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So if you want to get organized, there are some very cheap and tasteful alternatives in the used/antiques market place. See, when an antique dealer has only a part of something, it's usually worth very little and difficult to sell in his/her market. Since it's nearly impossible for any dealer to throw something out that's perfectly useful, they'll do the next best thing, price it c-h-e-a-p. For example cubbies. These can be from the size goes inside a desk to a wall unit removed from an old post office. Found at used furniture stores throughout the country from $5.00-$75.00.
If your looking for something a bit more rustic try something like this chicken coop cubbie. These look great on porches and sun rooms. Very Shabby Chic those are.
Made of attractive Oak
Looking for something to display those wonderful smalls you've been buying on eBay for the last year and a half? How about something like this set of antique post office pigeon holes?
I'm certainly no decorator, but as an auctioneer of vintage merchandise, I usually have to come up with some creative ways of using things to get the bidding sparked on certain tems. One of my favorite lines is... "folks this may not look like much to you antiques dealers, but there's more real wood in this piece than the entire chain of Walmart stores". And usually I'm not far from the truth.
If more people would tweak their thinking just a little bit, they could have more creative homes, styled with their pesonal, unique perspective, for much less than what they are used to spending at the big box stores.
So if you want to overpay for a particle board Ameriwood product that will swell up like a hernia if you spill a sip of soda on it, by all means feel free to throw away your money, you worked hard for it, no one including me, should tell you how to spend it.
But if your into getting a fun piece that you could sell for more than you paid for it when your done with it, then save big and go green at the same time. By quality vintage items.
Topics: budget antiques , home decorating
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