Garage Sale Greatness
I was driving down a swanky street on Saturday when a sign in the yard of a swanky house caught my eye – garage sale!!! Now that spring is here and the weather is beautiful garage sales have popped up all over town, and I was excited to see what my first garage sale of the season had in store for me.
As I walked up the driveway to the garage sale, I noticed a beautiful, carved wooden bed set – for $125. Bummer! Not exactly the deal I was looking for – my hopes for this garage sale began to dwindle. I kept walking and spotted another carved wooden headboard and footboard for a double bed – based upon the high price of the other bed set I figured that it was out of my price range, but took a look at the price anyway. Score!!!! This set was marked at only $10!!
I was totally surprised, and confirmed with the homeowner that it was really only 10 smackers – turns out she didn’t think the set had any value because it was missing the bed rails. Details, details. The headboard alone made the $10 price tag worthwhile! My head began to spin with possibilities – sand down and stain, new paint, use headboard only or try to find new rails . . . and all this for only 10 beans?!?!? How could I not pull the trigger on this fabola purchase?
Take a look at this beauty that I practically stole:
Isn’t she gorgeous?? I can’t wait to have some spare time to gussy her up for our third bedroom. And let’s zoom in on that awesome price tag (sorry, I just can’t help rubbing it in):
Have you scored any awesome deals at a garage sale? Got any ideas for how I should spiff up this steal of a bed set? Can’t wait to hear from you guys . . .
Nice one girl! I’d love to see the room this will go in :)
Katie,
I know, you’re right – I definitely need to post a pic of that room! It has been a bit neglected since we moved in so I’ve been hesitant to post a pic of it in its pitiful state, but I think I need to just suck it up and post one. Hopefully people won’t judge too harshly. :) Thanks for stopping by!
~ Liz
Awesome bed with endless possibilities! Did you try to bargain with the sellers? Are you going to try to save and repair the finish before the painting? What a super canvas on which to use your creativity!
Lauren,
I love your moxie!! To be honest, I didn’t try to bargain with the sellers because I thought it was such a great deal – that $10 was burning a hole in my pocket!
After doing a little thinking, I’m leaning towards going after this beauty with a little polystain, a la Katie’s approach here: http://allbowerpower.blogspot.com/2009/03/slain-with-polystain.html. I’ll keep you posted on how it turns out!
~ Liz
Ooh very nice job there Liz! Love getting a great bargain like that. High end yard sales rule. We are thinking about holding our first one ever this spring. Craigs list responders always flake out on us – ugh!
I have never heard of that polystain – but it looks and sounds amazing. If you don’t stain it, I would paint it white or a bright color to match your room. I’m really into painted furniture right now!
Can’t wait to see what you decide to do!