Thrifty Treasures

My trip to the thrift store this week resulted in two Venice prints. A little more expensive than I’d normally consider ($10/each) but the retail price shows $40/each and they have an old world feel that’s perfect for the living room.  $80 for $20. Not bad.

living room wall decor

I needed to add some steel wire to the back to hang {tips for hanging pictures on plaster walls}…

wire cable for pictures

and now they fill a previously empty wall space:

living room

Our living room is definitely a mix of traditional (working with what we already have) and eclectic (thrifty finds). It’s different but I’m finally liking how it’s coming together.

eclectic traditional living room

I love the dark frames against our Ben Moore smokey taupe walls.

A little more formal than our casual family room (see the sneak peek of my playing around with what we have on hand through the French doors)…

French doors in living room

Giveaway coming Sunday at the DIY Project Parade for something in these living room pictures. Hope you’ll stop back to enter to win!

And just for fun and inspiration {yard sale season starts soon!}, here are some of the other thrifty treasures from around our house:

vintage tin and Coke bottles vintage windowglass lamp

vintage brown glasswhite planters

ladder night standvintage fanladder magazine rack

thrifty wall collage

vintage windowbathroom towel rackblue mason jarold cratevignettecrate side tablethrifty treasuresaqua wicker, footstoolvintage pepsi cratebistro set

camp chairdraft stoolbaffle, rusticbeakers and flasksvintage cart, cratesvignettewooden bowl and spoonvintage scalesvintage grinderthrifty accentDIY crate side table

turquoise and orangeorange wing back chairsvintage vignette

Have a wonderful, productive, thrifty, do-it-yourself-filled weekend!

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