Some things I've learned about having yard sales. Price things low if you really want them to go. Price them high if you want to make a little money. Be ready to bargain no matter how low the price is, because people like to feel like they got a good deal. Put prices on everything. If you have a friend who is bilingual (Spanish/English) ask him or her to help out at your sale in case you get non-English speaking customers. Your gallon jugs are worth about $5 each, but you will probably get only $1 or $2 for each of them. Put a high price on them and then be willing to haggle. Be prepared for surges of customers and have someone else there to help you, besides it's more fun to have a couple people to talk to during the long, hot day. Plants will sell as long as they are priced very reasonable, in other words, less than what someone can buy them for at the Wal-Mart, and only if they look green and healthy. Tools sell better than almost anything else, yard tools, car tools, machine tools, electric tools, hand tools, doesn't matter, people love tools. I love tools, sometimes if I see a nice one at a reasonable price, I'll buy it as a backup for the other 2-3 that I already have in case they all break. Appliances sell well, but only if they are in good working order. And you will probably have to prove they work. If they don't work, you should say so. Clothing sells well if it's clean, pressed, hanging up and looks fairly good. I even spend some time pressing t-shirts to make them look nicer. Denim jeans always sell well, and kid and baby clothes will go like hotcakes if they are clean. If you have mostly clothing and just pile a bunch of wrinkled stuff on a table, you'll see most cars slow down, look, and then take off. Linens sell very well if sheet sets are size marked and tied with string or twine so someone can open them up, check for stains or holes and then tie them up again for neatness. If sheets or pillowcases get separated from the set, then it's harder to sell them. What to watch out for: 1.Vans with three or four adults and three or four children. When they get out, they fan out around your sale tables, kids make a lot of noise and distract you for a couple minutes, then one or two of the adults start asking questions and direct your attention and block your view away from the kids. I turned my head just in time to see two 8 year olds loading my $400 mountain bikes into the back of the van, as the driver was getting in, starting the engine and calling to the others to hurry up. 2. Shoppers with large purses, bags or very large coats. I bumped into one of those purses and found that my silver-plated bowl had "fallen" into it by accident. 3. If someone wants you to let them have something for less than you are willing to sell it for and then they get beligerent or abusive, don't be too shy or embarrassed to order them off your property. Keep your cell phone with you on a belt clip in case you need to call for help. This usually won't happen if there is a man with you, but a guy will sometimes do it if it's just you and another woman, or you by yourself. My favorite way to get rid of my extra stuff is make a detailed inventory, including actual value of the item and donate it to Salvation Army and take the tax deduction. No cleaning, ironing, price marking, haggling or cleanup required. If you sell $1500 worth of houshold goods at a yard sale, it's a lot of work and a lot of fun too, and you might get $250 from your sale. If you give the same stuff to Salvation Army placing a value on it of about 50% of what you originally paid for it, or $750 and get a receipt for your donation to use for your taxes, you may get less back on your taxes than $250, but that will depend on your own tax bracket. Cheryl

Great stuff! I can't wait to see what you do with the flower plates. I keep seeing on decorating shows how they create a grouping of bottles and old vases of different shapes and sizes and put a single flower in each. Kind of like making the grouping a bouquet rather putting a bunch of flowers in a single vase. Love the look with old bottles. I really love that little teapot though! Keep us updated on what you eventually do with your finds!

You found some great stuff! I love that corner shelf, and that table is really cute. What will you do with the box? I can't tell how deep it is, but I think plants in there would look nice. You've definitely got a good eye for finding great things!

Congrats on such terrific finds! I haven't been checking out garage or yard sales in more years than I like to think, but really want to get to some this year. I'm always happy to hear from someone who's found great useful things. Madonna