furniture revival continued

as you know i recently started buying, fixing up and reselling furniture. as a general rule, i focus on brass pieces. both because they're really beautiful and not that much work on the clean up.

here are a couple of my pieces - and be sure to click through to take a look in more detail.

Well, as a next step, I started finding that I was gravitating towards bigger furniture pieces, like this awesome settee:

But, it's not the most modern looking - and I thought, it can't be that difficult to recover it. Only, i have no skills in this department at all. meaning - it was time to find a course to invest in. and one that doesn't cost much money given the goal of the year. unfortunately that means the class is in Etobicoke, but its a third of the price of downtown! furtherly unfortunate, is that i'm on a wait list! but when it happens, and when i turn the above, into the below - i will be that much closer to my goal of no debt in 2013.

bye bye bar cart

ok, so i wasn't lying before when i said i had ignited a love affair with kijiji. and, after this morning, it has only got stronger. why you ask? and what could this possibly have to do with becoming debt free?

well, i love to vintage shop - spending a weekend antiquing is my idea of a good time, but i don't have the money or space to keep it all right now. so, i've opened an etsy store to resell my finds. check out Orange Cats Vintage.

as you'll see, i love brass pieces, i think they just add so much character and charm to a room. and my biggest sale to date was a recently purchased brass bar cart, that i cleaned up a little and resold for double what i paid for it! it's really interesting how when staged and with a little dusting how much better a product looks and how much more someone is willing to pay for it. it helps people to imagine what the piece could look like in their home.

the money i make from reselling these pieces will go to the debt, and make me that much closer to paying it off in its entirety.

here is the piece, once i had cleaned it up a little - the problem was saying goodbye in the end!

millionnaire on the couch

Long time no post, and truly no reason for that at all. At the beginning of this week, I started a new job. I now work from home, and while i'd be lying to say it's an easy transition, it certainly is revealing its benefits quite quickly. And, couldn't be more in line with my debt free in a year plan.

First of all, there is no such thing as forgetting your lunch at home, no reason to go out and buy lunch, and even better no trips to Starbucks. Take for example, the delicious yogurt parfait i made this week - a complete replica of what I was buying from Starbucks for $4.

It's easy and simple:

1/2 TBSP of Honey

Layer with 1/2 cup of 0% Greek Yogurt

Finally, top with 1/4 cup of Sugar Free granola

But, the biggest way I'm saving money, is by selling some of the old stuff I have, the stuff that has been doing nothing but gathering dust for the past 6 months. After having such good luck finding awesome stuff on Kijiji, that I'm trying the other way around.

So far I've had some bites, but in all fairness am only a couple hours in! Old nail polishes, an old mirror, and even my old Hunger Games hard cover Trliogy. 

Stay tuned for how it goes! Slow and steady on the way to millionnaire, not just debt free.