Weekend Yardsale Treasures

This weekend had our group up and out the door bright and early.  Aside from my daughter Amy (we've dubbed her Yardsale Betty because she likes to wear everything she buys all at one time), I was accompanied by my BFF Denise and thrifting mentor and dear friend Stacy.

Our first stop was a church flea market in Glassboro.  I'll let you in on a little secret that I mentioned here before, whenever a church sale is scheduled to start, always arrive 1/2 hour early.  Even if they won't let you in (they probably will) you can stand in line and be the first one in.  Often times the furniture pieces are all in one area so you can spot the good pieces right away and be the first one to grab it!  In this case, I spotted a gorgeous ornately carved demilune table with matching mirror.  It was being sold as a set for $10!  I snatched it up right away and started making my pile right on top of it!  It eventually went home with Stacy who just moved into a new home and has the room for it.  I'll see if she will send me a picture for a future post!

Here are some of the other treasures we found:

A beautiful Florentine wall shelf that I'm going to add to my Etsy store this week.

A great coffee table book that I will actually enjoy reading!

On our way to the next stop, a Rotary Club Flea Market, we passed another church sale and I purchased this amazing antique mirror, also for my store.

It's alot bigger than it looks.

Love the detail on this piece.

The Rotary sale was a big success for me.  I got these designer pillows for my sofa in the family room I just posted about here.

I got them both for $10.

This sweet night light came home with me for only $1.

She lights up my hallway perfectly.

The same woman sold me a set of red tablecloths for $2.

Don't worry, I promise not to try my hand at another scary tablescape with these! LOL!

Not much else to be found here, so we moved on to a neighborhood yard sale at nearby Wye Oak.

This sweet shelf may appear on my store, but I'm not sure if I can part with it yet.

These vintage billiard balls will definitely be found on my store.  I hate to part with them, but they are a perfect addition to my Etsy goodies.

Now tell me, have you ever seen such beautiful vintage balls???  The colors are just amazing, and I love how the numbers have aged.

Loved this large green serving bowl.  It was a steal for $1.

This adorable little lampshade was only fifty cents.  I may switch it out with the one I have on my kitchen hutch.

I'm always looking for good floral pieces at yardsales.  This fern was gorgeous and its label said Home Interiors, so I know I got a good deal for only $2.

As always I've saved my favorite find of the day for last.  I found this awesome necklace in the bottom of a box of junk jewelry.  It was tarnished a bit, but I asked how much and when the owner said 25 cents, I thought, why not!  Even if it's a piece of junk I'm only out a quarter!  Well, as soon as I walked away I turned that baby around and you guessed it, I spotted those three itty bitty numbers .925 .  SCORE!!!  I came home and pulled out my Wrights Silver Cleaner and polished her right up!  This is her around my neck.

Not a great pic, but the first charm is a small silver heart with CZ chips and the larger heart behind it is marcasite.  I just love this because I can wear it everyday.  Even the chain is real silver!

Not to be forgotten is the vanity set that was on a neighbor's curb this afternoon.

Just needs a little cleaning and she'll be good to go!

Thanks for stopping by today.  I'll be joining the following parties this week.  Be sure to stop by and visit other participants.

Today's Thrifty Treasures at Southern Hospitality
Yardsalen' Sunday at Debbie Doos
Thrifty Thursday at Tales From Bloggeritaville
Nifty Thrifty Tuesdays at Coastal Charm
Twice Owned Tuesday at Creating a House of Grace
Thrift Share Monday at Apron Thrift Girl
2nd Time Around Tuesday at A Picture Is Worth 1000 Words

Thanks to all of these wonderful ladies for hosting such great parties.

There's still time to enter my giveaway.  Go here to enter!

Come Into My Wreck Room!

Last week I posted pictures of my Kitchen and you were all so gracious with your sweet comments.  Thank you all.  I continue to be amazed at the warm and wonderful spirit that pervades here in blogland.  It's so great to be able to open your home to others and receive heartfelt feedback.  You all are the best.

