My entire house is filled with used stuff. LOL! All my rugs are either inherited or found cheap. There is a picture in the album I've linked to below. It's the one with me kneeing down with my curtains in the background. That rug cost me $100. It was made by the Whittle Company and a rug just like mine lives at the The Smithsonian Institute - as an example of the industrial age. My rug was made by the first company to ever mass produce area rugs. It's 'Bird of Paradise' print. My dining room rug is made by the same company and was $150. Karastan copied this print which became one of their most popular prints ever. Both rugs are wool. Course, my Stickley table was another great score. It's the round one in front of the window, near my lace curtains. Yep, I am a huge fan of recycling. LOL! Here is a link that might be useful: House pictures

I wasn't allowed to "sell" any under garment that didn't still have the price tag. (Stores make donations.) It would either go to a 3rd World Country or one of the Employees would purchase the item by making a "donation". Donations went to families in need.

Goodwill operates as a network of 185 independent organizations in the U.S. It is unfortunate that Goodwill in other areas are not up to par. In my area the stores are brand new buildings and huge. They are clean, well maintained and organized. They all have a drive through lane to drop off items and on weekends it always has a line of cars that keeps moving through. They come right out to the car and unload it for you and give you a receipt. Everyone is polite and well groomed and wearing a t-shirt uniform. The items in the store seem to really move, including clothing. If you see something you like you cannot 'think about it' and come back later as it WILL be sold and gone. I found out by chatting with one of the workers, that they do not put out any items that are not in pristine condition and sort the shabby items out to sell to places that buy scrap metal and rags and recycled glass. They still make money off of this, so donate everything. I suspect they have dealers come in to purchase items separately or they put valuable vintage items on ebay to fetch more money, as I never see a special area set aside in the store for such items to be displayed as featured collectables as other thrift shops do. So a Jadite mixing bowl would not be set out and priced at fifty cents nor does it end up in a special display case and priced as a vintage find at twenty dollars for collectors seeking out those rare finds. They do have *standard item pricing* though. For instance, all coffee mugs are fifty cents no matter what. I got a really cool Starbucks mega mug for the same price as all the junky ones with all the advertising on them.

Hi Mirren, I think it's a good price considering most of the work is done. It would be a great thing for you to practice your quilting stitch on and you already know of 2 possible things to do with it. We'd like to see a picture of when you get it and after you've finished. Have fun, Nancy