Good morning all! A very happy #thriftscorethursday to you! The stars aligned yesterday, the living room was tidy, and I was finally able to grab a few good photos of my thrifted lucite coffee table after making you wait for several weeks to see it!
When I spotted this at the thrift store I grabbed the tag and bought it instantly with every intention of reselling it… As the story often goes though, I instantly began to have second thoughts about letting it go.
In between buying it at the thrift store and heading back with a truck to pick it up the next day, I had already made a contingency plan to sell the two vintage brass coffee tables I already have if I brought the lucite table home and fell in love.
Spoiler alert: I fell in love. Hard.
This table is just enormous and the massive lucite legs catch the light and sparkle like cartoon diamonds!
The lucite did have some pretty severe scuffing and scratches – I think the table was dragged on its side at the thrift store – so I was really happy to come across a recommendation online for the Novus plastic polishing kit (affiliate link). It has comes with three polishes: one to help remove heavy -scratches, one to help remove fine scratches, and one to clean and shine.
I focused on the deep scratch areas with the #3 polish, followed up with #2 anywhere I found light scratches, and finished with the #1 spray over the whole table.
While my table still has some of the very deep set scrapes, the Novus polish helped immensely and downright erased many of the lighter scratches! So I just wanted to share with you – if you own a piece of lucite furniture that’s gotten a little hazy from surface scratches or if you find a fabulous piece in the future, keep this product in mind!
The Features:
Now on to all the fabulous features from the #thriftscorethursday Instagram feed!
Mandie from Mid Mod Inspirations (Instagram: midmodmandie) brought home this pristine navy mid century chair for just $50 from the Salvation Army! Swoon!
Is anyone else instantly reminded of Betty Draper and her infamous fainting couch by this incredible tufted chaise Sharla (Instagram: thealabastervessel) found? (For just $6!!!) I think I would NEED a fainting couch if I spotted one for such an incredible price!
Cate from Style Mutt (Instagram: cate_stylemutthome) spotted this old media center in the Craigslist “free” section. While she didn’t end up getting it, I think her idea for repurposing a piece like this is simple brilliant! Check out her virtual transformation below…
Lindsey (Instagram: linnyjanevintage) says this wall hanging is “so bad it’s good and I kind of love it.” Yes, it’s insanely good! I kind of adore it!
Are you ready to jump in and share your incredible thrift finds with the #thriftscorethursday party? It’s easy!
Simply share a picture of any recent thrifty find on Twitter or Instagram using #thriftscorethursday!
The Facts:
– You can share any thrifty finds with us – whether they hail from a thrift store, Craigslist, estate sale, garage sale, side of the road, or apartment dumpster! The fun, the funny, the awesome, the odd – this hashtag party is open to all!
– Feel free to use #thriftscorethursday any day of the week! We’ll be keeping up with the hashtag all week long to find our favorites for the following Thursday.
– Each week, Trisha from Black and White Obsession, Cassie from Primitive and Proper, Corinna from For My Love Of and I will pick a few favorite thrift scores to feature! So please note that by linking up with#thriftscorethursday, you are giving us permission to share your finds via social media or on our blogs.
Our guest host this week is the color-loving, vintage-collecting Shavonda from SG Style! We are so glad to have her joining us this week – she has a gift for thrift scores!
And be sure to stop by and check out the finds and features from my Thrift Score Thursday cohosts Trisha, Cassie & Corinna!
That lucite coffee table is a stunner! Fabulous score!
Thanks friend!
I think I can't look at your finds anymore. I told you that you are torturing me. That table makes me want to cry it's so darn perfect!!! Really upsetting when I want all your stuff. Cough cough bed 😉 !!!!
I have to remember that polishing kit too
Oh crap… I'd better not lose your friendship over this Julia! Just remember that you are the one who found that fantastic tulip table and then the brass dining table and chairs that I was dying over… 🙂
Love the table and I am seriously drooling over that gorgeous green couch!
Thank you Tara! I can't believe I found them both at the same thrift store – just several weeks apart!
What a find! Seriously jealous of where you live! xo
Thank you Kristin! I really do have to give a ton of credit to thrift shopping in Dallas – lots of nice things in the thrift stores from old estates!
your table…i have no words.
Hot dang, that table looks perfect in your room among the black and white chairs and that velvety sofa!
Oh the horror of mishandling furniture. So glad you found something to reduce the scratches.
Thank you girl! It can't leave, right? I'm hoping the other tables will sell soon so I can justify keeping this one to Bryan… We both know this would sell in a hot moment, so I need the others to go so I "have" to keep it 😉
I'm in love with your lucite table, too! Where do you sell your castoffs? I would love to peek sometime.
As usual, all the other selections are phenomenal, too. I will definitely keep the product in mind – you just never know when you'll need it!
Thank you Kim! I have them listed on the Dallas/Fort Worth Craigslist – I used to send them out via an email newsletter called "Brynne's List" which I actually just recently shut down since I didn't really have time to keep up with it.
oh my! that table! it's great in that room…I think the size works really well with the big tv cabinet 🙂
You are so right, Gretchen! After you said that I pulled up old pictures and I could immediately see that the previous coffee table looked too small and dinky next to the enormous buffet! I just didn't realize it before 🙂
Brynne!!! Oh my, that table is SO flippin incredible!! I couldn't love it in your living room more, and paired with the french style dresser – perfection!! Love your chairs, too! Can you tell I'm a tad smitten with the entire room? 🙂
Thank you so much Pam! That means a lot coming from you because I'm absolutely smitten with your living room style too!!
WOW! Such an amazing find! Our thrift stores suck so much compared to yours 🙁
Thank you Caitlin! It's really crazy how thrift stores can vary so much! Sending good thrift-store vibes your way 🙂
I cannot wait to see that bad boy in person tomorrow!! It's gorgeous!
Yay! If you want to lick it (why do I have such a weird urge to lick my coffee table?!) I won't judge.
GAH!! How do you find these things and please take me shopping with you!! That table is crazy good. Damn girl. xxx
OMG, I would love to go thrift shopping with you Kimberly! Now if we can only get on the same continent, let alone the same city!! 🙂
Wow, that lucite coffee table is an absolute stunner! What an incredible find!
Thank you Jessica!