Before & After Baby Room

Baby Bed: Craigslist $15

Dresser: Craigslist FREE

Window Panels: FREE from a Friend

Paint: $20

The $2.99 Chair

Just when you thought the $5 chair was the least expensive chair you could find- ha!  I picked up these three from the Goodwill outlet store in Berry Hill.  $2.99 per chair + .99 for spray paint, and you've got yourself a pretty cute breakfast area.

The $5 Chair

Remember high school chemistry class, the wooden swivel stools.  There must have been millions of them, because everyone knows what I'm talking about.  The real question is after seemingly hundreds of years of use (we probably used the same chairs our grandparents used).  Anyway, I found these fab finds on craigslist the other day for a mere $5- what a freaking steal.  Anything that has held up for that long, has got to be sturdy..not to mention a good story. 

Here are my little beauties, I wish I could have bought all 50 of them- oh well.

Oh Bookcase, Where Art Thou

I have been on the prowl for a new bookcase for our office for a while, and I have come up with nothing. Nothing that has the "feel" that I want or the size. Now, I know that this blog is suppose to be about buying things on the cheap, but I did want to point out one thing. It is important to mix in different pieces to your home decor, and by this I mean things that are new. If you continue to add flea market and thrift store furnishings, guess what, your home is going to start looking like a thrift store. Mix it up a bit, add new modern items (think a lamp, picture frame, etc.) with your thrift store decor, and they'll compliment each other.

So today, on my lunch break I'm trekking to Merridian Furniture in Nashville to peek at their bookcases. I LOVE their furniture, and their prices are reasonable, too.

BIG Wall, Tiny Budget

My sister recently moved into a new loft, and while the space is great, there is one huge wall that needed to be dealt with, and of course it needed to be done so on a budget. What's a girl to do...

I suggested that she hang records that run the whole length of the wall to draw your eye to the window at the end of the wall. We bought 50 records from the Goodwill Outlet store, and Velcro to hang them. The result was dramatic, and who doesn't love drama.
50 used Records- $10
1 roll of Velcro- $3

Life and all...

Just a quick update on what I've been doing, and why it looks like I've not been refinishing furniture. FEAR NOT! My husband and I have found out that we are expecting, and I'm due in January. Being that spray paint, and paint in general is not good for an expectant mother, I have not been painting lately, BUT I have my wonderful sister who has been doing my dirty work...and painting.

Here's what I've been working on, my sister moved to Nashville with basically a suitcase, and we have been diligently working on fixing up her new loft and getting a baby's room set up. You guessed it, it has all been done on a budget.

Color Pop

Sometimes an old piece of furniture may not need a total makeover. This chair was bought off of craigslist, in perfect condition. I liked the shape, the fabric, and the size, but something still wasn't right- it still looked...stuffy.

By painting the legs a bright yellow, all of a sudden the chair has a more modern feel. ($0.99 can of bright yellow spray paint).