Refurbished Finds!

My husband finds it crazy that I am one of those people that sees 

something on the side of the road, and I stop.

The first few times I did this I was skeptical, and 

nervous that people were watching me, but now I could care less, 

because I have found some awesome finds.

And of course they were FREE, because I found them on the side of the road.

Well, recently I did find another awesome find.

A pink toy box!

Truthfully I found this a few months ago, 

and it's been sitting in my garage, with me 

trying to figure out what I want to do with it. 

My original plan was to repaint, fix the missing leg,

 and put the top back on.

But for some reason I could never get the motivation to start this project. 

But I finally came up with an idea for the toy box.

I first had to clean it all up.

So I scrubbed it down, and made it look like new, well at least an antique new. 

And as you probably noticed it's missing a leg. 

And I'm not really confident with replacing the leg myself so I did the next best thing

since I decided to make this an outside toy box.

Keep scrolling down to see what I decided to do with it.

I know this isn't real classy with the brick underneath, but

I'm hoping my dad will fix this later for me.

Finally, I decided I wanted to make this into a planter.

How cute is that?

I love the antique pink look with the pink flowers inside.

Other Things I have found along the side of the Road:

I found this chair years ago, and it is absolutely my favorite.

Obviously it is not an outside chair I just moved it outside so I could get a better photo of it.

This chair I found last year.
I still can't figure out why it was on the side of the road.
It's awesome.

Probably one of the most interesting finds I found on the side of the road was a bassinet.
I was prego with Cameron at the time, and I was driving along when I saw a bassinet.
I stopped, and inspected it.
Found out that their was one broken part, but otherwise in good condition.
I knew it was fate!
Well, this is the funny part.
Everyone was a work at this time of day, and I was driving a mini cooper.
How was I going to get this home?
Well, I was only a block from my parents house, and I wasn't leaving the bassinet.
So, I carried the bassinet up the hill while 6 months pregnant.
Not the best idea, and not to be tried at home.
We later got 6 months of use out of it.

I didn't take a photo of the bassinet, because it's in our basement, covered
 in toys that Cameron no longer plays with.

Good Luck Searching For Awesome Finds!

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