G'day sweeties, it's early Sunday evening here at the Beach Cottage. We spent the morning down the beach, the kids on boards, and Mr Beach Cottage went for a swim while I sat on the side drinking coffee and chatting. There's a storm brewing up as I type, I soooo love that, and if it really starts to pour with rain, which I hope it does, we might go down to the sea with a flask of something hot…
So I thought you would like to see my $5 deck chairs, recently found on a garage-sale-treasure-hunt. As soon as I saw these, there was no doubt they were coming home with me, not because they are particularly special, or a rarity and for sure they held no value to the owners of the home who were getting rid of them, but to me I was attracted by the weathered wood, something I surely cannot buy.
It was Saturday morning and Mr BC and I were out on our own and decided on an impromptu garage sale session. We grabbed ourselves some coffees, the local paper and plotted our route.
We pulled up outside a couple of garage sales next door to each other – newly built homes and I wasn't too hopeful we'd find anything there…I would much rather find an old ramshackle house with an old lady with old treasures waiting for a new home than a young family with heaps of plastic toys on the lawn…but one thing I've learnt of this thrifting journey…you never know, what you will find…where.
There were two of these little beauties, in a bad way, with built-in mould but I thought they could be easily recovered and after a quick look I knew that it would take little more than ripping off what was on there and stapling on some new canvas.
The garage sale holder was desperate to get rid of them she told us. But I wasn't interested in her first price of $20 – when I first started thrifting I wouldn't have even blinked at this price, but now I evaluate much more what the item is worth to me, what I would pay for it new, and then I kinda evaluate the balance between the two.
I've wanted deckchairs for a long time so the worth to me was pretty high, though, to be honest I still want much older ones, with old faded canvas, the proper thick stuff that you don't see any more. They remind me of England and those lovely seaside towns where rows of them are laid out on the promenade and old dears sit contentedly knitting, with their husbands collapsed beside them asleep in full suit and tie. Candyfloss towns with deckchairs where we'd go for a day out sometimes, and eat ice-cream, throw big old pebbles from the beach and drive home, tired, salty and sun-kissed.
Sooo, with all those deckchair romantic memories floating around my head, I got my chief negotiator to wangle the price to $5 each. Done deal.
I've not done any make-over-ing to them yet and in fact as I sit here thinking about this and mused about it a little bit more, I may well move on from my initial thought of using the heavy cotton stripe I already have in my fabric stash…to sourcing some real canvas for a much more durable, authentic feel.
I tried one of them out this afternoon – just stuck it on the deck with a new magazine from England – Period Living and the light beginning to fade, rain in the air…
What do you think? Do you like my deckchairs for a few dollars a piece? I hope you do…but really, who cares? I love them, they're me and thrifting them is saving resources and our Earth for those Beach Cottage kiddos. Gotta love that…
Anyway, I'm going.
There's roast pork in the oven, potato waiting to be mashed and the kids have crashed out watching Grease in the Family Room…I just love that Sunday evening mooching
I hope your weekend was as good as mine was and that you, too, may well have found pleasure in a thrifted thing or two…
blogged for Rhoda's Thrifty eventover at Southern Hospitality
plus Susan's Metamorphosis at Between Naps on the Porch
check out their blogs (grab a coffee, you'll be awhile!)
I loved your post Sarah about your deck chairs. They are perfect and so casual and comfy looking.
Enjoy them! You sound like you have the coolest life and I love following your blog which I’ve done now for a year. You’ve been on my blog roll list and I’ve told dozens of US people about your site and they are followers as well. When I enjoy something, I share it with all. Your blog is one of my favorites.
Thanks for sharing your life with all of us in blogland and across the way.
Gretchen http://mimitoriasdesigns.blogspot.com
Ohhhhhhhhh, I love your weathered deck chairs! What a deal! It is only Sunday morning here in the states and I love the fact that we get to interact with great friends all over the world at any time of day. So amazing this little computer thing!
