I think with fall upon us, people are cleaning out their homes and storage. I saw lots of summer stuff like pool noodles, kiddie surf boards, tiki lamps and patio furniture.
Here’s the items that came home with me last night:
My FAVOURITE find of the night, this loooong (it’s nearly 6 feet tall!!), narrow wooden box with door. (on the right) NO clue what it used to be, but I sure know what it’s gonna become!!
Curious? Ok, I’ll tell ya! See, we don’t have much food storage space in our kitchen. So I’m thinking that I will put shelves inside of it and store all the snack and school lunch items in there (juice boxes, granola bars, fruit cups, etc). We have a ton of those, with 3 kids, so it’ll be perfect! I have the perfect little corner in my kitchen. Of course, this will be painted white to match the rest! Oooh I cant wait!
On the left, you can see a cabinet door missing its glass. It's brand new. Just throw out! *sigh*. I will totally repurpose it, you know it!
side view: (totally forgot to take an inside shot! doh!)
Next up, these 3 terra cotta planters. Super heavy. Not a single crack! Love 'em!
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A little shoe scrubber duckie! I actually found this at a house where there was a garage sale on Saturday. I always go see after a garage sale because usually the stuff they didnt sell end up in the trash ;)
Now this next item, I litterally squealed when I saw it! I love me some bottles and soda crates. Ok, so they aren't that old, and the crate isn't wood, it's plastic. REGARDLESS, I love it all the same, even with all that dust LOL! (I always show you "as found"!) So these are bottles from The Pop Shoppe, which I never heard about but according to my google search, it's a canadian soda company.
The downside is that all the bottles have the "The Pop Shoppe" printed in red directly on them, can't remove 'em. So I have NO CLUE what to do with it?!
Any ideas?
A metal paper sorter... very practical for a scrapbooker like me! Will spray paint it white soon!
These next 2 items, I couldn't believe... and was so happy to have gotten there before the 'metal junk guys' (those guys with pick-ups that take ALL metals to go sell it at the recycling center). A wrought iron (large) chair and bench.
The fabric is HORRENDOUS and SO 1988!! This will be my first ever attempt at reupholstering something! I just loooove the scrolls and details:
A nice large metal box... for sewing supplies maybe? No clue! It's rusty and not in perfect shape, but I really like it! Of course it'll get a fresh coat of paint. Will be used as storage for scrapbook supplies. 
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That's all my curbside shopping for this weekend!
Oh but before I leave you, check out another curbside shopper:
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And finally... a headboard that matches my 9yo son's furniture!!
His bed used to be part of a bunk bed set (the ones with a desk and dresser in the unit) and didnt come with a headboard. Now that we dont need the bunks, I thought his bed looked bare. And a shelved headboard is SO practical!!
YAY!!
His bed used to be part of a bunk bed set (the ones with a desk and dresser in the unit) and didnt come with a headboard. Now that we dont need the bunks, I thought his bed looked bare. And a shelved headboard is SO practical!!
YAY!!
That's all my curbside shopping for this weekend!
Oh but before I leave you, check out another curbside shopper:
Please excuse the bad picture, but it was 3:00am, dark and humid out!! I couldnt sleep and I heard a noise from outside. I went on the porch and saw this skunk trying to get into our trash!
I posted this entry over @ Southern Hospitality (hum, yeah, my 2nd entry for this week LOL). Go check out all the other thrifty finds if you havent already!!
12 comments:
really great finds, Caro.
I love the vintage chair/bench set - you will have fun fixing them up.
and keep a watch when you trash pick - skunks- ewwww~
You found so many great finds. I'm am super jealous. I need to come curbside shopping with you girl. Thanks for paying me a visit. I do the curbside thing to. My husband thinks I'm crazy.
what great finds! what a great idea for the wooden box, i love the terra cotta pots, such an interesting shape. and i love the chair and bench set. thanks for sharing
Hello there! Thanks for the comment and might I say that YOU got some really good stuff too! I usually post everything on my main blog unless it's house specific, not so much decor but for our remodeling. We have a seperate blog for the house, but I'm most active on the Family blog. :)
WOWOW! You found some amazing treasures!!! Curbside shopping is truly the BEST!!
I can't wait to check out the rest of your blog!
Thanks for visiting ME... or I would not know to visit YOU!
Love your dumpster finds! Im extremely impressed!
I think I'm going to have to take a trip around my neighborhood before trash day! Such good finds!!
Great Finds! I love curb side shopping. We only have "large item pick up" four times a year, the advantage of that is, you can put things out for nearly two weeks before pick up! I have found some amazing things. Not like your scores though. Love the planters, the bench and chair are to die for! Wowee! Thanks for stopping by my blog and commenting. Be sure to come back by, I am having a GIVEAWAY!!!! Woot Woot!
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I am amazed at all the great stuff you found! Wow...who new curbside shopping could be sooooo profitable! I would definitely have gone for the chair and bench. Can't wait to see what you do with these!
The Pop Shoppe was a small candy and soda store in Spokane, Wa. I went there regularly when I was growing up in the 80's. The store closed down at some point when I wasnt paying attention but opened again in 2007. People who grew up in Spokane in the 80's would LOVE to have the case of Pop Shoppe bottles you have!
You could use black chalkboard paint to paint over the red in a square or something and then you could either write on them with chalk or just leave them blank
The Pop Shoppe was very popular here in Canada in the 70s and 80s. It was a chain of Canadian stores that sold pop directly to the consumer through their own shops making it less expensive than brands sold in grocery stores. The red cases are what you used to to pick and choose what flavours you wanted and then when they were all empty, you brought the case and bottles back on your next trip to the Pop Shoppe. It closed up in the 80's but recently it started back up again (without the red cases though). Very nostagic for Canadians. I'll bet you could find a collector on e-bay who would be interested. My grandma used to serve us Pop Shoppe pop all the time when we were kids.
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