Liquidation Shopping Secrets Revealed! | How To Find Budget Renovation Materials | REISSUED

Looking to save money on building materials, home decor, and other home makeover essentials? Liquidation shopping is the way to go!
I've saved SO much money in my ongoing renovation by seeking out lighting, tile, paint, stain, and other building materials at nearby liquidation centers for a fraction of the retail price! Let me show you!
In this video, my parents and I hit up three of my favorite liquidation spots and take you along for the ride! Uncover the secrets behind some of my best finds for my kitchen, guest bathroom, and future renovation projects.
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[@coleenbarr]

OMG I was just gonna comment on how adorable you and your parents are but then I saw the doggy part. You and your parents ARE adorable, don't get me wrong BUT THAT DOGGY! I'M SCREAMING. Lol.

[@REISSUED]

Haha I love this! Queenie is hilarious. She gets so intense 😂

[@mcblakemore3423]

I've always fantasized about being a personal shopper, but only for people wanting discounted or over-stocked items. Truly it makes my day to stop at a Thrift or Bargain Hunt store and just see what's there!

[@REISSUED]

Right?! Always such a rush - especially when you find something amazing!

[@ikke8585]

Allways a joy to watch your movies. Your positive attitude makes it a great start of the day. keep up the good work..

[@Earthy-Artist]

Beautiful tile in your home was a great find, classic, timeless. There is a hidden tile outlet near where I live, it's located behind the expensive tile store, the outlet is where the expensive store sells their discontinued, closeouts etc. it will be the first place we look for our bathroom tile! Someone threw away a brand new porcelain bathroom wall sink & beautiful faucet to the curb, we grabbed it. Great size, color, style, 100% free!

[@REISSUED]

The tile place sounds amazing! And good for you for your sink rescue! Way to get a deal AND save it from the landfill 🙌🏻❤️

[@Jessy928]

Liquidation shopping! Who knew! What’s the saying…., “ It’s not the kill, it’s the thrill of the chase!” Thank you for sharing such interesting information, it’s very much appreciated.

[@REISSUED]

Glad you found this helpful! 👍🏻

[@virvegeorgeson1176]

I like all your videos, especially the ones that display your artistic side. I want to help you with two ideas for window coverings. Both windows are in bump out, the window in my kitchen is 20 inches deep with a 4 foot wide stainless steel sink in it, and the other in my living room has a 10 inch wide sill wide enough for flower pots. Both windows were custom designed and built by me so off the rack window coverings would not work. For the kitchen window I bought matchstick blinds a bit wider and longer than I needed and then cut them for the correct width and height (so they would fit a fixed window overtop the back of the sink) I spray painted the blinds white and attached a thin cotton fabric with a gray abstract floral print to the inside of the blinds. The fabric adds complete privacy from the street during evenings , yet is thin enough to roll up into the blinds during the day. The blinds came with bamboo rods at the top and bottom. The blinds are attached to the side walls of the window opening. For the living room window I made a curtain from two rectangle fabric pieces sewed togehter, a mesh curtain fabric and a white cotton eyelet for the lining. I sewed a pocket channel of about and inch wide into each edge of the curtain. The curtain is on a small wood dowel rod and the ends of thre rod are sewed into the curtain at the top corners. I inserted two more dowels onto the two pocket channels that I sewed on each side of the curtain. The ends of these dowels stick out at the corners of the curtain and their rounded ends are placed into small rounded holes carved into the wooden window frame. The curtain functions like a roman blind but is held in place by tension between the two side dowels. It can be slid up or down on the two side dowels and can be placed bunched at either the top of the window or the bottom of the window or can be spread out to cover the window from top to bottom. I attached strings, butcher cord, at the top of the window frame on each side that run down the back of the curtain so that when I pull up the curtain I can use the strings to tighten the bunched up curtain against the top of the window. So far I have not had to tie the strings to anything to help keep the curtain up because the bunching of the curtain and the tension of the dowels keeps it up and in place but if it loosens that would be the way to ensure both sides stay up equally.

[@REISSUED]

Thanks for weighing in on this! I appreciate your ideas!

[@kellybishop7238]

That is too much fun!! Thank you for showing me other options for great things

[@bernaclischurchill4463]

Great info. I had forgotten about shopping at liquidation stores. Also, if you get a cart, you end up buying more. That's why I never get a cart when I'm in a store like this. Ms. B. Churchill

[@REISSUED]

Haha I find the opposite! As soon as I get a cart, I suddenly don’t find anything I like 😂

[@mortz38]

Enjoying your house refurbishment. Very handsome with your dapper moustache too.

