February 17, 2025

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Should you stop flipping your thrift shop finds?

Should you stop flipping your thrift shop finds?

Vintage furniture and collectibles sourced from flea markets, thrift stores or online marketplaces can really enhance interior schemes. They can usually be picked up at bargain prices and often boast superior quality and character compared with modern buys. Upcycling or ‘flipping’ vintage pieces to give them a new lease of life has become popular in recent years as there’s been a huge increase in decorating with vintage to add character to homes.

From a simple clean-up and repair to head-turning decorative paint treatments, there are endless ways to give an unwanted piece a new lease of life. They can be lacquered, waxed, reupholstered or you could simply switch up the hardware. Pre-loved pieces also make perfect projects for repurposing – for example, an old sideboard could be mounted with a sink to make a characterful bathroom vanity.

Bathroom with sinks mounted on a vintage pine dresser base

(Image credit: BC Designs / photograph Darren Chung)

The question is, how do you know which pieces to flip and which you should leave alone? Once an old piece is customized it’s hard to go back, so how can you be sure you’re making the right decision and not defacing a valuable collectible? To answer this question and help give you confidence with your creative projects, we’ve rounded up advice from a range of seasoned furniture upcyclers who specialize in painted furniture to interior designers.

Bedroom with a flipped chest of drawers painted with a decorative scallop design in Annie Sloan chalk paint

(Image credit: Annie Sloan)

When to flip or upcycle a thrift store find?

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