13 Fascinating Wooden Things Found While Vintage Shopping [& a Giveaway!]
Hi there! Did you have a good weekend? I spent some time with my sweet friend, Nancy, my  garage saling/thrifting buddy, and that is always time very well spent. In fact I look forward to it for weeks. She went back to work a few years ago, so we don’t get to see each other as often as we’d like.
We hit a church tag sale over in her neck of the woods on Friday, followed by Starbucks for lunch. We each found loads of good junk. The folks adding up our treasures and packing them as we went along were pretty impressed with our ability to accumulate, LOL.
Saturday my sweet husband chauffered me to several afternoon sales, and I found more amazing stuff. Before we pulled out of our driveway, I had said, “I’m not going to buy anything big and I’m only buying really high quality items.” Even he agreed with me, when we arrived home two hours later, that though I broke my “no big items rule,” everything we bought was “quality!” Let’s take a look at some of those vintage finds, shall we?
First up are two sets of unique Chinese stamps (cost: $1.00 each).
They will make a great addition to my crafting supplies.
2. A cheese box that I’ll give a paint makeover (cost: $1.00, value: $12-15.00 once painted).
3. A pair of berry baskets (cost: 50¢ each, value: $6-8.00 each).
4. A very large, attractive wicker tray (cost: $3.00, value: $18-25.00).
5. Two sets of wooden beads, similar to the rosary bead sets that are popular right now (cost: 50¢ each, value: $10.00).
6. A recipe box (cost: $1.00, value: $10.00). It may get a makeover as well.
7. A wooden granddaughter clock (my own made up name) (cost: $3.00, value: $35-45.00 after a paint makeover). You might enjoy reading about my carriage clock makeover 🙂
8. A pair of large cutting boards that I thought would be perfect for making signs with (cost: $1.00 each, value: $25-35.00 after paint and stenciling). Imagine the juice catcher around the edge painted a contrasting color (like white). Won’t that be cool? Check out:Â How to clean & care for cutting boards. Â Vintage signs for sale.
9. A rolling pin made out of a single piece of wood (cost: $1.00, value: $10-12.00).
10. A wooden tray with brass handles (cost: $1.00). I’ll paint the frame and replace the lighthouse scene  with something else (value: $25-30.00).
11. A pair of Adirondack-y wood slices for crafting (cost: 75¢ each).
12. A piece of scrap wood, perfect for a future vintage-y craft, like this farmhouse wall art (cost: 50¢).
13. Final Fabulous Find: A thick [heavy] wooden base-stand-stool seat-whatchamacallit (cost: $1.00, value: $25-30.00). Despite its surface dryness, it is one big, beautiful hunk of wood, and I knew I had to make it mine, LOL. After a wax treatment that wood will be buttery soft and glowing.
It’s a good 5″ high with stubby little legs, making it perfect to display something on top. And if it did once had longer legs, they were quite narrow and chopped off a long time ago, as you can see from the photo on the right, which shows lots of wear.
I hope you enjoyed today’s 13 wooden finds, and that they inspire you to search for wooden things of your own, pieces that perhaps you might have once overlooked. As always, happy hunting!
Blogaversary Giveaway
Four years ago I started Adirondack Girl @ Heart, and I can honestly say, not only have I never looked back, but I have loved every minute of it! As  you know, I L-O-V-E vintage and I also love talking about it, and writing about it and researching about it, and passing on my two cents to you about it. You have graciously engaged in conversation and kindly read my two cent posts.  So today I’m announcing a giveaway for you all, that I hope you’ll enjoy.
On offer are the following: a notebook with pockets on the outside for photos, an iPad case, a journal with subway-style decoration, and a vintage-y make-up/toiletries/whatever-you-want case. Click below for four chances to enter the giveaway, open until September 30, 2017.
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You link to the give-away is blank, and the link itself is crossed out. ???
