From a $98 couch to a $12 lamp, she showed us how she finds true bargains among the junk at estate sales and thrift stores.
Walking into a thrift store can feel like stumbling into Oz. There’s often so much to take in, it’s impossible to know where to look first, or how to sort the junk from the genuinely great deals.
but recommends joining social media groups and following estate sale coordinators in your area as other ways to stay in the loop. Whenever possible, scope out photos of the inventory in advance. Before making the trek, you’ll want to know that the pickings will be worth the effort. We pause to admire a shelf of five glass decanters, but Counts considers only one; the others, she says, you could find at any thrift store. But this one — with a round stopper and an intricate bubble design — is unique enough to land in Counts’s “maybe” pile, which she’s been squirreling away in a corner to revisit later, removing the price tags from all the goods.for $12 .
Just as at the estate sale, she starts by looking at the bulkiest furniture first. Despite rows of sofas, none catch her eye. She prefers couches that fall at opposite ends of the “interest spectrum” — either a statement piece that can be a focal point or a neutral one that can blend with any room design — and these, priced roughly from $50 to $200, all fall somewhere in between.
She also keeps in mind easy DIYs. A mirror that seems outdated, for example, can turn into a design statement with a new coat of paint on its frame. “I’ve even bought a canvas with a frame that I love and painted over the art,” Counts says, as we pass some unexciting prints.
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