What's your favorite frugal piece?

**PrairieRose** · 02-02-2005, 12:17 AM

Be it decor type or furnishings or a treasured quilt. I have to say mine is the antique secretary that our friends gave us when they moved into a new home. I love that piece of furniture and you can't get more frugal than free.

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**QuilterMom** · 02-02-2005, 08:46 AM

I have two huge conch shells on my mantle that I love. Friends of ours that were missionaries in Antigua got them while snorkeling and brought them to us.

**jlxian** · 02-02-2005, 09:53 AM

Mine is a china cupboard that was in the basement of my dad's family home. A renter had begun a refinishing process and it had some damage which my husband repaired; we replaced the wood panel doors and shelves with glass we purchased at a consignment store. The glass has wavy imperfections in it so looks truly vintage -- all for very little cost.

**britbunny** · 02-03-2005, 06:31 AM

Mine is our panelled doors throughout the house. For some reason there was a fashion a few decades back to put hardboard over panelled doors so you had flat doors.

I was bored one day so decided to see what was under the hardboard and there were the original doors - saving us a fortune on buying them at the reclamation yard.

**guest2** · 02-03-2005, 12:09 PM

Mine is a old wooden display cabinet from a hardware store with the bubbled glass in it. When the store was remodeling they were going to throw it out and my wonderful DH rescued it and brought it home for me. I have some vintage china, sterling silver, pewter and crystal in it now.

**Katybird** · 02-03-2005, 12:31 PM

Mine is a beautiful dresser and chest of drawers that my Dad gave me when he bought a home in the country. They were left in the house and he did not want them and gave them to me. They do need to be refinished but I love them, they are from the 30's or 40's and great quality furniture.