Surprising Estate Sale

Last Sunday I went to this estate sale at a condo in Northville. It's not for sale yet but Zillow estimated its value at $239,000. It's only 1,200 square feet. I took this picture off the internet because I forgot to take one at the sale. 

This small condo was really packed with stuff! But nice stuff! There was a lot of beautiful costume jewelry. 

I really liked this sugar and creamer set.

It was priced at $15 but everything was 50% off so $7.50

There were several beautiful sets of dishes. 

The ranged from $150 to $450 a set. 

This hand painted butter dish was so pretty. 

It was $10

Then I saw this painting for $30 and I saw it was done by Janisse, who I used to work with at the CBD store a few years ago. She's a local artist and I know I've mentioned her a few times in this blog.

I was going to text her and say "Hey, I saw your painting at an estate sale". 

As I continued to walk around, I saw more of her paintings hanging on the walls. When I saw that the basement was filled more of her paintings and drawings I started to suspect that it was her condo that I was in. 

Sure enough, I found an Amazon box with her name and address on it and that confirmed my suspicion. 

Then I got worried because normally when an estate sale is so full of someone's life it's because they usually passed away. So, I asked one of the sales staff and thankfully they said no, she's just downsizing and simplifying her life!  Whew! I was relieved! 

Here's what I bought at this sale. 

This silver garden flower. 

And these two Ralph Lauren sweaters. The darker beige one has patches on the elbows which I don't like so I will be taking them off. 

Total spent: $27. 

The flower was pretty rusted so I painted it. 

Here's what it looks like now.

I'm not sure I like it. We'll see if it grows on me! 

In other news: My friend Karen is giving me her grandmothers old sewing machine. I don't know what brand it is, but her grandmother was a seamstress so I'm sure it's probably a good one. I can't wait to get it!

That's all for now. I'll be back later to show you my new-to-me sewing machine.

Until then take care and thanks for stopping by!