If you are wondering where the heck I got the name for my blog, here’s how it came about. I think if you’ve even looked at only one of my posts, you will understand the Painted That, part. But what about the Found This, part?
I have a deep,deep love for finding the perfect piece of furniture for my home….on the street. I share this love with others. (I know you’re out there. I’ve read your blogs.)
Here’s a few of my favorite finds, some found within a few feet of my door. Of course I painted the dresser and hutch from beaten up wood to white, keeping the hardware on the dresser but changing the old brass knobs on the hutch to crystal. (Why do I always forget to take before pictures???) I use the bottom drawer in the dresser for collecting the paper recycling – prettiest recycling box EVER.
This artwork was left out in the garbage! What the what? The lantern was found curbside, still in its wrapper!
The driftwood was collected from the beach. The column was from a bathroom reno, the table (a future before and after post) on the sidewalk outside a warehouse and my favorite, found with broken antlers and painted BROWN – who ever heard of a brown deer in decorating. Seriously.
It’s true I have given my husband near heart attacks by screaming STOP! as we drive along the roads and I spot my next project (I’m not proud of that but it’s out of my control!). Sadly, I’ve had to drive by some amazing future refurbishes because of time or space or no sympathy constraints.
Still, spring comes and I know my chances of finding another abandoned beauty are near. Thanks neighbours!
Paint from the Home Depot
Found This Painted That 
this confirms that creative decorating is a DANGEROUS hobby – and not for the faint-hearted spouse
You got that right! Oh well, I know how to drive too…..
I love how your blogs give me giggles! Thank you for your inspiration. I to love the free stuff, treasures that no one else can see the beauty in! Fabulous! :~)
Yes! Free and beautiful is good, but no challenge.
I love your finds, except for the deer head. We have a herd of does and their fawns on our property and I’m no hunter. I particularly like the dresser and hutch. Painting them white and changing the hardware to crystal knobs on the hutch was brilliant. Most of all I liked the artwork. I’m a scrounger too and love going to garage sales and second hand stores. Some of the best finds I have ever made were in recycle depots and were free.
Oh I agree about the deer head! Never real!!
Thanks for stopping by my blog! I love your tagline, “Decorating Solutions for the Dollar Challenged.” I just recently bought a few small resin animal heads for my living room. Free is always better!
my husband too has had to overcome the ‘STOP!’ panic attacks.
your post made me laugh. Before pictures are hard to remember to take, especially when one is so excited to get to the after!!
Problem for me is I’ve done so much before I started blogging. Who knew you needed Befores, before?
haha that’s true too!! I only started blogging as we prepared to get married and move to Ct, mostly to keep my thoughts in order…now as we reno a house…well I try. ha.
Oooh! I love your deer head! He’s beautiful! (And yes very important that it’s not it not real!) I think he was waiting for you to come along and give him a new lease of life!
Yes he’s a beauty – especially with Christmas baubles during the holidays! Thanks for following!
Love this post, and it made me chuckle. Oh yes, I definitely did sit in front of someone’s house in my car for quite a while to debate the merits of picking up a small entertainment center that they had put by the road for free. They probably thought I was a stalker; I was definitely just a sad person realizing that I had no room for what could clearly have become a treasure 🙂
oh I hate it when it’s a good piece and you just can’t use it. If I had room I’d store stuff, fix it and sell it but my space is too limited. Hey! new post! building a shed……
Yes, a shed! So funny! I think I totally thought about how cool it would be to have a furniture shop when I saw that piece. There is a rambling boarded up house at the corner of my street; if money were no object, it would be awesome to turn it into my furniture, quilting, used book store.
Well let me encourage you! Do it! I’ll come buy stuff!
Let me know when your shed is open too 🙂