Friday Finds

I bragged to some of you last weekend about NOT buying one thing for days.

Well, that streak ended this past Tuesday when I went on a Low Country Crawl with my niece Leia for her birthday.

This is an annual event so I really could not turn it down.

We shopped at four thrift shops and one antique mall between Summerville and North Charleston, SC.


A lime green rubber kangaroo and a tiny pink ceramic something (bunny?).

Both need cleaning.

A great assortment of baskets.

An old straw hat.

Stacks of books.

Bags of rusty springs.

Round Italian floral tray.

Black floral tray.

More baskets.

Assorted kitchen gadgets.

Small plant stand.

And that is all of the smalls.

Leia also purchased a few items for baby shower decor and prizes.

Now for the biggies!

We hit one thrift store right when they were pulling out all the furniture from the back.

This mauve bookshelf caught my eye.

I claimed it.

A mauve cabinet.

I claimed it.

Two Pennsylvania House end tables.

I claimed them both.


By this time the furniture manager was standing beside me writing sales tickets as the workers hauled out stuff. 

Remember I was 130 miles from home and had to take everything with me.

Then a guy rolled this right up to me and said he knew I wanted this primitive chest.

YES, YES, YES!!! 

Another customer tried to take this away from me, but the manager told him it was on my ticket.

HAH!

Two large mirrors.

This particular thrift store is unlike other stores. They insist on loading your items.

All of this fit into the back of the Old Coffin Carrier (My S-10 Blazer - she is 20 years old this week!) 

 

Leia, the manager, and I fit it all together like a jig saw puzzle.

I did have to bungee cord the back window to close a two-inch gap.

And Leia and I were a bit squeezed in the front seats.

Off we went for a delicious long lunch (Mexican) and solved all the problems in our lives and the world.

Then I started home.

Anyone who has traveled Highway 61 between Bamberg and Highway 17 knows it is mostly desolate.

Which means you can fly.

Like 65 MPH or more fly.

So how did I end up with the mauve cabinet in the front passenger seat?

As I was cruising at a high altitude speed, a car coming toward me kicked something up in the air.

 
Came down under my car.

KER-POW!!!

Instant flat.

I drifted over until I was half off the road.

This iron rod was the culprit.

It is seven inches long!

The hottest day so far this year - 93F in the shade.

Swamp on the left of me.

Swamp on the right of me.

I waited for over an hour.

Thank goodness for AAA who figured out where I was. (There are few landmarks on this stretch of highway.)

Thank you, Phillips Towing (Ruffin, SC) and Benny for finding me and changing the tire.

I had to move the pink cabinet to the front seat so the flat tire would fit in the back of the truck.

The tire was gone and the others needed to be replaced.

I hope all that load will pay for a new set of tires!

(This was the first blow-out I have ever had.)


See y'all!

Use this discount code to receive 10% off your purchase at the Distressed Donna Etsy store:

DISTRESSEDDONNA16

SHOP HERE! 

Low Country Crawlin'

At least twice a year my niece Leia and I go Low Country Crawlin' in the Charleston, SC area for all sorts of junk.


We start in Summerville go to Ladson go to North Charleston and back.

It had been raining buckets all week so we decided to avoid the Charleston area - the streets flood and you have to wade.

Leia found an original Ronald McDonald from the 1960's, but wa-a-a-a-y out of our price range.

This was in the back room of Antiques & Artisans Village. 

Visit Antiques & Artisans Village at the web- site HERE.

Just to prove I did not buy every rusty drawer at Vintage South.

Visit the Vintage South website HERE.

 









Buckets of cotton mill shuttles.

Boxes and shelves of casters of every size and shape.

I forgot to buy some casters.

Look for this sign on Gum Street to find rust nirvana.

I took you to their sister store Peach Festival Gardens in Gilbert, SC. (Facebook HERE!)

Remember the big giant hand? (Read post HERE!)

I have forgotten the name of this mall - it was in an old house in Summerville and moved to a larger commercial building.

Nothing in the raw here - everything beautifully painted or refinished.

However most of the prices were reasonable.



Thanks, B Micheau!  The name of the shop is Simply Vintage.

See their FB page HERE!

I swear I have turned this photo so many times my head is swimming.

I did however have to show you this creepy, taller than I am, Miss Bunny.

I gave her a kiss and put her back.

She did not have rusty drawers.

Or casters.

We ended up at Matt's for delicious burgers.

One chili cheeseburger and one mushroom Swiss melt.  We halved them to share.

Can't wait to go Low Country Crawlin' again.

If you are in the area, I would be glad to send you places to go.


See y'all!

Use this discount code to receive 10% off your purchase at the Distressed Donna Etsy store:

DISTRESSEDDONNA15

SHOP HERE! 

