the best stuff YOU ALL have ever thrifted

[@jennifergraham3752]

I live in Western Canada and our municipality has the most amazing event. Every year we have “Spring Cleanup Day” when people are allowed to put extra “garbage” and large items out in a pile at the curb. The weekend before people put out furniture, decor, building supplies, plant pots, etc. that they want to get rid of. Residents then can drive around and take whatever they want from the piles. We jokingly call it “Redneck Christmas”. Anything that is left gets picked up by a series of city recycling and garbage trucks. It offers a fun and sustainable way to deal with the excess stuff that tends to accumulate. My two favourite finds are an antique Asian wooden rice bucket and a vintage portable mimeograph machine. My friend found a vintage Apollo 860 Domed Stereo on stand with matching speakers. It is the BEST! More places should do it.

[@ArtichokeHunter]

I'm jealous! Much more organized and efficient than dumpster diving stuff or just watching for stuff left on curbs.

[@jennifergraham3752]

@ it is so fun! In addition to being practical and useful it builds a sense of community because people get into the spirit of it and enjoy the hunt. You also see kids come home carrying things like an old basketball hoop or something random that they are very excited about. It’s nice that things are saved from the landfill. There is a man who collects some of the bikes. He fixes them up and then donates them to charity ❤

[@laseulequimai]

@@jennifergraham3752 I wish Metro Vancouver would bring this back!

[@jennifergraham3752]

@ I am in Delta. I didn’t know that other parts of the Lower Mainland used to do this too. They should definitely bring it back!

[@samanthagardner620]

oooh same, i'm in nb and we have that too. It fell on mothers day a few years ago, it was my favorite mothers day to date 😊😊

[@rikki7953]

We need a lake house “check out this f**** home”!!!

[@Blobbfisch]

Yeah! Page, we are WAITING!!! You owe this to us ;)

[@AguiarDi]

Paige, I feel yours is the “indie” channel of decor KZbin. It always impresses me that you have half the subscribers of channels that are not half as good as yours, so I feel like part of a community that has “discovered” a gem. Love your channel!

[@annief412]

As someone who in 2023, really wanted to get off social media and back to books, I offer one tip: start with a murder mystery or some other type of "page turner." My gateway book was "Girl on a Train" by Paula Hawkins. I couldn't put it down and by the summer I was back to more serious literature. Good luck!

[@jennifergraham3752]

Great tip!

[@nmlenn]

I second this!! Every time I find myself in a reading slump, I pick up a suspense book. I find I need to remind myself that reading is a form of entertainment and pleasure. It doesn't have to be sophisticated all the time (or at all). Also, a book club has been the true secret to maintaining a long term reading habit.

[@aliplay5]

for me the gateway are cheesy romance novels. also audiobooks!! rent from the library, it makes commuting an hour each way the favorite part of my day :)

[@hereforit2347]

I’m a short story aficionado. 📚

[@chloro8306]

It's so cool to hear your stance on animal products, respect. I feel like it's really rare that people oriented towards aesthetics like beauty or interior design or fashion take any notice of those kinds of things.

[@bananarama480]

I agree! I myself do not want animals skin in my house or fur or stuff like that and I am always happy to see people who do the same. 😊

[@debbibowen]

@@bananarama480 I would not buy anything new, but if its going to the dump, I think the respectful thing is to use it until it can't be used any more.

[@zanesutherland406]

Haha I cackled about having your own personal troll 🧌 her must be obsessed with you 💅🏼

[@wasselpa]

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[@thereversepolarbear]

ah that poster is from the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, which is a great museum. It used to contain very, very beautiful objects from antiquity. The lay out is very cool as it feels like you are walking through old buildings of antiquity. But sadly it was closed in 2023 for at least 20 years so they can complete extensive renovations. Very German time frame (I have lived here for 15 years and feel I am allowed to say that). The sculptor Rainer Kriester was a German artist (born in the 1935)- and seems to have held an exhibition in the space in 2000. He died 2 years later. Interesting to learn about it and him through this video!

[@val4579]

green striped chair owner here 🤚🏼it was $50 and the pink curtains are still on the list of things to switch out eventually !

[@spicy1116]

Great find!!!

[@StephenHeigh]

Great finds and the neat thing is that there's still plenty out there to be found. I have a method of thrifting of going to the furniture area first then frames and then lamps and bric-a-brac. It really takes a good eye and knowledge of design and patina. I like finding good wood frames with linen liners and preferably the Hecho Mexico because I do modernist paintings that work well with them. The best thrifted find was a Made in Denmark 1960's credenza made of teak. The price was only $15.00 because in was in need of a refinish and had some big cardboard panel stapled to the back that was very old and faded green which turned out to be just a protector back piece to protect the solid wood back when it was originally shipped that the owners had never removed The back was indent stamped with the words "Made in Denmark" into the teak. It turned out it's worth over $1,000.00. I gave it to my daughter after it was all cleaned up. The other two things were a pair of Eero Saarinen executive chairs and original that I found in of all places in a car exhaust welding repair shop that mechanics had been sitting on the last fifty some years. I made an offer to the owner of $100.00 each and he sold them to me!

[@mariazguda8708]

28:46 The best ways I've found on getting back to reading: *Getting an ebook reader (also a great thing to thrift btw) *Reading silly smut/fantasy/adventure- don't put pressure on yourself to read literary masterpieces - it's way easier to get back into reading if You read purely for pleasure

[@gladysgreen2]

Bulbs for the mini lamps can also be found at car supply stores! Loved this video and topic. Would be fun to do one on things we found for free

[@aliplay5]

yes or for like $20 or less

[@SaraLorelai]

I get so proud of the Danish design tradition, every time you show Danish design. Louis Poulsen is the company that produces lamps designed by Danish designers. The white floor lamp was designed by Verner Panton.

[@zanesutherland406]

Fun video! Majority of my things are thrifted. A thrifted life is great. So many things I’d never have the money to buy new, and even if I could why would I? I love the hunt and thrill of a good deal. My most complimented clothes are thrifted; you can’t find that stuff at the big stores locally/ it’s vintage. I love to thrift for friends too.

[@camellakorner7270]

Video idea: I would love to see a series about the psychology of how our homes make us feel. For example, how does having a lack of intimate spaces (open concepts rather than smaller rooms) affect our relationship with the space and with our roommates? Does it lead us to feel suffocated from the lack of privacy? A Mina Le sort of video essay would be lovely :)

[@kennethbarber438]

At 4:30, the chair is by Charles Eames, designed in 1946, though I doubt it is an original. Herman Miller is just the company that produced them, starting in 1949. It is like calling a Saarinen chair a Knoll.

[@katriina6831]

well she called a Saarinen a Knoll in one of her videos so go figure

[@cherrymaremalade]

I’d love for this to be a regular video series!

[@alittlebitofjessica]

"And I'll let you guess what's inside here, and I'll give you one hint: I'm a single girl." A tub of ice cream and a box of tissues?

[@wasselpa]

EXACTLY

[@expensiverice955]

The little wood cup you showed, put a flower frog in the bottom of it, the spiked one, and turn it into an Ikebana vase

[@Blobbfisch]

What a good idea!

[@carolineharnish5633]

That is an M.C. Escher print! He was a Dutch artist with a very interesting life.

[@DanRobards]

If you ever get to visit the Hague in the Netherlands I 100% recommend visiting the MC Escher museum! 27:25

[@witsendmcgovern]

the bowl is a yarn bowl, Very helpful when knitting.

[@janelte]

Just for clarity, as there are a few bowls shown, I think you are speaking about the live-edged bowl with the cut in the side, which is where one would feed the yarn through, placing the ball inside the bowl.

[@bridgetredeker6156]

Paige - you rock! Trolls calling others stupid is very questionable considering the time/energy/brain cells spent on both tuning in and then commenting on said content….things that make you go 🤔

[@Weeabruh]

NOOO HOW DID I MISS THIS. i recently found these two super nice mid century (art deco maybe?) table lamps for $2 each at the Out of the Closet in Glendale. the guy almost didn't sell it to me saying "it has to be a mistake" but last minute was like "eh it's their fault", i ran the f out of there before he changed his mind lmao

[@sagewilliams8082]

You can clean yellow lucite or plastic with oxy clean or a head light cleaning kit ! Don’t pass those up!

[@patriciaeamon1388]

22:36 Gio Ponti ladderback chair--really light and sturdy Italian farm kitchen chair. I love these chairs and Gio Ponti's designs.You see the extra rungs to make it a bit extra and the lovely simple frame. Many Italian versions by other makers, many of them very nice.

