5 Minutes, $5 Mantel Decor Redo

5 Minutes, $5 Mantel Decor Redo

Embracing a “Trash to Treasure” mentality encourages so many creative juices for me.  Someone else may have chosen to discard the item for a few dollars at a yard sale, but to me, I see a world of new possibilities. When you decorate on a dime, it opens up...
Beautiful Entertaining with Thrifted Treasures

Beautiful Entertaining with Thrifted Treasures

After having promised myself to yard sale with only “needs” in mind this summer, it’s been a wonderful excuse to begin new treasure hunts as I prepare for some of my talks on “Thrifting as a lifestyle” for our Becoming 2011 conference....
Pottery Barn Inspired – Frugal Girls Bedroom Ideas

Pottery Barn Inspired – Frugal Girls Bedroom Ideas

Over the last year, I’ve been slowly adding Pottery Inspired ideas for my girls’ bedroom.  The one thing that has stretched our budget more than anything else, have been the ability to thrift and yard sales for treasures. Those items that are definitely...
My Home Decor Yard Sale Treasures Week

My Home Decor Yard Sale Treasures Week

Today’s yard sale outing scored me some extra fun home decor Trash to Treasure finds. Our daughters’ bedroom is a slowly evolving Pottery Barn Inspired room. In fact, I have all the pictures loaded for a post addressing this, and it makes it even more of a...
Yard Sale Treasures

Yard Sale Treasures

Yard sale season has cranked into full gear in NC, and for the first time in awhile, I don’t necessarily have to set a strict yard sale budget, but I do have to be careful not to replace all the “great stuff” I just cleared during my spontaneous yard...