This is the fifth and final part of the garage sale series. Finally, it’s time for the day of the sale. After all that planning and setting up, I’m always more than ready to see my cast off things walk out the door! If you missed parts one, two, three and four be sure to… [Read More]

This is part four of the garage sale series, and so far the first three parts have all been about planning. Planning a successful garage sale takes a lot of work, but the better prepared you are, the less time setting up your sale will take and the more items you’ll sell. Now it’s finally… [Read More]

Advertising well is key in attracting a large crowd. The larger the crowd, the more money you’ll make and the fewer items you’ll have leftover so take the time to advertise your sale in as many ways as possible. If you want to draw the biggest crowd possible, consider advertising in the newspaper. Newspaper ads… [Read More]

This is the second part in the How to Host a Successful Garage Sale series. If you missed part one about preparing for the sale, be sure to check that out here. Pricing items can seem to take longer than actually hosting the garage sale, so rather than do all the pricing at once, I… [Read More]

Here in the midwest, garage sale season is in full-swing again, and two weekends ago my mother and I hosted a sale of our own. A couple of other family members and a friend of the family contributed items as well. Although we didn’t have much in the way of furniture or large items to… [Read More]