Comments on: the art of thrifting : ten tips on how to score big for your home https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-art-of-thrifting-ten-tips-on-how-to-score-big-for-your-home/ The Handmade Home is a full service rehab, construction and design firm with an exclusive product line, at The Handmade Home Studio. Fri, 19 Apr 2019 01:21:19 +0000 hourly 1 By: Katie Whitney https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-art-of-thrifting-ten-tips-on-how-to-score-big-for-your-home/#comment-48117 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=13183#comment-48117 In reply to ashley @ the handmade home.

Haha! Yep, one and the same. I really enjoy your blog, Ashley – I am totally in awe of your creativity and vision!

]]> By: ashley @ the handmade home https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-art-of-thrifting-ten-tips-on-how-to-score-big-for-your-home/#comment-48074 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=13183#comment-48074 In reply to H McCall.

Yes. So true. Sometimes the whole entitlement thing makes me want to vom. ;}

]]> By: ashley @ the handmade home https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-art-of-thrifting-ten-tips-on-how-to-score-big-for-your-home/#comment-48073 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=13183#comment-48073 In reply to dawn.

Yes! I may or may not have scored a giant M that will be making it’s way to our back porch revamp this fall! ;}

]]> By: ashley @ the handmade home https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-art-of-thrifting-ten-tips-on-how-to-score-big-for-your-home/#comment-48072 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=13183#comment-48072 In reply to {darlene} @fieldstonehilldesign.

Absolutely, girl! Miss you, too! ;}

]]> By: ashley @ the handmade home https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-art-of-thrifting-ten-tips-on-how-to-score-big-for-your-home/#comment-48071 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=13183#comment-48071 In reply to DogsMom.

very true! ;}

]]> By: ashley @ the handmade home https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-art-of-thrifting-ten-tips-on-how-to-score-big-for-your-home/#comment-48070 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=13183#comment-48070 In reply to Jen.

Hey Jen! I usually frequent Eastbrook Flea market {off of coliseum}, J & G’s in Prattville, {This is a great spot for furniture in need of a little love} and Nashville. I know you didn’t ask, but I adore the big flea market in Nashville. It’s a great place for big finds, and particularly, little trinkets. I hope that helps!

]]> By: ashley @ the handmade home https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-art-of-thrifting-ten-tips-on-how-to-score-big-for-your-home/#comment-48069 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=13183#comment-48069 In reply to colleen from alabama.

great tips, colleen!

]]> By: Mary https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-art-of-thrifting-ten-tips-on-how-to-score-big-for-your-home/#comment-48065 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=13183#comment-48065 Great article on thrifty repurposing of items. I really enjoy reading about all of your adventures!!

]]> By: ashley @ the handmade home https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-art-of-thrifting-ten-tips-on-how-to-score-big-for-your-home/#comment-48062 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=13183#comment-48062 In reply to Katie Whitney.

Is this Katie Nichols Whitney? Per chance, my long lost friend? Great tips, girl! And oh so true! ;}

]]> By: Katie Whitney https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-art-of-thrifting-ten-tips-on-how-to-score-big-for-your-home/#comment-48059 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=13183#comment-48059 I would add: Be cautious of the word ‘vintage’ in an item’s description. In my experience that often (though not always, of course) translates to: ‘I found this in my grandmother’s house and can tell that it is old, and since we all know that everything old must be worth a lot of money, even though I have no idea anything else about it, I’m going to charge three times what anyone should actually pay for it.’ I tend to be wary of sellers who use the word ‘vintage’, especially if there are multiple items in a booth labelled that way. It seems like people who really know what they have and know that it is truly vintage (as opposed to simply old) are less prone to actually describe their items as such.

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