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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![[ MODERN DOOR CONVERSION ]
A friend just emailed me a link today to Crestview Doors. They are having a big sale until the end of November, and I wanted to pass along the savings to you. Crestview is different than most modern door companies because they sell conversion kits to use on existing solid wood doors. With their moderately priced window kits, you can change a solid door into something much more exciting.
Crestview is a new company to me, and until today I had never considered the possibility of converting a door. To get an extra 30% off of their clearance items, enter the code HOLIDAY at checkout.
If you are looking to update your door, but don’t want to go the DIY conversion route, be sure to check out Frank Lumber. We purchased a beautiful door there a few years ago, and I highly recommend them.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv2wlnj5Kv1qc7v1bo1_500.jpg)
[ MODERN DOOR CONVERSION ]
A friend just emailed me a link today to Crestview Doors. They are having a big sale until the end of November, and I wanted to pass along the savings to you. Crestview is different than most modern door companies because they sell conversion kits to use on existing solid wood doors. With their moderately priced window kits, you can change a solid door into something much more exciting.
Crestview is a new company to me, and until today I had never considered the possibility of converting a door. To get an extra 30% off of their clearance items, enter the code HOLIDAY at checkout.
If you are looking to update your door, but don’t want to go the DIY conversion route, be sure to check out Frank Lumber. We purchased a beautiful door there a few years ago, and I highly recommend them.
![[ LATE NIGHT THRIFT RUN ]
On Wednesday night, I received a call from a friend who was at Goodwill and had spotted a knock-off Eames lounge chair (Plycraft) for $40. We don’t really need another lounge chair, but I thought I would go take a look in case it was worth picking up for anyone else we know. I was a little embarrassed by how quickly I was able to throw my shoes on and get to the store—my friend was still at the register making her purchases. I stood in front of the chair and debated buying it for a few minutes, but there were several condition problems and in the end, I passed.
It wasn’t a wasted trip though, because tucked behind the chair was this little yellow stool, priced at $3.99. I had to bring it home. I’ve been trying to talk Patrick in to putting something in the entry way where people can set their bag or sit to tie their shoes. Remember the shelf that sat in limbo in the entry? Yeah, we sold that a few months ago, and I didn’t really think I would find anything that Patrick would ever like in that spot. I didn’t even have to try to convince him, he liked it immediately. Note the $5 converse and the $5 scarf from Boden (with the tag still attached) that I picked up on a previous thrift hunt.
An unexpected bonus to the stool… It’s the perfect size and location for time-outs—not that we ever have to do those [smirk].
The late night trip yielded even more than the stool. Up on a shelf, I found this vintage doll highchair:
(Sorry for the dark photo. I had to take a quick picture before hiding it back in the closet)
I’m saving it for Tula’s birthday, and I’ll probably paint over the illustration on the back to make it solid white. I can’t get over the color on the legs—it’s so pretty. Overall the highchair is in great condition. I just hope that I can keep my kids from sitting in it.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lial8beWQU1qc7v1bo1_500.jpg)
[ LATE NIGHT THRIFT RUN ]
On Wednesday night, I received a call from a friend who was at Goodwill and had spotted a knock-off Eames lounge chair (Plycraft) for $40. We don’t really need another lounge chair, but I thought I would go take a look in case it was worth picking up for anyone else we know. I was a little embarrassed by how quickly I was able to throw my shoes on and get to the store—my friend was still at the register making her purchases. I stood in front of the chair and debated buying it for a few minutes, but there were several condition problems and in the end, I passed.
It wasn’t a wasted trip though, because tucked behind the chair was this little yellow stool, priced at $3.99. I had to bring it home. I’ve been trying to talk Patrick in to putting something in the entry way where people can set their bag or sit to tie their shoes. Remember the shelf that sat in limbo in the entry? Yeah, we sold that a few months ago, and I didn’t really think I would find anything that Patrick would ever like in that spot. I didn’t even have to try to convince him, he liked it immediately. Note the $5 converse and the $5 scarf from Boden (with the tag still attached) that I picked up on a previous thrift hunt.
An unexpected bonus to the stool… It’s the perfect size and location for time-outs—not that we ever have to do those [smirk].
The late night trip yielded even more than the stool. Up on a shelf, I found this vintage doll highchair:
(Sorry for the dark photo. I had to take a quick picture before hiding it back in the closet)
I’m saving it for Tula’s birthday, and I’ll probably paint over the illustration on the back to make it solid white. I can’t get over the color on the legs—it’s so pretty. Overall the highchair is in great condition. I just hope that I can keep my kids from sitting in it.
![[ MODERN DOORS ]We were fortunate enough with our recent home purchase to inherit this great front door. It is the original door on our 1976 northwest modern home. It’s starting to show some wear, but I expect it to last several more years. If the day comes that we do need to replace it, however, I know exactly where we’ll go. Just up the street from us is Frank Lumber, or better known as “The Door Store.”A few years ago, when we were living in our first house, we decided to upgrade our front door to something more modern. Not knowing any better, the first stop we made was at Home Depot. Although we never really dug too deeply into their custom order catalogs, we were pretty underwhelmed at our options. There were plenty of styles to choose from in the craftsman category, but not much that fit our tastes.We did our research and were thrilled to come across The Door Store. The service was outstanding and the options seemed limitless. We were also surprised that the prices didn’t seem that far off from what we had seen at the big retail giants. We were able to browse their selection of solid doors to pick out the wood grain we liked the best, choose where we wanted the window, and pick the kind (pattern) of glass—all without raising the price of the original door we saw in the showroom. We chose this simple, one window door.Here are just a few of the modern & midcentury door styles they offer:](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l594yxTQ2q1qc7v1bo1_500.jpg)
[ MODERN DOORS ]We were fortunate enough with our recent home purchase to inherit this great front door. It is the original door on our 1976 northwest modern home. It’s starting to show some wear, but I expect it to last several more years. If the day comes that we do need to replace it, however, I know exactly where we’ll go. Just up the street from us is Frank Lumber, or better known as “The Door Store.”
A few years ago, when we were living in our first house, we decided to upgrade our front door to something more modern. Not knowing any better, the first stop we made was at Home Depot. Although we never really dug too deeply into their custom order catalogs, we were pretty underwhelmed at our options. There were plenty of styles to choose from in the craftsman category, but not much that fit our tastes.
We did our research and were thrilled to come across The Door Store. The service was outstanding and the options seemed limitless. We were also surprised that the prices didn’t seem that far off from what we had seen at the big retail giants. We were able to browse their selection of solid doors to pick out the wood grain we liked the best, choose where we wanted the window, and pick the kind (pattern) of glass—all without raising the price of the original door we saw in the showroom. We chose this simple, one window door.
Here are just a few of the modern & midcentury door styles they offer:
