A home coffee bar

Why not create a coffee bar in your home? You could have all of your favorite coffee indulgences in one cozy corner. We have a few ideas we found around the web, and then we thought it would be fun to take a one stop photo hunt at our Goodwill Store to see what could be found to create a coffee bar - thrift store style!

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Visit Noplacelykehome.com and see how she created her "cafe corner"! We love it! 

noplacelykehome.com

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We are sweet on The Scrappy Cottage.blogspot.com coffee bar. Love the red coffee maker!

TheScrappyCottage.blogspot.com

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We appreciate Beccachristensen.wordpress.com desire to repurpose used furniture. This coffee bar has a vintage retro vibe. Sweet!

BeccaChristensen.wordpress.com

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XOXO to the The Long Awaited Home! A farmhouse style coffee bar, with purple!

The Long Awaited Home

We pinned these ideas plus more on our Goodwill Style  Pinterest Board.
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Now for some more fun! We headed down to our Alcott Retail Outlet in Kalamazoo to see what could be found for setting up a coffee bar in one shopping trip.

First we found three pieces of furniture that could be our "bar".

A Baker's Rack. This item needed a little cover up of some scratches, maybe a dark stain to match the metal patina?

A Secretary. You could leave the top folded out all the time with your coffee items arranged, or keep them tucked away. If you repainted this piece, what color would you choose?  

                   
A dresser with a fold down top. Again a piece like this has the option to stay left open or not. The drawers could be filled with extra mugs, linens, plates etc. Or keep your Christmas cups and such tucked away in one of the drawers.

We found a couple of shelves to hang your mugs, hold sugars, flavored syrups, and display knickknacks.

And of course the coffee makers;

A carafe, thermal coffee holders or a vintage thermos?

And Goodwill always has lots of mugs. These mugs would be great with a rustic coffee bar or art house style. What do you think?

And how about a free coffee art to print? Download this at Whatelsemichelle.com (and be sure to look around her site, it is full of inspiring ideas!)

HAPPY TREASURE HUNTING! 

Interesting Collectibles

Here are a few interesting collectibles up for bid on shopgoodwill.com this week!

First up is a Official Girl Scout Doll from the Terri Lee Sales Corp. in great condition. Her name is "Ginger", the darling of the doll world. She comes with a few clothing items and pamphlet all in her original box. The box has a little water damage and shows some wear, but the doll looks great with no damage that we can see. Cute!

Ginger

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Our next item is a pair of iron book ends in great condition. Little terriers? Each one stands 6 inches tall and are 3 3/4 inches by 3 3/4 inches in diameter. They show a little bit of wear and both have flat head screws to fasten them.

Vintage Iron Bookends

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And in a nod to summer beach fun, how about this sweet vintage Tonka Dune Buggy? It is in excellent condition, (part of the steering wheel might be missing) a few scratches and scuffs to the paint but overall very nice. It measures 7 inches long.

Tonka Dune Buggy

You never know what you will find on Shopgoodwill.com!

Hope you are having a great summer. Keep warm next week and 

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Favorite Links for Vintage & DIY

Hello! We are sharing a couple of our favorite links for DIY inspiration. And if you have a favorite you can share that too! Just leave us a comment. Thanks!
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First up -
tipjunkie.com
This site has been around since before Pinterest! It boasts over 15,000 DIY tutorials. A favorite feature is "Tip Me Tuesday" where fellow crafters and DIYers can link their projects - it is so much fun to scroll through all the creativity and the top ten from that week are gathered together at the top. Tip Junkie linked this how-to rag quilt from muslinandmerlot.blogspot.com

Rag Quilt

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oneprettything.com is a well organized website that brings you daily 16 inspiring projects. The cool thing is that they group them by categories and you can see all of them at once. Just click the ones you like and it links to the how-to! They have a "Revamp Roundup" category with links to tutorials for revamped furniture and home projects. Here is one of the most recent links:

Thrifts Store Mirror Make-Over

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apartmenttherapy.com
Their mission statement is - Helping people make their homes more beautiful, organized and healthy by connecting them to a wealth of resources, ideas and community online." And wow - do they have great ideas for transforming found items, vintage things and recycling- many of them with a small budget in mind. Visit them for ideas like this:

Skateboard Deck Shelf

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Of course there is Pinterest! You can find us at pinterest.com/vtgtc. We have great board like Let's Go Glamping, Paint It Gold, & Bits of Lace.

Refashion A Lace Shirt

The Practical and Pretty Deviled Egg Plate + Recipes!

Deviled eggs are a go-to dish for potlucks and picnics for good reason. People love them! (Plus they are relatively inexpensive and easy to make!)  Having a special plate just for these little goodies is practical since you will make them again and again. And they can be found in so many pretty and unusual styles!
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Here are a few vintage plates we found on Pinterest:

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This egg plate is currently up for bid on Shopgoodwill.com

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And this little gem is on it's way to the Treasure Chest shelves at our Alcott Store in Kalamazoo, MI.

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Recipe Round Up (all with good reviews!) 

Best Deviled Eggs from Taste of Home.com

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Green deviled eggs and ham from Foodnetwork.com

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Mexican Devils at Allrecipes.com

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Happy Treasure Hunting!

Summer Savings - Goodwill Dress Shopping and Handmade Jewelry

Mmmmmmm - Summer in Southwestern Michigan. So many places to visit, play, relax, especially outside. Of course, summer weather means lovely summer dresses! Goodwill offers great summer savings so you can wear a summer dress everyday! And to help you save even more - we've collected handmade jewelry tutorials using inexpensive items to accessorize these dresses found at Goodwill.
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A bright colorful dress needs bright colorful earrings!

Any one of these DIY paper earrings would be pretty! Find full instructions on craftingintherain.com

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A lovely floral dress......

matched with lovely lace earrings. Follow this link to learn how to make these!
thecupcakediary.blogspot.com

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A fun print on this dress - horses!

Add a fun gold dipped ring - learn how to make one at youwantmetobuythat.wordpress.com

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Suggestions: Wear your hair in a ponytail or sock bun with this strapless dress

so you can show off these summery "diamond" feather earrings found on http://quietlioncreations.blogspot.com

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Doesn't wearing a maxi dress make you feel carefree? They are simply perfect for summer!

Pair this dress with these simple to make felt earrings - directions at joyeverafter.com/blog.

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Match this pretty coral with

a seashell ring! Head back to youwantmetobuythat.wordpress.com for another great tutorial!

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Compliment this light and airy dress with a pretty flower ring.

Make a couple for yourself and a couple to give away! Visit mamabzz.com to learn how.

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We would like to remember and thank all those who served honorably in the military - in wartime or peacetime this Memorial Day. Wishing you a great weekend with friends and family!

HAPPY TREASURE HUNTING!

Mother's Day Tried and True Recipes

Mother's Day is this Sunday and expressing our love and reverence for our mother's has been officially a national holiday for 100 years! In 1914 Woodrow Wilson signed the proclamation creating Mother’s Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers. You can view and read the full proclamation on the National Archives website.

We thought it would be fun to ask a few team members here at Goodwill to share tried and true recipes from their mother's recipe collections.

Side note: It's funny how many said that their mother's did not follow recipes, but just "cooked" from memory and from the heart!
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 HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY