Yard sale finds.. you will LOVE!!

Hi all.. I went out Sat. morning and got a treasure trove of things, managing to squeeze everything into my car!!  Who needs a truck?  I’d just fill it up anyway! lol

First, this is a chair I purchased from Kijiji (think Craigslist) on Friday night, it’s metal and wire, kind of Victorian but I have a dream!  I paid $25 for it, more than I wanted to (because I’ve gotten kind of cheap :D ) but I actually think it’s  a good price.  I will probably end up painting it, not sure what colour, but I do  have to paint my porch and I have to work with that ugly brown brick so I’m not sure… any suggestions on colour?  The porch will probably be Benjamin Moore’s Nordic Grey.

My dream?  A deep covered porch with this chair, a wicker love seat or vintage glider, quilts, a ceiling fan, lamps and a good book.. does anyone else have this dream??  I just found this pic that incorporates some of my ideas and look..  a chair just like mine (in a different colour but I can't tell what it is)!!!!
 
It’s fun to dream isn’t it?  At least I have a few things to get me started!

Ok, on to Saturday’s finds!!!!

This is a great doll’s chair, I think it stands about a foot tall!  Paid $1!!  I’m going to sand it down a bit and probably paint it black with a red base.. well, maybe.  :D  

Aren’t these wooden totes the best?  I know the heart cutout harkens back to the 90’s but it’s kind of difficult to change so I’ll work with it.  I will probably prim this piece up and offer it for sale.  
I’m not sure if this basket was a good find or not.  The guy selling would not budge on price (in fact he had a bicycle that was exactly what I wanted to put in my garden and he wanted $65 for it!!  Really???)  Anyway, I’m still looking for a bicycle and this will fit nicely on it when I do find it.  As I said, he wouldn’t budge on price but agreed to $6 for the basket and the drawers in the following pic.

Closeup of the tag on the bottom.
    

One open drawer and a divided one..  not sure yet what I’ll do with these yet.
 

This was my major find!  I guess you could call it a trencher, it appears to be handmade and probably not that old, but I really love it!  It’s very solid and HUGE and she agreed to sell it to me for… drumrolllllllllllll….$3!!!! 
 

See how much of my patio table top it covers?  This will look amazing on my harvest table that I don’t have.. lol.  Another dream :D 
 
The next few things were all purchased from one lady.  I managed to get this small dresser into the trunk of my car but had to tie it down.. :) It looks like it might be tiger maple but I suspect it’s not.  The drawer fronts have a strange texture on them.  I’ll be sanding this piece down (the top is scratched up anyway) and painting.  I might sell the dresser that I have beside the front door and put this one in it’s place.  I really have no room for both and this one is smaller so I think it works better in the space.

 

Check this out!  Two quilts.. the pink one is either a double or queen and the blue is a throw.  I think these are perfect for my “dream porch”.  There is also 1 sham that matches the pink quilt.  These aren't handmade but they do seem to be well-made and they're heavy so I think they're a good find.
 


Closeup of the pink one..
 
 
Closeup of the blue one..
 
She also had a bag full of gadgets.  I don’t know what the wooden things are on the right at the back but I see them on a lot of prim blogs and Facebook pics .. potato mashers?  I love them and will be keeping those and the butter hands and the paddle.  The rest I may sell or I may attach to one of the drawers above.  I got the dresser, the quilts and these gadgets for $20.. totally blew my budget!  LOL.
 

I really have to slow down on the yard sales!  I’ve only gone out a couple of times this year (went nuts last year and have a ton of things that I haven’t done anything with yet!).  Once I get things done then I can think about going out again.  I think I’ve done pretty well so this should satisfy me for now!  LOL.. well.. maybe ;)

Till next time.. have a great week!