I am still enjoying my Sunday morning coffee.
Enjoy your week. Can’t wait to see what you come up with next!
I adore those chairs. If you were closer, you just might find me snuck up onto your deck and curled up in one! Love the video, although I nearly had a heart attack when you went round that first roundabout to the LEFT… before I remembered that’s how you all drive there!
You are so right! You never know when, where or what you will find. I always look for walkers and adult potty chairs. I love the chair. I have 2 except my daughter took both and put them in her car for the beach. I don’t think I will see them again. She is the one that is like her Mom and likes the look of worn, loved things.
Enjoy your week. I think it’s the next day for you.
Sue-Orlando,Fl
Just great! I have bad memories as a young teenager of having deliberately unsettled my cousin’s deck chair so he fell off, but he actually pinched his fingers really badly so the joke went sour and… well, there you go… Maybe I need some beautiful deckchairs like yours to dispel the memories!
Oh…they are absolutely gorgeous!!! Reminds me of English seaside towns as well…… Eastbourne, Hastings and Brighton. Walking along the stonebeach in Eastbourne – to the Pier…….memories…….
Love the chairs. What a great price! Mr. BC did a great job of narrating the video when you left to find more treasures. Hmm…shouldn’t he be in the credits?
Like Sue I too was jarred for a moment when I saw the car traveling on the left side of the road till I remembered… lol
Hi Sarah,
Well, I’m always envious after I visit you….those chairs are great, although I seem to recall they are a bit tricky to get out of once you get to a certain…ahem….more mature age!!
If you want thick, strong canvas you might try using drop cloths – the kind pro-painters use. They are inexpensive and big, and work great for projects like this because you can use the good parts, and cut away the bad. Plus they are just your color and the fabric is very strong – I made a sling for a couch for my first apartment when I was very young, and some curtain panels for the work room, and a slip cover once with some, so thought I’d throw that out there to you…
Just a thought.
Anyway, have a great week.
Until next time
XO
Heidi
(ps -finally got the button for my site made – did it all myself – whoohooo!! Just hope it works!)
Cute chairs, Sarah! Love the video too, you’ll have to check my beach vids out. Glad you got the chairs, they were a bargain. Fun to see you thrifting all the way over there!
Be sure to come by tonight around 9pm (Eastern time) for the announcement so you don’t miss out. I promise-it good-really really good.
Cheri
Its So Very Cheri
Loved your chairs! And good job on the price! Did yo get your storm? The sea & a storm… Nights in Rodanthe… did you see the movie?
I went to something called Antique Alley today. 15 miles of Antique booths set up & garage sales all on one road. “Honey” & I looked for a couple of hours & then the humidity got so high we headed for home. My treasures were old crochet items & Mother of Pearl Buttons. Thanks for sharing & enjoy your chairs.
everytime I stop by your blog, I want to drop everything and get to decorating!! love what you have done here. My bedroom is still a non beachy mess, thanks for the inspiration, now all I need is the time!
You are such a good eye…. love them. I have one that my son brought home from his life guarding day’s. Mine has blue canvas. I just need a spot to put it
Your story about the little ladies knitting in beach chairs w/ their husbands sleeping in full dress beside them makes me want to go to England right now. Sigh…
Hi Sarah! Oh, I love your deck chairs and what a price! Your photos are so pretty! Have you ever considered publishing a coffee table book with your lovely photos?
Be a sweetie,
Shelia
I love those chairs–love the look of the worn wood!! I am wondering how comfy they are? Your hubby is a great sport (and you can tell him I said so—he will some day be famous
I love your chairs too! Your right, the worn wood makes them perfect! Like they’ve been loved and stood the test of time. Have great fun using them! Thanks for sharing!!!
That was great Sarah!!!! Those are perfect chairs for your beach cottage. It was so weird driving on “the wrong side of the road” with you!!! I’m so hoping to get a digital video camera soon!!!
