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Hometown Thrifting Adventures

July 29, 2018 By stylishrevamp Leave a Comment

For the past few months, I have been traveling to my hometown in West Virginia to visit my parents.  While there, I took my mama on some thrifting adventures. Today, I am going to share with you one of my favorite thrift shops back home and the reason why I love it.

The back of the store and the apartments above

This thrift shop is so special to me  because we used to live there when I was a child.  I’m not really sure I remember living there, so much as, remembering it from stories and pictures. When we lived there, the bottom of the building was a store and the upper level was divided into two apartments.  We lived on one side and my mom’s best friend of over 60 plus years and her family lived on the other side.  There was a door between the two apartments. My mom has so many special memories from that time in her life.

 

Christmas morning with mom and three of my brothers

Hanging on the porch with two of my brothers

When I was home last, my mom was telling me a story about when she was first married and how she didn’t know how to cook or make a single thing. One day, their Priest was at the apartment because my dad was converting to Catholicism so they could remarry in a Catholic Church.   Her best friend that lived on the other side cracked the door open and slipped my mom a cup of coffee so she could offer it to the Priest.  I loved hearing her tell this story.

Hometown Memories

My older brothers have more memories of our apartment.  I think I was only 3 or 4 when we moved out. Like I said, I think my memories are from old pictures and stories that have been shared.

Playing with my brother in our old apartment.

Celebrating my birthday

I have been back to that old building many times over the years because my mom’s best friend ended up owning the building and running the store on the main level.  Once we moved, we still went to visit at the store and at her new home which was right next to the store.  However, I haven’t been upstairs to the old apartments until recently. When I went home, I told mom we were going junkin’ and this was our first stop.

 

I had no idea the thrift store was on all three levels.  I was so excited to see it. This is the first time I can honestly say I was more interested in the space itself rather than what was inside and for sale.  Don’t worry, I have since gone back and done some shopping!

I loved the thought that we used to live there.  It is everything that I love today.  The beautiful original hardwood floors, the unique lines of the ceilings, and of course what was left of the vintage kitchen! Who knows, maybe there is where my love of all things vintage started.

I hope you enjoyed this little glimpse into my life.  To see more of my hometown trip check out my IGTV  video.

Until Next Time,

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Filed Under: Fabulous Finds, Home Tour, Thrift Shop, Uncategorized Tagged With: Childhood, Family, Friends, Hometown, memories, Shopping, Thrifting, West Virginia

GoodWill Hunting

April 2, 2018 By stylishrevamp 6 Comments

Hello friends! Today, I am sharing some of my finds from my GoodWill Hunting trip. The most common question I am asked is, “How do you manage to find so many things when I can’t find anything?”  The answer is simple, you have to go often.  I go almost daily.  Yep, that’s right.  I go to Goodwill almost every single day during the week.   I am usually in and out in less than 15 minutes. Today, I hit up two Goodwills and didn’t find a single thing. That is just the way it goes sometimes.

A lot of people do not understand my obsession with Goodwill shopping or any thrift shopping for that matter but it’s just my thing.  I know what you must be thinking since I go almost every day…she must have a ton of crap all over her house or she must be a hoarder.  You will be happy to know, that is not the case.  I may be a drawer stuffer but my house is actually pretty organized.  I like everything to be in its place.  When I go to bed at night, my home is always in order.  I  can’t stand waking up to a messy kitchen. I just feel like my day starts off right if it begins organized.  It’s the same way with the throws and pillows on my sofas.  They have to be fluffed and neat when I head up to bed at night. It’s how I function. Now the garage…that’s another story…  I can’t wait to get it organized again…just waiting on some warm weather before I tackle that mess! The other thing I try to do a few times a month is donate items that we don’t use, want or need any longer.

GoodWill Hunting

O.k. on to my Goodwill Hunting finds.  First up, is this sweet little wicker basket that I found for $4.  I was on the fence about it and when I’m usually on the fence about an item it ends up being one of my most treasured finds.  First of all it was filthy and I mean gross filthy!  Once I got it home, it went straight into my laundry sink and under some hot running water until the water ran clean.  Then I sat it outside to dry.

Spring Refresh with Faux Floral and a Goodwill Basket

Goodwill Basket with sprigs of greenery and Magnolia Branches

I love the shape of it, high in the back and swooped down in the front.  I am so glad I picked it up.  She cleaned up nicely!

Also, all the white dishes and pottery were gathered from all my GoodWill Hunting trips.

Second Hand Shopping

Lately, I have been having a love affair with the color green. I revamped my oldest son’s room and added touches of green.(I have a post coming up soon)  I remembered that I had picked up a pair of vintage flower frogs from Goodwill for a $1.50 so I pulled those out.

