another garage sale treasure

Saturday was a fun day for the hyphenated family.  We put everyone in the car and went out in the chilly morning weather to a few garage sales around town.  We scored quite a few treasures! A few needed a little TLC before they found a home in our apartment.
My night stand was one of the projects.

Larry found this stool/step stool:

It was rough looking, painted cream over the original green paint.  Larry loved it right away because it reminded him of one that was in his Grandma's house when he was a kid.

We stopped at lowes on the way home from the garage sale and bought sand paper and spray paint.  One sure way to actually do the projects you  think up is to bring home all the supplies you need with the item to be refurbished/up-cycled.

Larry sanded all the surfaces and smoothed out the paint chips and drips from the previous owner.  Then we sprayed it a cool and retro turquoise.

I may embellish the seat back and seat later with a paint marker or some brushed on free hand designs.  I'm thinking a bright yellow and red for accents....

For now it has a new home in our kitchen!

Chair: $6.00

Paint: $5.00

Sand Paper: $2.00

Total Cost: $ $13.00

garage sale night stand

We've been living without night stands since we moved into our new place.  While the apartment overall is bigger, the master bedroom is smaller. The nightstands we were using didn't fit in the room with our king sized bed.
I refuse to spend a lot of cash on furniture for this place since it is temporary, so i have been scouring garage sales for the past few months in search of a small night stand.
I scored one today!

Here is the before:

One $2.00 garage sale table,  a can of silver spray paint, a little fabric from the scrap bag applied with modge podge:

Tada!  Here is my wonderful (and perfectly sized) garage sale night stand:

Total spent: $7.00

Oh yeah!