Oh Sarah, don’t look now, but you’re driving on the wrong side of the road! LOL I think I’m a bit dizzy…that was so weird seeing those cars going by on the “wrong” side. Great snag on the weathered beach chairs…Mr. BC did very well in his negotiating! It was fun seeing some of the town area there and then the beach!
Susan
hi sarah….what a great find on your garage sale weekend..
LOVE your video following your journey…
the deck chairs are lovely…BOY OH BOY!! you would have LOVED my garage sales a few years ago…(before I discovered ebay!!)…..OH MY!! oh well..money i got covered a ski trip for the 4 of us..for a week to falls creek!! YES!! that was HOW GOOD my sale was!!! probably more than i would have gotten on ebay anwyay!!
I think they’re a great find, especially since you got such a deal on them! In my opinion, you can never go wrong with wooden deck chairs. They look so incredibly comfortable.
Sarah, love how you decorate your house. Looks so laid back, casual and inviting. Thanks for taking us garage saling and to the beach with you. It was almost like being there. A want a score for those deck chairs. Those type of deck chairs here in the states…new ones are pretty pricey.
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G'day ladies, let's have a Too Easy Beach Cottage recipe yeah? The original place for Too Easy Recipes on the web ;-)
So, after my last salad went down a storm in my inbox, that's here if you missed it, I had to do this one seeing as I make it most weeks.
There is a problem with this salad and kiddos though...it looks, well, it looks, kinda yucky...but once they try it, they'll ask if and when they are next having it....at least that's what happens in this ratty old cottage...but I must interject here that my kiddos are 'good eaters'? ...they didn't get a choice in that ;-)
Now, stop, don't start running and hitting that next on your blog reading list, pulses are your best friend in the Too Easy Dump & Go kitchen for the busy mum, or busy anyone for that matter...that reminds me I must blog the garlic canneloni Go To for when you forgot to do dinner, feel like a bath but have three ravenous young Beach Cottage Kiddos on your hands...another day.
I am almost embarrassed to tell you how easy this is, we have it so much that I always have a couple, make that six, cans of lentils around and a jar of goat's cheese in the fridge...the great thing about this is that it's all too easy to get ready in just a few minutes, but it looks, tastes and seems like you did oh so very much more than that.
You can obviously too change it up a bit depending on what you have to hand in your kitchen, and I must say that is how I settled on this version...because one day when I made it I didn't have enough Parsley in the garden and so I chucked in some basil too, and liked the Summer feel it added.
I think of this as being a rather posh salad, not sure why, because it couldn't really be further from the truth...the great thing is that it works so well for an average run of the mill day, (when I did this for this blog post, it was a hot Sydney Sunday and I did it just simply to go with Rosemary & Garlic stuffed pork, you can see that pork here),
...but just as easily it works on a regular old Wednesday night when you have lost all enthusiasm for rustling up yet another meal, or indeed on Saturday night, when your friends are on their way over for dinner and you my friend, are in your new vintage inspired clawfoot bathtub (that's me in a few weeks time, k?) without any clothes on, a tipple and no idea what to cook for dinner...
I have a complicated and ever-changing relationship with goat's cheese...it never fails me in its performance and it never fails to impress me (you can find out a bit more on what I like in food here if you like) and I kinda collect it...because it's very easy to collect and has a fairly long fridge-life, I love trying out different ones and there's not many things I love more than goat's cheese on sourdough...but I think the best thing about it is not thinking about it exclusively in the toast/salad department...I've stuffed it in chicken and all sorts of things as a last minute and it's been fab.
But let's get down to the nitty gritty of this super salad that makes you look like an angel who has been on her knees all day scrubbing the front step when really you are in the digital world and spent most of ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, howdy, howdy howdy today for a Beach Cottage Too Easy recipe.
If you like cake, cream, sugar and chocolate, make this.
