Shopping & Thrifting In Rehoboth Delaware

Remember we mentioned on Monday that we were taking it straightforward and enjoying some family time? Well we were in fact at the beach! We snuck away to John’s parents’ beach house in Rehoboth, Delaware for a pleasant long weekend of R&R (while the guest bedroom took care of itself- simply kidding it was simply as messy when we returned, darn). We had plenty of lively going on long walks, eating seafood, getting our thrift on, and bringing Clara down to the beach on a particularly warm day (it was 65+ degrees on Monday!). So we thought we’d share some of our adventures with you folks. First, we hit up our go-to secondhand shop in Bethany, Beach Plum Antiques (also seen in this post of yore).

A few things that caught my eye were these $10 woven lamps (I think I would have spray painted them bright canary yellow or emerald green to take them from beachy and rustic to bright and ca-razy).

I also enjoyed this large woven ottoman.

Oh and this cute $20 bench reminded us of our $7 thrift store bench makeover a while back.

This side table was simply $5. I would have grabbed it and tossed a fiver at the owner had there been another one to match for our bedroom (or even one that looked mildly similar). But alas. There was simply one.

Here is what I did grab after tossing a fiver at the owner. Yup, this geometric eight sided mirror was simply five beans. Mine. I was so enamored I did not even remember to haggle him down to $4. Hah. Cannot wait to paint it something glossy and lively (lime? plum? I guess time will tell).

We also did a bit of non-thrift shopping along the boardwalk in Rehoboth.

At first glance this extra large calendar full of vintage map prints still seemed pricey at $20, but after flipping through it and adoring every page, we realized it was simply $1.60 per print. And we cannot wait to frame them all and display them en masse. Seriously, there was a glad dance associated with this find. And it went on for hours.

We I also skipped to the cash register with one of these adorable $18 paper lantern pendants for the playroom. We knew I likely could have picked up a white paper lantern for around $5 and attempted to Hands-on my own painted hearts, but we reasoned that eighteen bones was not too bad for such a smile inducing lantern that would likely surpass anything crafty that I could attempt. Especially since Ikea sells light kits for $5, so we will end up with an entirely new playroom light fixture for simply $24 total.

Then it was back to the thrift stores & antique shops that abound. We stopped at this cute place called Millsboro Basaar Antiques…

… where I found these two crazy ceramic horse book ends for $2.50 a pop. No doubt the price break was thanks to their zany orange and black glaze, but I am thinking I might simply spray paint these babies for a whole new look. Perhaps white. Perhaps something bolder like navy or yellow.

This frog butler was simply insane so I had to snap a pic. It reminded us of that funny Modern Family episode where Jay gets the life-sized dog butler and Gloria hates it.

This $15 guy was kinda lively, but I passed. Let us simply say John was not as enamored as I was.

Oh and this $22 stuffed bear head was wall-mountable. So funny! We briefly considered it for the playroom but chose it was better left behind for someone with a woodland themed nursery (like Clara’s boyfriend Will– although word on the street is that his nursery might have a new inspiration when he moves).

Oh and this little $12 luggage rack was kinda ideal for the guest room makeover. So I snatched it up (and haggled them down to ten bones). We are certainly planning to replace the ribbon that stretches across it, and the jury’s still out about the color, but it is lively for now.

We slipped through Goodwill, simply for kicks, but did not leave with anything. We did see some cute things stuff though, like this $2 bowl, which would be sweet for storing jewelry (I picture stacks of bracelets) on a dresser.

The funny thing about this $1 find is that it is the exact same glass container that we picked up a while back and used to create our T-giving “Thanks” jar.

Here is another $2 bowl that could look charming holding anything from keys to jewelry or even all those extra buttons you get with shirts and coats. You save them out of fear like I do, do not you? What if you need them someday? I never seem to, but you never know…

And here we are having some good old fashioned beach lively. First there is beanarina and daddy looking fairly darn glad.

Next we have Clara showing off her two adorable front teeth. What an accomplishment! So proud.

Oh and here she is playing in the sand. Trepidatiously. But still sort of playing none the less.

Good times! I will be back later with a breakdown of everything we in fact picked up home with us (we gave ourselves an $100 thrifting & shopping budget and we came home with 12 items – well, 23 if you count our calendar as 12 prints, since we will be framing ’em individually). Wahoo. More on that in a few hours…