it was the greatest find of my day! Like real gold! Next year I plan on being more prepared. I'll have someone with me saying "buy it!" or I'll go there with a list of what I'm looking for and just get it! I love junk. Junk. Junk. Junk.