Freedom!
Today I had my tag sale, I had so much to sell, lots given to me by others that I never got around to restoring and many small odds and ends too. And this is only a fraction of it as I forgot to take photos in the morning. I wish I had arranged everything nicely as I wanted to but honestly, I slept from 3:30-5:30 am last night and so I'm not running on much fuel today. But hey, my sale was a hit - half was sold by the time these photos were taken! And now that I'm finished, I have maybe 1/4 of what you see left so I may sell them online or maybe just donate to the humane society of New Hampshire. I certainly do not want to have another tag sale -- it's tiring! But I had fun, I met a product designer, and interior designer, an art therapist who reads my blog (Hi Bev!!) and a bunch of other really great people including a lady from Canada who went nuts for my vintage stuff. It feels good to say goodbye to these things, my furniture indoors is all nearly sold and then I will give 75% of my clothing to charity.
But the sale was great and now I must go out of town for a few days and then I'll be back on Monday. How is your weekend? What are you doing? (images: holly becker for haus maus)
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-Harmony
In the 3rd picture of your tag sale, there is a chair. I have the same chair in my home... I rescued it from a sad ending on garbage day in my neighbourhood!
I'd imagined/guessed it might be danish... but I could be making that up. Do you know anything about it that you could tell me? (ie how old it is, where it's from, etc...)
I wish I lived somewhere closeby that I could have snapped yours up also - my reading nook would have room for 2!
Thanks... and btw, I adore your blog. Thanks for the peek into your life!
Katy
I envy everyone who was able to go!
...ah, the things we don't tell our mothers! LOL
yep, i would be in the dog house too if i forgot to tell my mom! my dad even gives me crap to this day about selling my iron and not giving it to him. ha!
I am glad the sale went well.
when i moved, back in april, i threw away/donated about 75 percent of the stuff i'd accumulated in my old apartment--it was so freeing. simplicity--and simplyfing--is liberating, for sure.
so excited about these next steps in your life, holly! :)
Hope your mother is is more forgiving!
We escaped the 110 degree heat in our city and headed to the mountains. It hailed. yes. Hailed. I didn't even know it hailed in Morocco. It does!
All things look lovely.
About forgetting your mum...it is quite normal, just because you have lots of thing in mind. She would buy half of the things. But she would forgive you, she is your mum and she knows that a big change you are in.
Good luck with your move! And enjoy in this side.
Hee, i can't believe you forgot to mention to your mom the sale! I'm sure she'll forgive you. Maybe you can round up a little box of vases or things you think she'd like and spin it as "Oh i got rid of some furniture and little doo dads....I pulled some things I thought you might like!" (little white lies are ok, i think! especially when they're the spoon full of sugar that helps the medicine go down!)
Too bad I live in Minneapolis, I would have bought it all and packed all the way back here. But I hope they have new happy owners and you feel lighter now (and some cash never comes amiss, does it?).