I came across this adorable vintage inspired metal stand while thumbing through the catalog mailer this particular big box retail store sends out. It was on sale for $55.

It’s fab, I get that, but $55? I felt I could recreate this for much less. So I did. First stop, Thrift Town. Where I grabbed an assortment of metal pans and candlestick-like items in order to build my metal stand. Each item cost no more than $2.

I also got some supplies to stage the stand with for my Thrifty Thursday segment on Good Day Sacramento. This way I can give people an idea on what they could use the stand for; a homework station, food display, or party supplies.

Once you get your pieces together and do a dry run through on assembly, you will need to secure the tiers in place using a strong adhesive. I recommend fabri-tac; mainly because that’s what I had on-hand! However, Gorilla Glue, or even a strong hot-glue will work for this, as long as it adheres to metal.

Once secured into place, decorate to your hearts content. I use mine as a homework station, and every once and awhile as a cupcake rack for parties.

I think it came out pretty cute, and for under $10!

Here’s the segment link as seen on Good Day Sacramento’s Thrifty Thursday:

http://gooddaysacramento.cbslocal.com/video/10846316-thrifty-thursday/

Happy thrifting!

Gina Doglione-Nielsen is featured every week on Good Day Sacramento’s Thrifty Thursdays, and owns GNJ Consulting which handles Public, Social, and Media Relations for Thrift Town Stores. Gina lives in Northern California with her amazing husband Josh, and is constantly on the go with three “very active” and “strong personality” bambinos; aka Team Nielsen, and loves every minute of it.