Often I get requests from friends for things to keep an eye out for. These things are often too vague to pinpoint for another person—I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been asked if I ever see round tables—others are too specific to hope to ever find. This is what I thought when my [...]
Tag Archives: Dinnerware
A Weekend Without a Sale
It seems like these days a weekend with no tag sale is pretty rare. Recently, such a weekend passed and the Snag team, all busy with our individual plans, decided we’d take the weekend off from group thrifting. Honestly I wasn’t too disappointed. I had a laundry list of things to accomplish and a neglected [...]
Spring Break Snag
I’m so lucky to have part of this week off to spend time with my boys for their spring break. Yesterday we had lunch out which just happened to be near an always packed-with-shoppers Goodwill, so of course we stopped. The parking lot was almost full so I was not expecting to find anything worth buying. As I walked down one of the last [...]
Before & After: A Cure for Dishwasher Dullness
This weekend I was lucky enough to stumble upon the last pieces I needed to complete my Franciscan Madeira dinnerware set—eight dessert plates! I found them at Goodwill for a mere $0.79 each. Of course, they were dirty, dingy and covered in marks from silverware, but I was not going to let this stand in [...]
Serve the Turkey
It took me quite a bit of time to come up with a Thanksgiving-themed post. I’m not too much for holiday decorations (ok, boo all you want!), but I do have one piece in particular that is spectacular for turkey day. Yes, those are 12″ tiles behind an almost 2′ serving platter. Picked up at [...]