[@patriciaeamon1388]

The ones with more padded rush seats are better than this seat style, in general.

[@SarahAnew]

I have a few of those! Around a wooden square table

[@stephaniea1398]

I love how we are all like, " I would never buy a new leather chair..." But we all buy new leather shoes, bags and belts! LOL And, eat animal products....myself included!

[@hereforit2347]

In the 70s and up to the mid 80s brass was very IN. There were brass beds (often featured on “Love American Style”) large brass planters, and brass trunks that many people used as coffee tables. I’ve always loved the trunks. They’re pretty rare now and usually SO expensive. I thought I’d probably never own one. I recently found a *perfect* vintage 1970s brass trunk in pristine condition. The seller was only the 2nd owner and just a few miles away. She was selling it for next to nothing; I jumped on it immediately!

[@sarahwagner6837]

I got a mahogony roll-top desk by Ethan Allen from Craigslist for 50 bucks- came in very useful during the pandemic and working from home, and it fits perfectly with my English old lady vibes. Thanks, Richard & Susan, the sweet couple I got it from!

[@manpreet3193]

Love the fish bowl and the wooden lamp. Enjoyed this type of video.

[@ElleAshterra]

That’s an MC Escher print. My fave 🙌🏼😍

[@jennifergraham3752]

The list of cool shit that I have thrifted is long and varied. I think 75% of my stuff is second hand. Choosing one favourite would be impossible. I can’t wait to watch this video!

[@jaylene3332]

I thrifted a David Krys Martini Lamp (real not replica) for $15 at Savers and to this day it is my most prized possessions

[@Laneythekid]

holy shit that's amazing!! I've been looking for one for so long

[@GEOMETRICINK]

I LOVE this topic! So fun! I never get to brag about my thrifted treasures enough 😂😂😂

[@VeryMaggs]

I thrift a LOT.... I got these BEAUTIFUL mid-century lamps a few years back at Salvation Army for, I believe $30 for the two! Y'can't post pics, I believe, so; here's my description: ribbed cream colored rectangular shade, the main part is like a beautiful light aqua glazed ceramic (beginning with an aluminum line) the base is aluminum then wood, they are on Wayfair or something for more than I care to spend (on EACH). PAIGE ROX

[@סימוןשלומי]

You could use the wood cup as a riser by turning it upside down. Maybe for your miniatures.

[@romy-3190]

I have the same Louis Paulson lamp that turned yellow! It used to be my aunts’ and she said it was bright orange when she bought it. You could never tell right now.

[@dinkovajessica]

Loved that video so much. I think my best find was a pendant light in rhodoïd, which give the same effect as a paper pendant and the same lighting (great alternative, as beautiful).

[@sparrowsknow8491]

You need an embroidered “I will say…” WAS pillow ❤

[@topaz4girl]

maybe of video of things people have fixed up if you haven't already done that? Like a before/after on things people thrift :) my example would be a deer skull that someone painted gold and turquoise. I spray painted it black and it looks very goth and edgy in my home !!!

[@gdaymates431]

Single girl comment cracked me up. Haha

[@susanma4899]

The cute corner trashcan looks like something you can easily make yourself (or have it made). I used to see these holders for cone filters--you hang it on the wall and it's like a pocket to store your cone filters. There's ceramic ones, wooden ones, etc. I worked very hard making one for myself--I used thin sheets of balsa wood and had to cut it out w a utility knife, glue the pocket on the front, sand the handle to the right shape, etc. Then I painted it. It looks really good, but now we don't use cone filters anymore--wah wah.

[@londastreeter7269]

I totally agree about the books! And I adore the lamp! An amazing find.

[@palomageme6560]

I would love to see your lake house 😍 nice video!

[@shanazpetty6105]

I live on Cape cod and my town has a “take one leave one” place next to the dump where you can donate and grab stuff free! It’s the best and I’ve found so many amazing things! I’ll have to take pics around my house and email the pics!

[@sourdoughed]

Paige! You’d be so proud - I thrifted my first vintage exhibition poster this week 😇😇😇😇

[@millieolson]

I was thinking of submitting some pics of my thrifted item(s) but then as I looked around I had so many and couldn't decide what was the best thrifted thing, cuz in a way, they are all trophies of some kind to me. So I didnt submit but instead I had a nice time looking at my treasures and thinking about what they mean to me.