This is, rather than a recipe, a putting it together...as you know I am no dessert maker, but, I do make quite a few sweet things, because, somehow I have ended up with kiddos, who in their roles as offspring, believe that part of the deal, is that not only do I feed them a home-cooked meal with a few homegrown ingredients in there, yes, they also believe that dessert and not the kind that comes out of a packet is included too in this All-Inclusive Deal they call Parenthood.
So, this, for sure, is no culinary masterpiece, but if you are looking for something that is so very easy, dump-able, uses everyday ingredients and at the same time makes you look like you spent hours pulling things together plus tastes good....well, then this is for you.
Best though, you don't make this for yourself, if you have spent the most part of your week sitting on your derriere reading blogs...this my friend ain't low in the calories department...if, however, you are treating yourself to a delight in a mason jar, this is so for you.
I first had a version of this when at dinner back in Old Blighty with a girl, I once, in another life, caught the train up from our village to London with...she was a funny thing really...I am not quite sure how we got on...she was kinda prissy and a bit bothered by too much...I would run to the train flustered, having got up late, and she would have a spreadsheet on the train times, if you know what I mean.
Anyway, a few years later when we both had bambinos, I bumped into her again and we met up for playdates and dinner sometimes....this particular night, after a lovely meal she served up little bowls of creamy, cakey fruity stuff topped off with chocolate flake...it was delicious!
She didn't serve hers in little jars like this, hers were in a champagne glass and not quite so layered as these ones, plus she used tinned fruit not fresh or frozen.
Years later when said offspring kept requesting dessert, one day I wangled together somehow these from what was around in the fridge and they've been with us ever since.
Most likely, if you ever come here for dinner, and shock horror, you dont' bring the dessert with you, this, if you are lucky, will be what you will get.
Throw it all together, sprinkle a lil bit of chocolate on the top and the blog reading past-time you so rudely left in order to make this, is my friend, your oyster.
Beach Cottage Too Easy Layered Raspberry, Cream & Sponge Dessert
1 small maderia or butter cake or a pack of cupcakes (or of course make your own)
1/2 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup cream cheese
1/4 cup sugar
8 tbsp fruit
1 x chocolate Flake or chocolate bar for grating
1. beat the cream cheese until it is soft
2. whip the cream until soft peaks form
3. combine & add the sugar through
4. cut your cake into portions
& layer into the bottom of your jar
5. add a tablespoon of fruit
6. layer on top the cream combo
7. repeat
8. grate chocolate or Flake on top
*Beach Cottage Recipe Notes : this is just a guide really, you can use any cream that you have on hand...I have made this with clotted cream (don't even go there unless you want to seriously get these babies on your thighs), with double cream and I have even, in desperate times squirted in that, ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, well I thought it was time for some blogging tips here today, alongside a few nice flowers and shells ;-)
I was recently part of a blogger discussion group over at Kidspot and a couple of hours later had a few questions from girls who couldn't make it to the live chat, one was on my Facebook page and one via email, the Facebook one I will deal with in another Real Girl Blogging Tips post...the email one asked me what essentials do I think every blog needs?
Well I have been around here for a while now doing the blogging thing, so I should know this, yeah and I mused this on my walk by the sea this morning I thought well what do you only need?
...I think it is really very easy when blogging, whether or not you are blogging up there in the lofty heights of the Super Bloggers or you are just dipping your toe in the water, to get side-tracked by 101 million different things that are 'essential' to your blog and if you are someone like me who actually gets a thrill from reading blogging tips then you are in an even worse place because you will find yourself literally buzzing with these essential things to add/do/implement on your blog.
However, walking along, gulping down that brisk sea air today (no sunshine & clouds) I thought you actually don't need any of that professional blogging stuff to be successful...but there are a few things that are pretty much crucial ...and once I started to think about it I got it down to about 5 - these are the only things that you need to concentrate on...once you have read through take a look at some of the big girl's blogs...you'll see that actually they don't have bundles of stuff on their blogs...but they do have all of these...
So here are my top things that your blog must have
1. About Page
There are all sorts of About Pages out there, and if you search on it there are many different tips and ideas for what to have on yours
Whatever blogging platform you use, adding an About Me Page is easy, quick and simple and will do everything to grow your blog.
