Fantastically Free Friday!!!!!

Ok it's been a year since my last post and lots has changed. 

Let's see where to begin...

We moved to a HUGE fixer farmhouse

on many acres in upstate NY

It was to be our dream house.

See the potential?

Ok look close.
We did...(not close enough)

Bought a horse...got some chickens...a crazy turkey...

Loved it!!

~then~

Found out our neighbor up the hill enjoyed crime

LOTS

Found out termites had eaten the support beams

YIKES

Found out the well water not exactly safe

P-U!

Found out our land contract was bogus

um...WHAT???

UN-loved it.

Cried lots.


~word to the wise~

Hire an attorney to read a land contract

BEFORE 

you sign a useless piece of paper
& get an inspection

~You will thank me~
We were far too trusting.
Our very big bad.
Bad. Bad. Bad.

I still miss that old house in so many ways.

But it wasn't ours.

Never would be.

That still hurts.

So...we decided to move to a home that was truly ours.

3000 miles away.

Sold my horse...I cried...lots (sob sob)

Gave my chickens to awesome neighbor.

Moved back to my the area of my birth (kinda).

~then~

Hubby gets a call from NY with huge job offer...

?????

So..

What is in our future? 

I dunno but it is an adventure and I hope it will all work out.

OK there it is...my sob story...

Let's move onto something fun!

I have been trying to find furnishings for 

cheap cheap cheap...

I sold most of what we owned to get back home.

So...I began the task of refurnishing...on a very tight budget.

Voila!!

This was one of the beautiful things I found on CL

~for free!!!!!!!~

After endless days of scouring CL 

and driving all over the planet

I now have:

  2 sofa sets,

  3 diningroom sets (2 to refinish & sell),

a very nice bunkbed set,

2 french provincial coffee table sets

3 french provincial dressers

a buffet used for our tv

a french provincial style desk

a gorgeous wooden old desk chair or castors,

an oak desk,

an adorable old ice cream parlor set

~free~

yes I am a thrifty mama

~freeeeeeee~

It's hard work finding a good bargain.

but oh so worth it!!! 

 (ignoring under table clutter)
Yes I need to revamp the French Provincial Table set...
but
it was free!!!!

 I know...one lamp looks taller than the other.

Not perfect yet.

I just moved in...

(2 months ago)

I love this sofa.

I love that it doesn't exactly match the other set.
I love it's cute little feet & carved trim detail.
I love that it was all free. I already owned the lamps and pictures.
(which need to be hung with a level)

Freeeeeeee!!!!
This makes up for moving away from our "dream" home.
Kinda.

Now if I could find another house that we could own... *sob sob*

We will... :)

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