It's a gift that the exceptional thrift store shopper possesses. The gift to turn random finds for mere dollars into a homey environment oozing with charm and creativity. It's pretty easy to show up at the Salvation army armed with a shopping cart and a wad of cash, but these Flickr friends have managed to master the art of turning thrift store finds into fabulous decor.
A lot of what you find in the Flickr group Thrift Store Decor is pretty quirky, but it's definitely a treasure trove of inspiration to get you out of the big box stores and into the murky depths of the thrift store. It's quite a source of inspiration, and we think you should check it out!
Images: Trisha Brink Design, Hilda Grahnat, Chrys Art, all used with permission
Must-See Small Cool Homes: Week Two
Beth's Romantic & Retro Residence
Good Food to Share 
The Big Book of Small, Cool Spaces 
Apartment Therapy Presents 
The Eight-Step Home Cure 
Commercial Flour Sa...
A Real Dinner, Fast: 5 Favorite Types of Almost-No-Work Meals
How To Cook Tender, Chewy Wheat Berries on the Stovetop
Most of my home art studio furniture, storage containers (mason jars, train sutcases) and all picture/art frames are thrift-store finds. I especially am proud of a very old military green filing cabinet I purchased this year - it used to belong to a local non-profit the Mountaneers:
http://papercuthearts.wordpress.com/2010/09/21/my-new-space
There are some really cool photos in that group! It's unfortunate living in a larger city; most of the thrifts do not have much furniture & if they did it's quite a bitch to get home.
Sir Thrift A Lot
http://www.sirthriftalot.blogspot.com
I love the lamps and the desk in the first picture, must be because I am obsessed with everything teal or robin's egg blue. I love thrift shopping and making DIY's with things I find at garage sales and thrift shops around my town.
Just beware that there can be too much of a good thing.Like all those clocks.