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Frankie & Albert
Cost: $49.99/month
Ships To: United States
Coupon Code: N/A
Eeek! My February 2015 Frankie and Albert box is here! I have been anxiously awaiting this box and couldn’t wait to rip into it when the mailman arrived.
Just in case you aren’t familiar with them (they are still fairly new), Frankie & Albert is a monthly subscription to receive handpicked Thrift store finds. Each month their team will handpick each treasure specifically for you and mail it directly to your home. They also offer a digital swap meet section in case you don’t totally love what you receive.
Frankie & Albert ships via USPS Priority Mail and took just a few days to arrive to me. I believe it shipped on Friday, but with the weekend and holiday I didn’t receive it until today (Tuesday).
I felt like opening this one up really was like opening a grab bag. Frankie & Albert has you fill out a profile with your style, the colors you like and the room(s) you would like your items for, but since this was my first box I didn’t know how closely they followed that. Each of the items have an information card included and they also include a general information card as well which explains a bit about Frankie & Albert and how the Swap Meet section works. Here is what my February Frankie & Albert box contained:
~8×5 Ornate Painted Tray: Meh. I don’t love this, but I don’t hate it either. It’s fairly light and is almost make out of a plastic material? Had it been porcelain I would have liked it much better I think.
~Silver Ornate Coasters: I like these coasters (they don’t look like these are the same size but they are) and will totally use them, but I am hoping I am able to shine them up a bit. I am going to try this method and hopefully will have these things so shiny you need sunglasses when you look at them.
~Gold Carved Napkin Holders: We don’t use napkin rings here (and if we did we’d need 4 anyway), but I am sure there are plenty of ideas on how to use these for something else on Pinterest.
~Silver Butter Knife: This is another item that needs a GOOD polish. I may end up trying to Swap this and the tray depending on what else is available in the Swap Meet.
~Small Brass Lantern: Now this I love! It’s a cute little lantern that you can put a taper candle in. I love it and just need to find a perfect spot for this.
Since these are Thrift Store finds I couldn’t do a cost breakdown on this box. I will say that I don’t think I would have paid $50 for these items at the thrift store. Broken down for this box it was $10 per item and I’m not sure that I would have paid $10 for any of these items individually, even the little lantern that I love. I am going to stick it out for another month or so (my general rule of thumb is to give all subscription boxes a three month trial) and really hope I get some items I love. I think the idea behind this is awesome, but I was less than wowed with this box.
Have you tried Frankie & Albert? What do you think? If you are interested in checking them out you can head here and see what they are all about!
