Archive for 2010

SALE

Monday, June 7th, 2010

You guys spoke and I tried to listen. We are going to go ahead and do a big sale!

Mark your calendars, gas up your cars, put on clean underwear because we are having an all out ESTATE SALE at the Brick House. All of this and MORE will be available for your shopping pleasure on Saturday, June 12th from 9am till 4pm. 

Mod Orange Chaise, Eames Knock Off Lounger, 1960’s Mosaic Tile Coffee Table, Brass Laurel Lamp, Brown Saltman Hexagon Tables, Mod Table Pair, Rattan Hanging Egg Chair…

Yeah, you want this!

OMG. So much crap for your house!

Orange Eames Rocker, Lamps! Brown Saltman Hexagon Coffee Table, Monkey Pod Raw Edge Table, Black Krueger Metal Arm Chairs, Lane Side Table with Storage, Did I mention Danish modern LAMPS?

George Nelson Style Slat Bench! Holler.

Brown Jordan Faux Bamboo Patio Chairs, Freestanding Malm Fireplace

Check out that Fuzzy Bench.

Lamps!

Brass Faux Bamboo Bar Cart, Panton Flower Pot Lamp, Retractable Red Lamp, Big Ass Yellow Lamp

This AWESOME mid century sofa. New upholstery and barely used.

Plus there are tons of bric-a-brac including Studio Pottery, Dansk, Rosti, Art Glass, Blenko, Catherine Holm, Alexander Girard, Terrariums, Paintings, Needlepoint, Kilims, and so much MORE.

I got too much stuff, and it’s overwhelming to list it all online. I’m going crazy just trying to figure out what to do with all this crap it till Saturday.  Hopefully I can sell a lot of it at the sale and then Craigslist the rest of the bigger ticket items. If there is anything you desperately want RIGHT NOW, please email me at contact@the-brick-house.com and we can discuss. Sorry homies shipping is a-making me crazy! I know I suck!

When I went to go post the sale on Craigslist it reminded me not to worry too much…

Please come! I swear that it might be fun. Maybe there will be something delicious to drink and some music bumping to get the party started…

FILED UNDER: Consignment, readers, sale, vintage

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Yard Sale

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Hypothetically….

If I was to have a big old yard sale, would it be of interest for people to come out to Hemet and buy my crap? My consignment space is a total miserable failure so I’m shutting it down. This whole “going out of business” thing sucks since I’m packed to the gills with crap and have no real storage space, plus we really need some cash to continue working on the exterior. Big plans in the works…

I was thinking that before the summer kicked into total high gear (where my real job takes over every spare second of time) I could have a sale on Saturday, June 12th. This is a depressing option. I’m depressed. I also don’t want to just give things away for nothing – which I totally believe should be the yard sale pricing structure. If it was like a reasonably priced estate sale-ish thing would that be fun? Heavy on furniture and vintage (lite on baby clothes and junk – which seems to be the only stuff at every garage sale around Hemet). What do you guys think?

FILED UNDER: Consignment, question, readers

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More painting…

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

Look at those weeds grow. One day, some far away day you will all be landscaped…

In other house painting news, The Boy got the eaves and trim painted on the front porch.  The front of the house is so close to being finished. So very close.

You know what would have been a better idea? Painting before we installed the front slat screen. Damn you impatience and a lack of planning!

In other house window news, we just got a custom solar shade made for our big front window from Shades Shutters Blinds.com.

Our old awful mini blinds that were in the house when we moved in over two years ago finally physically fell apart and we were forced to get a roller shade custom made. Since the window is over 70″ wide it is just too wide to go with our standby Ikea Enje roller shades. We went with an inside mount roller with Siena 5% White/White (85-0202) fabric. In the end it came to $117 with free shipping. Ouch. Good thing most of the other windows are done.

Except for this one. Last one!

I can’t decide if I want to order another custom shade or just go with the standby  Enje. They are a little different (Enje is a little more sheer and has a metal rod) but since they are right next to each other and both look out onto the front porch I think it might want them to match. It will be another $62.50 for that bad boy compared to $24.99 at Ikea.

Well, maybe it might be worth just ponying up the extra cash so that they match…it’s only one window…

I can’t wait to get these stupid mini blinds out of my house forever.

FILED UNDER: before, exterior

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