My Favorite Thrift Store (Furniture) Scores

My Favorite Thrift Store (Furniture) Scores

One of my favorite things to do during my lunch break these days is watch YouTube videos, and one of my favorite types of videos are thrift store hauls. It’s so much fun seeing what other people have scored from antique and thrift stores, and to learn more about how much each item cost, where they ended up in a person’s home, and how they might plan to make something over to give it a refreshed look later on.

So, like any burgeoning YouTuber looking for inspiration, I decided to follow suit with my own thrifted items roundup in video format. I strolled through our house with my vlogging camera and documented a few of my favorite thrifted pieces for you guys to learn a little more about. I go into how I happened upon some of the items, plus I also share the back story on how we’ve made certain items over since bringing them home.

My Favorite Thrift Store (Furniture) Scores

My Favorite Thrift Store (Furniture) Scores

My Favorite Thrift Store (Furniture) Scores

My initial plan was to spotlight a few of my favorite thrifted treasures in general, but as I looked around at all that we have in our house, I realized that I needed to get more specific. This first video is all about our favorite thrifted furniture, but I can easily film a whole series of these videos in case you’d like to learn more about other types of secondhand pieces. Art, lighting, serving-ware—the list could go on and on. You’re invited to leave a comment (either on today’s blog post or on the video itself) to vote for the next video in the series, so don’t hesitate to call out what you’re most curious about.

My Favorite Thrift Store (Furniture) Scores

My Favorite Thrift Store (Furniture) Scores

I’m going to let the video do most of the actual talking on this topic today, so click ‘Play’ above (or here on YouTube) to learn about the thrifted furniture we love most in our house. This is much more of a casual video than you might be used to from my channel. I didn’t use a tripod and got out of breath really fast, but hopefully I’ll have the chance to do more of these and will get better with practice.

My Favorite Thrift Store (Furniture) Scores

My Favorite Thrift Store (Furniture) Scores

My Favorite Thrift Store (Furniture) Scores

And now I want to know about you and your secondhand treasures. Tell me below about the best thrifty furniture find you’ve ever scored, and maybe a little bit about what you did with it or have planned for it in the future. Are you into painting old furniture to refresh it? Maybe you like to build something new on top to make it truly your own? Tell me all about it in the comments.

My Favorite Thrift Store (Furniture) Scores

*For more thrift store score stories (in more of a written blog post format), click here!
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DIY Candle-Making At Home

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DIY Candle-Making At Home

If I had to name just one DIY project that I’ve always wanted to learn how to do, it would definitely be candle-making. The project has been at the top of my must-try list for years—since before I even launched this blog seven years ago! The only excuse I can give for waiting so long to give it a shot is intimidation. I’ve always imagined the process of candle-making to involve a lot of tedious steps and maybe even a little bit of danger since melted hot wax is involved.

Well, as you can probably guess from the title of today’s post, I finally, FINALLY crossed this crafting to-do off my list. The other exciting news to report is that it’s not even close to hard to pull off at home. I had completely blown everything out of proportion in my mind because candle-making is easy, relatively quick, and, frankly, a whole lot safer than some other DIY projects I’ve worked on. Scroll on to learn more about the process I went through (including a new video!) with a little help from LAB & CO.

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Here’s What You’ll Need:

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Step One

Carefully clean the inside of your vessels using a damp rag or paper towel. Allow the vessels to dry out completely while working on the next step.

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Step Two

Cut wax into chunks using a knife, and place them in a pouring pot. Boil water in a large traditional pot on the stove, then loop the handle of the pouring pot over the side of the traditional pot. The wax will start to melt over the boiling water, so be sure to regulate the heat with a candle thermometer. Your thermometer will either come with instructions that detail the right temperature to shoot for, or (if your thermometer is like the one I used) the side will be marked to the ideal temperature and you can just keep an eye on that.

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Step Three

While the wax is melting on the stove, slide your first wooden wick into a clip. Press a wick sticker on the bottom of the clip and remove the protective film on the very bottom. Press this now-sticky side to the inside center of your vessel, and repeat on however many candles you plan to make. If you don’t have wick stickers, note that double-sided tape works in a pinch.

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Step Four

Once the wax is completely melted and has reached the ideal temperature, remove the pouring pot from the heat and set it on a heat-resistant trivet. Next, gently pour fragrance into the melted wax, and whisk for 120 seconds.

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Step Five

Pour the fragrant melted wax slowly into each of your vessels, stopping about 1/2 an inch or 1 inch from the top. Let the candles cool for 24 hours before handling to allow the wax to fully harden.

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Step Six

Cut the wicks down using wick trimmers, then light your candles to finish. Note that you’ll want to trim your wicks down pretty close to the surface of the wax. I left mine too long (about 1 full inch showing above the wax) and had to blow them out and re-trim because the wicks were smoking too much when lit. Cut your own wicks to a 3/16-inch height for a nice, even burn.

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And that, my friends, is all there is to it! Candle-making is positively addicting once you get over the myth that it’s too complicated to try at home. In fact, I had enough extra wax left over that I turned a few of my favorite pieces of handmade pottery into candles while I was at it.

I really wish I could let you smell these candles through the screen, too, because the scent is pretty much pure joy. I have the big gold one burning right here beside me as I type this, and I swear it’s making my day at least 20 percent better.

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Click ‘Play’ on that video above (or hop over to YouTube here) to watch the whole simple process in action, and then let me know in the comments if you’ve ever given candle-making a try at home. Was it as hard as you thought it would be? Check out the LAB & CO website for more how-to resources, plus a whole shop full of supplies. Happy candle-making!

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