it was a surprisingly busy summer and fall (i spent all my free time over the summer job searching, got a new job in august, and started in september!) so i didn't do nearly the amount of saleing as i normally would've. then all of a sudden it was winter, and we all know no one wants to sale in winter.
to pass the time, i've been spending my home/decorating/diy-dreaming time a few ways:
1. pinterest dreaming
2. spending an embarrassing amount of time at two blogs: young house love & nesting place
3. reading yhl's new book, which i am already obsessed with
4. sorting through my priorities. let me explain.
we had the good (and by good i mean ridiculously lucky) fortune that our friend kelly was moving into an apartment at the same time that we were moving into our home. she had lots of great furniture that wouldn't fit in her new place, so we stored her furniture for her in our house, which helped her out, but also allowed us to save the expense of having to buy some of those items right away. currently in our home, the things we have (and use every single day) of kelly's include:
1. big, comfy, white couch in the family room
2. kitchen table + 2 chairs
3. 2 shelving units we use for storage in our dining room
4. a big, black bamboo looking mirror we have hung in our upstairs hallway
after you've seen the pictures, i'm sure you understand how much we have to replace! the bittersweet thing about this deal is that it of course has to come to an end. kel is marrying one of our other wonderful friends, josh, on february 23. and though we're sad to see these things go, we're excited to give it back as it means they're starting their lives together. so, back to priorities... i have to balance some of these big purchases that we now need to make with some other smaller things i've been wanting for our house and with the ever-present list of home projects we'd like to undertake. this is when saleing becomes most important. i'm desperate for some good deals!
to add a small (but exciting) aspect to it too - ross and charlotteone finally have some legit office space! this is so exciting, but as of right now, the office with it's 4 rooms and a hallway is entirely empty except for a single globe i picked up at a yard sale in the fall for their previous office (which was a single room, with a couple of desks in a corner of an artchitect's office.) if i could score a couple great finds for them at the office along the way - that would be like a cherry on top.
here's to hoping 2013 is the best year yet for by garage saleing adventures!
