Greetings Everyone,

I have been so addicted to Goodwill after an impromptu visit a few weeks back.  I went there and received that wonder accent piece that I flipped.  I have been going back to scope out any addition furniture accents.

I am so not opposed to second hand clothes by any means.  I do have my limits.  I don’t think I would buy used shoes just because I am leary about other peoples feet.  I love love love online shopping.  TBH I rarely go to the store anymore unless I have to.  I always thought well I want a cheap deal but not have to go to the store.  That is when I came across Thredup.

It has a lot of name brands for cheap, and they have returns on more things.  I have found so many good deals.  I couldn’t even tell you how much I have spent, but if your like me I hate spending money on shipping.  I don’t know why it irks me so much.  They have good discounts like 15% or 10%, but still I rather get free shipping.

So I thought about it and was like I am sure I can find just as good of clothes at my local Goodwill as I could online.  I’ve been addicted.  I’m sure my boyfriend loves all the clothes I have.  I will have to purge some on my clothes and donate them to Goodwill.

I will have to post all the cute things that I found or even make a video of all the cute clothes I got for $23.00.

 

Xoxo,

Melissa

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DIY Addiction-Flippin Furniture

Good morning fellow Diyers,

I started some new projects.  I flipped a few wood accent tables and I thought I’d show you my finished pieces.

It started when i found a great piece at Goodwill for 1.99.  I decided at that point what do I need.  After many blog readings I needed a good staple piece in my start to flipping furniture.  So I went out and purchased myself a cheap orbital random sander.  (Seems to be the sander of choice for many flippers.) But I wanted to know why.  So after reading articles about the different sanders I understood why.  A random orbital sander gives an even sand and because it is random it won’t give you swirl marks.

Goodwill table

I painted the base with Folkart Paint in Sheepskin and then I broke put the bad boy sander.  I sanded the top to get out the minor scratches and the stain that was already on there.

I put two stains.  First I applied varathane in Kona semi gloss and after I applied that i wiped any excess off and quickly applied varathane in weathered gray.  I was going for a rustic dark top.

I added a polyurethane coating to the whole piece to seal and prevent chipping and staining.

This was the final product.

Rustic Accent Table

Thanks for reading.  Please comment below.

Xoxo,

Mel

 

Desperately Seeking Advice:First Time Home Buyer

Good afternoon Everyone,

I would love advice.  I am a first time home buyer.  I’ve rent for 5 + years now and I am so hesitant to take the huge leap into ownership.

To be honest, I’m not thrilled to stay in the midwest.  Considering my boyfriend is a state employee and well we have no budget, but he doesn’t want to leave the state just yet.

So I am obsessively scouring Trulia, Realtor, and Zillow and they all the same.  Not helpful.  I wish they would list all available homes in the area of interest, but that would just be too good to be true.

My biggest fear is the goal once we move into a house I will be a stay at home mom.  That scares me.  I’ve been working since I was 16 and haven’t any breaks.  Trust me I am not scared of not working because I’ll miss it, but because what if we can afford it.  I don’t come debt free.  Plus, I do like to shop.  Not crazy, but enough.

I’ve previously been in touch with a mortgage company to see what I have to do to prepare.  I don’t want to be uneducated about the process and I am currently in the dark about it.

Please, help.  If you have any advice on what to do, what not to do that would be great.  I’d appreciate any advice I can get. Or if you could give me advice on working mommy’s turned stay at home.  How did you feel, do you regret?

Xoxo,

Mel