It’s been a busy week for Nifty Thrifty Girl. I went to the local flea market early on Sunday and scooped up a bunch of treasures.
The muffin tin will be used to hold some of the clutter in my office/craft room; the door with metal lattice insert will be refashioned in some way and hung on my office wall to hold business cards, etc.; love old license plates so I couldn’t pass these up at $2 each! The metal trays will be re-purposed as magnetic boards for above my daughter’s new desk – that I purchased for $10 at a sale (it’s actually an old sewing cabinet, complete with vintage sewing machine that will eventually be removed)
I love the deco style and funky knobs. The drawers were full of goodies, too…
I’ll share the ‘after’ pictures of the desk make-over shortly. I’ve only gotten as far as the primer but hope to finish it this week.
In other news…it was my daughter’s eleventh birthday and while at the Farmer’s Market she spied something she wanted for her b-day. A kitten. I, of course, caved and said, ‘yes’. Meet Waffle, our new family member!
He’s the sweetest boy – ever! The dogs have adjusted well, but our other male cat isn’t thrilled with the new addition.
To top the week off we watched fireworks at the lake.
Now, back to school and back to the routine!
What a CUTE name for a kitten!
Love the trays in your first photo!
Thanks! It was my daughter’s choice. She said, “He looks like the color of a waffle so I want to call him Waffle.” I couldn’t refuse because I thought it was too cute!
The trays are oh-so-nifty and were a steal!
I’m very curious to see how the drawers would turn out. I have picked out drawers and other furniture from flea markets, and am usually pleasantly surprised after I do some work on them.
I’ll be sure to post pics of the desk makeover!
Awwww, Waffle is adorable (love the name, by the way) and I can’t wait to see what you do with that desk!
Helloooooo Teeni!
Thanks! He is SUCH a great kitty…and growing very fast. I’ll post pics of the desk as soon as it’s finished (which may not be until next year as it’s in my garage and the snow has already started to fly – ugh!)
I can’t wait to see the finished desk! I just saw one very similar at our local thrift store — thinking, thinking . . . should I??
Unfortunately, the desk has only had one coat of primer thus far and now sits in the corner of my garage…waiting.