So in that spirit, today I'm welcoming you into my favorite room of our home, the Family Room, otherwise known as the Wreck Rec Room!  Ha!  Now I know what you're all thinking, it doesn't look that bad.  Well that's because I cleaned it up real good just for you!  Translation, I picked up last week's newspapers from off the floor, scooped up the popcorn that didn't make it into our mouths while watching Idol, and shoved leftover puzzle pieces under the sofa.   Now don't you feel special?

So come on in and take a look around.  I hope you find it as comfy as we do here at the Bliss House!

This here is the view from when you first walk in through the foyer.  The mantle is my most favorite part of this room.

Someone had a mantle party recently and I posted about this project there.  Mr. Bliss and I created mantle together.  It was a really fun project.

The bench came from Craig's List, wall decor from a yard sale, arrangment from Michael's, candlesticks from Walmart and "M" from Hobby Lobby using a gift card I won.

The entertainment center is from Sam's Club.  We needed a really big piece for this large empty wall.

Some small vignettes on top.

The old camera was given to me by my mother and the oil can came from my Father-in-Law.

This chair was given to me by a very close friend of mine, Michelle.  We were visiting her home not too long ago and I spotted it sitting in her basement.  I commented on how beautiful it was and she told me to take it home with me!  I was thrilled and it goes perfectly in this room.  The little side table next to it is from Ross.

It's hard to tell from the pic but the top is a faux leather that's really pretty.  That's my Great-Grandmother in the picture.

The view from the other side of the entertainment center.  That old secretary belonged to my Great-Grandmother's brother.  It's pretty beat up, but I decided not to have it restored.  I kinda like it the way it is.  

Lamp is from Burlington.  

All of these items were from yardsales.

A better view of this side of the room.

The sofa and loveseat are also from Sam's as is the large mirror.  There are accent pillows that go on the sofa/loveseat, but I removed them to be cleaned.

My Craig's List coffee table.  All pieces on top are from yardsales as well.

The area rug is from the Penney's catalog.

This is the view looking from the back sliders in the kitchen.  That is the door leading to the basement.  The ornament over the door came from a yardsale last year.  That's my foyer leading to the front of the house on the left.

Another view of my favorite chair.  The window treatments are from Target.  Wall color is Baer Paint Harvest Brown from Home Depot.

A view of the loveseat.  Behind it is my little room divider from Kirklands.

A vignette on my pie crust table next to the loveseat.  That little teacup and saucer set is a gift from my dear friend Stacy.   I had my eye on it a few months back at an antique store and she surprised me with it for my anniversary.  Thanks Stacy!

Thanks for visiting!  I hope you enjoyed the tour of our favorite room!  Today I'm linking up with:

My Favorite Things Saturday with Bargain Hunting With Laurie
Show and Tell Friday with My Romantic Home

Red, White & No Blue!

Today I'm joining two fun parties, White Wednesday at Faded Charm and Rednesday at It's A Very Cherry World to show off two of my favorite decorating colors!

Let's start with white, shall we?

In my mostly white kitchen which I posted about last week

I have lots of canisters filled to the brim with white!  I like to have these ingredients handy when cooking.

The one above holds my Splenda.

Flour and sugar on top of my fridge.

Mini marshmallows for making Summer S'mores!

Self explanatory.

And this pic will help segue to the red part of the post! hehe!

A splash of red at the bottom of the stairs leading into the basement.   Remember that sweet little table from Craig's List?

Also in the basement on my bombe chest is this sweet monogrammed frame from the lovely Kristen over at Kristen's Creations.  I got this beauty from her Etsy store and I just love the colors in it.  She made it custom for me!

My Mother's Day present from Amy!  Don't you love that red against the Granny Smith Apple color on the walls?

How bout here?

That's my Craig's List microfiber sofa!  I told you I'm a Craig's List addict!!

I'll close up this post back in the kitchen with my red rug.

Please be sure to check out these parties for more red and white fun!

xoxo,
Kim