First Purchase.
A couple weeks ago I spent the day hanging out with a friend in Atlanta. After lunch, we ended up at the Habitat Re-Store. If you’ve never heard of it before, it a huge warehouse were people donate old/new building supplies.
I’ve been there a couple times and it’s pretty hit or miss. They have furniture, but I can usually find better prices at a thrift store. If you’re looking for actual building materials, like tiles or door locks, they seemed to have a decent selection. As we walked around, I did find a couple good finds…
I LOVED these rustic lanterns. At $59 each, they would make a great statement flanking a mirror in a bathroom.
Here’s another great fixture. I was surprised to see the original $510 price tag, but I’ve seen lots of versions of this piece for several different price ranges. Again, a nice light to place in a guest bathroom.
I love the details of this glass table. It’s light and bright because of the glass, but the richness of the metal creates a great contrast. Perfect piece for a guest room nightstand.
We also found a great selection of windows (and a VERY awkward drawing of a pumpkin head bikini girl??). There are so many great uses for old windows, a few of which can be found { here }.
The best find of the day was………linoleum tile. Yep, it’s true. My mother-in-law gave me a great tip a couple weeks ago about lining cabinet shelves. I’m planning to line the kitchen cabinets in the new house with contact paper, but under the kitchen sink, my mother-in-law suggested using linoleum tile. It’s thicker, waterproof and much easier to wipe down than contact paper. Such a good idea! The best part, I got 8 tiles for under $1.82 total. I found the exact same time { here } for $2.21 per tile. Sweeeet!
After I bought the tile, I realized it was the FIRST purchase for our new house! How appropriate that our first purchase for the house was under $2.00. Let’s hope I can keep the rest of the purchases around the same price (yeah right). Here I am (below) with the tile, and my second purchase, fabric to make a pillow for our future guest room. It is SO fun to finally be able to have a house to buy for!
What about you? Do you have any special stores you go to for great deals? Have you gotten a great deal lately? If so, I’d love to feature you on here!
Ha ha! This is hilarious! Our first purchase for our new home was shelf liner paper
Here’s the thing: my mom is the QUEEN of lining shelves – she believes it MUST be done, done well, and with the right liner paper. She’s lined all the shelves in every place I’ve ever lived.
This time, she wasn’t able to come help us move. And, of course, not a single shelf or drawer in our new house is lined. So I called her to get her expert advice and she recommended not using adhesive contact paper because it’s too hard to adjust when installing and it loses its tackiness over time anyway. She told me to get the non-stick vinyl with the small rubber backing – found here: http://tinyurl.com/75kxdns. This stuff is great – it has an easy to clean smooth top, but a little bit of the rubber grippies on the bottom. The straight “weave” of the rubber on the back makes for a great grid to cut by.
I used a small strip of permanent double stick-tape on the front lips of the liners on the shelves, so that pulling things in and out of them wouldn’t cause the liner to roll up in the front over time and they all look great! Plus, the rubber helps dampen the noise of putting in dishware into the cabinets.
WOW – waaaaay too much information on shelf liner paper there, but just thought I’d share some wisdom from my mom
Also, I am soooooo jealous of the apparently awesome Habitat Restore you have near you (ours here is not very good. I would never find amazing lights like that)