I like a long-ish About Page, I am inherently nosy and I like to know a bit more about the person but at the least you should have on it your name and where you are located. I also think a photo is good too...over the last year or so I think this has become more important in blogging - if you are hesitant about that as I was, you can try using sunglasses or a behind shot until you get comfortable.
There is nothing worse than stumbling upon a new blog and going to find out more to only be faced with a piddly little one liner About Me Page...well there is something worse, not having one at all!
2. Contact Page
The chances are someone, somewhere will want to contact you and you will be surprised what lands in your inbox once you put yourself out there on the world wide web with a blog.
Many bloggers also use this page to include details for PR's/brands that may want to contact them and some bloggers put their stats on there too.
A short, to the point and simple Contact Page works really well...whenever I have wanted to contact another blogger I am often very busy and have limited time so I don't want to hang around sifting through information looking for an email address, so concise and clear ...
G'day lovely Beach Cottage lovelies.
So, yeah, so on a roll people, so on a roll.
I feel kinda home accessory wired right now.
I am always telling people, if anyone ever listens, that blogging is all about passion, not that sort of passion, but about passion that makes one tick.
Things like this make me tick tick boom.
I love finding things that suit my budget and let me treat my home but look amazing too.
So without further adieu I introduce you, ladies of the beach, to the blue vintage glasses that I have been stroking for about a week or two now...
These glasses are from a little boutique I sometimes happen upon, this boutique sells also pet accessories, carpet cleaner, bras and compost...it's quite unique though.
And, thanks to my friend Marnie (she blogs over here, go take a look at her praying position, interesting), who just so happens to be one day having me over for a lil' Greek dinner, has let me in on the fact that we call Kmart....The KMart...with an accent ....as in 'I love The KMart'...just like her MIL does. Oh yeah. Love that.
So I have had my eye on reproduction vintage glass blue wine glasses and being trying to find real true vintage blue glasses for like ever.
Oh yes I have spied them in Frenchy boutiques, I have lusted after them in stores that I shouldn't even enter and I have put them back pretty quickly in those shops with the hand-written price tags. C'mon, you know the ones.
And, though all of the above have tempted me, muchly, really, even with my wardrobe stashing skills I just thought that, actually, I'd rather be saving that casherooni for our next trip overseas..
Hello The KMart.
Tick Tick Boom
Vintage style blue wine glasses.
Do not come to my old place and think you might pick up one of these and smile with pleasure at their handblown quality, their weight, and be secretly jealous that my wine glasses cost more than your car...friend, that would not happen...these do not feel like that...indeed these in a funny way reminded me of my baby girl, she was a tiny little thing, with stick legs, the tinsssssssiest ankles and wrists you ever did see, she slept sideways in her cot wedged in between rolled up blankets and would only settle attached to Mr Beach Cottage or I or a (dirty) pj top of mine scrunched up under her nose...the first few times I picked her up to cuddle, being used to Honeymoon Baby who weighed in at 9lbs at birth and has never really stopped growing, I nearly threw her little bird-cum-rat down covered body over my shoulder.
These glasses are like that...be careful or you might lose your wine down the front of your shirt.
But oh baby, we are not talking picking up here, we are not talking quality, we are not talking house accessory snobbery.
Beach Cottage ladies, we are talking aesthetics.
And this is what I need in my cottage.
Blue vintage style glass, paired with coastal / nautical / beach stuff on my deck.
It's The KMart.
Tune in tomorrow, tomorrow, I have more budget foofing for your home, or maybe it will be the dress that wraps me up in supermarket-chic and makes me feel like me again.
Good Day to you my friends, wanna come hang out on my deck, talk house accessories, The KMart and drink some wine from blue glasses?
Sarah
I loved your post Sarah about your deck chairs. They are perfect and so casual and comfy looking.
