Peach Farm Estate Sale

Last Friday Chucks and I headed toward Johnston, South Carolina, for an estate sale at the home place of Derrick Farms. 





Yes, we loaded the back of the truck with crusty, primitive, farm goodies.

An old rusty bird cage.

Complete with a plastic parakeet bird toy.

A picnic basket with a Clemson tiger paw which will definitely be painted as we are Carolina Gamecocks.

The picnic set still inside. 

Wooden orchard ladders.

Made to fit up into the peach trees.

I may keep one of these.

Under a Christmas tree box I spied a bit of canvas which turned out to be a canvas picking bag.

I asked if there were more.

A Derrick Farms employee said he would be glad to get some for me.

He drove off in his truck and was back in five minutes with a stack of them.

So I chose three bushel-size ones.

Quickly a crowd was attracted to the pile.











 

I grabbed another one making it an even four.

I cannot imagine picking peaches on a ladder with these bushel bags filled with peaches.

I went to get peach crates.

There were over 200 for sale.

I chose three as they were a bit expensive.

I had to find ones gnawed by rats.

It wasn't hard - I think they all had been gnawed.

The ones I chose are stamped with the name and town along with Smalley Package Company, Berryville, VA.

They are dated 1963.

I was called back to the truck to see if I was interested in the half bushel size of the picking bags.

What a silly question!

Found three to my liking.

A close-up of their tattered and torn beauty.

All the bags will go in a wash tub to soak and then rinsed.

Tiny berry baskets.

My pile kept growing.

See all those farm buildings behind the pile?

No one was allowed to go into any of the buildings.

The employees brought trailers of stuff into the yard behind the house.

The house was filled with sets of china, silver, and crystal.

I was happy with my haul.

Thanks to Derrick Farm employees Buck and Jack who kept my pile safe and loaded it all in the truck.





They could not believe I paid money for the peach picking bags.

The bags probably would have been thrown away.

One man's trash ...

Well, you know!





 
A few of these items will be at Magnolia Ridge.







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The 6,7,8,9 Gray Dresser

A reveal of the little pine dresser's trans- formation.

The before.

Ignore the grate - it has not been transformed yet.

Remember the drawers had been labeled 6,7,8, and 9.

Taken apart and the drawers tightened.

Sanded.

Washed.

Sprayed with Krylon Matte Gray.

I had to stencil numbers on the drawers.

6.
7.
8.
9.

A tribute to the original owner.












 

A boyish dresser.

The pulls looked a little like bow ties so I painted them white to stand out.

Available in Booth W-10, Riverfront Antique Mall , North Augusta, South Carolina.

He's right handsome!

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Quickies - In The Pink!

This Sunday's Quickies post is brought to you by the color Rose Pink - Rit Liquid Dye.

First up are wooden clothes pins - bare wood, no varnish.

A big stainless bowl filled with hot water and Rose Pink dye.

Keep stirring the pins around to dye evenly.

I kept them in for about five minutes.

Next  torn French dictionary pages. 

A quick dunk - flipped front to back and out of there.

Drying on the screen outside.

I placed another screen over the top to keep the pages from blowing away.

I continue to dye as long as there is dye in the water.

Torn cotton ribbons soaking wet.

They dye better wet.

The dye looks stronger than it is.

Cloth soaks for about ten minutes.

Stirring to get into every crevice.

There was still dye in the water.

So I tossed in a handful of shipping tags - six at a time.

Stir these while creasing with a metal spoon to create distress marks.

Then out to a screen to dry in the sun.











The pages dried to a pale pink.

The clothes pins are more rosy.

Ready to use in various projects.

About forty minutes from prep to drying stage.

The cloth and the tags take the longest to dry.  

Plan on a couple of hours.

A sneak peek on what will happen to the pink tags.











A few of these projects will be at Magnolia Ridge.







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