I was driving down a swanky street on Saturday when a sign in the yard of a swanky house caught my eye – garage sale!!!  Now that spring is here and the weather is beautiful garage sales have popped up all over town, and I was excited to see what my first garage sale of the season had in store for me.

As I walked up the driveway to the garage sale, I noticed a beautiful, carved wooden bed set – for $125.  Bummer!  Not exactly the deal I was looking for – my hopes for this garage sale began to dwindle.  I kept walking and spotted another carved wooden headboard and footboard for a double bed – based upon the high price of the other bed set I figured that it was out of my price range, but took a look at the price anyway.  Score!!!!  This set was marked at only $10!!

I was totally surprised, and confirmed with the homeowner that it was really only 10 smackers – turns out she didn’t think the set had any value because it was missing the bed rails.  Details, details.  The headboard alone made the $10 price tag worthwhile!  My head began to spin with possibilities – sand down and stain, new paint, use headboard only or try to find new rails . . . and all this for only 10 beans?!?!?  How could I not pull the trigger on this fabola purchase?

Take a look at this beauty that I practically stole:

Isn’t she gorgeous??  I can’t wait to have some spare time to gussy her up for our third bedroom.  And let’s zoom in on that awesome price tag (sorry, I just can’t help rubbing it in):

Have you scored any awesome deals at a garage sale?  Got any ideas for how I should spiff up this steal of a bed set?  Can’t wait to hear from you guys . . .