Thrifty Score!

Some of our friends were demolishing an old storage building/root cellar over the weekend in order to make way for a new garage.  They purchased their home in serious fixer upper state and the previous owners seemed to be collectors of many things, especially old things.  Many of these things were left in the house after the sale.  Our friends don't have the space to hold furniture or other items that they aren't using or don't absolutely need, so their spring cleaning became an awesome thrifty opportunity for me!  If I hadn't been there at the right time, quite a few old gems would have been tossed into the trash heap.  The biggest score of the day was this:

Mr. Backwoods still doesn't quite see its potential and it took a lot bit of begging convincing on my part to get him to agree to bringing it home.  But we have been needing an armoire and all it needs is a little TLC.  This thing has to be 100 years old and its solid.  Its only missing a knob, but it was wood while all the other hardware is metal, so I probably would have replaced them anyway.

I'm going to try and get the rust off the hardware with a grinder and metal brush attachment.  I hope that works because finding similar latches could be a wild goose chase.  After a light sanding and a fresh coat of stain and sealer it should be good to go.  I think it will look awesome and fit the sort of eclectic contemporary look I'm planning.  And, since I still haven't refinished Babe Jr's bedroom furniture, I finally broke down and bought a palm sander.  Yay!  What backwoods girl worth her salt doesn't love a new power tool?