Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Birthday furniture!

Shout out to Rick - this post is for you...

So - November was a crazy productive month for me.. I had the crazy notion that I would give the weekly proceeds in November toward my husband's birthday present.. I wanted him to get an awesome gift so I ended up making a whopping $730 in one week!  Now, that did involve fixing up and selling some furniture that I already owned, but seriously - it was great - I think he spent it on electronics and video games.  It's really hard to pick a favorite item from November so I might cover a few of them.

First off... I went against my own advice and got a LARGE but FREE item... not sure if I mentioned this before but I tend to avoid trying for free items... people may think that's crazy and you can do really well with free items or dumpster diving but I find people** giving things away tend to be:

UN

  • available
  • reliable
  • helpful

** with the exception of awesome Terri who gave me her prized antique desk for my own personal use which I love very much

I mean, think about it, they have no monetary/moral obligation to meet with you - sometimes won't return your e-mails or phone calls or even answer the door when you get there (at a pre-arrange date/time) so it's mostly going to be a waste of your time... less so if you actually speak to a human on the telephone but I digress.

So - this woman was giving away a complete Malm bedroom set at IKEA.. unassembled, missing some pieces but definitely workable.   We assembled it in our basement apartment, and took pictures... sold to a very nice couple - the husband who sells furnaces (I think I still have his card somewhere just in case)

We made out really well with this deal


Summary

Purchased: $0
Modifications: $0 
Sold: $230
Profit: $230





Sunday, May 6, 2012

Why nobody buys furniture in the winter...

Oh my gosh - it's been so long - blogger has completed changed on me!!

Okay - I'll do my best to adjust to this... sorry that it's been ages since I did a post.. basically...Christmas happened, then it was yucky winter and no one likes to go out of their house (much less buy furniture) in the dead of winter so I took a little hiatus from selling furniture.  BUT - now the weather is nicer and things are picking up again.. I'll try and condense end of October to say January in the new few posts... ready?

I'll pick my favorite piece per month and discuss...


October brought me an antique dresser in aqua green/blue paint.  I loved the lines of this piece and new it had potential... it had lovely farm styling and barn boards on the top - nice rustic dings and dents.. what's not to love?


We (meaning I) stripped the piece, stained the top (along with the help of my wonderful sister-in-law Melanie) and painted the rest.  This dresser has a cool find in the bottom where they had replaced the bottom board with an old tin sign.. very cool.