I got to the Estate Sale about 11:00 yesterday. Sometimes I just go to big sales late to avoid the crazy rush. The fact that I am so not a morning person has a bit to do it it too. I still always find good stuff, but I do often wonder what I missed. This was an older house, the same people had lived in it for 65 years. It was stuffed to the gills with all old, all vintage things. Everything was organized, everything was clean and everything was priced - reasonably I might add. When we were in the back family room, I looked out the back window and saw the back yard was absolutely heaped with old boxes and junk. Junk! I love Junk! I would have loved to gotten out there and done some digging, but I didn't ask if it was fair game or not. (It didn't look like it.)
There were things in the front yard, in the carport, things on the small porch and throughout the entire house. It was only a five room house, so it was pretty tight corners with all the people milling about inside. The living room had one table full of items and a built-in bookshelf with things on it. The kitchen was still decorated and set up like it could be used to prepare dinner, but everything had a price tag neatly applied to it. The most awesome part about the kitchen was that the cabinets were all painted pink! I tried to take a picture but it was so small that I couldn't get a decent photo.
I spotted this tiny black, what I thought was an, evening bag on a table in the front yard. I opened the bag and saw that it was a ladies shaver.
There were things in the front yard, in the carport, things on the small porch and throughout the entire house. It was only a five room house, so it was pretty tight corners with all the people milling about inside. The living room had one table full of items and a built-in bookshelf with things on it. The kitchen was still decorated and set up like it could be used to prepare dinner, but everything had a price tag neatly applied to it. The most awesome part about the kitchen was that the cabinets were all painted pink! I tried to take a picture but it was so small that I couldn't get a decent photo.
I spotted this tiny black, what I thought was an, evening bag on a table in the front yard. I opened the bag and saw that it was a ladies shaver.
The first bedroom had miscellaneous items and a few Christmas items here and there. I opened the drawer to a dresser that was already partly opened and found these:
The next room was linen heaven. Piles of linens on the floor, the dresser and on the bed. There were a couple ladies pawing through them when I walked in the room. I did a quick scan and didn't notice any tablecloths, so I went on to the next room (but I went back and looked at every single linen in there, trust me).
The next room was either a family room or the Master bedroom, I really couldn't tell. It had a fireplace and a walk-in closet, but there wasn't any furniture to really be able to tell for certain. I went into the closet and found a cool old cane carved out of a stick - complete with knotholes (50¢), a small red Pyrex custard cup (25¢), two FireKing Custard cups with pink flowers (25¢ each) and this fantastic piece of pink pottery (50¢) that was corroded with an icky residue, but I got it all cleaned up once I got it home.
After we left the Estate Sale we were headed home and I passed by a sale at a house off the road and it was absolutely packed to the street with stuff. *Screeeech* When we got out of the car, the lady handed each of us a bag and said, "If it fits in the bag - it's $1.00 a bag." I won't bore you with everything I bought, but I packed three bags to the gills, plus got a cool old basket and a neat child's lamp for a total of $7.00. That includes this cool Junk Project:
I spotted this old white shelf packed with books and videos sitting next to the garage. It was white and chippy and very, very me. I asked, if it was for sale. "Yes", she said. But, she never offered a price, so I asked, "How much?" $5.00 she said. I was on the phone to The Breadman to get his pickup truck driving self over there Pront-O. "I just bought a shelf and I need help getting it home," I said. "I'll be right there", he said. (I don't talk about him much because he's not often around for our adventures, but he's pretty good about me hauling junk home and even occassionally hauling junk home for me.
Coming up next: I was bestowed three different awards this weekend by fellow bloggers this weekend! Three at once! Thanks ladies, I'll do my part for these awards tomorrow.
Holy cow Shara! That's a lot of great stuff. :)
ReplyDeleteWow what a haul!!!!!.
ReplyDeleteI love the comment about the neighbors thinking you got robbed! We've moved recently and I know the friends helping us load and unload the moving truck wondered about my sanity when they saw some of my "treasures."
ReplyDeleteI love that old window made into a chalkboard/corkboard!
I think the canisters are made way cooler by the dentistry link myself. Not gaggy at all. LOL
ReplyDeleteI be making myself a white-chalk/tackboard - LOVE the idea!! I may put a twist on it though and use the 'wine corks cut half lengthwise' idea that I have seen around. I know that there is chalkboard paint, but is there 'white board, erasable paint'??
ReplyDeleteOoh, love that shelf! Post a picture when it gets the new backing--I bet it's going to look awesome!
ReplyDeleteOH so much fun stuff! I haven't been thrifting OR saling this summer hardly at all and I feel like I'm missing out! I'm having to live vicariously through your adventures! LOL!
ReplyDeleteGreat finds!
Jan
O M G. I just realized I read your whole post without taking a single breath I was so excited by your finds! The Bean is the Best! for helping his mom out .. oh .. and btw ... HOLY COW .. you found so many good things, my head is spinning!
ReplyDeleteI have TWO friends that are coming to/thru AR and did either one ask if I wanted to hitch a ride to visit my friend Shara? NO, how rude!
ReplyDeleteWOW!!!!!!!! You always find the best sales with the best prices! That is soo amazing! I am doing a giveaway so pop over!
ReplyDeleteWhat great finds!! I never seem to find any good estate sales!
ReplyDeletelove that purse!
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