Thursday Thrift Store Roundup

yup, new feature. Or should I say first feature.

I pass this suzani-esque pillow every morning on the way to work. I believe it is the Arthritis Foundation Thrift Store, on 3rd and 83rd.

I love it. Price? $450!! Only in NYC...

Next, I stopped at Thriffany during lunch yesterday which is on 1st and 75th. There prices are usually pretty steep so today I went in for pure browsing. First, loved this brass and glass coffee table:

$225. Yikes. It's pretty reminiscent of these, which sadly did not work out in the new apartment. I tried them together as a coffee table, as end tables, as nightstands. No go. Major bummer


Cute trestle table:

No price. Would be cute as a dining table for a small space, desk, or entry console.

Great great couch. Looked and felt brand new:

$800 marked 30% off... $560! crazy. Luckily it had a big ol' SOLD sign on it or Jason would've come home to an extra couch in the living room. Also love the surfboard style coffee table in front of it. I think that was 200 something.

Then, after work I made my daily stop by Housing Works on 77th and 3rd. Housing Works is like NYC's fancier Goodwill. They even had a Groupon.

I've been eyeing this desk the passed few days:

It's rare to see something there more than 1 or 2 days. But it's marked $150, which is steep for this store, thankfully. But then today the whole store was 25% off. So I rushed home and measured the desk nook and confirmed it was definitely too deep for the space. Just as well, $150 would make it the most expensive piece of furniture in the whole apartment so far...

Also saw this set of 4 upholstered, clean chairs:

Ok, not the best fabric, but really they looked nicer in person. And for $75 for the set, they are a pretty basic shape to reupholster.  Sent a pic to a friend in need of chairs and she said nay. Oh well.

Oui

Jason and I have talked about going to Paris for awhile now, so seeing france related things makes us happy. We recently brought home this map from the flea market:

Its cute but the color of the mat was so blah. Instead of buying ($$) a new one, I just painted the old one. I went to Home Depot to pick up one of the little Glidden samples for the project, only to find that every single blue was empty. BUT, I took a glance at the "oops paint", and sure enough there was a great color in the painter/primer semi gloss! A whole gallon cost only $7. I can use it for 194834 projects. 

I removed the glass and the frame, but let the print against the mat. It was all taped perfectly and centered and stuff.... I really didn't feel like re-measuring everything. So I just slid index cards between the two and painted away:

And voila!

I know, the placement is super awkward. But its covering the circuit breaker. I couldn't look at it anymore. I can much more easily look at France in a weird spot. If only I could cover up the heater also... 

oh, ok

apparently living with a boy means you will find laundry on top of the refrigerator

chippendale chairs

I first mentioned these here, and they are finally finished! 

(I know somewhere I have a better before pic - they were hunter green with pink vinyl cushions)

during... 

After... 

I found these babies across the street from my parents house on the curb.  Mom still makes fun of how she saw me out the window trying to sneakily run them back home. 

Chairs..... free

2 yards fabric (I overestimated btw)....... prob around $8, I don't remember exactly 

quart of paint (Behr Dolphin Fin)... $11 (and that will be used over and over again) 

yay 2 dining chairs for roughly $20 in supplies

curtains

this wild fabric from the 70s (handprinted on velvet),

Is now two curtain panels:

Of course, they still need to be hemmed. They are pretty fab - you can't tell from the iphone pic so well, but they have the grey/blue and the rusty orange color scheme I was going for (inspiration pic).  This is going to be the desk nook a la. 

bathroom storage

slide outs and hooks on doors. i think they have these things at Ikea? 

add it to the to-do list!

The To Do List

... is daunting. But exciting. And it is going to be fun.  (can we finish by the housewarming party? no? grr)

Clean
Paint
Unpack
Build grill
Outdoor table/seating
Make/find/hang curtains
Finish dining chairs
Find/make pedestal for table
Chest of drawers to act as sideboard in "dining room"
Rug(s)
Couch
(bigger) bed
Nightstand(s)
Paint dresser(s?)
Paint jewelry chest (will this even fit?)
Large mirror by closet
Chair for bedroom
Chair for living room
Hang chandelier in dining room
Hang chandelier in bedroom
Make headboard
Paint stools
Candles for fireplace
Build/find desk
Hang bulletin board
Bar cart
Ceiling mounted wine rack (we just saw this at a wine bar, and we have the perfect spot.... if only we could find one)
Coffee table
Welcome mat

The Nest!!

woohoo we've moved in!! And by moved in, I mean we have a bed, a dresser (one, for both of us), and two mismatched stools so we can eat at the counter.

The apartment is fantastic. Upper East Side, duplex, patio, skylight.  We have not one, not two, but three closets in the bedroom. It is a lot of space to fill, and walls to paint, but I just know its going to be great.

For some reason, before we moved in, they painted the white walls this nasty cream, buttery color that I DESPISE.  Needless to say, painting began the first night. I went with a grey-neutral instead of a beige-neutral.

And now the place currently looks like this disaster:

I'm so excited I can't wait to start doing funner stuff!!!