Thrifty Treasures

Time again for Today’s Thrifty Treasures with Rhoda!  I didn’t make it to any garage or estate sales this past week, it was just too hot to be getting in and out of the car!! I did, however, make a quick stop at Goodwill and found these treasures:

Isn’t this mirror the cutest?! It’s plastic, but you’d never know it! I love the raised dot detail.

I’m not a fan of the color, but it’s nothing a can of spray paint can’t fix!  I have no idea where I’ll put this beauty, but for $3.99 I just couldn’t pass it up. Wouldn’t it look cute painted pink in a nursery or little girl’s room?

I also got a spice rack for $3.99 that I plan to spray paint and hang in my craft closet to store my little paint bottles:

And this accordion coat rack for $1.99 that will also get a facelift and be re-purposed as a display for my embellished tins:

These next two treasures I did find at estate sales over the past month.  I don’t know why, but I am drawn to these vintage jewelry boxes:

Guess how much??  One dollar for the top one and 50 cents for the bottom one!  I got them both when the sales were either at 50% or 75% off.  They aren’t in that great of shape (and they smell like musty old lady), but I thought they were unique & cute.  Here’s how they look opened up:

I’ve been working on getting the insides cleaned up as best I can, and spraying the heck out of them with Febreeze.  I could probably resell these on Ebay and make a few bucks, but I’ve got better plans for them….if I didn’t already have two mirrored jewelry boxes in my bedroom, I would surely slap some mirrors on them and call it a day.  But I think I will get out my trusty spray paint and give them a new color (thinking one lavender & one silver), then maybe stencil an monogram or initial on top.  What do you think?

I’m off to explore everyone else’s treasures!

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Edited for 7/09/09:

I’m also linking up this post to my new friend over at Tales From Bloggeritaville for her Thrifty Thursday Party!