Vintage Metal Floral frogs used as a photo holder

I repurposed the vintage flower frog into a photo holder.

My last Goodwill Hunting treasure for today is this little black lamp.

Goodwill Metal Lamp

metal lamp with removal head from Goodwill

I absolutely adore this lamp.  Yes, it has a few dings but that adds character!  I love how the actual light is hanging on the hook and you can remove it.  It is just such a neat piece.  Love, love, love it!

Maybe, I will take you with me on one of my GoodWill Hunting Trips.

Until Next Time,

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Filed Under: Fabulous Finds, Thrift Shop, Uncategorized Tagged With: Goodwill, Shopping, Thrifting, treasures

Thrifting at Goodwill…again!

August 4, 2016 By stylishrevamp Leave a Comment

Yep, that’s right,  I was thrifting at Goodwill…again. And let me tell you, Goodwill was good to me this week.

Shopping at Goodwill this week and I scored big.  I found another rolling cart, a beautiful woven basket and a wood and chrome side table.  Stop by the blog stylishrevamp.com to get the details.

Last week I shared a rolling metal cart that I was going to use for a printer stand for my youngest guy.  Well, that has already changed.  My oldest is going to take it with him when he heads back to school in a few weeks.  That hurts my heart just thinking about him leaving again. I am still not use to it!

 My youngest is now going to use my latest find from Goodwill for his printer stand and it is a beauty! In my mind anyway!

GoodWill Metal and Wood Rolling Stand

It is absolutely perfect.  This is more of what I had in mind when I was searching for the vintage typewriter stand. I like that it is on wheels, has a shelf, a wood top, chrome base, and a pull out work station off the side. All this for only $8…I know I can’t help myself!

Today I am sharing my Goodwill find, a chrome and wood top rolling cart.  I love that it has a pull out side work station and a little shelf for storage.

Metal Rolling cart with slide out desk top

Once I snatched up the rolling cart, I was feeling lucky. I picked up my usual favorites, more white dishes.  I am slowly getting all that I need bit by bit.

After finding more dishes, I was going to check out but I saw some Target goods stacked up in the back.  I have been seeing more and more items from Target at Goodwill.  What I learned was this… once items that have been on clearance at Target and have not sold they may end up at Goodwill. So I was able to buy a few brand new items at Goodwill that were originally from Target, like this woven basket.

Basket from Goodwill

Beautiful woven basket picked up at Goodwill.  It was a salvaged Target item.  Therefore, it was brand new!

The other salvaged Target item I found at Goodwill is this little chrome and wood side table.

Chrome and Wood Side Table from Goodwill that is actually a salvaged Target item.

I picked it up, thinking I would spray the base gold and lacquer the top black. I wanted to use it with my black and gold table in my office. Then once I got it in there, I thought ehh not feeling it.  So before I rush to paint it, I will sit with it for a while and really think about what I want to do with it and how I want to use it!

All in all, I think it was a successful trip to Goodwill.  I may have to go back tomorrow.  I have my eye on a mirror and if it is still there, I may have to bring it home with me.

Is anyone else have good luck with their thrift shopping?

Until Next Time,

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Filed Under: Fabulous Finds, Thrift Shop Thursday Tagged With: Goodwill, thrift shop thursday, Thrifting

Goodwill Shopping on Thrift Shop Thursday

July 28, 2016 By stylishrevamp 2 Comments

Hi everyone, today we are Goodwill shopping on Thrift Shop Thursday.  Anything to get out of this heat! If I am not at the beach or the Island Home, I do not need or want this heat.  I am just going to say it… I am ready for the bitter cold weather of winter but will settle for the crisp coolness of Fall!  It was so hot today at the gym, I could not breathe.

Enough said, so we are moving on…check out my latest thrifting find from Goodwill.

Metal rolling stand from Goodwill.

( metal rolling filing cabinet)

Gman, my youngest received a printer for Christmas and I have been on the hunt for a vintage typewriter stand ever since, without any luck. When I walked into Goodwill, I spotted this bad boy.  It’s not the much coveted typewriter stand but it will work perfectly as a printer stand and it’s it great shape.

Thrifting at Goodwill

This beauty was 12 bucks! What I really like about it besides everything is the fact that the top lifts up and slides down the side to expose the filing racks. Gman is probably going to use it for private storage.

Filing cabinet from Goodwill with lift top

I actually like it in it’s natural state but I told Gman if he wanted me to spray it, I would.  He will just need to wait until we get a break from this heat.

Goodwill Thrifting for Thrift Shop Thursday

I hope you enjoyed this quick glimpse into my latest thrifted finds on Thrift Shop Thursday.  Enjoy your day and I hope you stay cool in the heat wave!

Until Next Time,

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