It’s around this time of the year when our local thrift stores have an over-abundance of great items in their stores. Not because more people are donating but because less people are doing their holiday shopping in thrift stores or Goodwills. I take full advantage of this overlooked opportunity to browse in thrift stores and Goodwills on the hunt for DIY projects, gently used accent furniture, and decorative accessories for the home.
Since I have begun hosting more dinners and events in my home, I have been on this crusade of acquiring the best in entertainment dishware for the best in presentation. The only thing that was missing from my entertainment dishware inventory was a “plate and silverware caddy”. So when I ran across this plate and silverware caddy in my local Goodwill store, I squealed with delight not only because I had found my plate and silverware caddy but I had also found my “Haute Find for The Day”!
This is what it looked like before…
I love the brass color, and the brown handles give it an “old-school” vibe.
Now here it is sitting so pretty in my Christmas buffet bookcase…
The gold in the plates makes the brass color pop and tying the gold ribbon around the silverware gives it a festive feeling. I am so excited about my new…(well it’s new to me) plate and silverware caddy that I could not resist in setting it up all ready to serve dinner on Christmas.
Yeah!…I can now scratch that off my Christmas wish list…LOL!!!
Tamela