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Weekend Inspiration: No. 24

If you’ve been at all curious what my focus has been these last few weeks, I have a really quick answer for you: art! Ever since picking up pottery and becoming a member at the studio, it’s all I think about. I’m still such a beginner at this type of art, but clay has inspired me to dig back into my passion for all things artistic—whether it’s drawing, photography, painting, or sculpture. I even pulled out my old sketchbook again, which led to the little portrait you see pictured in today’s post.

For those of you who are new to DGD, I went to school for art, but haven’t really done much with the skills I worked so hard to hone since I graduated 10 years ago. It all has me wondering if maybe signing up randomly for pottery in January was fate’s way of telling me to come full circle and recommit to art. Who knows what the future holds, but if you need me this weekend, I’ll probably be at the studio doing my best to figure out how to make something new inspired by all the art news and history books I’ve been consuming lately! Scroll on for more weekend inspiration if you’re looking to try something new yourselves these next couple of days off.

Weekend Inspiration: No. 24

1. In case you missed it on Wednesday, this might just be one of my favorite DIY projects to-date.

2. This loft office bathroom makeover took my breath away, especially when you compare the “After” to the “Before”!

3. The team over at OfferUp interviewed me late last month, and our conversation is now live! See it on their site here.

4. I want every single piece from Ikea’s new August collection.

5. We’re still absolutely smitten with our air purifier, and couldn’t recommend it more. It’s so handy to have in a house with four pets. Read my full review of the device here.

6. In need of hot weather fashion inspiration? Here’s a super cool take on summer silks in video format.

7. Speaking of fashion, this a-line dress has been sitting in my digital shopping cart for about a week. Should I go for it?!

Weekend Inspiration: No. 24

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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 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.

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.

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.

Weekend Inspiration: No. 24

Weekend Inspiration: No. 24

*I earn a small percentage from purchases made by the affiliate links above. Affiliate links are not sponsored. You can rest assured that I would never recommend a product that we don’t use and love ourselves.

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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