From The Editor
The thrill of the hunt for secondhand treasures never grows old. Whether I’m digging through a dusty antiques store or scanning flea market booths, I often feel like I’m 8 years old again, visiting a neighbor’s garage sale with my own money in hand for the first time. That afternoon I found amazing deals (Avon perfume bottles: 50 cents each or three for a dollar!) and castoffs that just needed a little TLC (a wooden step stool I knew my dad and I could repaint). Best of all, everything was within my total budget of $2.75. I felt a similar excitement as we assembled our collection of flea market makeovers (“Old Stuff, New Tricks,” page 58). With a little creativity, someone else’s junk can become a showstopping kitchen island, a wall…