Thrifty Treasures: Estate Sale

A few weekends ago, the girls and I passed a sign for an estate sale in a neighborhood near ours on our way home from a trip to the bank and post office. It's a cute little neighborhood, so I thought it couldn't hurt to check it out.


Cars were lining the street, so the girls trudged up the hill with me to the house. As we stepped through the front door of the little brick rambler, we were greeted with a wall of antique toys next to a giant bookcase of glass collectibles. I had a super-fun time "whisper-shouting" at Natalie to stay away from the $50 antique porcelain doll.

Whoever the house originally belonged to was quite a collector of glassware, holiday decor items, and books. The little house was brimming with finds, although I felt like many were overpriced.

I passed by a few items that I really liked because they were just a bit more than I was willing to pay, but we did bring home a few treasures because everything was marked 25% off.

The vintage metal plaid Thermos lunchox will make a really neat addition to my Fall decorations. I put it up in the attic with the Fall tupperware box, and I'm sure it will be a nice surprise when I go to decorate in September. I've seen a lot of those around Blogland, so they must be pretty collectible.

The fabric was less than a dollar and has little vintage paperdolls on it. I also found a baggie of wooden spools for $1. Those found a home in an apothecary jar.

Not a bad little Saturday morning jaunt, even if I did have to watch Natalie and Michaela Byrd with hawk eyes. The last thing I needed was to spend $60 because my two year old thought it would be a neat idea to play kitchen with the display of crystal goblets.

{Have you found any thrifty treasures lately?}

I'm linking to Rhoda's fab Thrifty Treasures party at Southern Hospitality.

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