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The Elegant Thrifter

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  The Elegant Thrifter at Crosby St.

  Tonight is all about frugal and fabulous fun at the new SoHo Housing Works outpost. Take your pick of special goods just tonight, from 7pm to 9 pm at 130 Crosby Street, and pick up The Find: The Housing Works Book of Decorating With Thrift Shop Treasures, Flea Market Objects, and Vintage Details. I’ll be showing a video with easy, inspirational tips to get your creative juices flowing when hitting any of Housing Works’ incredible thrift shops! See you there! The Elegant Thrifter
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  • Posted by The Elegant Thrifter on May 19, 2009 at 1:30pm
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  Fabulous & Frugal Fun: Bring the Outdoors In, and Vice Versa!

  Yesterday while prepping for a May 19 party at Housing Works’ new Crosby St. store for The Find: The Housing Works Book of Decorating With Thrift Shop Treasures, Flea Market Details, I ran across this metal planter that I couldn’t keep from staring at. Now I have no room in my apartment for an addition of this size, but I love this metal structures sinewy arms and the mottled finish that it has developed with…
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  • Posted by The Elegant Thrifter on May 14, 2009 at 4:45pm
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  The Find: On the Street

  I’ve told the story about this wrought iron chair before, but it’s a find that was literally sitting on a Brooklyn Street that my dear old pal Deb Kelt spied, rescued from the garbage and dragged several flights upstairs to her apartment. Sometimes, street finds need some extra TLC, such as a brisk scrubbing or a coat of paint, but this one, and its mate that she discovered at the same time, needed very little…
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  • Posted by The Elegant Thrifter on May 12, 2009 at 2:12pm
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  Another Turquoise Moment

  Vanessa De Vargas, principal of Turquoise Design in LA was in town for Design on a Dime, and once again provided some fabulous ink in her blog about the event and the launch of The Find: The Housing Works Book of Decorating With Thrift Shop Treasures, Flea Market Objects, and Vintage Details. Read all about it here. Vanessa is a talented designer featured within the The Find. If you’re in LA, look her up and you’ll be amazed!
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  • Posted by The Elegant Thrifter on May 11, 2009 at 4:33pm
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  Paper loves Design on a Dime

  Papermag.com adored the Design on a Dime gala last night. Check out what the hostest with the mostest Bevy Smith has to say about the fabulocity filling the room — and the bargains to be had — right here.
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  • Posted by The Elegant Thrifter on May 08, 2009 at 6:51pm

• Housing Works in The New York Times

  Take a peek, here, at a very nice piece about Housing Works and The Find: The Housing Works Book of Decorating With Thrift Shop Treasures, Flea Market Objects, and Vintage Details! They talk about This Old House’s Alex Bandon’s red lacquer chair. See her tonight at Design on a Dime!
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  • Posted by The Elegant Thrifter on May 07, 2009 at 7:49am
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  A Pot of Memories

  I have admired this brown-lidded bean pot from my parents’ home since I was a kid. I don’t specifically eating beans prepared in it, but I do remember savoring one of my mom’s specialties, from it, bubbling to perfection: green rice casserole, one of those ’70s dishes that involves mixing white rice with frozen broccoli, adding a can or two of Campbell’s cream of mushroom soup, and then topping it off with a handful or…
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  • Posted by The Elegant Thrifter on May 06, 2009 at 4:52pm
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  Decorating on a Dime

  Even though I’ve shared parts of this story before, I am bringing the subject up again as Design on a Dime approaches to highlight what an amazing resource Housing Works Thrift Shops are,especially when you’re in a pinch to finish a project and have nearly no cash on hand. Such was the case when my agent, Allison Hemming of The Hired Guns, asked me to give her office a last minute re-do to greet some…
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  • Posted by The Elegant Thrifter on May 04, 2009 at 9:59pm
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  Preview The Find

  I hear that copies of my book, The Find: The Housing Works Book of Decorating With Thrift Shop Treasures, Flea Market Objects, and Vintage Details has started shipping from Amazon today for its on-shelf date of May 5! For those of you awaiting your book, you can get a preview today by joining its fan page on Facebook. Just to tempt you, here’s a shot of the index page with pictures from my book. Buy…
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  • Posted by The Elegant Thrifter on May 02, 2009 at 8:30pm