Both my friend opK and I are suffering from serious garage sale withdrawal.  Although there may be a handful of sales as early as April, garage sale season doesn’t really start here in Minnesota until the first weekend in May.  So we still have a ways to go.

In the meantime, we are trying to make do with thrifting even though it has been very hit or miss for us lately.  So last week we hit up a couple of local Goodwill stores as well as a Turn Style consignment store.  The prices are always a bit higher at Turn Style, but I still can usually find one or two things to buy.

Both opK and I found some fun things this time out, starting with those brass apples.

They are quite heavy and look to be genuine brass.  I have already given them a quick polish with some Brasso and will be selling them on.

I purchased these owl bookends to flip as well.

I thought they had a bit of a mid-mod vibe about them.  I tried googling to see if I could find them online, but although I found scores of mid-mod owl bookends I didn’t find this exact pair.

I thought that little faux bird cage would be nice with some succulents inside.  I happened to have some faux succulents on hand, so I decided to give it a try.

I purchased the globe simply because it was bargain priced and I just couldn’t pass it up.

 The stand is metal rather than plastic, and I always think of that as a sign of age and/or quality.

The fact that it says ‘Union of Soviet Socialist Republics’ on it tells me that it’s pre-1991 and thus definitely qualifies as vintage.

The watering can is a Smith & Hawken and in good shape.

I picked it up since this brand is known for good quality garden implements.  I haven’t decided yet whether I will keep it ‘as is’ to use in the garden (since my last vintage watering can sprung a leak), or if I’m going to paint it to be more of a decorative piece.  Decisions, decisions.

I am definitely going to paint up the French flower buckets.

And I picked up three different kinds of boxes to paint up as well.

So I’ve got some fun small projects to get working on and I plan to share the results soon.  Be sure to stay tuned!