** Note: Clicking on pictures to make them bigger will help you appreciate the vamp!**
I posted on Facebook in February a patio set we bought off of Craigslist for $25.Did you hear that?
$25.
It is clearly missing some paint and rusting, but it just needed a little buffing and some spray paint.
Seriously.
$25! Cheap, Yo.
This is Howie Do it:
First step- Leave pup inside! He was very upset with me... |
I buffed the peeling paint with my "BBQ" brush and was left with..
Mmmm, attractive. |
But, worth every minute of frustration. Here is the beauty after!
No more rusty butts! |
Rrrrrllluusty! {Inside joke with my sis. Love you!} |
What a beaut.
Cost?
Table and 4 chairs: $25
Drop Cloths and Brush: $3
3 Cans of Outdoor spray paint: $10
Total: $38!
It may have been cheap according to my wallet, but not my muscles. I could barely carry the chairs and had to bring myself to some out-of-body experience to help Daniel get the table up and down the deck stairs. Pure metal, baby!
Looking for an umbrella for a steal. Let me know if you see any deals...or curb alerts!
PS If you don't have a rewards credit card, you should totally get one. We're not credit whores at all- we don't have any credit card balances (actually, we leave like $15 or $20 to build credit. Paying off your balance every month actually does nothing for your credit!)- but we do have a rewards card with Discover. At any home improvement store, we get 5% back towards our balance. With buying our first home and sprucing it up through the good 'ole Home Depot, we just got $50 in rewards. Sweeeeeeet. Tiling the entry ways sometime this summer... fo free!
Going blueberry picking this afternoon with my mother- and sisters-in-law at a local patch. "Pickin' is good" they say. Supposed to be triple digits easy with the heat index. Kill me now (from the heat, not the people. I love my fam!)
http://www.ehow.com/video_4753368_paying-off-credit-card-full.html
ReplyDeleteTo quote Doctor Cox from Scrubs:
WRONG, WRONG, WRONG WRONG
WRONG, WRONG, WRONG WRONG
YOU'RE WRONG
It is a nice table though. Good job!
ReplyDeleteWELL our financial person said that "closing" your account each month doesn't really HELP- but it's not a bad thing. He looked at our credit report and if you pay off your balance in full, your report will say "closed". He also said to not spend over a third of your limit, but that a small running balance is a good thing.
ReplyDeleteI don't know about you, but I really enjoy getting on my blog and reading comments about how I'm dumb.
Oh I've gotten many of them. Just shrug it off and remember: my opinion does not matter.
ReplyDeleteAlso you should be able to delete any comments you don't like. Saved me all kind of time when some spammers found out my URL.
I owe you an apology. Like an Internet troll, I latched onto one minor comment you made in a post about being thrifty and smart, and attacked it. I did not mean to imply you are dumb. We’ve both been given financial advice, and are both trying to improve our credit. I am sincerely sorry.
ReplyDeletePlease keep up the home improvement and recipe posts. Wife and I both enjoy them. Well, I mostly enjoy the recipes…
Great Job Katie! I really needed this as I'm looking to do the same thing! :) Thanks a bunch!
ReplyDelete