Selling, purging, donating and going to a garage sale.

We had just had a subdivision garage sale two week prior ... 

I sold a ton of stuff.

I purged a lot

donated two loads to the Thrifts

and 

here we are at a neighbor's garage sale.

 She had taken part in the neighborhood sale but she is moving and had a ton of stuff. This was the second day and she was pricing out at 50¢ and $1.00.

I had picked out eight things, plus some jewelry and I figured it to be $8.50 ... but she charged me $5.00.

I offered the $8.50, but she refused. 

  The silverplated cake stand was still in the original plastic and original box.

Did not even need to be polished. Happy !

The large silver tray with attached bowl 

was selected by Mr. Z. ...

he polished it and he gave it to our daughter. 

 Solid brass and quite old ... considered for eBay sale.

Nice vintage wooden tray ... 

handles are knotted on the bottom and make feet.

decals will be removed and may be painted 

for a coastal (beachy) look.

 Just could not resist these little vintage glass hobnail trays.

May use for a votive candles as they are indented in the middle.

Costume jewelry will be used for crafts.

 Then when leaving, I spotted this garden bench ...

$10.00 

how could I pass that up? 

Well, I should have ... 

rotten boards and a lot of work.

We replace all except the two boards in the back.

They were bad, but I filled the weathered cracks, a lot of sanding and they looked okay. 

The pieces for the circles had to be special cut. 

A little problem with that, but got it done using our band saw on a 5% bevel cut.

Mr. Z. cleaned up the metal frame and I did the boards. 

 
Painted it barn red and sprayed it with poly. 

Dry brushed the flower basket with white to bring out the design.

Remember the before ...  

And now the after ...

 

 Sitting pretty in front our wood-working shop. 

Have a little more landscaping to do. 

Some bloggers have expressed interest in the pitchforks so here is a link to a post I did when I first started blogging.


Yes, that other garden bench to the right is next in line for a make-over. We used to have a fish pond in front of it and our grandson and I usually ate our lunch there everyday and watched the fish. (he recycled aluminum cans to buy fish)

Thanks for the visit ... 

would like for you to stay awhile and have a glass 

of Texas sweet tea?

Blessings,

Audrey Z.  

Linking to: 

Knick of Time Tuesday

The Dedicated House Before and After

 Revi's Revisionary Life 

Thrifty Life Thursday