Two Estate Sales

I recently went to two estate sales on the same day. This was the first house. 

It's a 5-bedroom, 4 bath house that recently sold for $1,399,000.00.  This was a private estate sale given by the owners of the house. That is not always a good thing because when they are the owners of the house they tend to walk around with you and watch every move you make! I get it. They don't want anything stolen but it makes me uncomfortable and I don't feel free to browse like I normally like to do! 

That being said, I decided to have a conversation with the lady of the house while she was walking around with me! I found out that they owned the house for 14 years and are moving to Florida!

The house was beautiful and well kept. Everything they were selling was clean and very well presented. I did not get a lot of pictures because of her being with me most of the time, but I manage to sneak a few when she wasn't looking! 

I liked the curved staircase coming up from the basement. 

The upper level of the house was roped off so the sale was only on the main floor and basement. I did enjoy walking around and talking to the owner. I told her she should go into the estate sale business when she gets to Florida!

Here's what I bought at this sale. 

Ever the practical me bought unopened Q-tips and plackers! Total spent: $3

The next sale was at this condo: 

This is a 3-bedroom 2 bath condo that is 3,338 sq ft and recently sold for $460,000. 

I rolled my eyes at the name of the estate sale company because they are notorious for the prices being ridiculously high!

I liked this bowl. I thought it was unusual with the black etching. 

Not for $15 though. Note: All the prices were on duct tape! 

These glasses were $3 each

These two baking dishes. 

Clearly used and priced at $10 for the small one and $15 for the 9 x 13. 

Even this crappy loaf pan was $3! 

Not even worth a quarter!

This canvas picture was nice.

Priced at $25

I really liked this chair and ottoman. 

It was $225

I have never seen a pill container like this!

You could fill up for the whole month! There was no price on it! 

These bathing suits were actually pretty nice!

They were $15 each. I would never buy a used bathing suit though! 

This shirt was pretty. 

It was priced at $20. Most of the clothes were priced $15-20. Not my size although I wouldn't pay those prices anyway! 

Not surprisingly I did not buy anything at this sale! 

In other news My brother sent me this picture of my parents on their wedding day along with my grandparents. 

This was in 1954. Ladies wore hats everywhere back then! 

That's all for now. 

Until the next time take care and thanks for reading! 

Phone Photo Dump

 It's been a while since I've done a phone photo dump so let's get to it!

A few weeks ago, when we had the boys for the weekend we took them on a little shopping spree for their end of school celebration. 

Here they are with their merch!  We also went for hot fudge sundaes later that day!

My friend who lives in Florida was in town for a wedding and stopped by for a visit. 

Here she is with me and Rich. We gabbed for several hours!

Shauna, Brad and the boys were up in the UP for a memorial service. Since they were in the middle of nowhere Brad let Maxwell "drive" the truck for a little while! 

He loved it of course! 

Saw this little rabbit hiding under a car on my morning walk. 

I like his silhouette! He was very still as I walked past!

Rich and I filled up our gas tanks at Meijer the other day. 

Even with $1 off a gallon it was still $91! Jeese! 

Chris sent this picture of him, Jenna and Frank to me. 

They are coming into town soon for a family wedding on July 25th. Not Frank, though. He doesn't like to travel! I can't wait to see them It's been too long! 

In other news: After much prayer and contemplation I have decided to leave my job at the end of the summer. I love it and it will always be my favorite job I ever had! But I am missing way too many things because of the hours I have to work. Our church has a lot of events on Wednesday and Friday nights and I always have to work both those nights. Plus a lot of the boys sports. I'm going to work through October and then be done just in time to not miss any of the holidays! 

That's all for now. Until the next time take care and thanks for reading! 

Pretty Estate Sale Part 2

Here are some of the interesting things that I saw at this pretty estate sale. Just like the house everything was clean and in really good condition! 

I was there on the first day so no discounts. 

I'm not exactly sure what this is or what to call it. A candle, a lantern? 

It looks like you put fuel in the top and light the wick. Anyway, interesting for $4

This is a neat idea for a Christmas decoration. 

Clustered in the center of a table or at individual place settings. $10 for the set. 

I thought this canister set was very pretty. 

They were asking $30. 