[@REISSUED]

Thank you!

[@markwagner4909]

We restored a 1830’s train station The place was amazing. Nothing was bought new we had a dumpster which people would drop stuff off and if they thought we could use it they would set it aside There was a few times we had to buy some new 2x4’s It was so much fun. Till the city wanted our home that sat inside a limestone quarry over looking woods a river train tracks and a park

[@REISSUED]

Wow that sounds incredible! Thanks for sharing!

[@mirandacrumpler3938]

I wish we had a good local liquidation place for stuff like that!

[@amandamira8053]

I love how you, like me have to renovate and style on a budget. It's so refreshing to see the tips and tricks you use to get a high end look for a fraction of the price. You've inspired me to dig deeper and not just give up when I hit a wall of frustration because everything is so expensive and I can't find what I'm looking for at a price point within my budget. Love you to bits I do x

[@REISSUED]

Aw I love to hear this! Yes… I totally feel ya on budget. Everything has gotten so expensive! Plus, I love to cut costs wherever I can so that I can afford to splurge on some higher end items that will give the feeling of quality and luxury. Stay patient in your search for great deals - they are out there!

[@dianefrances4786]

Thanks for putting together quality viewing for us! Looking forward to the furniture refurb. D🇦🇺

[@REISSUED]

Of course! Thank you for watching!

[@pmg7538]

love the wood fruit! and I think your dog is a cat in disguise (what dog doesn't like to walk?!!!!!) so adorable

[@The_Smith]

Great video as usual Andrew, nothing worth saying on it but will say it anyway to help out the algorithm.

[@REISSUED]

I appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment! The algorithm and I thank you 🙌🏻

[@glenndavidwhisler4131]

Good to see Robinson’s is still around! The first one is the old Lowes, and the second one is the old K-Mart, where my mom worked for many years!! ❤

[@REISSUED]

That’s so cool!

[@williamsauve6058]

Just a Big Love from Canada

[@jomilbourn9672]

Loving those Japanese blinds. Go for it!

[@REISSUED]

Right?! They are amazing!

[@jelsner5077]

Here in Minneapolis, we have a fabric liquidation center called S.R. Harris. It's an airport hangar chock full of bolts of heavily discounted fabric of all kinds. You sometimes have to dig around to find what you need, but the hunt is part of the process. They also opened a smaller location in an old storefront, which has an edited inventory that is nicely displayed. Sewing notions like trims, ribbon, thread, etc are also heavily discounted.

[@REISSUED]

Omg that sounds amazing!

[@jelsner5077]

@@REISSUED The smaller storefront is near Mpls-StPaul Airport, a short cab ride away, if you ever have a layover there!

[@lornawood3260]

Great tips; thanks for sharing!

[@kaboombox1581]

I’d say you’re looking for a top down/bottom up Roman shade for your window covering. There are kits if you feel like DIY (channel content). If you go for readymade know your window sizes as getting the right size is key. Old houses are notorious for having windows that look the same size but actually aren’t.

[@REISSUED]

Thanks for the tips! 🙌🏻

[@mascottie]

My parents live in Villa Rica. I didn’t know a out the one in Carrollton. There is also a big liquidation place in Douglasville right off of Hwy 5 past Taco Bell and Kroger in the big shopping center

[@REISSUED]

Good to know! I don’t make it up all the way to Douglasville much… but maybe I need to!

[@jelsner5077]

You might consider Roman blinds for your windows. They are easy to make yourself, and there are KZbin tutorials to help out, even "no sew" variations. They can be interlined if you need a "black out" situation. Best of all, you can make them out of any fabric pattern of your choosing, and because you only need enough fabric to fit the window opening, it can be pretty cost effective.

[@REISSUED]

I’ll keep that in mind! I have a couple bolts of fabric that I got at the ReStore in Winston-Salem, NC that might be great for that 🙌🏻

[@rosefortheKing]

I wish I needed this now, so I'll live vicariously through you. 😊

[@rosefortheKing]

Do you feel you need a blackout solution for your bedroom or just privacy? :) ...Was that a real cat?!🤩 Queenie sitting herself down, too cute!😊

[@REISSUED]

Definitely just looking for a little privacy in both rooms. I think blackout would be too dark for the already dark bedroom - so I’ve been looking at light filtering options. And yes, the cat was real!

[@rosefortheKing]

@@REISSUED the blinds you showed were cool, hopefully you find or make the ones you want. The windows in the front I would find harder to outfit because that room would have been a guest parlour initially, but sky's the limit as an office. :)

[@judybesse4058]

Just stumbled on to your channel yesterday and binging your videos....love them all ❤

[@REISSUED]

Aw I’m so glad you found me! Thanks for watching!

