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Simple Update for Cheap Furniture

May 20, 2013
We’re preparing g for a garage sale that will happe sometime soon, so my husband brought home some furniture someone was going to throw out.  This furniture is not quality but, with a little help, can function perfectly for someone and is sure to bring in a few bucks for our sale.
This nightstand doesn’t look too bad, but let’s look a bit closer….
Are you starting to see it?  A little bit closer….

Well that doesn’t look too good!

Nothing a little sanding and paint can’t fix!

Check out the shelves – that could use a lot of sanding and paint!

I took this picture with the intention of saying, “looks like someone had a few too many of these.” However, it looks like I did too, because I forgot to take a full “before” shot of this bookshelf.

I didn’t want to spend too much time on something that just needed a little freshening up to be sold, so I grabbed some leftover paint and covered the tops and the back of the bookshelf.

I was hoping I could come up with a better way to cover this top. It would have been nice to cover the front edge, but I found it was more important to do the whole top, including the top of the side pieces, because there was some damage there. This left me without a natural point to stop the paint. Oh well…

Not a bad update after all was said and done. I love the mint color and everything was free.

Now we have to decide what to price these babies at to make a little profit. Any suggestions? I’m awful at that… $5.00 a piece? Is that too low? Too high for a garage sale?

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  1. A little change makes a big difference. I think, it depends on where you live but I would charge at least $10 a piece (but leave it negotiable)

    1. Thanks Lena! I think that would be good too – that way we could discount a little if bought as a pair or the next day if they don’t sell!

      Thanks!
      Kristin

  2. WOW, no matter what you charge you are going to make a profit. I think $15 for the pair is the lowest you should go.

  3. At the garage sales in my town, I would start out at $15 each. Maybe $25 if someone bought both. The only way they would get a better deal is to find there own for free. New would be double that!

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