Thrift Store Projects ~ Thrift Store Home Decor ~ Thrift Store Makeovers ~ Thrift with me 

Your videos are one of my highlights of the week. I really appreciate you showing the cracked mirror. It helps me see that everything does not always go perfect when you’re creating . Would love to see another bloopers video one day. You’re so inspirational.

I"m so glad you shared the fact the you broke the mirror. Because I was working on a birthday gift for my husband for the past 4 months, with ordering a map of our area, finding a large enough frame/glass for it and getting that painted and all. Well, I was finally just putting it all together yesterday and when I lifted the glass back into the frame - I broke the glass, cut my hand and bled onto the map I had ordered. His birthday is May 1st! I burst out into tears and it just flattened me. This just reminded me, it happened to us all.

Just as an FYI, I use painter's dropcloths for so many projects. In doing so & wanting to save money, since I have to live on a tight budget, I've shopped around. I've found that Harbor Freight sells them relatively inexpensively. You can catch them on sale or get coupons via email or online that makes them even cheaper. I've painted them for rugs, table cloths, runners & placemats. Used them for curtains, covering cushions & making toss pillow covers. They dye up & paint quite well. I just wash them a few times & only use vinegar to soften them since fabric softners can interfere with paint & dye. I hope this helps all. 😊

Mary,I love how you can easily come up with ideas when things go sideways. Love your ideas. Have a blessed day sweet Mary.

Meakin was made near to where I live in Stoke-on- Trent Staffordshire England.

That three legged plant stand is an old sewing basket, it used to have a lid. My Mom had one in the 60's.

Mary, one of the things I think is magical about your furniture makeovers is that it looks new and old at the same time. Somone like me would look at a piece of your painted furniture and think, "Wow, this looks new.. but it's distressed..." Amazing! 🤩

Honestly Mary, the little candle wall sconce turned out so sweet. I think it’s prettier than the original mirrored style. 🩷

Happy Wednesday Mary! I was relieved when you showed us the white dishes at the end and thrilled that you are keeping them for yourself. As soon as I saw you looking at them in the thrift store I knew they would be perfect for you! Love the transformations today. You are such an inspiration to your followers. Thanks for being so real.

Mary, I so appreciate you! Your creative talents never disappoint and are always inspiring. Thank you, Mary!

I have found Good Will prices to be so high anymore. My husband and I love to take the 2 hour trip from our home in western PA and hit up 7 of your thrift stores! At 65, there's nothing I really need but even if I find one thing it's a win! We stay over at the Berlin Heritage Inn motel...clean, value priced, and serves breakfast . It's our little escape trip❤

I love your thrift store make over videos, I think they are my favorite. The items you pick always turn out amazing! You are so talented! Thanks for sharing!

It was fun to see the "teacups" you chose were ones I had used for years. The green blossom Corelle cups originated in the late 1970's and the blue Currier and Ives came free in a box of detergent. My grandma had them pre-1960's.

Mary, how sweet of you to show us the cracked mirror. You really made the best of it.

When the white dishes first came on the screen, I gasped. Glad you are keeping them!! They are lovely. And the plant stand is super as well!!! TY!!! 🤍🤍🤍🤍

I really liked the planter stand. Wasn't this used to hold women's yarn when knitting or crocheting? I would live to have one of these...I'm going to be on the lookout. Would be easy to make one as well. Thanks for sharing

Wow Mary - those makeovers are wonderful! I don’t think I could pick a favorite, I love them all. The scalloped tray is really beautiful. The white dishes are so pretty. I’m so glad you decided to keep them. Those carrots are darling!

I am 66 and remember your plant stand from the 70's so it is definitely vintage LOL!!

My grandma (I’m 72) had a bucket on legs like this. She stored her yarn in it.

Do enjoy your thrift makeover videos. Told my sister in Ohio about your shop in Walnut Creek Antique Mall and she visited and got one of your coffee scented candles, she loves it. Will tell her about the event in Berlin in June. Thankyou for brightening my day! 🤗

11:21 “I have no idea what I’m doing” then proceeds to create something beautiful! That’s Mary! I want to say that I’m really enjoying the new background music you’ve used in the last couple of videos. Very soothing.

The round wood bucket with legs was a sewing basket.

I love these videos when you thrift a few items and make them your own. All the pieces are beautiful. I thought you may have been a little disappointed when the glass broke in the wall hanging mirror piece, but I love what you did with it. Using it for a small plant holder was an amazing idea. Also, the metal tray with the blue transfer looks beautiful. Such a contrast with the two colors. God Bless you and your family.

