Thursday, April 16, 2009

Thrift Thursday - a Gnome for our Home

Some days the thrift gods drop unexpected awesomeness in my path. Like this:

For $3.48! It's the kind of sweet deal that when you find it you hug it tight and make a beeline for the checkout before they have time to realize it should be more expensive. He's not your everyday stand-around gnome either, he's helpful! He's holding up a slice of tree trunk so we can use him as a table:

or stool:

And he does it all with a smile.

Welcome home happy gnome! We named him Mr. Awesome, Mossum for short.

7 comments:

Jenny said...

cool!!! she is too cute as well!!

hi, i'm kat. said...

wow! what a score, i'm very envious ;) !!

i have 2 gnome statues inside, my taller one is named chippy...they are so happy looking aren't they?!

Mrs. Ryan said...

Dude! Not only is that just as awesome as you described, it's by Phillipe Starck and costs almost $400 new!!

http://www.unicahome.com/p4516/kartell/starck-gnomes-tables-stools-by-philippe-starck-for-kartell.html

Jen/P said...

I love the gnome! We have a family of gnomes who live in or kitchen. We just can't bring ourselves to ban them to the garden. Plus, the dogs will probably attack and/or pee on them.

Jen/O'B said...

That was supposed to be Jen/O'Boogie. Don't know what happened with the P.

KB said...

WooHoo Mrs. Ryan! (Jenny?) I had no idea it was $400 worth of awesome!

I'm with you kat and Jen, this guy's staying inside.

Kim said...

Looks like the perfect spot. What a find!

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