I always hear of people finding these amazing pieces on the side of the road – a great vintage furniture piece, mirrors, frames. Whatever they find, I always thought “why do I only see disgusting mattresses or green leather couches circa 1985?”. Tonight I finally lucked out on a mega road side find. Behold, the old-school school chair:

This will look fantastic in my one day craft room.
You don’t find the good stuff because you can’t see diamonds in the rough. You gotta picture them in context! I have personally pointed out some gems to you, which you promptly dismissed as “70s.” Nuh-uh, babe, they were GEMS.
We have very different ideas of what a ‘gem’ is 😉
GEMS.