Mary , each project turned out so beautiful ! I’m glad you kept the ironstone ! What a find ! 👏😃 It will be a treasure for you and others will still enjoy . 🌿 You are an inspiration! ❤️

Mary, you continue to impress us with your creativity. That mirror wasn't meant to be, and the wall sconce looks better without the mirror. ❤

Love all the trash to treasure projects, but the plant holder is my favorite❤

Mary, always a pleasure to watch your videos, you brighten my day! Love the planter! The sconce is beautiful, especially as a plant holder! Love how the bench turned out, gorgeous! The tray is stunning! Love the blue and white!❤️❤️

Morning every thing is beautiful Mary. Have bless day loves ❤️

I knew it, my dearest Mary, you’d keep those ironstone. They are gorgeous. Can accent beautifully as you change holiday decor in cottages.

Thank you Mary it is always a pleasure watching you craft. When I saw the Ironstone my jaw dropped. I wish someday to find a few pieces. You always come up with a solution for every little hick up, never slows you down. Everything turned out so beautiful as always. I have been watching your channel for years and like some others always look forward to Wednesdays. God Bless you and yours, Rebekah

It's amazing how you can take an item someone basically got rid of and then turned it into something beautiful.

I always enjoy your videos, they are so informative. I like the idea that when you have a problem (like the cracked mirror) you show us a way to solve the problem. Thank you.

O My Goodness!!! Mary! you need a designated "CRAFT ROOM"!! With the amount of wonderful projects you make it would be so worth it. Love your channel....

I love all of the make overs. They're all beautiful. You are so very talented.

I love all the things you do I especially loved the mirror with the plant hanging down from it. Thank you for making these videos 😂

I'm glad you put those beautiful white scalloped pitchers in your cart at the thrift store. I would have done the same thing, LOL.

Love the planter on wheels!!! But, really like them all!!! Thanks, Mary!!❤😊

You put so much thought,care,and love in every single project you do. Enjoy these videos so much thanks for sharing ❤

Wonderful video! Very relaxing! Visited your area & booth at Walnut Creek Antique Mall this past Saturday. It was a gorgeous (windy) Spring day-we had a wonderful time

You amaze me when you craft. I would have had paint all over me, broken all of my fingernails, and had an enormous mess to clean up! Thanks for the great projects. Blessings

I found a similar bench that I wanted to tuft to resell not long ago. It took me a bit of thinking to come up with a way to tuft it & attach the wood. I guess you could say I cheated. First I made a snug fitting envelope cover for the foam & fiberfill. Then I put enough of my cover fabric over that to be able to attach it to the wood. I was able to tuft through that cover fabric & the the envelope cover & tie it off at the bottom. And lastly I was able to pull the excess cover fabric & staple it to the wood. It worked which even amazed me. 😂

Oiê meu nome é Iara,sou do Brasil cidade de Guarujá litoral Adoro ver seus projetos, principalmente com madeira,vc é uma ótima profissional Parabéns Bjjjjjssssss

The wall sconce with the candle was so pretty. The planter with bathroom supplies would be a good addition to a bathroom.

My grandmother was a seamstress and she kept some thread and her special scissors and pinking shears and stuff like that in it.

Thank you Mary, always enjoy your videos and creatives ❤️😊

Everything you bought was so nice. Made perfect projects, useful things. You always do such a fabulous job, recycling, reusing, redoing !! ❤

As always your projects turned out beautifully!! Your music and voice are so serene! It’s so relaxing and exciting to watch ! Thanks Mary 😊

Yes, of course we all wear nice skirts, tshirts and hoodies for our spray painting projects. I've noticed more and more of these do it yourself projects you spend money on transfers, paint, spray painters, bolts, fastners, tools, material and staple guns, staples, xacto knives, more transfers, rollers to attach, smooth out transfers, accessories like fake plants and flowers, glue, products to clean and prep wood and clean other materials to prepare them for paint, etc, steel wool, sanding paper, and on and on. And sure, we all also have yards, sheds to hold all of this simple, easy to DIY projects materials and space to work on them. Not to mention here....thrift stores were intended to certainly keep from wasting items that still had some life to them, to help lower income people to have somewhere they could shop to furnish their homes, affordable linens, cookware, place settings, accessories. Affordable used clothing...not intended so much so entrepreneur types to come into their stores...be able to afford all of "the good stuff", then turn around and often times do nothing more than wash an item and sell it for twice what you bought it for. And certainly the thrift store personal noticed this, which drove up the prices, so now lower income folks can barely afford to shop their damn thrift stores. Oh, and forget finding a treasure...they are now "collectables", costing what you'd pay in Antique stores. And thanks online people for alerting the stores to all your spectacular "steals"...they will be watching carefully what they set out. Thanks for screwing up our stores. 🙁

The wheels added to the bottom of the plant stand was a great idea!!!

