This is the time of the year when yard sales start popping up all around you.
What should you be looking for?
This is my list.
Slightly rusty.
Slightly crusty.
And mostly distressed.
HOUSE PARTS
When I drive up to a sale, I am constantly searching around the yard, in the burn piles, in the sheds.
Wherever the sellers will let me look.
Makes an excellent trellis.
I did!
Screen door guards come in many decorative shapes.
They are often cheap if you agree to haul them off.
I love to go to a yard sale advertised as a remodeling sale.
Tons of house parts and odd lumber pieces for projects.
However it was near the end of the sale, the sellers had not sold any of the stained glass, and I offered to buy all six windows at a bundle price.
One stayed with me and the rest went off to the store to sell.
No one had asked to explore the items in the shed.
Always ask if you can investigate.
You never know what treasure you can find.
WIRE BASKETS
I buy most wire baskets if the price is right.
Whether they are old or not, it really does not matter.
They have been popular in every decor as long as I can remember.
You can line them with screen or landscape cloth and plant in them.
Years ago I paid $1 each for them and bought them by the hundreds.
They have disappeared around here.
Unless you wish to pay $30 or more for one!
BOOKS
I never met a book I did not like.
Most of the time I am after old textbooks especially reading books.
But stacks of old books can be great for book page crafts.
A TIP: If you walk up on a sale ending with boxes of books left, make an offer for the entire lot. You can always donate what you cannot use.
Besides the obvious of reading the books, they make excellent risers to display items in your home.
TOOLS
Another favorite sale of mine is the old man sale where he is allowing people to go into his man shed.
Great place to find tools and other odds and ends.
Some to use.
Some to sell.
And some to frame!
Look at that mole torture device at the top of the photo.
Imagine it mounted on a block of wood all cleaned and waxed.
TOOL BOXES
Well, if you gonna buy the tools, you might as well buy the tool boxes or even tackle boxes.
I have another stack in the craft room.
I do not bother with getting rid of the rust.
I keep them waxed.
It now holds plant food.
So whatever your design style is, you can find items at yard sales this summer.
Just keep an open mind.
IT'S A BLOG HOP!
Please take a look at what everyone else is hunting for.
MAY YOUR LIST BE LONG AND YOUR HUNT BE FRUITFUL! GO FORTH AND JUNK!
See y'all!
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