There was a vintage MixMaster. 

Looked to be in pretty good shape for $50

I thought this was pretty cute. 

If my grandsons were younger, I would have bought it. $10

This was interesting. Growing Up with Dick and Jane. 

It had the history of the early reader books and a lot of pictures of the old books. See Spot. See Spot run. $5

This lamp was a gorgeous addition to the gorgeous sunroom! 

It was priced at $125. Also note the huge clematis outside the window. That was only half of it! 

This Christmas plate was cute!

Priced at $5

This little cabinet was very pretty, and also all the things on it! 

$150 

I thought this candle holder was interesting. 

They were asking $10 for it. 

I liked this Christmas picture. 

It says "All Hearts Come Home for Christmas". I have a sign that I hang in our guest room that says that for whenever Chris is here for Christmas. $15

These candle holders were so pretty. 

I've seen the exact same ones at another estate sale. $35 for the set. Santa approves! 

This box of rocks was mostly Petoskey stones. 

They were 3 for $1 (In case you didn't see that!)

Vintage Singer sewing machine. It was in good shape along with the cabinet. 

They were asking $100. 

This safe was interesting. 

The signs on it were the combination, a sign stating what was inside noting that there was no cash or jewelry in this safe. Also, at the bottom it says that it's a smart safe and to dial the combination before opening to avoid ink spray! 

All for $100! 

I liked this Christmas picture, too. 

There was no price on it that I could see. 

Believe it or not I did not buy anything at this sale. Don't get me wrong, I wanted everything I posted here plus a lot of other things that I didn't show! I just never buy anything that I can't find a practical use for! It was tough to resist, though! 

I would have liked to go back on the last day of the sale to see what was left and what was discounted but we had the boys for the weekend, and I just didn't get the chance! Oh well. Probably a good thing! 

That's all for now. 

Until the next time take care and thanks for reading! 

Pretty Estate Sale Part 1

My latest estate sale adventure was at this house:

 

It's a 5 bedroom, 3 bath, 3,215 sq ft home that recently sold for $665,000. 

Although nothing super special on the outside the inside was a different story! I have to show you this sale in 2 posts because they will be picture heavy. 

I took more pictures of the inside of the house than I normally do. Yes, it's a little outdated but I have never seen such a lovely, perfectly kept house. Everything was pristine! They had the floors covered with cardboard and plastic to keep it that way, too! 

Here's the kitchen. 

Beautiful! There were white tiles underneath the cardboard. 

This dining room was so pretty. I loved the blinds on the windows, and they were throughout the house!

Note: I stand corrected. Those were not blinds but plantation shutters! 

The carpet was white with blue flowers. 

This was the living room. 

It's bigger than the picture makes it look. I had to crop a person standing by the table out! 

This was the den. 

The built-in shelves were beautiful!

The carpet throughout the rest of the house was white. 

This was one of the bedrooms. 

I loved the way the chenille bedspread was draped over the bed! 

Also, the estate sale company did a beautiful job with the presentation!

This closet shelf had Christmas decorations on display.  

This is the linen closet. 

So neat and organized! 

This was the only bathroom that was open. 

Spotless! I love a sunken tub!

This was the closet in the master bedroom. 

Beautiful clothes but not my size. 

This bedroom was nice and had all of the sheets, bedspreads and blankets. 

This closet had more home decorations on display. 

And this is where they had the tablecloths and runners!

This was the master bedroom. 

Very large and very pretty!

The staircase was so nice!

I like the way it curved. 

This was the family room. 

Really big with huge windows! 

This was the prettiest sunroom. 

The rug that was covered was very nice, and not for sale! 

This was a room in the basement. 

Also in the basement was this pantry. 

Storage shelves with a bunch of different holiday decorations. 

There was workroom that had jars and containers of nuts and bolts and nails, etc...

Someone was very organized!

Back upstairs, this was the deck view outside one of the windows. 

Even the garage was spotless and perfect!

I could have walked around looking at this house for hours. I actually was looking for flaws like a scratch on the wall or a dent on the floor, but nothing! It was that pristine! 

There was also a lot of nice and interesting things for sale which I will show you in the next post!

Until then take care and thanks for reading!