All are beautiful. Very nice work and creativity! I love the tray with blue transfer. Great find with those white dishes. The label on the bottom of the pieces are even beautiful

Your 'plant stand', might be a needlework storage piece without the lid! I remember seeing those in JoAnn's and other needlework shops/catalogs in the late 50's/early 60's! I like it much better white!!!

Hi I love your channel ,I enjoy drinking my coffee while watching your projects❤

Love the wall plant holder. ❤

Everything turned out beautiful as always. Ordered two of the Mother’s Day crate bundles. Can’t wait to get them and give them to our mothers. I bet they will love them.

Your flips are always amazing TfS xoxo

Love your videos, Mary. You are so creative and talented. That flower planter was my favorite make-over in this video.

Ypu always an inspiration God Bless You.❤

You have such amazing items in your thrift stores!!! Lucky you. 🤗❤️🌈🙏🕊️

Your imagination is beyond amazing ... thank you for sharing your gift ♥

You are so talented Mary. GOD BLESS YOU. ❤

Love all the make overs. I have used a lace curtain in place of mirrors on stuff. If you don't want to use a transfer.😊

Once again , you've done a beautiful job making things looking so beautiful!!!! Thanks for sharing your gift!!!😊❤

The casters on the plant stand just make it! ❤️

❤❤ great start to my morning❤❤

I love your thrift store flips videos

What fabulous ideas! ❤That planter turner out super cute.

I like what you did SO much better than the mirror!!

Your creativity is so inspiring! Thank you for sharing your ideas with us. We just bought an old house and are renovating it. I’m so inspired to buy furniture off of Facebook marketplace and fix it up!

I love your channel. The tufted bench is so great. Thanks for sharing how you did the tufting. I have some legs I want to make a bench out of. I just need to find the right piece of wood. Thanks, Mary.

Hello from my homestead in northwest Florida. Such a fun video, thank you. I had never thought to do that with the three legged plant stand, I have one handed down from my mama, I didn't know it was a plant stand, she used to have yarn in hers.

Everything came out so beautiful. You are so creative. Thank you for sharing your talents with us. God bless

I love all of your projects the plant stand is wonderful and the scallop edge tray is so pretty.

I think the little bench you reupholstered turned out very nice. We had one once it came with our antique piano. Lovely video (Mrs. Z)🌷

I love how beautifully you remake and repurpose items. You are so very inspiring! Nice work, as always! I'd love to take a trip out to your town, the craft show sounds great! ❤

The ironstone is stunning! I’m so glad you decided to keep it ❤️

, I enjoyed your video so much! You certainly inspire us to look for the most random things to repurpose! Everything turned out beautifully. I always look forward to your videos each week. They are my favorite!❤

That basket would be good for someone who sews or knits

Thank you for sharing, Mary. I love all of your thrift store transformations! Everything is so beautiful!

Great video, LOVED EVERY ONE of the projects

Meakin is top notch. KEEP THOSE.

Mary, you always amaze me!! I ❤ the tray I think it was my favourite, but they were all very Lovely!!!! Can’t wait for the next video😊

I love each piece you rescued. Beautiful ❤

You hit the Ironstone jack pot Mary!! Incredible find. Nice save on the sconce!

Love your projects! My favs are the Plant stand and the footstool. Great jobs on the tufted buttons. 🇨🇦

May be my favorite video ever and I’ve been watching you for years! Love the way these projects turned out! The wall sconce is perfectly beautiful and the stool adds so much to your room! These have the perfect cottage look! ❣️

Your creativity is such a joy to watch and inspire!

I love your videos. You always turn items into something beautiful and useful. You are a wonderful inspiration. 😊

So schön ,ich habe viel gelernt von Dir....Dankeschön

Mary you are so amazing. These are one of my fav videos! Thank you! You inspire me!

Everything you redid turned out so pretty , You are so creative ! Great Job , I want a plant stand like that on wheels and the ottoman too :)

My mother had that "plant stand". She used it as a sewing box but it also had a cute colonial top to it. You have some really nice ideas!

1:52 I remember those wooden buckets on legs. My aunt kept her yarn and knitting needles in hers. A multifunctional piece!

Love the stoneware pitchers and the beautiful tray, great projects Mary🌷🪴🌷

Adore the tray with the blue transfer!!! All items turned out so good!

Wonderful DYI's. Can't pick a favorite, love them all. Thank you.

As an avid collector of ironstone you definitely hit the jackpot.

It is always such a delight to watch your videos.

Hi Mary, here from Davison Michigan. Just an FYI, Anytime you have wood that's an orange or yellow tone, prime with either a white primer for wood, like cabinet paint, or a light Grey. Or,, always spray the piece with 2 coats of Shillac. That will stop bleed through. As always, I love your ideas! Fabulous ideas! Thank you for all your videos! God Bless you and your family!!

You are so amazing, Mary. Thank you!💝

I love the little bench and the tray. I love all your diys.