Others' Trash is Now My Treasure!

Mom and I went yard selling this morning and I think I really hit the jackpot. I have been excitedly looking for furniture and decorative things for our future home (still waiting to hear from the bank negotiater handling the seller's short-sale process). My aesthetic is sort of "old world", Mediterranean-Tuscan, rustic (reds, yellows, olive greens, black). We found a lot of nice pieces ; I want to paint them to go along with my existing style and color pallete. I am hoping my sister Emily's offer to work her painting/decorating magic when she visits is still on the table; wink wink Em- hope these pics get your juices flowin!

This will probably go in the dining area. I would probably paint it a bronze/dark brown or a deep red/orange. Our dining set is distressed black, but I don't want everything too matchy. The tag for the original price of the cabinet is in the pic above...I got it for $40!

$5 for this cute display cabinet. I have no idea where I will put this (it's fairly big). If there is room I thought it would look so cute in the kitchen holding spices, cookbooks, etc. I want to paint it a rusty red or yellow.

I got this big, heavy dresser mirror for $35 and want to paint it distressed black to match my buffet and dining set we already own. I though it would look good (like they went together) on top of the buffet.

I got these gorgeous candle holders, the basket with leather straps, as well as some books, picture frames, a small clock, and a really cute wall hanging rack (like for hats or towels or anything) for $25 all together.

So my total was about $100 and I am very excited to work on these and make them my own treasures!