Feathered Nest Friday

 

Friday Finds

It was finally here - a Low Country Crawl with my niece Leia.

I headed for Summerville, SC, just outside Charleston.

While flying the old coffin carrier down Hwy. 61, I passed through Blackville with a sign pointing to a church sale.

Well, I could not resist.

A very worn, but graphic red/blue quilt.

A stack of pillows and hearts made from cutter quilts.

Another primitive green child's chair.  (I do love primitive green children!)

Underneath that pile is an old wooden ironing board.

Old music textbooks, Scrabble (complete), aluminum colander, wire baskets, wrought iron basket, and a book in Swedish.

Swedish book page art, anyone?

Two floral prints and a blue train case.

The worker at the sale threw in the paper roses and metal basket.

At Goodwill I bought another picnic basket.

A small silver metal tea set.

A John Romain creel basket purse.






In the late 1960's, every girl wanted a John Romain pocketbook. 









At the Community Thrift on Dorchester Road, I found another huge frame. a red basket super cheap, and a metal-lined wall basket.











You will be seeing more about this Bassett night stand in a later post - I am working on it now.

It has a secret.

At Vintage South I finally decided what I wanted the most.

A stack of rusty metal flashing.

A display of stamped round tags.

I have an idea for these - just have to find the time to do it.

A stack of rusty green drawers.


(Notice my restraint about not mentioning the joke here.)

A group of black wooden letters of different sizes.

I could have bought a ton more, but I will definitely return to this wonderful place.





If you are a fan of those TV salvage shows, this is the place to shop.

And shop. 

And shop.

Visit the Vintage South website HERE.

An antique mall only open for a few months - Antiques & Artisans Village on Old Trolley Road.

The booths were artfully arranged and chocked full of wonderful items.

I bought the two Communion pictures of the same girl.

And I found two small cheese boxes.

I use them in the kitchen for storing small items.

Visit Antiques & Artisans Village at the web- site HERE.
 

So it seems I posted my last week's Friday Finds and promptly disappeared.


I have been away from the computer doing yard work which I love more than junk.

Yes, really I do.

More about the Low Country Crawl tomorrow.


See y'all!

Use this discount code to receive 10% off your purchase at the Distressed Donna Etsy store:

DISTRESSEDDONNA15

SHOP HERE! 

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The Big Ugly

It was very hard to miss The Big Ugly as it sat on the floor of the Goodwill.

Read about The Low Country Crawl here and here.




I circled it several times trying to decide what it was.

Trying to decide what someone had done to it.

Trying to decide what would take the ugly off.

The decision was made when the manager reached over to reduce the price and I said, "Sold!".

While I checked out, he and Leia, my wonderfully understanding niece, lugged this behemoth out to the truck and manhandled it in.

Leia remarked she still did not know what it was, but it was the ugliest thing I had ever bought.

The Big Ugly.

It took me five hours on Thursday to get the ugly off.

I stripped all the fabric and metallic adhesive paper and straw raffia off and found how the doors worked.

Learned it was mostly particle board with a wood top.

It had casters - a plus since it was so heavy.

I sanded it down and removed the doors.

The Big Ugly now appeared to have a tiny bit of style.

I liked the arched piece over the shelves. 
Still could not figure out what it was.

Mixed some of my gloopy paint in Sweet Bluette.

BTW this is the last piece to be painted Sweet Bluette.  I forgot and threw away the empty can before having the paint matched.

Yikes!  I hate when that happens.

I could tell two coats would be enough to cover both the wood and the particle board without a smidge of lime green showing.

I was not putting the doors back - I liked the open sides.

Besides don't you hate rehanging cabinet doors?

I DO!!!

My gloopy paint dries fast.

Time for the wax.

I dithered back and forth between clear and dark wax.

Took the middle - I keep a staining rag in a can of clear wax to give a hint of distressing.

See the difference.

And here is The Big Ugly with all the ugly stripped right off him.

He is rather handsome.

I still do not know what he is.

But he has storage.

He has shelves down both sides.

He rolls.

Perhaps he was a bar in someone's party room.

He did resemble a party hat.

I think he would be perfect on a screened porch.

I added more texture to the places the particle board showed through instead of sanding it smooth.

I took him right over to the store and stuffed him into the spot between my booths.


Stacked small gray benches on him.

He is a heavyweight.

He can take it.

The watering cans were quite happy to be in the photo with The Big Ugly (who I guess needs a new name!)

Now tell the truth.

Did you see any pretty in The Big Ugly?

Well, it did take me five hours of working on him to strip that ugly off.

He is now available at Riverfront Antique Mall.

Come get him while he is hot.

Or at least tell me what he is.

See y'all!

Use this discount code to receive 10% off your purchase at the Distressed Donna Etsy store:

DISTRESSEDDONNA14

SHOP HERE! 

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