hello everybody my name is Katie and I am a full-time Furniture flipper who is currently
completely out of furniture to flip my workshop is empty so in this video we
are thrifting for some secondhand furniture pieces that I can refinish refurbish recycle
makeover into something beautiful again I work on a lot of furniture pieces that I
find in the trash or that I pick up from Facebook Marketplace for free the stuff
that people are just trying to get rid of but the second hand furniture market on there has
been pretty terrible lately so I'm hoping that my local thrift stores have some pieces that are
interesting and at a good price point that I can make use of and I thought this would
be the perfect opportunity to bring you along so that we can talk about what I look for in
potential Furniture pieces some design ideas and resale prices as well [Music] thank you [Music]
I have safely arrived at my first destination which is the Salvation Army thrift store this
is actually the spot where I found the thirty dollar tiger oak antique table that I restored on
the channel a few weeks ago I find they're pretty hit and miss in here Furniture wise but here we go
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I always have to wander through the home decor section in here before I head to
the back where they keep the furniture There are always such incredible Treasures in these
aisles and I often have to restrain myself from buying stuff that I don't need I also spotted
this mirror on my way it's got a great shape and it's only 11.99 but it's a really flimsy
plastic and still not what I'm here for so I'm just going to leave that right there
this plant stand would be amazing for our back deck in the summer but I could never keep
anything alive out there and right next to that is a vintage magazine side table it's 9.99 and I did
quite a few of these back at the very beginning of my flipping Journey they're great little pieces to
pick up and experiment on just to get a feel for what kinds of paint you like practice brushing or
rolling they're definitely not money makers though into the main Furniture section what
I'm drawn to are these two little guys I tend to avoid single end tables because they're worth way
more as a matched set but this is a beautiful mid-century piece it's got really simple clean
lines and I think it's a walnut veneer if you follow the direction of the wood grain across
the top and then down over the edge you can see that it changes directions so that's a Telltale
sign that this is veneer it's 19.99 line it's got a little bit of a wobble to it and it could use
to have the Finish scraped down and redone but this isn't one that I would paint next to it is
this adorable Duncan Fife style drop leaf coffee table they've got it priced at 24.99 which isn't
awful but it does need a ton of restoration work on it and I think the resale Market on something
like this would be pretty limited the stretcher bar is falling out and it looks like someone has
already tried to fix it it's missing a couple of its brass feet and the veneer in the center
section needs a ton of love again this isn't a piece that I think paint would be an appropriate
fix for and the hours of work needed to restore it just don't make it a good flipping piece
this dresser is really cool it looks a little bit scary when you first see it and when I see the
54.99 price tag on it I'm not really impressed but the drawers are super unique I don't think I've
ever seen a piece with these curved bottoms before but it's been stained in kind of a weird cranberry
color and it's got a lot of veneer damage I think the price is a little high for me today it's not
awful but it's not great either I do see potential with a freshly painted finish on the outside and
I would probably resale a piece like this in the three to four hundred dollar range this guy is a
brilliant glossy blue and I think 49.99 on here is about what it was worth brand new all of the
drawers are broken it's got really cheap joinery and it looks like the body is probably particle
board these chairs are really need to look at but I don't know what I would do with just the two
of them not a good flipping project I guess there are no Treasures in here for me today
I'm gonna head across town now and check out one more Salvation Army location they don't
get a ton of furniture over there but I figure since I'm out and about I may as well check
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nothing in here but there's another Thrift Shop across the parking lot they don't really get a
lot of furniture either and as I suspected that was another disappointment alright I
just pulled up to the Habitat for Humanity ReStore and this is pretty much a sure bet
for me sometimes the prices in here are unreasonably high but a lot of the times
there are incredible deals to be had and I happen to have some 25 off coupons that
they gave me when I donated my last batch of furniture flips here so I've got high hopes
always be on the lookout for sales most thrift stores will use some sort of color coding tag
system so they can tell when stuff has been around for a while and it's time to clear it out the
first thing at the very front of the furniture is this eye-catching Art Deco vanity it looks
like they originally tried for 150 on this thing but it is wrecked so I'm not shocked to see the
50 get me out of here tag on it honestly in this condition fifty dollars is probably still too high
but these make really good nightstands if you remove the center section and I'm gonna think
