{"id":340,"date":"2009-08-05T03:36:34","date_gmt":"2009-08-05T03:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ruleroftheelves.com\/?p=340"},"modified":"2009-08-05T03:36:34","modified_gmt":"2009-08-05T03:36:34","slug":"nifty-thrifty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theruleroftheelves.com\/?p=340","title":{"rendered":"Nifty Thrifty"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the beginning of our vacation, when we visited my sister, aka ATM, she shared with me a bunch of great deals she had picked up recently. Of course, being the thrifty girl that I am, I was totally envious of her fabulous finds. <\/p>\n

\"ATMs<\/a><\/p>\n

First up, we have an amazing white bird cage (aviary anyone?) from Arhaus. Since ATM used to work there, she snagged this awesome piece for only $10. It was originally $40, but had been majorly discounted due to part of the top being smashed in. A few painted wooden dowels later and voila!<\/p>\n

She also shared with me her brainy idea to make a 3 tiered serving dish. By grabbing a few pretty plates from the local Goodwill ($.50 each) and 2 shiny crystal candlesticks ($12) at an antique shop, she assembled this chic little server.<\/p>\n

I was so excited about this $4 chair that she bought at an auction. It looks a little shabby right now, but with a little paint and some new upholstery, the baby will be a looker. I’ll make sure to get some photos of the final product, once it is finished.<\/p>\n

\"ATMs<\/a><\/p>\n

ATM also grabbed this cool old window at an antique store filled with piles of ancient goodies. Lucky for her, the salesperson gave her a deal and dropped the price from $15 to $10. Score! <\/p>\n

In addition to the stuff that I’ve already mentioned, there is more! Aren’t you jealous now?<\/p>\n

-Approximately 60 discontinued fabric samples from Arhaus for free. (Normally they cost at least $40\/yard at the store.)<\/p>\n

-Deep blue magazine rack\/table. Originally $199, but on sale for $134. However, she got it for $5 because one foot was broken and all it took to fix it up was some wood glue and a sharpie of similar color.<\/p>\n

-Oh, and also a lamp and a glass bird vase which were both super cheap as well!<\/p>\n

All of this talk about sweet deals makes me want to check out some of my own local antique\/thrift stores to see if I can scrounge up anything fun. Have you found something cool for only pennies? Tell us about your frugal finds!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At the beginning of our vacation, when we visited my sister, aka ATM, she shared with me a bunch of great deals she had picked up recently. Of course, being the thrifty girl that I am, I was totally envious of her fabulous finds. First up, we have an amazing white bird cage (aviary anyone?) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theruleroftheelves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theruleroftheelves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theruleroftheelves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theruleroftheelves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theruleroftheelves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theruleroftheelves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theruleroftheelves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theruleroftheelves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theruleroftheelves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}