Hello! Do accept my apologies for the lack of posts - I had a wedding - it took over life. But, I am back, married and full of ideas.
I think part of the reason people avoid second hand stores is that they think it is impossible to find clean and shiny newish items. But alas, it is not true! Your second hand store has lovely items just waiting for you to pick them up, take them home and make them feel like new. After a nice bath in dishwasher (I use the 'sanitize' setting) your friends will think you just spent your paycheck at Pottery Barn. (Then, you can tell them you didn't spend that much money and they can be like: what! and you can be like, I know!)
The first and second pics are of decorative glass bottles with home made raspberry and basil infused vodka (the infused part is homemade, not the vodka.) These bottles were also .99 cents each - they look Pottery Barn-esk...huh. Great gifts!
The third picture is of quart size glass canning jars which were purchased for .99 cents each. You can find plastic screw on lids at any grocery store in the canning aisle. There are almost always many sizes of canning jars at my second hand store.
When we moved into our house (after 3 rented places in 3 years) we had lots of left over obscure-sized curtains and decorations that didn't seem to fit anywhere in our new home. So, I took this 10ft long curtain rod, two single pained curtains and a wall hanging and made it into a decorative head-board. This solution doesn't replace everything a headboard is good for, but it sure is beautiful and adds a lot of height and texture to our bedroom.