about this one while I wander through the rest of the store next I spotted this buried dining
set at first glance I thought it might be Maple or maybe even Oak but getting a little bit closer
I can see that it's actually Elm a solid Elm dining set the table top is pretty rough and it
it's obviously being refinished before but they've got this on clearance for 125 dollars and I think
that's totally an all right deal for a huge set like this I think with a warmer brown stain and
some new upholstery fabric on the chairs this set could sell for a few thousand dollars
another solid wood set this is all Maple and it's actually in really incredible condition
they're asking 125 for this set too but it's only got three of the chairs and I don't really
love the style of them I think this might be a good flip if you could get a better deal for
just the table it doesn't need any refinishing work at all it's really Immaculate and then I
would pair it with some more modern chairs one more dining set in the lineup here the
price on this is a hundred and twenty dollars for the table with a leaf and four chairs but
when I look at the edge of the leaf I can see that it's just white painted MDF it could make
a good DIY project if you wanted to clean it up and repaint everything but since it's MDF
it will always be prone to getting really bad moisture damage and bubbling up they've got a
whole row of massive filing cabinets here I saw someone on Insta Instagram this past summer used
big cabinets like these as planters and I think that is just ingenious it's a great repurpose
for them I'm pretty sure she just pulled out all of the drawers painted them in a matte
black and then filled them up with her plants this chest is just 25 but it's not the kind of
furniture that I'd ever pay for it does have some good makeover potential but this one is
also MDF construction that's in pretty bad shape it's got some broken pieces on the doors and the
drawers and the finishes that kind of wood looking paper stuff if I did do this one I think I would
paint it black and then do some kind of modern textured something in these panels on the doors
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these China cabinets have all been here for a few weeks now they do have them all on clearance
but probably not cheap enough for anyone to want to take on something huge like this not
a lot of people have these big clunky guys in their homes anymore just because they take up
so much space and they really feel heavy if I were to grab any of these I would definitely
separate the top and bottom units and create two separate pieces of furniture the bases are easy
to update and Mark it as buffets and the tops can make some really great bookcases or display
cabinets all on their own with the addition of some new legs on the bottom 125 still seems high
but you could probably be reselling the made over bottom buffets for five or six hundred
dollars and the repurposed top section for 250 to 300 here's a little Maple dresser for eighty
dollars it's got really nice clean lines which makes it super versatile style wise and it looks
like it's all solid wood the drawers don't have the dovetail joinery that's ideal when
you're looking at furniture but I'm okay with that since they're all really clean and working well it
does come with a bonus mirror too I'd probably resell this made over in the 400 range [Music]
this is not my style at all but we do need to take a moment to appreciate this massive red
leather sofa as we continue through the store The ReStore is also a great place
to pick up tools if you're just starting out they always have a ton of hand tools
but I do see some really great deals on older Power Tools in here all the time too [Music]
foreign [Music] this dresser and nightstand looked great until I walked up close to it it's particle
board and MDF and it's got a terrible bumpy finish on it and a lot of the porous material
is exposed and puffing up from water damage it's something that I might work on if it was free in
the trash but it's not something I'd pay for and here's the matching dresser to that MDF chest
that we found earlier it's in about the same condition and again it's one of those pieces
that I'd put the effort into saving if I found it for free but I'm not giving money for it this
looks like the same as that glossy blue guy that we saw at the Salvation Army again not something
I would want to work on but I totally love all the different Hardware options it's got going on
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I happen to know from experience that these are a very thin veneer over particle board it would
be a great piece to refresh with paint but it would be a pretty tough one to restain in any
sort of finish and I've always found coffee tables to be really hard to sell a matching
set of pine bedside tables these are newer so they have a more modern drawer construction
and it looks like they're all in really good condition matching nightstands are always in
high demand and these are a really good height for a taller bed they could get stripped and stained
in a lighter wood finish or painted too they're priced at fifty dollars each but refinished you
could sell these easily for four hundred dollars I ended up paying for that totally destroyed Art
Deco vanity and the plain solid Maple dresser I'm gonna come back though with Doug tomorrow to
pick them up because I want to leave some room in the back of the van in case I find something else
