Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

[ShooShooBaby]

kimberly, thanks for starting this thread! i'm sure i'll be posting to it frequently in the future, like tomorrow

great finds, everyone! and i really like the tile-under-table idea.

[Pink Dahlia]

My couches and coffee tables circa 1950.

The tables are in great condition but the couch is waiting for a re-upholstery (we have the fabric).





The whole shebang $40! They even threw in a modern table that ironically I use to display all my vintage family photos!

[green papaya]

I often go to flea markets searching for old militaria







1. Brazilian model 1908 mauser bayonet & scabbard

2. German or French brass fireman's helmet circa 1890 - early 1900's

3. old US army post card dating back to around 1900 - 1905 era

[cookie]

My couches and coffee tables circa 1950.

The tables are in great condition but the couch is waiting for a re-upholstery (we have the fabric).





The whole shebang $40! They even threw in a modern table that ironically I use to display all my vintage family photos!

Looking at your sofa I see so many of the present Italian style sofas around the shops. Tout ca change.....

[SpitfireXIV]

i've only found a WWII peacoat lately and a few books from the era in resale shops. not quite nice enough for garage sales here in the midwest yet.

[Sweet Leilani]

I seem to do pretty well at yard sales; not so great at thrifts. I think all the thrifts around here sell the good stuff on ebay and put the junk out on the floor!

Anyway, I got this chair for free- someone had put it out by the curb. It's woven houndstooth.


The lamp with the green shade on the table behind it is one of my best thrift-store finds- $2.

This is probably my best-ever yard sale find. It's a Motorola TV from 1950. I paid $15 for it and the guy threw in the UHF tuner (what looks like a radio on top) for $1.



And like Mary, I got an awesome 50s table cheap too: $100 including the chairs.

[ShooShooBaby]

i love the pattern on your tabletop leilani!

i have a very similar chair, but in a much less comfy fabric - mine is textured nhagahyde. it's huge, and great for sitting crosslegged in!

[green papaya]

does the 1950 TV still work? or is it just a display piece?

[BegintheBeguine]

That house is cool! I reckoned the television set worked because there seems to be a wire going into a plug?

[Sweet Leilani]

Thanks! I don't know if the TV works; I'm kinda afraid to plug it in. The wire you see is the cord for the TV lamp on top. Everything is intact inside, though- so theoretically it could work. I often joke that next time I have to have a cable guy come out, I am going to tell him that's the TV with the problem and see the look on his face!