…for the love of old things
I stopped in at my neighborhood thrift store for just a few minutes the other day. (Couldn’t stay long because I was headed to church to work with our pre-schooler class who, I have to say, I adore. Such a fun age. A lot of energy for an older gal like me, but so much…
Honestly, I wasn’t going to go out sourcing yesterday. I wasn’t! But the mini downsizing estate sale was just two miles from my house. There wasn’t much in the photos that interested me, but I figured it’s just two miles. From my house. Might as well go! I got there a few minutes after opening…
I’ve been thinking that I need to slow down my buying a bit. I never fully dealt with my whole “death pile” this past winter. And now that yard and estate sales are in full bloom, even with restrained, very selective buying, I’m getting seriously backlogged in listing…again! But the estate sale email mentioned that…
In general prices have been going up in thrift stores. The internet is to blame. Savvy store managers are now researching items online and have a better sense of their resell value. Some stores now feature eBay /Poshmark pricing. Take today for example. I found a basic Fossil leather purse for $29 at my neighborhood…
Saturday I decided to go early to an estate sale and try to get a good spot on the sign-up list. I usually don’t do that anymore (just not worth my time), but I was motivated by a log cabin quilt I’d seen in a photo. So at 8:30 a.m. (for a sale opening at…
Friday was a tedious day of listing items and doing Spring cleaning, so I decided that Saturday was going to be a day of fun…and for me that included hitting a few sales! First was a fabric remnant sale where I always find great pieces. My first pick was this P. Kaufmann cotton (or cotton/linen…
