goodwill wall art and my new dresser!

I originally picked these up for the simple frames and matting, and then realized that the colors in the photos are perfect too. Every time I look at these I feel the urge to go sift through the piles of leaning frames in hopes of finding something equally as wonderful. I don't think I'll ever buy frames or framed pictures ever again, there are just too many unique ones available for next to nothing!

$1.99/ea. The colors are perfect!

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My new craigslist dresser! The drawers don't pull perfectly, but it serves it's purpose and it's pretty small, which is what I needed. The girl I bought it from even dropped it off! I thought about repainting or staining it, but I really just want to leave it the way it is.

I may be replacing the knobs with either of these:

I think it's perfect!

I must be crazy....

I'm not sure why I actually ended up buying this chair. Well, that's not really true...it was the buttons. There are so many buttons, on such a small space. Plus, this chair was only $20 from craigslist, it is in perfect condition, and I got 2 square pillows thrown in for free for taking the chair. They'll definitely need to be re-covered, but they're still perfectly good (ugly) pillows. 

I don't think the pink chair is necessarily complementing my green couch, but someday when I have my perfect apartment with all of the furniture that has survived any forthcoming selling sprees, this chair will be amazing, and I know just how it is going to be. It's actually pretty small and super comfortable! In fact, I might just sit in it tonight when I get home.

oh, how lucky i am!

Remember that really super amazing craigslist find I promised I'd post? Well, here it is:
(here is my "horrible picture" disclaimer, along with the "this is a before picture" disclaimer)
ta da!

It is a headboard from a real wrought iron bed frame. These victorian style frames were almost always shaped by hand, and in general no two are alike. Iron beds were very popular until World War I, when the iron was needed for the war efforts and beds were no longer made--or were melted down. I can barely lift this by myself, and I like to think I've got some spinach-fed guns.

I can't wait to refinish this. I thought about stripping the white paint first to see what was underneath, but the man I bought it from assured me it was nothing to write home about (but then again, he did sell this for $40). Anyway, it will definitely get painted...but should I paint it black? The only reason I hesitate to do that is because I absolutely don't want it to end up looking like one of the "iron" (steel) beds you can get anywhere. So, I'm thinking yellow...kind of a pale-ish/bright-ish yellow, that will give my new thriftpologie bedroom the colorful pop I'm worried it's already lost. 

Any thoughts?

on the frame? or the use of my new word, thriftpologie?

ps My sincerest apologies for the rambling. Indecision makes my speech formulation atrocious. 

surprise surprise!

I may just win Find of the Year tonight, check back later this evening (late late for you east-coasters) to see why!