Rescue Me Furniture: My Trashy Weekend

I just had the most amazing weekend with my sister and two new wonderful friends!

I have been following Laura and Kelly at mydeartrash.blogspot.com for about six months. I don't remember how I found their blog, but they are the ones who inspired me to try to remodel furniture.This is the piece that inspired me and made me believe I could do this too.

These ladies are so wonderful, once they reached 1000 followers on their blog, they offered a contest to one lucky follower to spend the weekend with them, following in their shadows of their busy and fun lives, and the opportunity to capture all the inspiration seeping from their creative juices.

I crossed my fingers and entered as often as I possibly could to win this coveted prize, hoping and hoping I would be picked. Well, the garbage gods were smiling on me that day, because I won!!! I have never won anything in my life (unless you count a Barry Manilow record album once from a radio station. Hey, it was 25 years ago).

Our weekend started Thursday morning at Kelly's beautiful home where she welcomed us like old friends and gave us a tour of her palace. I think she has decorated and re-decorated every inch of her home, and it is soooo gorgeous! She made us the yummiest biscuits and gravy for breakfast. Not only can this girl do trash, she can cook!! By the way, I want all your recipes Kelly!

Then it was off to Goodwill. Laura and Kelly taught my sister Jana and me how to pick out clothes to sell on e-bay. Let me tell you, these ladies are experts! I would find something I thought was totally adorable, and they would--in the most kindest and loving way---put it back on the rack. They are a HOOT! We did find some real goodies though! Here is one that I thought was really cool.

It's a Max and Cleo dress I bought for $1. We didn't realize it still had the tags on it until we took pictures for e-bay. And guess what? It was $118! Can't wait to see what it will sell for!

The auction that night was so much fun!!! It was my first auction and I was so scared to bid on anything. The first bid I made my heart was pounding so hard, I thought I was going to faint! When I won the bid, I got so excited I forgot to show the auctioneer my number, and he had to stop and ask me for my number. Okay, this happened every time I won a bid. It got to the point where he just memorized my number so he wouldn't have to ask. I got so carried away that by the end of the night, I had forgotten half the stuff I won! It took us till almost midnight to load all our stuff into their truck (and when I say we loaded it, I mean Kelly's husband). Kelly's husband was so kind and patient with us. What would we have done without his help??? Here is my big prize of the night. A beautiful dresser and mirror. I got it for $45!!

I will spare telling you every detail of our weekend. It would take me way too long to share all the goodness! Just some more highlights: we went garage sale hunting, hit an estate sale, another auction, went on a consult appointment, visited their adorable shop space in downtown Phoenix, and had the greatest time eating at yummy restaurants and talking and talking. Oh, it was such a great weekend, I'm still so giddy!

Okay, one more really cool thing we did: Kelly helped me redo a couple of end tables that have been sitting on my back patio for months because I didn't know what to do with them. She brandished her paint gun (which I really want now) and with her magic, we turned it into the most beautiful pieces! Ugh! I wish I would have taken a before picture. I'm so bad! But here is the after. Aren't they gorgeous?