Madeline was tired. She had been boxing up all sorts of antiques all afternoon since the owners, Maude and Jason Fredericks, were going out of business. These boxes would be heading to an auction where they would all go for what Maude described as “pennies on the dollar.” Madeline was especially upset about three different…
Category: antiques and collectibles
Peter’s House: Repainted, Staged and Ready to Sell
Here are the pictures of my friend Peter’s house, which we’ve been working on for the past couple of weeks. Our work has included clearing out the rooms of personal items, repainting several rooms, bringing in additional furniture and art that would highlight the features of the house, and landscaping the exterior to create a clean…
Ready for the Realtor
Peter’s house is staged and we are meeting with the realtor in the morning. We still have some finish work to do in reference to clearing out boxes in the storage room and garage, but all the cleaning, painting, landscaping, and decorating are finished and the house looks warm, open and inviting. Ray just moaned…
A Good Day’s Work
I am sitting this evening in my paint-stained tee-shirt and shorts after a day spent helping to paint several rooms at the home of my friend, Peter Kempson, who recently died. We are handling Peter’s estate, which includes getting his house ready to be sold, and Ray and I are taking a hands-on role with…
Running Behind…
Ray and I have been busy handling two estates, which means that we have been researching, then selling items on eBay. This is a slow and meticulous process and takes lots of time. Today, I was photographing various pieces of vintage pottery while Ray was researching their origin. We got more pieces listed, but it…
20 Minutes a Day 