First Friday Fun & Furniture.

What an amazing weekend I had. I went down for my first "First Friday" in Philly with a friend and met some super nice people, saw some awesome art galleries and danced my [face] off. I took the train where I had some super fun conversations with a lady who teaches "nutrition and home design" at a nearby high school (my ideal job!!) and then saw some super-fun and ultra expensive furniture art. I walked back from my friend's place to the train and got tons of exercise (to counter-act the fooding and drinking that had taken place), and just was really happy all weekend long.

On the way back from the train, I perused the local thrift store and found an awesome coffee table to add to our collection, and took it home for $35. Now for $10 of sandpaper and paint, we'll have a super new coffee table in just a few hours. So Psyched!!

So the hubby and I have decided to go out and start doing this for other people. We're not professional furniture refinisher's (yet) and have some really great ideas on how to rehab furniture. We figure we'll buy it for $35, 50 or $100 from Goodwill and then re-do (either in a funky motif or into something else) it and sell it for a 30% markup on Craigslist or something... I can't wait - Bo and I L-O-V-E redoing furniture. If it doesn't work, then I'll have some super new pieces, and if it does, I'll have some super new money. :)

Oh, and I found $10 on the street this weekend. It really was spectacular.