Four Frugal Things -- Thonet Chairs & Buggy Apples

1) I cut a hydrangea bouquet for neighbors who'd gifted me produce from their garden. They weren't home, so they'll arrive home to mystery flowers on their porch. Will I tell them?

2) I picked up two of the least bruised and buggy apples from a different neighbor's tree.

Sure, they're not visually appealing, but there was still plenty of good apple for my husband and I to enjoy.

I sliced up some Tillamook cheddar to eat with my slices.

3) I drove to the library to pick up my holds. I'd normally walk, but I knew one of the books ("Architectural Digest at Home") was going to be heavier than your average bear.

I then spent an hour or so leafing through the pretty pictures while drinking tea and listening to a Libby audiobook. (Living my best life!) As always, I enjoy when the million dollar interiors overlap with my curb finds.

Here's my chair that sits in a corner of the dining room:

And here's what it looked like when I curb picked it in 2012:

I'm 100% sure that it's a Thonet knockoff, but it's still fun to own.

Click HERE to read the 2012 blog post from when I painted and reupholstered my chair.

4) I used up a bag of spinach without a single leaf going to waste. Of course, this cooked down spinach started as an entire haystack!

Now your turn, what frugal things have you been up to?

Katy Wolk-Stanley 

"Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without."

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