[@jennifergraham3752]

@@millieolson me too! Exactly

[@cvonsutphen]

*Wood live edge and hand turned Bowls* . These are are my weakness and I love collecting them. I also collect hand carved duck decoys and Wexford cut glass pieces.

[@courtneyray111]

I just got back from San Miguel de Allende in Mexico and they had these exact dishes in stores there with different line drawings in the middle of the plate and sold as a set ✨

[@mrlionmaw7617]

Since i discovered your channel i was hunting for this damn yellow suze-ashtray and last month i finally got it on etsy. what a relief!

[@britlilbit]

27:16 my first thought was a retainer, hair ties, and earrings. Buuuttt now I feel like I might be incorrect 😂

[@EllieStardustt]

As a Nordic person, your pronunciation of the Danish name was actually really good for an English speaking person, and you realised right away that the word is literally "export" but with a different spelling. :)

[@LauraLong-hc8st]

There is a Herman Miller outlet store in Zeeland called The Office Outlet. I always find something there…great upholstery fabric!

[@gio-iu7ir]

omg that wood lamp is a dream

[@fluentdogtraining5047]

Audiobooks. That’s how you get back into reading. I have always been an avid reader but have my own business now so I’m a lot busier than I used to be. I listen to audiobooks while I do other things that don’t require brainpower

[@tussilein2012]

Rainer Kriester is one of the most important sculptors in the 20th century ;) The Pergamon museum in Berlin, one of the most important museums in occident.

[@angela86753]

Those glasses you have, my friend thrifted larger ones and gave them to my daughter because she's away at university. First apartment 🧡🌿

[@tombrett5553]

Cool stuff ❤Great finds love the big unit and let me at that troll 💪🤣

[@_clamcifer_8180]

that "highschool project ceramic plate" looks like a slavic inspired art piece you would find on a winter market!

[@ArtichokeHunter]

i wonder if the troll likes the attention or not

[@immk9988]

Paige's skin is looking fantastic, btw!

[@סימוןשלומי]

I have used curtains for table clothes many times.

[@victoriadonahoe9943]

whoever found the denmark desk... u are gods favorite

[@jay-rene992]

You can also get books for good old-fashioned bibliomancy ;)

[@blueoystercolt97]

I got my giant mid-century Danish teak wall unit for $375 on FB marketplace !!! that has been my “thrift” of a lifetime (sorry Paige I don’t have insta😢)

[@kyledriscollmusic]

you should make this a series

[@BooksWithCarah]

toys in the antique wooden box is so real

[@donnapecoraro3126]

The MCM headboard looked authentic, similar to Kent Coffey. Wish i would have seen your request, my home is 90% thrifted.

[@trekofalltrades]

Crazy, I have 4 plates in that exact style, material, glaze, with different images that I picked up at a yard sale in Minneapolis. There were other plates that I did not grab because I just wanted a set of 4, and I wonder if who ever submitted got them from the same place?!

[@kirstenmac8820]

leave Paige alone troll!! thanks for your awesome content

[@VeryMaggs]

I theenk you said that "Nordisk Andels-Eksport" right! Pretty sure, not positive, let 'em come for ME! HAHAHA

[@jordanshaina485]

When are you doing another 'Design Advice for your homes' video! I would looooove to submit :)

[@ccap3211]

Random question, are high beds out? All I ever see are super low beds or like platform beds, is it like super dated to have a really tall bed like our parents had in the 2000’s? Bc the low beds just feel weird to me and I don’t want my dogs crawling all over my bed and I know they would if I had a low one.

[@Heidilisk]

i have a high-ish bed from the 1930s cuz i wanna feel fancy and secure. if that makes sense. idk i think it depends on the rest of your style, not what's IN style

[@lenalight3788]

Do another! ❤

[@pegm5937]

I know we had a detailed chat about pronunciation of "curtains" in the chat from another video, but I'm impressed to hear Paige actually saying the "t" in the word. 😂 Small, funny thing! We were all trying to figure out if it was a regional or generational thing. Maybe either or both but then, perhaps, just learning how to say it right! 😂 ❤

[@SarahAnew]

I say it without the t being from Texas. But I get it. It infuriates me when people don’t pronounce the g for -ing words. It sound like walkeen, talkeen etc.

