Canadian Picking Tobey Style

I was a Canadian Picker long before anyone ever heard of picking. I was a single mom for 12 years before meeting Brian. And being on my own with 5 kids you have to be resourceful when you don't have big bucks.

I have always looked for treasures in the trash and upcycled furniture from garage sales, barn sales and thrift stores. I have champagne taste on a beer budget I guess you could say. Now that the kids are grown and have families of their own I have turned my thrifty shopping into a hobby and a second income.

Some treasures I keep but most I resell, some I have to give a new look too and some I resell just the way they are. If I see something I can make some money on I buy it and resell it.

I always felt proud when friends would compliment how nice my house looked and how they loved my decorating. I swear when I used to rent places the landlord would hike up the rent after I moved out because I would always spruce the place up.

So when I said a few weeks ago that I was going to TRY to cut back on my thrifty finds.........I really did try. But it is an addiction and I can not walk away from a good bargain or a unique find.

So on that note, here are my treasures for this week................

Isn't this desk cute, I am hoping it will sell the way it is, if not I will repaint it white and sell it that way. It is so cute if it stays around too long I may be tempted to keep it lol

This is an old sewing desk I picked up for a few dollars, I love the curvy legs. I am thinking I might gut it and make a storage area inside of it and used it as side table. A few friends have said a large jewelry box, but I am not big on jewelry. I am not a girly girl, I wear one ring and that's about it, I am blue jeans and tshirt girl. I have more tools than I have jewelry.

I found another cute little sewing stool and this I will redo and sell.

Here is a pic of the last one that I did

I used a piece of material from another chair for this stool

Isn't this cake plate gorgeous, I scooped this up as soon as I saw it at Salvation Army. I love the mirrored top and the jewels all along the edge. And at $1.75 it was a STEAL of a DEAL

For now I am using to display small nick knacks, a few silver swan and 2 pewter cat statues

I love these frames and will most likely paint these white and display family photos in them. I got them for 2 dollars

I will be painting these as well and save them for our new home in Ontario, I know I will have use for them when I have a place I can go wild and not have to worry about a landlord freaking out because I put holes in the walls for shelves

I sold these ladder back chairs a few weeks ago to a young girl who is just getting into DIY

I asked her to send me a pic once she had finished them

She did an amazing job, the chairs look fabulous

Way to go Stacie

One day I hope to be reading your blog

Brian's son and his girlfriend are here from Ontario for the next two weeks so I won't be painting too much. We are going to tour them around and show them BC. And although I don't plan on shopping I will probably come home with some treasures lol

I will be picking up some ASCP for sure in our travels

hope everyone is having a great long weekend

going to be 100 degrees here all week

good week to take off from painting in the garage

stay cool

hugs