Comments on: My Favorite Secondhand Scores EVER!

By: Kim

Kim — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 20:48:49 +0000

I scored a huge, steel drafting table with a butcher block top from a high school for free, and a set of matching mission oak recliners off CL for $50, but my favorite is a set of oak barrister bookcases. They weren’t cheap ($300), but they are oh so handsome! Now have four sets of barristers, so I guess it’s an obsession.

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 17:13:05 +0000

Thanks for this post! Hearing about other people’s thrifted treasures makes me so so happy ? I too have a chesterfield- I found on the sidewalk for FREE. Reminds me I need to get that recovered ASAP!

By: Cussot

Cussot — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 01:32:17 +0000

Honestly? More of the dishes I’d been using for ten years – a dirt-cheap matte black set from Walmart – and I was thrilled. Ten years further down the road and I’m still using them.

By: S

Mon, 29 Oct 2018 23:32:29 +0000

My #1 score is also a vintage card catalog. It was in almost perfect condition and I got it at my university’s reuse warehouse for $160.

By: Bryn

Bryn — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 22:19:24 +0000

It would have to be the golden beige velvet tufted curved couch I just bought a week ago off someone on OfferUp! It was a pain in the a** to get it up the 3 flights of stairs to my apartment, but oh so worth it (hopefully my partner agrees, she goes along with like 93% of my crazy ideas). Plus my thrifting world has expanded now that I’ve learned how to rent trucks on GetAround! It’s the handiest!
Ps you’re hands down one of my fave bloggers out there. Appreciate all your honesty and enthusiasm!

By: Pam Groom

Pam Groom — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 21:53:59 +0000

I scored a cherry wood Danish Mid Mod L shaped sectional couch with matching corner table for about $250 on Craigslist. I reupholstered it myself. I also scored a cherry Mid Mod shelving/cabinet unit with pull down desk ($125?) at a local thrift store, and a FREE Mid Mod record cabinet that a thrift store didn’t want to move inside as it started to rain, so they gave it to me:) I pulled out the record player and put in a computer monitor (hooked up for gaming) on the interior of the flip up lid after reinforcing the hinges so the lid would stay up. These were all at separate finds. I also scored a vintage contour lounge chair in mint condition in a neutral tan vinyl with working reclining motor. The family love that chair…so comfy! My house is maybe 50% vintage pieces. It’s got flair! Love your style Mandi!!

By: heatherwhoyt

heatherwhoyt — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 21:38:18 +0000

My favorites: we found an old metal trunk for free once. We bought an awesome typewriter for $5 at a thrift store (but I gave it away later). And I got a vintage mid-century couch from my grandparents (which has some structural issues, but I like it anyway). But I’m starting a renovation which includes cleaning out a lot of stuff from this house, so I don’t want anything in my life right now.

By: Jessie

Jessie — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 21:36:12 +0000

Do side of the road finds count? Like the vintage Milo Baughman recliner I found FOR FREE and had reupholstered, which I LOVE and will never part with even though it’s worth mucho bucks now in its refinished state.

I also missed #colddeadfingers!

By: Sarah V.

Sarah V. — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 20:57:36 +0000

I got a set of fiberglass shell chairs at a yard sale for $20, an absolutely gorgeous mid century walnut credenza from the Goodwill for $85, and a set of perfect 1950s teak and brass dining chairs (2 captain’s chairs and 4 armless chairs) for 50 cents from the landfill.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 20:36:08 +0000

My best find has got to be my salmon/orange fiberglass Eames chairs for $20! I did find some pretty awesome metal chuppendale chairs today though. I have a chair problem. Have missed #colddeadfingers