The Rowe Family Blog

Last Saturday we held the first (annual?) Matlyn Drive Street sale.  We had a pretty good turnout.  Traffic was constant from a little before 8 AM until a little after noon.  I think the traffic came a lot from people going to and from the farmers market.

We didn’t sell as much stuff as we wanted to.  We were hoping to sell all of the furniture but very little of it sold and it sold for less than we were hoping to get.  It’s hard to sell furniture at garage sales because few people are out looking to spend hundreds of dollars on antique furniture.  Oh well, it’s off to craigslist we go!

While we didn’t sell the furniture we did sell…the garage.  Actually we sold the entire house.  A couple stopped by and bought an item or two and I had a nice conversation with them.  They soon returned and asked if they could look around at our landscaping.  I thought it odd but since I had the house locked up I said “sure.”  Then they admitted that they came back because they wanted our house!  They said that they’d like to have the first bid if we decide to sell our house!  I took down their name and number and I’ll keep it in my “house” file.

Who knows, in a few years (or sooner…or later…) we might look back at this garage sale as the best thing we ever did.