estate sales

{Estate Sale Temptations} That One was WAY Too Crowded! from Michelle's Romantic Tangle

I don't know what was going on at the estate sale we stopped at on Saturday. The house was way too small to hold that many people and the other shoppers were mean in a way I've rarely seen. This isn't Black Friday shopping and what they had in the house wasn't worth getting nasty over.

I was asking my oldest son to get these off of the wall when an old man told us to get out of his way. (I don't think that's how that's supposed to work!)

Cross stitchers have ...

added by Michelle 4 years, 2 months ago. under estate sales

Old Handwritten Recipes from Michelle's Romantic Tangle

The weekend before last, I hit the absolute jackpot when it comes to vintage recipe boxes. There must be at least seven hundred index cards in this box, all of them with handwritten recipes in someone's spidery old cursive. There are also some that were done on a typewriter, and a scattering that were cut out of magazines and newspapers.

My husband and I had followed an estate sale sign out into the middle of nowhere, without success. The next morning, we saw an ad on Craigslist that directed us to the same sign, which now had another sign ...

added by Michelle 4 years, 2 months ago. under estate sales

{Estate Sale Temptation} Pearl and Earl in PINK! from Michelle's Romantic Tangle

You know how sometimes an idea makes it into the corner of your mind and just won't leave? That's what happened with the black and white applique plates I found back in February. A few months later I found the original pattern in an old craft pamphlet.

And on Sunday I found another set of the plates....

They're way too pink for my taste, but it was the last hour of the last day of the sale and everything was super cheap. So they live with me now and if I find another inexpensive pair they're ...

added by Michelle 4 years, 5 months ago. under estate sales , temptations , vintage

I Found the Pattern for Pearl and Earl! from Michelle's Romantic Tangle

Remember these two plates that I saw at an estate sale and didn't buy?

I found the pattern! Or what I suspect is one of many versions of the pattern since the one I found was published in 1959 and I've seen a sources that dates plates like this to the 1920s.

It's honestly not much of a pattern at all, is it? I couldn't bring myself to spend a dollar for the plates I found, but now I'm wanting to make a set of my own. And a bunch of other things from the ...

added by Michelle 4 years, 6 months ago. under estate sales , vintage

{Estate Sale Temptations} The Ship in the Kitchen from Michelle's Romantic Tangle

I kind of want a picture of a sailing ship in my own kitchen....

I don't know what it was about this house that we visited during an estate sale last weekend, but I absolutely loved it. The structural issues were obvious and I know it would be totally impractical to live in, but it felt welcoming and the massive kitchen was its absolute best feature.

I only took the one picture because it was crowded, but the whole house was like that. Lots and lots and lots of clutter, but the floor plan was kind of amazing. And ...

added by Michelle 4 years, 6 months ago. under estate sales , temptations

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