Enjoy them! You sound like you have the coolest life and I love following your blog which I’ve done now for a year. You’ve been on my blog roll list and I’ve told dozens of US people about your site and they are followers as well. When I enjoy something, I share it with all. Your blog is one of my favorites.
Thanks for sharing your life with all of us in blogland and across the way.
Gretchen
http://mimitoriasdesigns.blogspot.com
You’re a tough cookie to bargain with. wow. Great buy and look.
Amazing bargain!!! wow!!
Ohhhhhhhhh, I love your weathered deck chairs! What a deal! It is only Sunday morning here in the states and I love the fact that we get to interact with great friends all over the world at any time of day. So amazing this little computer thing!
I am still enjoying my Sunday morning coffee.
Enjoy your week. Can’t wait to see what you come up with next!
~Misti
I adore those chairs. If you were closer, you just might find me snuck up onto your deck and curled up in one! Love the video, although I nearly had a heart attack when you went round that first roundabout to the LEFT… before I remembered that’s how you all drive there!
You are so right! You never know when, where or what you will find. I always look for walkers and adult potty chairs. I love the chair. I have 2 except my daughter took both and put them in her car for the beach. I don’t think I will see them again. She is the one that is like her Mom and likes the look of worn, loved things.
Enjoy your week. I think it’s the next day for you.
Sue-Orlando,Fl
great find! They look so comfy!
I’d love to kick up my feet and relax in these babies! Great bargaining on the price too!
You are a very talented decorator and bargain queen!
Loving the look of much loved, worn and weathered things, I of course NEED chairs just such as this…
Just great! I have bad memories as a young teenager of having deliberately unsettled my cousin’s deck chair so he fell off, but he actually pinched his fingers really badly so the joke went sour and… well, there you go… Maybe I need some beautiful deckchairs like yours to dispel the memories!
Love your deck chairs! What a great find!
Oh…they are absolutely gorgeous!!! Reminds me of English seaside towns as well…… Eastbourne, Hastings and Brighton. Walking along the stonebeach in Eastbourne – to the Pier…….memories…….
W
Great find!!! I admire your chairs! They are such cool construction and you are right, you never know what you will find and where!
I just picked up four chairs via CL and love my price of ten each vs. what pottery barn would have asked for similar ones!
And, mine are weathered, have lots of history…
love your post!
Love them! what a deal!
Love the chairs. What a great price! Mr. BC did a great job of narrating the video when you left to find more treasures. Hmm…shouldn’t he be in the credits?
Like Sue I too was jarred for a moment when I saw the car traveling on the left side of the road till I remembered… lol
Have a great week Sarah.
Great finds this weekend, no fancy painting technique can replace that preaged look.
Too funny video of garage sale tours. Mr BC did well with his debut.
Hi sarah, they are great and if you spray them with exit mould , leave them for a day then hose them they will be lovely and white again, Mel xxx
I love them! They invite sitting, reading and nodding! Great purchase, friend! Happy Sunday!
Hi Sarah,
Well, I’m always envious after I visit you….those chairs are great, although I seem to recall they are a bit tricky to get out of once you get to a certain…ahem….more mature age!!
If you want thick, strong canvas you might try using drop cloths – the kind pro-painters use. They are inexpensive and big, and work great for projects like this because you can use the good parts, and cut away the bad. Plus they are just your color and the fabric is very strong – I made a sling for a couch for my first apartment when I was very young, and some curtain panels for the work room, and a slip cover once with some, so thought I’d throw that out there to you…
Just a thought.
Anyway, have a great week.
Until next time
XO
Heidi
(ps -finally got the button for my site made – did it all myself – whoohooo!! Just hope it works!)
LOVE your *new* chairs, Sarah!
What great finds!
Smiles,
Rachel
Cute chairs, Sarah! Love the video too, you’ll have to check my beach vids out. Glad you got the chairs, they were a bargain. Fun to see you thrifting all the way over there!
Be sure to come by tonight around 9pm (Eastern time) for the announcement so you don’t miss out. I promise-it good-really really good.