[@wpeters4361]

Loved when you said that salvage store was like Jack's in NYC...yep, I know Jack's and it is very similar.

[@REISSUED]

Right?! Definitely a similar vibe 🙌🏻

[@xingcat]

We used to have a bunch of stores called Building 19 1/2, which were fabulous and crazy and then went out of business.

[@REISSUED]

Aw I hate when that happens! 😭

[@kleptomelly]

I think I would shop at my local Ace more if they had a paint counter cat. Instead they had popcorn on the weekends.

[@REISSUED]

Wasn’t that so fun?! I love going in there 😊

[@user-er4mg5vi7m]

Great advice! Thanks so much ❤

[@baronesselsavonfreytag-lor1134]

My favorite bargain outlets and thrift shops have closed over the years but there are always more to explore. One time someone gifted me a vintage lamp missing four of six small globes. I went to several hardware stores and a specialty lighting shop with no luck. I should have went to Goodwill first because there was an entire box of them waiting for me for $4, I had a couple to spare for replacement parts.

[@REISSUED]

Wow that was meant to be!

[@baronesselsavonfreytag-lor1134]

@@REISSUED I love when that happens!

[@BrookeJohnsonTheJunkParlor]

I’ve always wondered why they didn’t put addresses on Marketplace too!

[@suzy8track]

I have a few stores in my area like Ollie's Bargain Outlet and I just recently found out that there's a Re-store not too far away! Yay! Thank you for taking us along on your Liquidation search. Looking forward to seeing the renovations.

[@REISSUED]

I love Ollie’s! I have one right in town that I go to all the time - mostly for food items and dog toys 😂

[@prosie1968]

Andrew you’re so creative, I’m sure you could sew some simple Roman shades with maybe a small hook system for height adjustment? Wooden slats with some linen fabric could look cool and might look similar to the Japanese ones. I’ve made some before and they aren’t terribly difficult. I imagine some small sets of hooks that would allow height adjustment and really simple if you raised from the bottoms. The full height could stop short of the window where ever you wanted that open space. When the shade was down it would have soft folds at the bottom of the window. Or they could be removed and stored under a bed when not in use. Does any of that make sense? I just know that blinds come with a hefty price tag!

[@REISSUED]

Ooh I love this idea! Yeah I’ve definitely though about making something custom… maybe not for the bedroom since it’s only one window. But the office has 4 windows - so that could add up really quickly 😬

[@roslynhamilton2515]

Hi Andrew love your videos amazing I’d love to go shopping with you 🥰 Australia xx

[@joychristensen5577]

Please try roller shades that you stencil with a design 🍒

[@Dianaemanuel]

In America you're very lucky. You have HUGE thrift shops for example. In the UK our charity shops are really small. We also don't really have liquidation stores either.

[@REISSUED]

Aw I’m sorry! I hope you can make it out this way at some point for a thrifting trip!

[@rickgarms7656]

Luv me some TDBU (Top-Down, Bottom Up) light-filtering cellular shades/blinds. They offer just enough filtration and great privacy as well. With older tall windows, the added bonus would be the top down feature allowing for more light yet lower privacy just in case you wanna scoot around the house in your Calvin's! (or less) hahaha Cheers Andrew. PS, I'm always on the hunt for mark-down bed linens.

[@REISSUED]

Those are the kind I was thinking… but I’m not sure I love how the cords look at the top when the top is pulled down. Maybe I’m crazy and they will look totally fine!

[@rickgarms7656]

@@REISSUED Well, another option would be to permanently mount the top of the blind about a foot or so down from the top of the window frame or at the same position where the 2 sashes meet. That would create a sort of clerestory effect. Good luck with your solution.🌄

[@milliehouston1089]

The Japanese shades are beautiful

[@REISSUED]

Right?! I need them!

[@aok2727]

Notes on iPhone keeps all my project’s measurements and quantity. Thanks for sharing

[@silviahigh]

Your dog stole the show!

[@REISSUED]

Haha she is so extra 😂

[@Devina210]

This video just flew by! Shopping videos always work. Love your little doggie. BTW, towards the end of your video, you were in a store and walked by a cat-scratching stand (I think) with a cat resting on top. Was that a real cat, or a prop?

[@REISSUED]

It was a real cat! There are several cats that wander about the store 😻

[@rockshot100]

Good vid. The more comments in your post, the better for the algorithm.