[@jennifergraham3752]

@@pegm5937 I think I will find it sad if she doesn’t say “curtains” her original way. It makes me smile every time

[@Weeabruh]

AH i also found a brutalist spanish sideboard from madrid for $20 that was made for someone out there on military (it has a plaque inside saying made in madrid and all that). i had no idea what some of the features were cause they were using it as a tv console and they titled it a console not a sideboard. but i eventually figured out that the features were for friggin wine glasses and dishes so it's been bugging the hell out of me cause i am using it in my room 😭

[@dcoughla681]

You have a lot of canny & stylish viewers, Paige. Phenomenal!

[@carleymendes5684]

Rebecca @12:16 with the desk from Denmark, what is your wall paint color? I love!

[@lukeewarm96]

I love that she knew I was gonna image search that lamp so I could delete the one I took earlier in the video ❤❤❤

[@catarinaferreira7751]

same here 🤭 did you find it? I couldn't!

[@lukeewarm96]

@ I could not 😩

[@reillykat]

That's easy: In 2014 I got a Drexel Declaration full chest of drawers in excellent condition for .... $25

[@amyepperson]

I might need you to tell us where your perfect brown sweater is from

[@dvduadotcom]

Here's a video on thrifting, if you're watching it, I believe you are into thrifting.... this goes on for awhile... I think Paige may be the most awkward KZbinr I've ever seen, but to be honest, that's partly why I love her. She's just being herself, unscripted, and stumbling along :)

[@chelso935]

How about thrifting milk glass? I found a fabulous nob milk glass lamp base, from the 40s I think. I love it. And then I got a milk glass vase kinda 50s looking, shape of pineapple sort of.

[@johnwantsstripes]

Oh hey I thrifted those same barstools! 3 for $75

[@kathrynpeterson9814]

Not the single girl box Paige 😂

[@robertawho707]

I think I saw that corner trash bin in a AD video, I believe it's from a Frank Lloyd Wright home? Maybe my memory is failing me but pretty sure though

[@mariamotionwork]

I’ve recently come around to thrifting books. I don’t think it ever buy book though just because it looks cute. I’d have to at least be somewhat interested in the content.

[@jpop-qg5gj]

I thrifted a Hans J Wegner dining table. $65 . What’s more it was found in a small town in Australia. I f*cking win!

[@ahome7948]

Have u read "my life would be perfect if i lived in that house" by meghan daum? I feel like u would love it.

[@starveartist]

Makes me wanna become a better troll!! 😂😂😂 The only troll comments I have left is sapphic shipping of you and Kate...otherwise just real/normal comments!😊😊😊 😊😊😊

[@champagnemommy]

Lmao about the single girl box by the bed! 😢😢😢🎉

[@channarubin8267]

here is not fb marketplace - in germany we have "ebay kleinanzeigen" its different than ebay- but if there are good dressers, chairs..and there are! you need a car to fetch them up. So sad- great great things - but no car- no steal :/

[@cynthiahunter6588]

I can find stuff but how do I get it home?

[@invisible_design]

What’s the name of Paige’s microphone? Love it

[@cd2659]

I have those bar stools with reupholstered blue fabric as well, who the heck is calling you stupid? That's ridiculous

[@minervalove2228]

Danish Banana Sofa. We got rid of one 6 years ago. 😢 The ‚old stuff’ smell was just too much. Do any of you have any advice on how to get rid of that?

[@MadelineLewis1234]

Depending on the color/material, I’ve had a lot of luck putting things outside in the sun for a couple hours. I could see that being hard with a couch, but it’s worth a shot with most things!

[@aroidpapa]

Now i want to scour your comment sections to find this troll. I don't know why people have this innate obsession to keep coming back just to antagonise and hate lol

[@lemonmarzipan6330]

Lol same , looks like it's this one... @JoanMurray-j5y but I think saddo keeps changing nick...

[@waterloobicycleworks]

Same!

[@thecaffinatedthrifter5499]

I found an 'End of Day' Murano glass vase. Unfortunately she broke this year. (Rip)

[@mariawelling4194]

I love you book collection, fine art😊🎉❤

[@pegm5937]

This was just fun! ❤

[@maddscientist3170]

I don't 'buy' anymore ( cause I have too much stuff) ...but I LOVE thrifting!!!......