14 Thrift Store Finds for Your Spring Home Décor
Are you looking for ideas to give your home a pretty spring refresh without breaking the bank? I’m highlighting 14 of my favorite thrift store finds to help you spruce up your spring home décor quickly!
Thrift store finds are a great source of inspiration and one of my favorite ways to mix timeless vintage and antique pieces with my newer spring home decor. They are the perfect way to add a unique touch when spring decorating without spending a fortune.
Two of my favorite things to do are gardening and thrifting. I love spending the day at the thrift store shopping for those little touches of spring for my home and garden.
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Where Can You Find Vintage and Antique Decor?
There are many great options when shopping for timeless vintage and antique decor and furniture pieces.
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Spend some time walking through your home and making a thrifting list of what you’d like to add to your home decor. This way, when you’re at your local thrift shop looking for unique pieces to mix with your existing spring home decor, you’ll know exactly what to shop for.
Here are some of my favorite things when it comes to antique and vintage pieces for spring.
1. A Wicker Basket
It doesn’t matter what time of year it is, I love finding thrifted baskets and incorporating them into my home decor. I think it’s a home decor piece you have to own.
You can use vintage wicker baskets for so many things.
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2. Glass Cloches
There are so many different ways to decorate a glass cloche for spring.
I use vintage cloches for every season, but spring has its own unique decor style. Here are some of the different things you can try adding:
I know we’re over with Valentine’s Day, but I thought it would be fun to share the cloches I styled for this romantic holiday.
3. An Old Window
When it comes to vintage windows, I have quite the collection.
We’ve kept all the original windows from our 1920 house when we replaced them ten years ago. But apparently, that wasn’t enough.
I have a serious obsession with vintage windows. I seem to buy any window that’s a great deal, whether I need it or not. Most of the time, I hang baskets of flowers from them.
I even repurposed a vintage window into a cabinet.
4. Vintage Books
Need a great way to add height to a vignette? Use a stack of vintage books. These thrift store treasures can instantly draw the eye up and create a visually interesting display.
Create a beautiful centerpiece for your coffee table by stacking vintage books of various sizes and colors.
Vintage books can also add texture to a room and be mixed and matched with other vintage items to create a unique vignette.
5. Vintage Spritzer Bottles
One of my favorite thrifted finds are old spritzer bottles, especially when you can find bright-colored pieces.
These bottles can add a touch of vintage charm to your spring home decor. Display them as decorative accents on a mantel, bookshelf, or above a cabinet.
Adding bright and colorful vintage spritzer bottles to a dining room table is a great way to add height and color to any spring centerpiece.
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6. Rusty Vintage Toolbox
Rusty vintage toolboxes can add a charming vintage touch to your home decor this spring.
I mostly use them as planters to bring spring flowers and greenery indoors. My faux succulents look perfect in this spring vignette in the laundry room.
You could also use vintage toolboxes as a unique storage solution for garden tools, kitchen gadgets, or anything else you can think of.
No matter how you use them, rusty vintage toolboxes will add a unique, rustic charm to your home decor this spring.
7. Vintage Dishes
Vintage dishes can make a lovely addition to your spring home decor. There are so many beautiful patterns and colors to choose from, and they are the perfect vintage find for every season.
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You can use them to:
8. White Ironstone Bowls
White Ironstone bowls can be used to create beautiful spring home decor vignettes.
Filling vintage bowls with faux or fresh seasonal fruit and veggies is the perfect way to use them for spring in my home.
You could also arrange a few bowls of assorted sizes on the dining room table to create a unique centerpiece.
Fill a bowl with decorative items such as dried flowers or moss balls to add color to your space.
9. Enamel Pots and Trays
I always find a good deal on enamel pots when I shop at my favorite thrift store. I use many of them outdoors in the garden, but they can also be used for various indoor spring home decor options.
- Place colorful flowers in enamel pots to create a pretty spring centerpiece on your dining room table.
- Place a single, large pot on your coffee table in your living room, surrounded by smaller pots filled with natural elements like twigs and moss.
- Use a larger enamel pot in the center of your kitchen table filled with lemons or limes.
Enamel trays are a great find and can be used to:
10. Vintage Scales
Vintage scales can be found in all shapes and sizes.
This hanging scale is one of my favorite finds ever! I wanted one to hang in my kitchen, where I could store fruits and veggies while looking fabulous. But I have no wall space in this room.
I decided to hang it in the laundry room, where I display faux flowers and greenery in the spring and summer.
Smaller scales, like the rusty version on the laundry room shelf, can be used to display birdhouses, pots, springtime nests, birds…anything that needs a little height is perfect.
These vintage scales are the most common thrift store finds and are usually priced to sell because there are so many out there.
I found this vintage scale for the kitchen while on a boating trip. I’m constantly changing what I place on top of it. I usually use it to show off my ironstone bowls.
11. Galvanized Buckets and Pails
When displaying your seasonal flowers, using galvanized buckets and pails is one of the best ways to show them off.
I love the rustic charm this spring thrift store find provides.
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Most of these vintage finds have holes in the bottom for water drainage. They’re used a lot for outdoor flowers and plants.
I place mason jars filled with water inside the galvanized buckets to hold the flowers. The buckets above hold three jars each, keeping the fresh flowers hydrated and the stems upright inside the bucket.
12. Flower Frogs
There’s something about vintage flower frogs that makes me smile.
They come in all different sizes and are great for holding flower stems upright in a vase.
I also use them in vignettes to add color and interest. To display their unique appearance, you can put them in a glass jar, bowl, or tray.
13. Terra Cotta Pot
It doesn’t take much money to collect terra cotta pots and saucers at local thrift stores, garage sales, and flea markets.
Nothing says springtime like spring-potted flowering plants and bulbs growing in a terra cotta pot.
There are many ways to age a new terra cotta pot these days, but I’d rather find thrifted pots for my garden. I use terra cotta pots for spring tablescapes and vignettes in just about every room in my home.
14. Vintage Quilts
Vintage quilts are a great way to add a touch of cozy charm to your spring home decor. Because I have little storage in my home, I keep my quilts in a glass cabinet.
Here are some other ideas for using vintage quilts as home decor.
Vintage quilts come in a variety of patterns and different colors, so the possibilities are endless when decorating with them for spring.
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I hope my thrifting list of favorites has inspired you to go shopping for your thrift store finds this spring. You’ll not only find unique and timeless home decor, but you’ll save money by looking for deals.
If you have any questions or additional suggestions, feel free to share them in the comments below. And be sure to share this blog post link with anyone who may enjoy this post.
Until next time,
Happy Thrifting!
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I love vintage! One of the things I collect are vintage seltzer bottles too. I have five. It’s fun to go on the hunt.
So many great ideas Kim. I need to find some vintage frogs I don’t own one. Thanks for the ideas??
So many great ideas Kim. I need to find some vintage frogs I don’t own one. Thanks for the ideas??
I think I need a yellow toolbox in my life:) Love, love, love your awesome thrifted vintage list and tips for using them! So many beautiful ideas!
Just so pretty…every single thing!! All the flowers make my heart go pitter-patter!
Love it all, Kim. So many fun vintage ideas. Old garden elements are some of my favorite vintage goodies!