Hard to believe it is August! We have just a couple weeks left before school starts and I need to get a move on in order to finish up our new home-work area for the kids. They go to an alternative scheduled school where they are home more than at school. Sort of in between “normal” schooling and home schooling. We love it!
My “Thrift Share Monday” find is school-related and though not from a thrift, it did save us $80. thrifty to be sure!
In our new school work space (which is part of our newly finished basement which I shared a bit about here) is a long wall perfect for a large map. I had it narrowed down to this wall map from Ikea and this one from National Geographic. With shipping to include on the NG one, they came to about the same price but I still couldn’t pull the trigger easily on either one. I’m guess I’m just spoiled by the cheaper prices at thrift stores! $150 was a lot to swallow. That is until we found one in the As-Is section of Ikea for 50% off! I was pumped. The guy helping in that section mentioned that there was nothing wrong with it except for damage to the box. He was right, the map itself was still sealed in the cardboard tube. Score!
Jeff hung it this weekend…bonus that is is stretched on a frame rather than glued to the wall like the NG map. We couldn’t be more excited to be able to point out locations while we do school work with the kids in a few weeks!
How about you? Any thrifty finds to share? I’m linking up with Apron Thrift Girl and Southern Hospitality‘s weekly shares and you can too!
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Hi, Angie, that’s a nice find from Ikea! That store is dangerous to hang out it. You should really enjoy having a big map on the wall, I think they look great.
I have a hard time resisting items in the As-Is area of IKEA. I think that map is fabulous and a true thrifty find. Your lamp is also amazing as is the teak piece.
I love that map. You made a wonderful find and it looks great on that wall. It ties in so well with all the brown woods in the room. Wish there was an Ikea close by in this area.
$150 for a map??!! I guess I’ve been thrifting too long. That does seem a bit steep. I’m glad it worked out for you. IKEA is great store, unfortunately I don’t live near one anymore. Sigh.
I love big maps! That is a great deal!
Jody
That is a great map. I see a lot of really really old maps in antique stores around here, but then you have to contend with the names of the countries not being correct anymore. Sounds like a good deal for 1/2 price.