Dumpster Diving

Last year my husband and I put our focus on the outside entertainment areas of our house.  We put down a patio with a swing and colorful chairs, a walkway to the pool, had a friend help with landscaping, and filled in an open peak on the front of the house.  A lot of work, but all worth it!! For the entertaining areas, I really had wicker furniture in mind.  We looked at a few stores for a set to purchase, but none of them were to my liking.  I was wanting to go for the colorful, kind of hodge-podge look.  So the next step was visiting yard sales and resale shops to look for wicker furniture.  We searched, and searched, and searched!! We did not find one single piece of wicker furniture last year- not one piece the entire year! However, I am happy to announce this year has been a completely different story!! It seems this is the year for my neighbors to just throw away all of their wicker pieces!!  Nothing like a check to your pride, but yes, I went through so many of my neighbors garbage! From doing this, I have no acquired FIVE pieces of wicker and could not be more ExCiTeD!! It is important to check the stability of these items and have a good idea of what you want the outcome to be- or else you are just collecting other people's trash :)

From the dumpster dive, I have created a nice sitting area of  my colorful wicker furniture.  Below you will find pictures of my first chair that was refinished and now nicely "sparkles"!