Art. Creativity. Personal style. Guest Melissa Meares (@melissaashleymeares) is all about DIYing, upcycling, and treasure hunting for home décor finds that make your home special! She’s also upcycled a Mercedes Sprinter van! Join her and host Maggie Scivicque (@PodcastWithMaggie) on this edition of the Get Thrifty Podcast for inspiration and insights, tips and tricks!

SHOW NOTES & TAKEAWAYS:

• Yard sales, pawn shops, antique malls, estate sales, garage sales, thrift stores…Melissa does it all!
• Best places to thrift in Tennessee.
• A passion for versatile and seasonal home décor.
• DIYing and upcycling her house and her Mercedes Sprinter van with thrifted treasures.
• Her love of wallpaper and ceiling tiles.
• All the details about the library she created in her home and using books as décor.
• Her art wall.
• Not ignore the underrated sections of your local thrift store.
• Handling comments on her social pages.

Business insights, thrifting tricks and tips, and a reminder that you don’t need a big budget to make a house a home, are the topics of this edition of the Get Thrifty Podcast with host Maggie Scivicque (@PodcastWithMaggie) and her guest Amy (@amelialawrence_design). Tune in and celebrate the thrill of the hunt!

SHOW NOTES & TAKEAWAYS:

• Normalizing secondhand.
• Learning to create something out of nothing.
• Celebrating a love of treasure hunting.
• How she furnished and decorated her Airbnb “barndominium” with all thrifted items.
• Thrifting in Tennessee and Washington, DC.
• Shifting the stigma around thrifting.
• Loving the history and stories in the items she finds thrifting.
• Thrifting while traveling in Europe.
• Why you don’t need a big budget to make a house a home!
• Find her Airbnb in Telford, Tennessee.

Guest Sarah Sain (@sarahsain) is a treasure hunter, a lover of vintage and thrifted finds, and all about keeping it real! She joined host Maggie Scivicque (@PodcastWithMaggie) on the Get Thrifty Podcast to discuss interior design, home remodels, slow fashion, and finding your own personal style!

SHOW NOTES & TAKEAWAYS:

• Incorporating vintage and thrifted pieces into her home remodeling and interior design business.
• Sharing her personal style online.
• Loving her 3-3-3 thrifted fashion videos.
• How her grandmother inspired and taught her how to decorate for the seasons.
• Secrets to thrifting in South Carolina.
• How thrifting for fashion helped her find herself and her own personal style.
• Ideas for thrifted styling and gifts.
• Why you should “shop with your hands.”
• All about the High Point Furniture Market in North Carolina.
• Thrifted Christmas gifts.

Making a house a home…room by room…with power tools and thrifted treasures! Such a fun episode with guest Courtney of @heart.and.home.crew on this episode of the Get Thrifty Podcast. Join Courtney and host Maggie Scivicque (@PodcastWithMaggie) for tips, tricks, and inspiration!

SHOW NOTES & TAKEAWAYS:

•    As one of seven siblings, she grew up thrifting! •    DIYing her Century, Victorian-style home…room by room. •    Sourcing at small, local thrift stores. •    Her passion for giving back to the community. •    Creating her lifestyle brand and thrift hauls.  •    Taking thrifting finds and turning them into something completely new.

Everyone knows that finding the perfect pair of jeans is next to impossible. But when you have Melissa of @this.is.lovd helping you find the perfect, and flattering, fit just for YOU, it’s easy peasy! Join her as she and host Maggie Scivicque take a “forever in blue jeans” tour of vintage denim, how she creates her the ultimate fitting experiences for her clients, and more!

SHOW NOTES & TAKEAWAYS:

• The world of vintage denim.
• Helping her clients discover denim that fits well, flatters, and captures their individuality.
• Different styles, different fit, and different body style: how she incorporates all aspects of a fitting.
• Her philosophy of “fit over trends.”
• The age-old question: to wash denim or not to wash.
• Redefining the thrift-shopping experience.
• Discerning online information about vintage denim.
• How she grew her business.
• Creating an experience for her customers.
• Her inventory of four full rooms of jeans of all kinds!
• Girls’ trips and gift cards!
• Brands she loves.

Be inspired to create a wardrobe through shopping secondhand and upcycling on this episode of the Get Thrifty Podcast with guest Taylor of @mytaylord_closet and host Maggie Scivicque 

SHOW NOTES & TAKEAWAYS:

• Tips on how to develop a sustainable wardrobe.
• Extending the life of clothing with mending and upcycling.
• How she grew her brand and social presence.
• Changing trends in retailing and thrifting.
• Finding support in the thrifting community.
• Mingling quality with sustainability.
• “Mend it Mondays.”
• Reselling insights.
• What to look for in an item you are going to upcycle.

From Grand Millennial to farmhouse to fine china, guest Lisbeth Lyons (@ThatPickinPixie) takes listeners on an international thrifting tour on this episode of the Get Thrifty Podcast with host Maggie Scivicque. Tune in for some great stories and inspiration!

SHOW NOTES & TAKEAWAYS:

•    Memories of her first yard sale at the age of nine. •    An early adopter of Poshmark. •    How reselling and thrifting allowed her to create a satisfying work-life balance. •    Her choice to not focus on one kind of item or era with her inventory. •    Tips for shopping estate sales. •    How she sees the future of thrifting and reselling.

Here’s your chance to learn about thrifting in New Zealand! Tune in to this episode of the Get Thrifty Podcast as host Maggie Scivicque talks with Marita of @arohanuihospiceshops all about normalizing secondhand, sustainability, and trends in thrifting!

SHOW NOTES & TAKEAWAYS:

• Charity Shops and opshops in New Zealand.
• The mission of the Arohanui Hospice Foundation.
• Trends in thrifting.
• Sustainability: Be part of the solution, not the pollution.
• The beautiful donations she receives at Arohanui Hospice Foundation.
• Trade Me and other reselling platforms in New Zealand.
• The international language of thrift!

Fashion is deeply tied to art, creativity, and self-expression for Shayzon (@shayzon). Join this passionate designer and “fashion mixologist” on this episode of the Get Thrifty Podcast with host Maggie Scivicque and be inspired!

SHOW NOTES & TAKEAWAYS:

• What it’s like being a “fashion mixologist.”
• Her introduction to thrifting as a young girl new to the U.S. from her home country of Jamaica.
• Her “coat of many colors” that she created.
• The art of thrifting and fashion design.
• Her passion for creating content that is inspiring and creative.
• Runway fashion.
• How she taught herself how to sew and design clothes.

Twelve hours thrifting in Colorado! Yes, please! Great deals and amazing finds. Listen in to this encore episode of the Get Thrifty Podcast with William Conlin of @PickerRoad and hear all about the 4,000 miles he and his parents logged to film two upcoming episodes of Picker Road!

SHOW NOTES & TAKEAWAYS:

• All about Picker Road’s recent road trip that covered over 4,000 miles!
• He and his family thrifted for 12 straight hours on their trip to Colorado (including 8 arc Thrift Stores)!!
• Everything they loved about shopping at arc Thrift Stores while in Denver!
• Their love of uranium lamps and Talavera pottery.
• From Japan to Las Vegas, international insider’s tips from Picker Road.
• All about the “unideer.”
• Wild collections and wacky movie memorabilia.