modern thrifter
I love beautiful things and thoughtful design. I also live in one of the most expensive cities in the country, and our family lives off a single income so that I can be at home with our kids. Patience and persistence have been the key to finding stylish things on a tight budget.
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![[ CART OR NO CART ]
It’s always a conundrum for me when entering a thrift store, should I grab a shopping cart or not. Sometimes it’s a pain to push an empty cart through crowded furniture aisles and clothing racks, never finding anything worth buying. Then again, it seems whenever I don’t grab a cart, I inevitably stumble upon a heavy or awkward item that I have to lug under one arm while trying to hold my coffee in my other hand. Such was the case on my last thrift run.
My first find of the day was a vintage cruiser bike, which is in great shape other than the tires. To be honest, I haven’t owned a bike in about fifteen years, and I’m already dreaming of summertime family bike rides. I’ll need to remove the hilarious and somewhat frightening vintage child seat attached to the back (there isn’t a buckle to be found), though I’m sure my kids would love it if they could stuff their stuffed animals back there.
After wheeling the bike to the front of the store, I went to the lamp section and spotted a CB2 Paramount table lamp (pictured at the top of the post). The shade was really scuffed and dirty, but the lamp worked perfectly when I tested in the store. The base is a touch-style switch, which is the new novelty in the house. After a little scrubbing the shade came clean, too. It now sits in the living room, looking shiny and new.
I also found a new lamp shade for my thrifted West Elm lamp. It had some tacky gold cord at the top, but the glue was old and it was easy to pull it off. It’s a little taller than the one that originally went with the lamp, but I think this one suits it well, too.
A few other nice finds of the day were this rock collection, which I purchased for my science-loving Alden (seriously, he cried for about 45 minutes in the car on a road trip because he accidentally left his “igneous” rock on the restaurant table, and all he had left was his “sedimentary” one), and I also found a couple of cute skirts for me.
I’ve been saving a 20% off the entire purchase coupon from my Chinook Book, so this was the perfect chance to use it. My grand total (with tax) after the discount was $44. Not bad, right? I should have grabbed a cart.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljh36pxsTP1qc7v1bo1_500.jpg)
[ CART OR NO CART ]
It’s always a conundrum for me when entering a thrift store, should I grab a shopping cart or not. Sometimes it’s a pain to push an empty cart through crowded furniture aisles and clothing racks, never finding anything worth buying. Then again, it seems whenever I don’t grab a cart, I inevitably stumble upon a heavy or awkward item that I have to lug under one arm while trying to hold my coffee in my other hand. Such was the case on my last thrift run.
My first find of the day was a vintage cruiser bike, which is in great shape other than the tires. To be honest, I haven’t owned a bike in about fifteen years, and I’m already dreaming of summertime family bike rides. I’ll need to remove the hilarious and somewhat frightening vintage child seat attached to the back (there isn’t a buckle to be found), though I’m sure my kids would love it if they could stuff their stuffed animals back there.
After wheeling the bike to the front of the store, I went to the lamp section and spotted a CB2 Paramount table lamp (pictured at the top of the post). The shade was really scuffed and dirty, but the lamp worked perfectly when I tested in the store. The base is a touch-style switch, which is the new novelty in the house. After a little scrubbing the shade came clean, too. It now sits in the living room, looking shiny and new.
I also found a new lamp shade for my thrifted West Elm lamp. It had some tacky gold cord at the top, but the glue was old and it was easy to pull it off. It’s a little taller than the one that originally went with the lamp, but I think this one suits it well, too.
A few other nice finds of the day were this rock collection, which I purchased for my science-loving Alden (seriously, he cried for about 45 minutes in the car on a road trip because he accidentally left his “igneous” rock on the restaurant table, and all he had left was his “sedimentary” one), and I also found a couple of cute skirts for me.
I’ve been saving a 20% off the entire purchase coupon from my Chinook Book, so this was the perfect chance to use it. My grand total (with tax) after the discount was $44. Not bad, right? I should have grabbed a cart.
