Wednesday, June 13, 2012

AUCTION HUNTER

OK, so my mom, sister-in-law, and I went to our first Antiques and Collectibles Auction over Memorial Day.  I bought stuff to use in my house or redo for my house.  Then I decided to check out an auction close to our house in Haslet...and bought more.  It is so much fun!  I am pretty good about not going "over" what I think I should pay for an item...but I do get competitive :)  These are a couple of my finds (I have repainted and Lisafied them a bit).  I currently have them for sale on our neighborhood page, but I bet I end up using them in my house.  I forgot to take before pictures...I'll get better about that as I keep hunting for more treasures.

 This little table was faux/sponge painted green and white. 
I decided to paint it a teal sort of color - bluish green.
 After I painted it, I sanded a bit of the paint to make it look shabby.
 The shelf below was very rusted, and had gross chippy paint in random places.  Dan sanded a lot of the chippy paint off and I repainted it.  I also shined up the wooden shelf. 
You can tell it was handmade by someone many years ago.


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