Thanks SO much for the heads up Fonda. I’ve fixed the problem 🙂
I try to be helpful and kind.
Girlfriend, that is the world famous, Nubble Light, which is about 26 miles away from my house. You can certainly repurpose, but go online and learn about this lovely lighthouse. In fact, come and visit and I will take you to a good place for ice cream after. LOL
Ha ha! Such a kind offer, Susan–be careful, I just may take you up on it!! Thanks so much for the info; I’ll check out your lovely lighthouse 🙂
Hey, I would never extend an invitation that I was not ready to honor…so perhaps, YOU should watch out! Maine’s catch phrase is, “Vacation Land” and I was going to head to the shore and chortle that the tourists have to leave, but I don’t.
What is great about Maine is that each season is wonderful. The favorite of many, many people is Fall with the leaves and the temperatures. The leaves might be impacted because the trees were beginning to get stressed because of lack of rain. One good thing about the horrible hurricaine is that the remnants came here and the gardeners and smart people who understand the natural world, recognize that rain, in sane amounts, is a good thing.
Going to head to the shore and I might tattle on you and tell Nubble that you will learn its interesting history.
LOVE that huge wood piece, the chops and the blank beads. You and I CANNOT shop together, cause it might come to blows, LOL
Ha ha–great shoppers buy alike, I guess, Susan!!
The Nubble lighthouse is one of my favorite places in the WHOLE WORLD. I grew up in NH, not far away and the lighthouse’s parking lot was our favorite place to go to “watch the submarine races.” Also not too shabby a place to watch a storm. Long Sands, our stomping ground, the beach at a distance still lets you see the lightouse and it is where I go in my head to relax. In the winter, the bed must be warm to simulate warm sand. No deer flies. No nasty kids runninng by kicking sand on your baby oil No incoming tide soaking your blanket. No seagulls flying overhead! And the neighboring blanket’s people have your kind of music on their boom box! I go to sleep so fast; have to make sure I say my prayers FIRST! You might plan a vacation up this way; I’m 2 hours north from Susan! Good places to visit, thrift, stay, and antique; what could be a better vacay??
I’ve actually been to Nubble LIghthouse a few times. We vacationed at Hampton Beach several times while growing up. In fact, I bought a pencil drawing the the lighthouse that I had displayed for years. We brought our children to HB for many years and visited the lighthouse a few times–great memories and as Susan said, great ice cream, lol. I’d love to explore Maine more some day, Kathy 🙂
the wooden whatchamacallit is my pick! Can’t wait to see what you do to make it shine!
I know, Anita, I love it, too! I’ll be talking about a new product I’m developing to restore dry wood in our Facebook group 🙂
My favorites: the cheese box, the berry baskets and the beautiful rolling pin. I am beginning a small collection of wooden rolling pins and that one is special because it’s made of one piece of wood. I don’t have one like that—yet. Will yours go to the shop or possibly to the online shop? (hint, hint)
I will be interested to see what you do with the clock. It’s very tall for the diameter of the clock face. You’ll have lots of space to work with.
Good thrifting!
Hi Naomi! I believe I’ve already sold the rolling pin, but I am headed to my shop tomorrow and I will check. (I have a 2-4 week lag on my vintage finds posts, so sometimes things have sold before I even write about them!) Yes, the clock is interesting–still haven’t decided just what it needs to enter the 21st century with a little class and style, lol.
You really did find some great wooden treasures. I have been collecting cutting boards to upcycle. Waiting for inspiration!
Hi AnnMarie 🙂 I’ve painted a few and then stenciled over them and I’ve also used the graphic transfer method with them. I think I’ll be painting both of these and then stenciling…we’ll see!
I am always attracted to wood so I love all of your finds! Fun giveaway!
Thanks Linda! I hope you’ll enter 🙂
I’m always drawn to wooden things too. You found some interesting and fun pieces. The stamps may be the most unique, but the chopping block steals the show.