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07-24-2011, 03:30 PM
My big secret since I've moved to Sarasota is to get rid of all the stuff, both collectible and just regular old stuff, that I'm sick of. There's a place called the Women's Exchange that won't take garage sale stuff, but will definitely take practical things. I've been getting a range of $20 a month to a high of $435 from the things sold there.
There are a lot of boutiques here, very high priced, as well as junkier stores. I have seen nothing particularly interesting, other than the Women's Exchange. Some wealthy people here dump their stuff when they tire of it.
My best pieces were purchased in St Louis at a relatively upscale shop. I learned to haggle prices with the owner. The unusual pieces are the difference between a ho hum, boring house and an interesting house. My theory is anyone can spend a boatload of money and make a pretty house but it's a challenge to do it without wasting so much money.
You're right about getting too trendy and going for the fashion of the instant.
" To the world you are just one more person, but to a rescued pet, you are the world."
"A Nation of Sheep Breeds a Government of Wolves!"
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"The efforts of the government alone will never be enough. In the end the people must choose and the people must help themselves" ~ JFK; from his famous inauguration speech (What Democrats sounded like before today's neo-Liberals hijacked that party)
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07-25-2011, 01:10 AM
I am very much into interior design & watch HGTV a lot. My favorite designers are Candace Olsen & Sarah Richards. I'd guess my taste is classic eclectic for my house. If I had a cabin in the wood, I'd like rustic. But my cocktail and end tables are a rustic, distressed wood that look like they belong in a cabin or in a cottage. I'm also a minimalist, I don't luke too much stuff, although hard as I've aquired a lot through the years.
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