[@REISSUED]

Thanks for watching and leaving a comment! The algorithm and I appreciate it! 😂

[@FrogeniusW.G.]

Cool video, thank you for the tips! I'm going to look up if we have those/sth. similar in Germany.

[@REISSUED]

Yeah let us know what you find out!

[@dondevries1080]

Hi Andrew! Good tips for Liquidation Shopping. It was great that you, Mom and Dad scored a few finds. The "Top Down / Bottom Up" Window Treatments offer great flexibility. I have them and am very pleased. Have a great weekend! Stay Cool - Don

[@REISSUED]

Good to know that you like those! Seems like a great option… my reservation was how the cords look at the top… but I’m thinking it might be fine!

[@humanpotential6080]

@@REISSUED I have them too and you can hardly see the chords. They kind of blend with the outdoor scenery. They would look lovely in your bedroom.

[@rocioiribe5841]

I honestly had never even heard of liquidation stores (outside of 90s tv commercials) until i started watching your channel. it not only saves you money but it's also good for the plant. win win! EDIT: i currently live in Santa Barbara, CA and couldn't find any liquidation stores near me on Google. But LA has several options according to a quick Google search. Good To Know (if i ever get to own a place here, highly unlikely! lol)

[@REISSUED]

Thanks for sharing this info! Let us know if you end up checking those spots out!

[@pman2916]

Hey Andrew! Thanks for sharing this content. I have no idea if Australia has liquidation stores. Something for me to look into. Hopefully there's some in my area🤞

[@REISSUED]

I hope so too!

[@patticurry565]

Very helpful tips to keep in mind for shopping liquidation stores! Yes, it can be overwhelming.

[@REISSUED]

Thanks Patti! It really can be overwhelming!

[@Todd4America]

I like roller shades with the chain. Simple and classic. And thank you for taking us along shopping. We have Dirt Cheap stores here and im addicted to it. Its mostly target and amazon returns and overstocks up to 90% off

[@REISSUED]

Omg that sounds amazing! Where at?

[@Todd4America]

@@REISSUED the closest 1 to you would be around Anniston Alabama. I saw there's also 1 in Chattanooga TN

[@michaelcristofano5863]

I see you have roles of fabric. Have you thought about roman shades, they are quite easy to DIY.

[@mcamilleri123]

We have weatherboard villa’s here in New Zealand. Similar windows too. ‘Window treatment’ - Go on to an online blind company. You measure each window yourself as per the direction they give online. You can ask for samples. We just bought 3 blinds for sunshine block out for our lounge and no curtains because we put a ‘film’ on the glass so people can’t see inside, but for a bedroom I would also have a blind on top to (ie two blinds hanging from inside the window frame) - a blackout blind and a sun blind. Or a blackout blind (doesn’t have to be black!) and thinner cotton curtains. Yes. You can get angled curtain rods, but you could put wire up instead and thread this through the pocket where a pole would normally go. Anyway - that’s my 2 cents. You will work out what’s best for your style - you always do! Happy creating! ❤️

[@baash]

Look into window privacy film. It's inexpensive and there are different patterns which filter light and can also obscure the view. It's removable too. It might end up being more than a short term solution and become something that will work with what you choose down the road.

[@REISSUED]

Interesting idea! I’m looking more for light filtering than privacy… and I want to see out! But I’ll keep this in mind 🙌🏻

[@wcouch8]

For your windows, would Roman shades that you can sew yourself serve well?

[@REISSUED]

I’m definitely thinking about something like that!

[@skrtskit1521]

💖💖🎶🎶

[@anndrabek3038]

I’m in Savannah GA just moved here and we bought and refurbished mostly used furniture with the exception of the couch in our newly built home Any suggestions where to shop here.

[@REISSUED]

I haven’t been to Savannah in ages! But I’ll keep you posted if I hear of anything!

[@yc6603]

I’m just outside of Savannah in Rincon. There is Thomas Liquidation in Savannah which is really popular. I haven’t been there yet. There’s also Storehouse Salvage in Pembroke. I built my own house and got my flooring from there. High end, outstanding quality flooring for roughly 30% less than anywhere else. They also sell home furnishings. All in all though I’m surprised Savannah doesn’t have a better selection of stuff like the stores Andrew shops out west.

[@nothingburns]

Interesting video. I've never heard of a liquidation centre - not sure if we have them in the UK (but will do some research). Definitely seems a good way to get bulk buys at discount.

[@REISSUED]

Let me know what you find! I’m sure all our UK friends would love to know more about what’s available there!

[@swordscot]

We don’t really have them here in Australia either