My $5.00 garage sale SCORE!

Last weekend I was very excited to see that my neighbor was having a garage sale. I was able to score several items, at dirt cheap prices. This dresser did not have a sticker on it, and so many people walked past it, assuming that it was sold. After about an hour, I asked the owner if it had been sold. She told me that she would sell it to me at a neighbor discount, and when she said $5.00 I nearly fell over. SCORE!!! I mean, it was plain jane, but I knew that I could make it into something amazing, with some sanding, and paint. I waited a couple of days to start on it, because I had no idea what color to paint it. I decided that she would look great with a sanded down top and the body painted green. When I saw how GORGEOUS her top looked all sanded down, I was in love :) 

Here she is!!

I saw the potential in this old buffet!

I went to a sale a few weeks back. While I was outside looking at an antique table, the lady tells me that she has an antique buffet inside of her house that she wanted to sell. I absolutely LOVE buffets and I have been dying to get my hands on another one. She was getting ready to move, and needed to downsize. I immediately fell in love with this piece, and knew that I could make her even more beautiful! This is the picture that I took of the buffet inside of the woman's home. I had to take a picture to text my husband and warn him that I was bringing home MORE furniture. He has already jokingly threatened to divorce me if I bring home more furniture, but he can deal with it. :)

I bribed my 15 year old son with a ice cream shake, if he would help me haul her to the van, and help me load her. This was quite the challenge, and I was huffing and puffing all the way. She WAS HEAVY!

I knew right away that I wanted to paint her body and sand her top down to bare wood. The sanding part was the hardest and took me several hours just to finish the top. I think it was worth it!

Here is the "before" shot, taken at the sale.

And here is her "After" shot

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