Piano Mantel...and how I decorated it with $2.50

 
 

Every now and then I run across a great garage sale or really good auction and I am able to stretch my decorating budget to the moon and back....lol!     I decorated my piano mantel with a $2.50 box of treasures that I bought at the same auction where I got my $5 rug that I shared with you guys the other day.    I bought a bunch of other stuff that day and will be sharing more info about those things in upcoming posts 


    

 

   

As you can see from my auction receipt,   I bought a total of 3 boxes at $2.50 each  (2 greenery boxes and 1 figurine box)     There was probably 50 boxes to choose from and one of my friends picked up a bunch of them for her shop.

 

Now for a closer look at my piano mantel....

There was a couple of sweet figurines and collector plates in my box.....

The plate with the 2 little girls has this on the back of it....Afternoon Recital

In the center of the piano mantel I have a music snow globe that snows glitter.....  

 
And on the far end of the piano mantel I have the other plate,  a violin,  and a glittery piano.  

This what it says on the back if the plate.    The Piano Tuner is a Norman Rockwell print that appeared on the Saturday Evening Post cover on January 11,  1947

 

I have a collection of 5 piano stools and not one of them is at the piano....lol     They are all being repurposed in other rooms in the house.

This chair was in the garden room where I bought the rug.....and no one but me bid on it.    I thought well....I can sit it in front of the piano since I don't have a stool there anymore 

 

I got my new Piano chair for the starting bid of $2.50

Remember the $5 rug I bought at the auction for the sun room?   If you missed that post,  here's a link to  it......http://penny-pennystreasures.blogspot.com/2022/06/my-5-auction-rug.html
   

 

I realize that you can't decorate a mantel for $2.50 very often...if ever!   But you can decorate your home on a small budget by shopping thrift stores,  yard sales,  and estate sales.   I know you can because I have done it for years....hugs