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Palm Desert Thrifting Encounters

It’s safe to say my mom and I are thrifting addicts and can and will do it whenever and wherever possible.  This past weekend was no exception.  We found a few stores on El Paseo in Palm Desert that did not disappoint.  We didn’t take anything home with us because neither of us had a need for anything , but will certainly be back. 
Okay burl wood heaven!  This dining set was by far my favorite and sadly sold.  The table is actually lacquered goat skin, which we found to be very interesting as we had never heard of that before. 
Lucite chess anyone?
Black velvet and lucite barstools… absolutely gorgeous. 
Another lacquered goat skin piece (also sold).  Extremely jealous of you, new owner, whoever you are!  Would love to have this as a desk. 
Some pretty abstract art in my favorite colors (black & white).
A chinoiserie style console. 
Good stuff eh?  As you can see I’m really drawn to lucite and burl wood right now.  What sort of pieces catch your eye when thrifting?

Comments

  1. charmaine
    Wednesday, March 27, 2013 / 3:17 pm

    Drooling! Great stuff!

  2. Kay @ Slightly 0bsessed
    Wednesday, March 27, 2013 / 3:19 pm

    Those are very interesting and bold pieces! I also love the lucite look right now and would love to have a ghost chair for my new dressing table. I'm really interested in Victorian style furniture to go into my dressing room – but even the vintage recreation pieces are extremely pricey!

  3. Sophie
    Wednesday, March 27, 2013 / 3:37 pm

    Goat skin? Yuck. Love the lucite though.

  5. Holly Foxen Wells of Glamour Mash
    Wednesday, March 27, 2013 / 4:17 pm

    Stop it with all these fab pieces! I love them all… but seriously, what is up with the "goat laquer?" hahaha NEVER heard of that!

    xx
    Holly Foxen Wells
    GlamourMash

  6. Kristen
    Wednesday, March 27, 2013 / 5:37 pm

    OK I have seriously been wanting to do a thrift trip out there sometime soon! Lucite always catches my eye! I think I would have had to buy those!

  7. Susannah
    Wednesday, March 27, 2013 / 6:14 pm

    What a great thrift store!!! I adore thrifting. 🙂

  8. Sara
    Wednesday, March 27, 2013 / 7:43 pm

    Those lucite barstools are fab!

  9. Linda {Calling it Home}
    Wednesday, March 27, 2013 / 8:13 pm

    I am missing all that good stuff. More reasons to leave NJ. I was in a few stores today. Not "thrift", but antique…just stealing ideas. I was drawn to so much of the industrial, global, chic mixed in with traditional and modern. Wild.