The $215.00 Thrift Store Room

I hope I can inspire, teach or motivate anyone who reads this blog.
This room was decorated with, basically, $215.00. I'll be a little long winded on this first post.
The couch was olive green, jacquard silk. I saw it in a Salvation Army store for $100.00, and new I couldn't afford it. One day I went in and there it was for $50.00! Yeah!! I took it home. The condition was perfect, so I kept it green. Well, with a 5 year old, (who is now 13) silk couches don't hold up so well. By this time I covered it in dark brown chenille. (the color of dirt ;)

A few years later I let someone barrow it. When I got it back, I put it in storage, until we got this new house, and I had a little room to decorate and just have fun with! Yeah! again. Anyway, I painted it ivory, covered it in $4.00 per yard fabric, and put a few nickel nailhead tacs around the bottom. It became my favorite piece of furniture, AGAIN!

The table in the front of the picture was $5.00. Leather top and all! It needed cleaning up and some of the parts re-glued. Thrift store find.
The chair up front was $15.00. Olive green and stained a little, but very sturdy. The kind of pieces to look for. I covered it with $4.00 per yard fabric too. (There's a woman at the flea market with a pretty good stock of fabric for great prices.)

The hutch was $120.00. Very retro, good sturdy bones. I painted it ivory, it would have looked good painted black or any color. Another thrift store find.
The little blue piece was ivory and had a shelf top to it. Maybe a little hutch for a childs room. I only brought the bottom piece home. I spray painted it light blue.

The coffee table was a Christmas gift from my "yard sale shopping," 85 year old mother-in-law.
The small white chair was thrift store find that I painted ivory and covered in more of the flea market fabric. I also made the drapes with $4.00 fabric from the same woman.
I'll talk about drapes later!!!

It's a little hard to see, but I made the starburst mirror on the back wall. I can show that as a craft one day too. Total cost was about $15.oo.

Throw in some new and old lamps and shades, accessories, and a rug I already had, and I think the room came out pretty cute! Again all for only about $215.00.