Take a tour of my secondhand house!

If you came over to my house and took a tour, you’d hear me saying, “Oh, I got that for free from my Buy Nothing Group/a trash pile/the abandoned house/a friend” ad nauseum. 

I can’t really invite all of you here (!), so let’s take a virtual tour of the frugal things on the main level of my house.

Small note: I am not a decorator

One time I posted a pic of my living room on Instagram and someone was like, “This doesn’t look at all like the work of a decorator.”

And I was like, “Ummm, that’s because I’m not a decorator.” Ha.

My superpower is saving money, not doing interior design. So, just view these pics in that light, ok? 😉 

My bedroom

I’ve already given you a tour of my secondhand bedroom, so click here if you want to revisit that. 

Kitchen/Dining Room

My kitchen table is from the abandoned house; my dad and I refinished the top and I painted the legs.

The mismatched chairs are a combo of a hand-me-down from a cousin, plus two Buy Nothing group chairs.

On top of my table is a Buy Nothing group napkin holder, plus some secondhand cloth napkins in a Buy Nothing group container. I know it’s not terribly sensible to have both, but hey, sometimes I want a paper napkin for something very messy. 

The toaster oven in the corner is from Buy Nothing and sits on a refinished Buy Nothing table. 

Eagle-eyed readers might wonder why there’s a string on top of my clock. It’s because Chiquita will play with the blind string if we let it hang. 😉 

On the ledge, a green mug from the abandoned house serves as my key bowl. Because the key (ha) to not losing keys is to put them in the exact same place every single time. 

Look in the left cabinet in this picture of the abandoned house’s kitchen, and you’ll see the mug!

My toaster is from my old house, and my kettle is an eBay purchase. 

My sponge dish (where I leave my sponge to dry each night) is a soap dish from Buy Nothing. The plant, a cutting from Sonia, lives in an old candle jar. 

My kitchen rug is from my Buy Nothing group.

The other side of my kitchen is also populated with free/cheap stuff, including my Facebook Marketplace knife block, which contains multiple knives from the abandoned house. 

The water for my daily coffee sits in a reused lemonade bottle from Aldi, and my chia seeds are in an old tomato sauce jar. 

My dishes are pretty much all from Buy Nothing, Goodwill, and the abandoned house.

Living Room

My living room side tables are all from Freecycle, Facebook Marketplace, and Buy Nothing.

Almost everything on the built-ins is from the abandoned house (the mirror is from Goodwill). 

The table lamps are secondhand from Facebook Marketplace and Buy Nothing, and the wall art is from Buy Nothing.

The plants in the window are almost all cuttings from my plant girly. 

Spare Bedroom

The bedroom that used to be Lisey’s has basically nothing brand new in it!

• bed frame: craigslist (a throwback!)
• nightstand: abandoned house (click here for before and afters)
• lamp: hand-me-down from Book Club Elaine
• little bowl: abandoned house

• dresser: freecycle
• lamp: Buy Nothing
• mirror: hmm, I think that might have been a new purchase long ago!
• pink table: Philco brand from the abandoned house
• pot on table: Buy Nothing
• plate under pot: Buy Nothing

• pink chair: Buy Nothing. Remember me kinda regretting choosing to redo that one??
• flower prints on wall: Buy Nothing

• little white chest: Buy Nothing
• basket holding cat toys: Buy Nothing

Bathroom 

My bathroom is pretty basic, but there are a few frugalities in here. 

My little bowl is from the abandoned house and a reused Oui yogurt jar (purchased on a markdown) holds my makeup. 

 My little watercolor on the wall is one I did with Sonia, and the frame is a very, very old one that maybe was originally from Goodwill?

I can barely remember, it is so old! 

My shower curtain liner is a fabric type, which means I can wash it over and over again without having to buy a new one.

My personal care product selection is pretty minimal; really my only skincare product is this Cerave lotion. I don’t have much of my asset portfolio tied up in personal care products. 😉 

The hair straightener in the basket is from eBay. 🙂 

Office

Moving onto the office….

On the left, the painted bin from the abandoned house holds my exercise clothes, which I unceremoniously throw in there straight outta the laundry, unfolded. 

My shredder is from eBay, and my mirror over my piano is from Facebook Marketplace. 

The sewing caddy is from the abandoned house. 

Bookcase: repainted from my Buy Nothing group.

The “Meow” airplane wing is from Lisey’s time in aviation mechanic school. 😉 

And lastly, Chiquita’s cat tree is from Aldi; fan is from Facebook Marketplace.

And that pretty much covers my main level! 🙂 

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When I finished putting this post together, I sort of wished I had gone room by room so I could go into more detail, but hey, we’re gonna call this good and hit “publish” anyway.

Thanks for taking a peek at my little home!