6+ Best Thrift Finds to Elevate Your Home Decor Style

Adding levels to your decorating maximizes interest. these 6 thrifted finds should be in your shopping cart. Here are the 6+ Best thrift finds to elevate your home decor styling.

Thrifting is a wonderful, inexpensive and stylish way to decorate your home. But finding unique, cool accessories is only half the adventure. Once you get your items home, you’ll want to display them beautifully to enjoy them even more. The secret sauce to beautiful, collected decorating is to add elevated layers. Today I’m sharing 6+ Best Thrift Finds to Elevate Your Home Decor Style.

6+ Best Thrift Finds to Elevate Your Home Decor Style

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Elevate Decor Accessories with Wooden Boxes

One of the easiest way to add levels into your decor accessorizing is with little vintage boxes and old crates. You can use them in any season, because they’re wood and a neutral.

“17 Easy and Fun Ways to Decorate with Vintage Wooden Crates”

I love old boxes with dovetailed corners. Latches, handles and brackets catch my eye, too. If you love old graphics, they can add a fun junky punch to your display also. Old crates, cheeseboxes, cigar boxes or anything that once held material goods is a great thrifted item to have on hand for adding levels to your decorating.

How to Clean and Refresh Old Wooden Boxes

I often find these old wooden boxes in grungy places-holding greasy parts in garages, in scary basements, full of spiderwebs and other gross things. I degrease them with THIS and then dry them in sunshine. Then I seal them with a brushed on coat or two of THIS. Then they’re ready to be brought inside to decorate!

Shop vintage wooden boxes HERE.

Old Books: Never Enough

You can never have enough old books for decor styling. I collect many different types that I use in various ways.

“Decorating with Old Books: The Different Types You Should Collect”

“Decorating with Old Books: 21 Creative Ways to Use Old Books for Decoration”

You can vary the height of any accessory using one or many books. If I have an open box with graphics, I add a book to the top so I can set something there (in the pic above).

Sometimes I color block the book bindings to coordinate with a seasonal display. Other times I like the neutral colored pages to face out. There are so many ways to use old books when you’re styling. Definitely add them to your cart when you’re thrifting!

Shop old books HERE.

Vintage Footstools Can Elevate Your Decor

Little old footstools can add so much whimsy to your decor. They were often handcrafted, so each is unique. When you’re searching for them, make sure to look in the children’s toys area; I’ve found several there, hiding out with the plastic toys;)

Give them a makeover with paint and hand painted details for cottage style. Or add fabric for even more personality.

“DIY Vintage Footstool Makeover”

“9 Ways to Enjoy Vintage Footstools in Your Home Decor”

Vintage Suitcases Can Add a Layer to Your Decor

Old suitcases can add amazing vintage charm to your decor styling. You can use large ones at the top of a hutch or bookcase as another layer of interest. You can use smaller ones down low to elevate something else. Style them open for even more decor possibilities.

“Vintage Suitcases: How to Clean and Refresh (and keep their classic appeal)”

“9 Fun Ways to Decorate with Vintage Suitcases”

Shop vintage suitcases HERE.

Baskets Add Texture As a Decor Level

If your display is needing more texture, baskets are great for adding levels. If they’re closed, like a picnic basket, you can set accessories on top. If it’s an open basket, tip it upside down or sideways so you can set something on top or inside. Baskets come in all different colors. Definitely check out the basket section when you’re thrifting!

Cake Plates Can Be Used for More Than Cake

Cake plates come in all different materials and styles; they’re definitely something you should keep an eye out for when you’re thrifting! Cake plates can be tucked into any cupboard or shelf to elevate another accessory. Milk glass, clear glass, galvanized tin, and even wood cake plates can add another layer and texture to any display.

Cake plates can also add interest to a buffet style meal or dessert party. I’ve lent my collection to so many friends for grad parties and weddings. Definitely have a few in your decorating stash!

Shop vintage cake plates HERE.

Shop new cake plates HERE.

Vintage Scales Can Elevate Your Decor

Vintage scales come in many different colors and styles. Years ago they were used at retail stores to measure bulk goods. They were used in the home kitchen and even at the doctors office. The graphics on the face of these old scales can add a fun punch to any display. Sometimes they will have a scoop, a basket or a flat holder on top to add items, too. They’re a fun way to add another level into your styling.

“13+ Ways to Decorate with Old Scales (for every season)”

Shop for vintage scales HERE.

Do you have these items in your decorating stash? Going to keep an eye out for them when you’re thrifting? Adding levels and layers to your decor styling will give your displays designer flair. See what a difference these thrifted finds will make in your decorating.

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Thrifting with the Gals

My Thrifting with the Gals friends are joining me today. See how Ann, Rachel and Robyn are decorating with their thrifted finds from Vermont and Maine, North Carolina, and Florida!

Ann, Dabbling and Decorating, “St. Patrick’s Day Decor: What to Look for in Antique Stores This Season”

Rachel, The Ponds Farmhouse, “What Not To Buy Secondhand”

Robyn, Robyn’s French Nest, “21 Best Things to Decorate a Glass Dome Cloche”

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