Cheri
Its So Very Cheri
Sarah what a great bargain those deck chairs were. Welcome to Blogland Mr BC!!
Alison
Loved your chairs! And good job on the price! Did yo get your storm? The sea & a storm… Nights in Rodanthe… did you see the movie?
I went to something called Antique Alley today. 15 miles of Antique booths set up & garage sales all on one road. “Honey” & I looked for a couple of hours & then the humidity got so high we headed for home. My treasures were old crochet items & Mother of Pearl Buttons. Thanks for sharing & enjoy your chairs.
Those look great! And that price is awesome!
Love your new chairs….And what a great price..
xoxo
Julie
Hello ~
Great find and so perfect for your beach cottage !
Kammy
I love the worn wood! Great find and price! ~Ashley
Love them! I’ve been on the look out for some for ages
everytime I stop by your blog, I want to drop everything and get to decorating!! love what you have done here. My bedroom is still a non beachy mess, thanks for the inspiration, now all I need is the time!
Yes, I would have bought them too for their weathered wood.
Sunday afternoons are wonderful like that although I wish we’d get some rain around here.
LOVE your ‘new’ chairs! Looks like a comfy place to RELAX.
What a steal! They look great!
SMiles!
Michelle
Sarah,
You are such a good eye…. love them. I have one that my son brought home from his life guarding day’s. Mine has blue canvas. I just need a spot to put it
Your story about the little ladies knitting in beach chairs w/ their husbands sleeping in full dress beside them makes me want to go to England right now. Sigh…
I love your new chairs.
Hi Sarah! Oh, I love your deck chairs and what a price! Your photos are so pretty! Have you ever considered publishing a coffee table book with your lovely photos?
Be a sweetie,
Shelia
I love those chairs–love the look of the worn wood!! I am wondering how comfy they are? Your hubby is a great sport (and you can tell him I said so—he will some day be famous
I love your chairs too! Your right, the worn wood makes them perfect! Like they’ve been loved and stood the test of time. Have great fun using them! Thanks for sharing!!!
love the chairs, they look so comfortable!
I’m impressed with Mr BC’s bargaining powers – well done. $5 sounds like a bargain to me.
Hugs ~ Kerryanne
LOVE them!!
Stunning photographs, and what a deal! Thanks for sharing! Artie (Niartist) Color Outside the Lines Blog
That was great Sarah!!!! Those are perfect chairs for your beach cottage. It was so weird driving on “the wrong side of the road” with you!!! I’m so hoping to get a digital video camera soon!!!
Oh Sarah, don’t look now, but you’re driving on the wrong side of the road! LOL I think I’m a bit dizzy…that was so weird seeing those cars going by on the “wrong” side.
Great snag on the weathered beach chairs…Mr. BC did very well in his negotiating! It was fun seeing some of the town area there and then the beach! 
Susan
Love the deckchairs – beautifully weathered. Remind me of grandads with knotted hankies on their heads, SOCKS and sandals!!!
hi sarah….what a great find on your garage sale weekend..
LOVE your video following your journey…
the deck chairs are lovely…BOY OH BOY!! you would have LOVED my garage sales a few years ago…(before I discovered ebay!!)…..OH MY!! oh well..money i got covered a ski trip for the 4 of us..for a week to falls creek!! YES!! that was HOW GOOD my sale was!!! probably more than i would have gotten on ebay anwyay!!
xx andrea
I think they’re a great find, especially since you got such a deal on them! In my opinion, you can never go wrong with wooden deck chairs. They look so incredibly comfortable.
I just loved your video! Hi Mr Beach Cottage.
Sarah, love how you decorate your house. Looks so laid back, casual and inviting. Thanks for taking us garage saling and to the beach with you. It was almost like being there. A want a score for those deck chairs. Those type of deck chairs here in the states…new ones are pretty pricey.
Your deck chairs are great and perfect for your space. Good find, awesome deal!