some of the stuff.

Published on by Quandie

Over this past week I’ve been working super hard to get the carriage house ready for my upcoming sale.  I’m embarrassed to admit it, but I don’t think I’ve done much cleaning out there since my last sale … 8 years ago!

You should have seen the cobwebs.  Yikes!

Luckily I had some help from Sue, my Carriage House Sale partner.

Now that the cleaning is done, it’s time to start making sure all of my items have price tags and so forth.

As I’m going along, I thought I’d share some of my available merch with you guys starting with the big stuff like this cedar lined trunk.

You may remember that I painted it last summer.  I’d been really remiss about posting it online to sell, and once I’d decided to go back to having my own sale I thought I may as well just hang onto it until then.

I also have this washstand available.

These make excellent nightstands.  We have one like it on Mr. Q’s side of the bed.

I will also have this vintage farmhouse table available.

As well as that pair of white chairs.

I’ve also priced up the topless dresser that I picked up last summer.

I never did get around to figuring out a top for it, and I think it’s time to admit that I probably never will.  So I’m pricing it low and hoping someone else will take it on as a project.  It would be perfect for turning into a bathroom vanity, don’t you think?

I’ve also got a price tag on the rooster cupboard, although I have to admit I am hesitating to sell it.

For one thing, I still kind of love it, I just don’t have anywhere to put it right now.  For another, it is losing paint right and left.  The milk paint is chipping to beat the band.  I originally sealed the piece with Miss Mustard Seed antiquing wax, but it would probably benefit from another coat of wax.

So, anyway.  It’s out in the carriage house with a price tag on it, so if it goes, it goes.  And if it doesn’t, then I’m meant to keep it, right?

I also have lots of signage available for sale including the Garden Herbs sign I painted up a while back.

And several of the signs I painted up for Christmas last year, like this one …

and this one …

The Garden Herbs tote will be available …

as will several other wooden or metal totes.

I have a few painted buckets.

And of course, several tackle/tool boxes.

And don’t forget that flora parisiensis suitcase …

and the sweet flour sifter painted in Dixie Belle’s Cottage Door.

I’ll have this trio of French pitchers …

and a couple of French flower buckets too.

And don’t forget that gorgeous black watering can.

OK, you get the idea.  Lots of the projects that I’ve been sharing over the last 6 months or so will be making their way into my sale.  I hope some of you local (Twin Cities, MN) readers are planning to stop by!

22 thoughts on “some of the stuff.”

  1. Good morning,

    Looking forward to the sale! Should I bring lots of cash or will you take cards or Venmo too?

    Ann Helgerson

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  2. Good luck on the sale, Linda! Lots of beautiful, fun pieces that I’m sure will sell fast. You have such good taste and execute the painting and decorating (and staging) that people won’t be able to resist. Here’s to everything selling, even the rooster cabinet.

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  3. Oh my goodness! I love it all! I wish you lived closer to me so I could take advantage of your sales! My favorite of all of them today is the cedar trunk and the cottage door sifter! (Love that Cottage Door color from Dixie Belle!) You do such beautiful work and you choose colors well! Good luck on your sale! I know you will do well!

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  4. I hope it’s a wonderful success for you! (How could it not be with ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL THINGS!?). Like many, I wish I was closer…but then I’d be broke, LOL. LOVE all your work!! Happy Sales 🥰

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  6. I LOVE it ALL! Those lucky people who live near you! My heart went pitter patter at every picture. It might have done a double pitter patter at that darling green table though. You are so amazingly talented!

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  9. I have a friend who is in Minneapolis visiting her daughter. They would love to attend your sale but they need to know your location.

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  10. I have a friend who is visiting her daughter in Minneapolis. They would love to attend your sale but need the location. How do they find that information?

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    1. I’ll be posting it in all the places next week, here on the blog, Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist. You can also let her know that I am on the east side of the cities, between St. Paul and Stillwater. Just off hway 36 and Century Ave. That will give them an idea how far I am from Minneapolis (ie. about 20 minutes, depending on what part of Minneapolis). But stay tuned for the actual address.

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