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I just pulled into the Value Village parking lot and I'm crossing my fingers in my toes
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stroll by the art on my way to the back corner and it looks like today is a nothing at all
kind of day for the VV some one-off chairs and a kids table but nothing for me oh well
I'm gonna make one more stop before I go home and head over to Enviro plus they're a great
non-profit that we have here in Moncton and they work with marginalized people in our community
to gain employability skills and they just so happen to have a massive second-hand Furniture
Warehouse their pricing does always tend to be on the very high end of things but I know that
I'm supporting an important local charity and getting a quality piece when I shop with them
foreign [Music] they get some really sharp upholstered pieces in here but these Norman
Rockwell prints caught my attention I see these all the time and I just love looking
at them I should probably start picking them up and get a little collection going [Music]
I love the top drawer on this waterfall piece but I don't think I like it enough
to pay a hundred dollars for it the drawers don't open particularly easy
either so I'll leave this one alone another smaller Art Deco piece here
for 75 but it needs a complete strip job too and it's got a lot of veneer damage
it's a gorgeous piece that could definitely be restored but it's just not making me excited
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these wall units are neat they're all particle board with a laminate veneer but definitely
paintable and I think they'd be great in an office or even in a dining room [Music] another solid
Maple Buffet this is an Immaculate condition and priced appropriately this thing doesn't need any
refurbishing at all other than maybe some newer knobs I've been watching this piece beside it for
a few weeks now hoping it comes down in Praise because I am dying to get my hands on it it's a
mid-century modern sideboard with a beautiful Walnut veneer since the original finish is
flaking off like crazy I would strip it back and restain it in a slightly warmer kind of nutmeg
stain or maybe just reseal the natural Walnut as it is always look for Maker's Marks on the top
drawer or the back of furniture pieces and Google them to see what you can find out this is a piece
that would fetch a pretty penny in the right Market [Music] this Hardware caught my eye it
is laminate over a wood frame with wood drawers I work on this type of dresser a lot on the channel
they're great pieces to make over with paint since they've got pretty solid construction but they're
mass produced and not really anything precious or historical that needs to be preserved I think
this would be great painted in a light color and raised up off the floor on some funky legs this
guy also caught my attention I have never seen a finish like this on an older piece it's totally
textured to feel and obviously look like wood but it's laminate kind of like the newer textured
vinyl flooring that you can get I absolutely hate this cheesy plastic trim around the top and down
the sides though without that I'd leave this as it is but with it I think I'd have to paint
it does have some pretty significant damage across the top though so at 125 dollars that's too much
for this piece my parents have the bedroom set that matches this bookcase so I know
it quite well it's veneer over particle board again but I think you could break this up just
like the China cabinets and make the bottom into either a small dresser or an oversized
nightstand and then put a base and some legs onto the shelves to make it its own piece of furniture
here's another Art Deco piece it either needs a really good paint job or a full strip and restain
it's exhibiting one of my biggest Furniture icks though don't do this please please please do not
use two knobs in the place of a properly sized handle it never looks good just find a handle that
fits I know this dresser well because I've already flipped one well except for the base this is the
same dresser that I picked up for five dollars in the summer and painted it as super dark green
with some gold Hardware this one has its handles swapped out too oh don't don't do that [Music]
this little wash stand is adorable or at least it could be adorable someone has obviously used
it as a stool and it's got a really thick layer of stain and poly in one that wasn't the best job
not a money maker here but definitely has the potential for a heartwarming restoration story
the last thing on my way out of Enviro plus is this depression-era Buffet five
years ago US furniture painters in our Farmhouse phase were all about these
things but they've sort of fallen off again it's a stunning piece of furniture and these
poles are to die for but sadly I just don't have any inspiration for this one [Music]
looks like I'm heading home with two pieces of furniture that I can start
planning makeovers for not a huge haul but that's definitely just the nature of being
in the second hand furniture game the market definitely Ebbs and flows thank you so much
for coming along on this little trip with me I'm gonna pop a few older Thrift with me videos of
mine here if you want to check those out next and I will catch you all next time
my Canadian is showing out and about we're out and about on a thrifting trip eh foreign
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